House for Herbert Carmichael, Esq., St. Denis St., Oak Bay

Item is an architectural drawing by Samuel Maclure prepared for Herbert Carmichael of Oak Bay, B.C.

House drawings show plans, elevations, sections and details. House and garage alteration drawings show plans and elevations. Two-storey house with basement and detached garage. The basement includes a vestibule, laundry, sewing room, servant's room, workshop, lavatory, storeroom and coal bunker. A hall, living room, dining room, den, kitchen, pantry and porch make up the ground floor, and the second floor comprises three bedrooms, dressing room, water closet, bathroom and balcony. The wood frame construction is finished in roughcast on the ground floor and basement and in half timbering on the second floor. Leaded casements are liberally specified for first- and second-floor windows. The kitchen is extended onto the back porch in an alteration dated just a year after the original plans. The garage is enlarged by the addition of a second bay, a "man's room" and a bedroom above it. Working drawings signed by A.H. Mitchell and Herbert Carmichael.

"Glen-an-darra", 1256 St. Denis Street, Oak Bay, B.C.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 of 7 drawings: ink on linen; 51 x 69 cm or smaller
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 48.42388, -123.30869
Physical repository Collection
  • Samuel Maclure Architectural Drawings
Provenance
  • Samuel Maclure fonds (SC075), Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Acc. 1980-067, AP344
Fonds title Fonds identifier Date digitized
  • February 23, 2012
Rights
  • This material may be protected by copyright. Personal use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from Special Collections and University Archives.
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