House for F. Nation, Esq., Rockland Avenue, Victoria, B.C.

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Item is an architectural drawing by Samuel Maclure prepared for Frederick Nation of Victoria, B.C.

"Galt House", 1320 Rockland Avenue, Victoria, B.C.

Four blueprints showing locations of radiators are the only plans of the house. All the rest of the drawings are details. An item list is available. Two-storey house with basement and attic. The basement includes a servant's room, two storerooms, two fuel rooms, furnace room, laundry room and bathroom. The ground floor comprises a vestibule and adjoining coat room and lavatory, hall, drawing room, library, dining room, kitchen, pantry, larder and servant's room. A porte cochere joins the porch outside the vestibule. A terrace extends from the porch around the library, in front of the drawing room and ends at the veranda attached to the drawing room and dining room. The second floor contains the upper hall, four bedrooms, dressing room, sewing room, two bathrooms and three balconies. A hall, three bedrooms, a bathroom and billiard room make up the attic. Maclure prepared drawings of alterations in 1920-21 for John Galt, a later owner (see file 60). Drawings AP1251-AP1251.3 are the property of the Archives of the City of Victoria and are being housed by the Art History Dept of UVic" They are each signed: "Colbert P& H Co per EO Colbert [and] F. Nation, V.C., per EAC".

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 of 25 drawings: 20 pencil on paper, 1 ink on linen, 4 blueprints; 177 x 107 cm or smaller
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 48.42112, -123.34605
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, AP1251.2
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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