House for R.W. Gibson Esq., York Place, Oak Bay, Victoria, B.C.

Public

Item is an architectural drawing by Maclure & Lort prepared for Robert W. Gibson of Victoria, B.C.

Plans, elevations, sections and details. Blueprints have heating system details and miscellaneous amendments added by hand. A detailed item list is available. Two-storey house with basement and attic. The basement comprises a tool room, lavatory, fuel room, furnace room, billiard room, two bedrooms, bathroom, laundry room and storeroom. The ground floor includes a porch, vestibule, coat room and adjoining lavatory, hall, drawing room, ingle, library, sun room, lavatory, dining room, kitchen, pantry, larder and servant's room. A large terrace extends the full length of the east side of the first floor. The second floor contains five bedrooms, boudoir, dressing room, three bathrooms, sleeping balcony and three other balconies. The attic consists of two bedrooms, a bathroom and box room. The exterior walls of concrete blocks are finished in roughcast. The working drawings are signed by R. Moncrieff, Robt. W. Gibson and S. Jane Gibson.

1590 York Place, Oak Bay, B.C.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 1 of 103 drawings: 70 pencil on paper, 12 ink on paper, 21 blueprints; 135 x 92 cm or smaller
Geographic coverage Coordinates
  • 48.427714, -123.311165
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, AP665
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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