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Inkster, Karen

  • Person

Karen works for the Royal Roads University Foundation as the ex-cadet liaison for alumina from RRMC. She records oral histories, prepares presentations for the annual Homecoming Event as well as accepts donations of RRMC-related photographs and other memorabilia.

Johnson & Stockdill

  • 1938-1941

John Graham Johnson and C. Dexter Stockdill were Victoria architects.

Ladislav Holovsky Architect

  • 1978-present

Holovsky's solo practice existed ca. 1981-1984. He currently practices as Chang Holovsky Architects Inc.

Representative projects include: the CBC Broadcasting Facility, Western Community Courthouse, and the Royal Colwood Golf and Country Club.

Laura Catterall Ferguson

  • Person
  • 1914-2010

Laura (Catterall) Ferguson (1914-2010) was the youngest daughter of Harry and Ada Catterall. Her siblings were Thomas and Helen, who both lived with their parents at Hatley Park during construction between 1908 and 1910. Laura was born in 1914 at the family home on Linden Avenue. Laura, also known as ‘Lollie’, attended Girls’ Central and St. Margaret’s School and Sprott Shaw College. She married Robert ‘Bob’ Ferguson in 1941 in Toronto, ON, and they had two children, Allan and Dola Dube. Laura’s father and paternal grandfather were general contractors in Victoria, and were involved in many building projects, including the castle and wall at Hatley Park. Her maternal grandfather, Charles Gladding, was a gardener working for the Dunsmuir family for many years and was initially in charge of creating the gardens at Hatley Park. (Biographical information from Laura Ferguson’s obituary, published in the Times Colonist, July 3, 2010.)

Luttmer, Joan Humphreys

  • Person
  • 1919-1996

Joan Humphreys Luttmer (1919-1996) was the eldest daughter of Kathleen (Dunsmuir) Humphreys (1891-1941) and granddaughter of James and Laura Dunsmuir. After the death of their mother, her younger sisters, Jill (1924-2010) and Judith Marie (1927-1972), lived with their Aunt, Dola (Dunsmuir) Cavendish (1903-1966) at Dolaura cottage adjacent to the Hatley Park property. Like her older brother, James (1918-1999), Joan was an adult and lived independently after her mother’s death.

McCann, Kathleen

  • Person

Kathleen McCann is a direct descendant of James Dunsmuir. Her mother was Judith Humphreys, a daughter of Kathleen Dunsmuir, the second youngest daughter of James and Laura Dunsmuir’s ten children.

McCarter Nairne

  • 1921-1982

John Y. McCarter (b. 1886- d.1981) and George C. Nairne's (b. 1884-d. 1953) long-lived design firm was responsible for numerous buildings in Vancouver, including two of the city's first skyscrapers: the Medical Dental Building (1928-9, demolished 1988), and the landmark Marine Building (1928-30, still standing).

They are known as one of the most important Vancouver architectural firms in their period. Their buildings reveal a willingness to experiment with modern architectural styles. Both the Medical Dental Building and the Marine Building, for instance, exemplify the Art Deco style. The firm’s experience with this style is reflected in the design of the Grant Building. They are also noted for their use of the Modern Gothic style, elements of which are reflected in the Nixon Building.

Although they are best known for their Vancouver projects, McCarter Nairne first met in the Victoria offices of Thomas Hooper, where McCarter trained and Nairne worked for a period of time. Hooper’s offices moved to Vancouver during their time with him.
In part because of the support of government contracts, the firm continued working through the 1930s and the war years. Canadian Services College Royal Roads is among their significant projects.

The two original partners’ final project was Vancouver’s modernist General Post Office (1952-58). The firm continued operation under a series of partners until 1982.

Mitchell, Laura Dunsmuir

  • Person
  • 1915-2000

Laura Marion (Dunsmuir) Mitchell (1915-2000) was the second of four children of Robin Dunsmuir (1877-1929) and Florence (Swindon) Dunsmuir (1887-1969). Her siblings were Robin James Dunsmuir (1912-1990), Muriel Byrd (Dunsmuir) Hutton (1917- ), and Elizabeth Kathleen (Dunsmuir) Clarke (1924-1965). Laura married Sidney Mitchell in 1937 and they divorced in 1944.

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