Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. Using only the finest materials, builders, stonemasons and detail carpenters only took 18 months to construct the building from 1908 until 1910.
When Laura Dunsmuir died in 1937, the house and grounds were maintained by a skeleton staff until it was sold to the Canadian Government in 1940.
L to R, Back: Marion, Laura, Elinor, Byrdie. Front: James, Kathleen, Muriel
Dola Dunsmuir and Henry Cavendish are present. Henry 'Dish' Cavendish was married to Dola Dunsmuir from 1928 to 1934.
The greenhouse and conservatory were constructed and installed by the Lord and Burnham Company as part of the estate development by Brett and Hall between 1912 and 1914. The glass house complex had a full time manager and required 60 tons of coal and 200 cords of wood per year to heat. The ornate conservatory pictured had a central dome of about 30 ft square, with two side galleries, each 60 ft long. Flowers were grown inside that were intended for display in the castle and in later years it was also used for food production.
Hatley Castle was designed by renowned British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure for James Dunsmuir. Using only the finest materials, builders, stonemasons and detail carpenters only took 18 months to construct the building from 1908 until 1910.
When Laura Dunsmuir died in 1937, the house and grounds were maintained by a skeleton staff until it was sold to the Canadian Government in 1940.
L to R: Elinor, Kathleen, Muriel. The girls appear to be in nightwear and are pretending to be sleepy.
The shape of this greenhouse is not the same as the Lord and Burnham greenhouses at Hatley Park and may have been on the estate prior to the improvements made by landscape architects, Brett and Hall from 1912 to 1914. It may also be somewhere other than Hatley Park.
October 30 1979 revision of November 25 1977 map. 1 page.
October 1 1974 revision of earlier plan. Drawn by ONO. Floor plan. 1 page.
Current road use with inset map of future land use zones. 1 page; 4 copies rolled together.
This album is a series of photographs taken of military officer cadets at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC, Canada. From arrival in the fall until graduation in late spring, this 1977-78 album tells the story of the academic year in photographs.
Includes the events at the college for 1948.
Includes the events at the college for 1966-67.
Includes the events at the college for 1977-78.
Bound copies of architectural drawings for Grant Block, and several drawings for Nixon. Drawings are in no coherent order. Not a complete set. 15 pages with cardboard and metal binding.
In 1928, Muriel Dunsmuir married Maurice “Tolly” Wingfield and by 1932, they had built Journey’s End, a home adjacent to the Hatley Park property and in the Arts and Crafts style. In 1952, it was used as a staff residence for Canadian Services College Royal Roads and since 1988, it has been the administration building for Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Park.