File:Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, between 1891 and 1901 (AL+CA 694).jpg
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[edit]English: Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, between 1891 and 1901 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, between 1891 and 1901 |
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English: Photograph of drawing. Inset of ground floor plan in upper left corner. Caption on image: F.M. Rattenbury, Architect, Victoria, B.C., 1895. Bamford [illeg.] Caption on mount: Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. Filed in British Columbia--VictoriaAfter a year-long competition, a 25-year-old architect, Francis Mawson Rattenbury, was chosen in March 1892 to design B.C.’s new Parliament Buildings. Construction began in 1893, partly to try to boost a stagnant economy. Every effort was made to use local materials and resources — granite foundations from Nelson Island; site facades from Haddington Island stone; and local brick, lime and Douglas fir for the construction work. The total cost was not to exceed $600,000. When the commission was completed four years later, amid much controversy and argument, the total cost came to $923,882.30. Although B.C.’s new Parliament Buildings were completed in late 1897, the opening was delayed to coincide with that of the Legislative Assembly. Lieutenant-Governor T.R. McInnes formally opened the buildings on February 10, 1898. The only dignitary not attending was the mercurial architect Francis Rattenbury. He was in England raising funds for a scheme involving Klondike steamboats. At the time they were built, the Parliament Buildings were criticized as an unnecessary extravagance, particularly since they came in over $300,000 over the original $600,000 budget. Between 1911 and 1915 Rattenbury designed additions to the structure, including the magnificent library, with its elegant marble-panelled rotunda. [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia web site, http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/#
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Depicted place | Victoria, British Columbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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circa 1896 date QS:P571,+1896-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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