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Colonial Metropole Hotel
1890, 1892
541-599 Johnson Street
Archt. John Teague
A much more conservative design than the Teague's later Driard, the Colonial was neverthelessa large commission. To give a business a streetfront presence for proprietor Thomas Tugwell, Teague produced an Italian Villa false front. The centre block, comparatively plain brick with a bracketted cornice, was flanked by two "pavilions," these slightly larger scaled and executed in a more robust fashion with quoined corners, squared second-storey windows contained separate leased retail on the ground floor. The centre block is still evident but only the eastern "pavilion" survives. The western pavilion was replaced by the surviving brick Romanesque structure in 1892 when the hotel was renamed the "Colonial Metropole." The design was also by Teague although the diaper brick work and brick panelled parapet give a decidedly more eclectic Picturesque effect. The building now forms part of a range of structures that have undergone a program of façade restoration and adaptive reuse as housing by developer Michael Williams.
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Royal Bank Building
Munro's Books
1909
1108 Government Street
Archt. Thomas Hooper
A second storey has been removed, but this is still one of Victoria's finest small Temple bank designs. The deep relief of the design elements, boldness of the detailing and solidity of the cut stone give a Beaux Arts feeling that reinforces the building's presence on the street. In 1985 the bank was acquired by book retailer James Munro, who has restored the grand interior banking hall. A major feature is a set of colourfully expressive wall hangings, "The Four Seasons" be well-known fabric artist, Carol Sabiston.
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W. J. Pendray House
1895
309 Belleville Street, James Bay
By 1881 William Pendray's nearby factory was producing 9,000 pounds of soap per day. Later he branched into the production of Roman Meal. With the resultant fortune, Pendray erected this Picturesque version of the American Queen Anne which had been popularized by the Eastern architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Shingles are used to create contrasting textural displays while the various structural elements rise gradually through a complex series of planes and voids, roof planes and gables to the peak of the tower. German artisans Muller & Sturn executed ceiling frescoes for the main rooms and the gardens feature the results of one of Pendray's recreational passions, a taste for late Victorian topiary display.
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Colquitz Jail and Prison Farm
1914
4216 Wilkinson Road, Carey, Saanich
Archt. W. R. Wilson
This institution has known various names and uses: until 1916 a jail and prison farm, from 1916-1954 the Colquitz Centre of the Criminally Insane, then for two years the Vancouver Island Unit of the Oakalla Prison Farm, and from 1971 the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre. To most Victoria residents it has, however, been popularly called just the Wilkinson Road Jail. In 1982 the British Columbia Building Corporation undertook a major revitalization of the building which conserved the castellated brick veneer, but replaced the interior with a modern reinforced concrete facility. Wilson's late Victorian castle scheme, in materials, detail and massing, remarkably resembles his Bay Street Armories under construction at the same time.
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"The Royal Oak Inn"
for Colin and Florence Forrest,
Vera Levy and David Burnett
1939
4509 West Saanich Road, Royal Oak, Saanich
Archt. Hubert Savage
The Forrests, recently arrived from Shanghai, believed this location at the intersection of roads to Butchart Gardens and the airport would make a good location for an English style tea room. Savage supplied the designs for an Arts & Crafts style "Cotswold" cottage. He specified a patented manufactured thatched reed roof with eyebrow dormers. The parged black-and-white half-timbered walls (applied to standard frame construction) and tall brick chimneys surmounted a dry-stone terraced rock garden. The high point of the interior is a large balconied hall built using cruck timbers in the manner of a medieval barn. In 1940 the restaurant was bought by John and Katharine Maltwood, who renamed it "The Thatch" and installed their collection of antiques and Katharine's own works as sculptor. In her will Mrs. Maltwood left the museum to the University of Victoria who operated it for a number of years as a public museum. At that time a shake roof was installed. The collection was moved to a new museum on campus in 1980, the building again assumed a restaurant use.
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Leau,-Wel-New School
1989
7449 West Saanich Road, Central Saanich
Arcths. Lubor & Trupka, Vancouver
Built for the Saanich Indian School Board this building established a reference point for the culturally based native education curriculum to be pursued in the new provincial educational initiative for tribal schools. The T-form plan, featuring a central open plan community space, expresses the traditional materials and form of the old Salish big houses of the Saanich Peninsula. Integral to the design is the artistic program directed and to a large degree executed by senior Salish artist, Charles Elliott. Elliott's entrance portal with hovering Eagle figure, the façade Thunderbird mural, and the Raven, Orca, Wolf, and Thunderbird 26-foot pole provide a formal approach to the school. Wall-mural subsidiary themes carried throughout the school are executed in the manner of serigraph print designs.
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