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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX55_victoria-fire-department-headquarters_Victoria-BC.html
You are near the site of the Victoria Fire Department Headquarters, which served downtown Victoria from 1899 to 1959.HistoryVictoria's central business district grew dramatically during the 1880s and 1890s. More "modern' buildings in size and valu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX54_japanese-internment_Victoria-BC.html
On April 22, 1942, 273 men, women and children of Japanese ancestry were exiled from their homes in the Greater Victoria area. None of the survivors of this event ever returned to Victoria to re-establish a home. On August 4, 1992, 67 survivors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX53_victoria-city-hall_Victoria-BC.html
Victoria's first city hall was designed in 1875. The building was begun three years later and completed in 1890. The designer was John Teague, an Englishman long resident in Victoria, who was responsible for planning many of the city's early build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX52_the-majestic-theatre_Victoria-BC.html
This building first housed Moore's Music Hall (Victoria's earliest existing theatre) upstairs, above Nathanial Moore's dry goods store. In 1885, a new facade was constructed to match the new building next door, with identical cast iron columns.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX51_shop-warehouse_Victoria-BC.html
This two-story brick building in the Italianate style was one of several shop/warehouses in Victoria's warehouse district. Originally occupied by W.J. Jeffree, pioneer clothier, the building later housed F.R. Stewart & Co. Provisioners. The his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4J_the-oriental-hotel_Victoria-BC.html
William McKeon operated the Oriental Saloon on this site, at the corner of Oriental Alley, prior to 1883. That year, he commissioned architect John Teague to build the Oriental Hotel on the lot next door. Teague doubled the size of the hotel in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4I_s-j-pitts-importer_Victoria-BC.html
This is one of the earlier brick warehouse in the area, replacing previous wooden construction.Sidney Pitts, like other businessmen on Yates Street, operated a wholesale grocery, provision and produce business.Stuccoed for may years, the building …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4H_leiser-building_Victoria-BC.html
Simon Leiser & Co., Wholesale Grocers, was the largest business of it kind in British Columbia when this warehouse was built. The building featured a central electric elevator with tracks radiating from the elevator on each floor for ease of handl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4G_waddington-alley_Victoria-BC.html
Built by B.C. pioneer Alfred Waddington, this alley was intended to maximize access to, and use of, three privately-owned lots during the Fraser River gold rush of 1858.Initially, "a number of cheap shops" were erected which, by 1863, included a f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4F_thomas-earle-warehouse_Victoria-BC.html
Thomas Earle was a local wholesale grocer and provision merchant whose business dated back to 1869.This building, constructed for $10,000 and designed by architect Thomas Hopper, features a large brick arch and two finials flanking a central pedim…
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