Hotel St. Clair - 1911
577 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC.
Built in 1911 for Captain Henry Pybus, Commander of the H.M.S.S. "Empress of Japan", blue ribbon holder of trans-Pacific crossings. A replica of the ship's carvedd figurehead is preserved in Stanley Park close to "Lumberman's Arch" His grandson, the Hon. Henry Pybus Bell-Irving, became a lieutenant Govenor of B.C. The stonework is actually case concrete, a specialty of the architect Samual Birds, who was also trained as an engineer. This hotel was named the Dunsmuir Rooms until 1929, and it accomodated railway and ocean-going passengers.
Hotel St. Clair - 1911
577 Richards Street, Vancouver, BC.
Built in 1911 for Captain Henry Pybus, Commander of the H.M.S.S. "Empress of Japan", blue ribbon holder of trans-Pacific crossings. A replica of the ship's carvedd figurehead is preserved in Stanley Park close to "Lumberman's Arch" His grandson, the Hon. Henry Pybus Bell-Irving, became a lieutenant Govenor of B.C. The stonework is actually case concrete, a specialty of the architect Samual Birds, who was also trained as an engineer. This hotel was named the Dunsmuir Rooms until 1929, and it accomodated railway and ocean-going passengers.