Biggerstaff Wilson House (Victoria)

Canada / British Columbia / Victoria / Rockland Avenue, 1770
 house, 1906_construction, 1900s construction

1770 Rockland Avenue
Victoria, BC

Built: 1905-6
Architect: Samuel Maclure (1860-1929)

W. Biggerstaff Wilson commissioned Maclure to design this Elizabethan Revival manor house. Wilson was a son of William Wilson, one of the founders of W. & J. Wilson Clothiers. He reputedly received a large inheritance from a family friend because he was named after him. Dominated by its large hipped roof, this home is considered to be Maclure's most successful Tudor Revival design.

maltwood.uvic.ca/arts-crafts/maclure/wilson.html
victoriahistory.ca/single.php?sec=property&id=2559
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