British Columbia
Further information: List of heritage buildings in Vancouver| Building | Height |
Floors | Built | City | Architect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driard Hotel (2nd)* | 30 ? | 7 | 1890-92 | Victoria | John Teague |
| Willows Exhibition Building* | 43 ? | ** | 1892? | Victoria | ?? |
| St. Andrew's Cathedral | 54 m | ** | 1892 | Victoria | Perrault and Mesnard |
| Christ Church Cathedral | 1895 | Vancouver | C.O. Wickenden | ||
| Christ Church Cathedral* | 41 | 1896 | Victoria | J.C.M. Keith | |
| British Columbia Parliament Buildings | 45 | 5 | 1897 | Victoria | Francis Rattenbury |
| Holy Rosary Cathedral | 70 | 1900 | Vancouver | Julian and Williams | |
| Woodward's building | 12 | 1903 | Vancouver | W.T. Whiteway | |
| Dominion Building | 45 | 13 | 1910 | Vancouver | Helyer and Son |
| Sinclair Centre | 43 | 7 | 1910 | Vancouver | David Ewart (for Post Office) Thomas Hooper (Winch Building) |
| Sun Tower | 84 | 17 | 1912 | Vancouver | W.T. Whiteway |
| Vancouver Block | 56 | 16 | 1912 | Vancouver | Parr and Fee |
| Birks Building* | 48 * | 12 | 1913 | Vancouver | Somervell and Putnam |
| Credit Foncier Building | 41 | 10 | 1913 | Vancouver | Barrot, Blackader and Webster |
| B.C. Permanent Loan Building | 40 * | 10 | 1914 | Victoria | |
| Standard Building | 52 | 15 | 1914 | Vancouver | Russell, Babcock and Rice |
| Hotel Vancouver (1916)* (not the current hotel of that name) | 77 | 17 | 1916 | Vancouver | Francis S. Swales |
| Hotel Georgia | 48 * | 12 | 1927 | Vancouver | Garrow and Graham Sr. |
| Georgia Medical Building* | 68 * | 17 | 1929 | Vancouver | John Young McCarter |
| Marine Building | 98 | 21 | 1930 | Vancouver | McCarter and Nairne |
| Vancouver City Hall | 55 | 12 | 1936 | Vancouver | Townley and Matheson |
| Royal Bank Building | 85 | 18 | 1937 | Vancouver | S.G. Davenport |
| Hotel Vancouver | 111 | 17 | 1939 | Vancouver | Archibald and Schofield |
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