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1930-1955 (Creation)
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- Van Norman, Charles Burwell
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ca. 3000 architectural drawings
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Charles Van Norman was a graduate of the University of Manitoba and came to Vancouver in the late 1920s. He worked briefly under Townley and Matheson before starting his own architectural practice in 1930. Van Norman's early work included a variety of buildings, mainly residential, for prominent businessmen such as General McRae and H.R. MacMillan. In the years after World War II, Van Norman also did many commercial plans for department stores, schools, and prefabricated houses (in some cases for the Veteran's Land Act). He was involved in the design of many of the Park Royal Shopping Centre stores, as well as the Powell River Company's housing developments.
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The fonds consists of 544 sets of architectural drawings executed between the years 1930 and 1955. While the majority of the plans are for the Vancouver and British Columbia areas, there are a few designs for foreign contracts. Arranged alphabetically by address.
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Access to the plans is subject to archivist's approval. In some cases, permission from current owners of buildings must be obtained prior to viewing the plans.
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File list available.
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BCAUL control number: CVAN-383