Role Architect Occupation Architect Died 1929, Victoria, Canada | Projects 450 commissions Education Spring Garden College Name Samuel Maclure Siblings Sara Anne McLagan | |
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Alma mater Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia | ||
Samuel Maclure (1860–1929) was a Canadian architect in British Columbia, Canada from 1890 to 1920. He was born in Sapperton, New Westminster, British Columbia on 11 April 1860 to John and Martha Maclure. He studied painting at the Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia, PA from 1884-5. He was a self-taught architect. He married Margaret Catherine (Daisy) Simpson, an accomplished pianist and a portrait painter on 10 Aug. 1889.
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Career
In 1889 he formed an architectural partnership in New Westminster, in association with Charles H. Clow and then with Richard P. Sharp. In 1892 Samuel Maclure moved to Victoria. From 1905-1916 he formed an architectural partnership in Vancouver with Cecil Croker Fox. He formed an architectural partnership with John Edmeston Parr in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1897-1899. Samuel Maclure and his wife Daisy were founding members of the Vancouver Island Arts and Crafts Society in 1909. In 1920 the Vancouver office reopened under Maclure' s former apprentice, Ross A. Lort, who continued the practice after Maclure's death in Victoria, British Columbia on 8 Aug 1929 following a prostate operation
Notable Commissions
Maclure was responsible for over 450 commissions in British Columbia. His first commission, the Temple building for merchant Robert Ward reflects the Chicago School style. He was known for Tudorbethan architecture, the American Craftsman Style and after 1912 Edwardian classicism. His gardens reflected the aesthetic of the English Arts and Crafts Movement. He was consultant to the Butchart Gardens near Victoria, British Columbia. According to Maclure biographer Janet Bingham, the architect is also known to have created houses in the United States, but only one is extant - Ramsay House in Ellensburg, WA - an Arts & Crafts style bungalow with Tudor finishes that has changed hands only three times since construction finished in 1905.
Legacy
His paintings are found in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and the Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria. His architectural plans and drawings are held in the University of Victoria Architecture and Special Coll., SC075 (Samuel Maclure fonds).
