
Holland Residence (1926)

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Craigmillar Lodge ( 1913)
1210 Tattersall Drive
John Brown ( 1846–1913) and his wife Catherine ( 1852–1916) completed their expansive retirement home in 1913. He had worked for the post office and she managed the Cherry Point boarding house in Victoria. The Pollards, a family from China, owned the lodge from 1928 to 1952. The property was later subdivided and the private home was re-developed into apartments.
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The handsome red brick Keg Building on Quadra opposite Lumber World was originally a water pumping station built in 1900. The original owners were obviously proud of their new pump station with a clear statement on the front of the building. Here’s the colourful history of the building from The Historical Buildings website:
The Lake Hill Pumping Station is a single storey brick industrial building with a gabled roof, rectangular on plan with the gable end facing the street. The building is located on the west side of Quadra Street, just south of McKenzie Avenue, in an area of other commercial buildings.
The Lake Hill Pumping Station is a rare example of an early industrial building in Saanich, and is valued as an important physical manifestation of the district’s industrial history. Utilitarian in form, the building makes a clear statement of its original purpose. Built in 1900, the structure housed equipment necessary to pump water from Elk Lake to the City of Victoria as part of the city’s water system.
Additionally, this site represents the history of the development of agriculture in Saanich. By 1912, a new pumping station had been built, and this building was converted for use for industrial functions such as jam production and canning, providing a market for the fruit produced by local farmers. The Growers Wine Company, which founded the loganberry wine industry on Vancouver Island with government assistance, provided a commercial use for the abundant local supply of loganberries. This was considered the salvation of local growers, particularly during the Depression when the company purchased local produce as well as provided employment. After 1954, the Growers Wine Company used these premises as a cooper’s shop and warehouse for their winemaking facility next door. Since 1978, the building has been a restaurant in the Keg chain, demonstrating the adaptable nature of utilitarian industrial structures.
Source: Heritage Planning Files, District of Saanich
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