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Designation of Union Club of B.C. as National Historic Site of CanadaEntry/Object ID
2023.04.11Scope and Content
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This printed letter advises that the Union Club of British Columbia, 805 Gordon Street, has been designated as a National Historic Site of Canada, signed and dated May 3, 2016.Context
The letter is addressed to Mr. Lorne DeLarge, President, The Union Club of British Columbia.
The letter is signed by The Honourable Catherine McKenna P.C. M.P., Minister of the Environment and Climate Change [Government of Canada].
Copied to Mr. Murray Rankin, M.P. for Victoria and The Honourable Steve Thomson, Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations for the Province of British Columbia.
Dated May 3, 2016.
Enclosure cited: Excerpt of minutes of Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada June 14, 2014 with recommendation of The Union Club of British Columbia designation.
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Founded in 1879, the Union Club is a landmark institution in the heart of downtown Victoria., B.C., whose members represent a legacy of leadership and who have been at the heart of the business, social and cultural life of Victoria and beyond from its early beginnings. The current Union Club building (third venue) was recognized as nationally significant in 1995 by the joint federal, provincial and territorial administered registry, Canada’s Historic Places. And in 2017, The Union Club of British Columbia was declared a National Historic Site by the Government of Canada. The Union Club, completed in 1913, earned the prestigious status for its important early history and outstanding architecture of Beaux-Arts Italian Renaissance Revival Style.
The Union Club building, has stood solidly since its completion in 1913. However, as a result of age and water damage the outside of the building had started to deteriorate. An extensive multi-year Building Remediation Project Plan was developed for the interior and exterior of the Club, and then implemented, 2012-2017. This remediation and restoration work on the Union Club received a number of awards.
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National Historic Sites of Canada are places that have been designated by the federal Minister of the Environment on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, as being of national historic significance. Parks Canada, a federal agency, manages the National Historic Sites program.
As of November 2023, there were 1,005 National Historic Sites, located across all ten provinces and three territories, with two Sites located in France (the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial and Canadian National Vimy Memorial).
The Sites are organized according to five broad themes: Peopling the Land, Governing Canada, Developing Economies, Building Social and Community Life, and Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life. Most Sites are marked by a federal plaque bearing Canada's Coat of Arms.Dimensions
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By John Taylor, RCA
2018.06.01 - 2018.06.15 UCBC Terracotta Restoration Project Nos. 1-15
2023.04.02 Union Club of B.C., Third Clubhouse, 805 Gordon St., Victoria, B.C., ca. 2010
2001.01.54 Union Club of B.C., Second Clubhouse with Expansion, 912 Douglas St., Victoria, B.C., ca. 1899
2001.01.55 Union Club of B.C., Third Clubhouse, 805 Gordon St., Victoria, B.C., ca. 1914
2023.04.05.a The Original Union Club in Victoria [First venue, 907 Government Street at Yates, Victoria, B.C., ca. 1880]
2023.04.05.b The Original Union Club in Victoria [First venue, 907 Government Street at Yates, Victoria, B.C.], ca. 1975
2023.04.11 Designation of Union Club of B.C. as National Historic Site of Canada
2023.04.12.a Architectural Detail, Exterior of Union Club, 805 Gordon Street, Victoria, B.C.: Nos. 1-2 (Shield and Window)
2023.04.12.b Architectural Detail, Exterior of Union Club, 805 Gordon Street, Victoria, B.C.: Nos. 3-4 (Urn and Main Staircase)
2023.04.12.c Architectural Detail, Exterior of Union Club, 805 Gordon Street, Victoria, B.C.: Nos. 5-6 (Keystone and Main Entrance)Copyright
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