Townley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was the son of Vancouver Mayor Thomas Owen Townley. Townley graduated from University of Pennsylvania's architecture department in 1911.[1][2][3] In 1919, Townley and Robert M. Matheson opened up a local architectural firm. Townley carried out most of the design work while Matheson managed the business. When their project of City Hall was nearing completion in 1935, Matheson died due to illness at age 48. In 1941, their office was built at 1376 Hornby Street.[2] in 1966, Townley died after designing over a thousand buildings almost exclusively in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
fred, townley, frederick, townley, 1887, 1966, canadian, architect, whose, most, notable, works, included, vancouver, city, hall, great, northern, railway, station, destroyed, capitol, theatre, vancouver, general, hospital, vancouver, stock, exchange, building. Frederick L Townley 1887 1966 1 was a Canadian architect whose most notable works included Vancouver City Hall the Great Northern Railway station destroyed the Capitol Theatre Vancouver General Hospital the Vancouver Stock Exchange Building Point Grey Secondary School and the CNIB Building Townley was born in Winnipeg Manitoba and grew up in Vancouver British Columbia and was the son of Vancouver Mayor Thomas Owen Townley Townley graduated from University of Pennsylvania s architecture department in 1911 1 2 3 In 1919 Townley and Robert M Matheson opened up a local architectural firm Townley carried out most of the design work while Matheson managed the business When their project of City Hall was nearing completion in 1935 Matheson died due to illness at age 48 In 1941 their office was built at 1376 Hornby Street 2 in 1966 Townley died after designing over a thousand buildings almost exclusively in Vancouver British Columbia Canada References edit a b HistoricPlaces ca HistoricPlaces ca a b 1376 Hornby Street 10 March 2014 YOU SHOULD KNOW About the Architects Who Helped Build a More Modern Vancouver 5 November 2015 History of Metropolitan Vancouver 1 nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian architect is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Townley amp oldid 1163304568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
