Frederick L. Townley (1887–1966), was a Canadian architect whose most notable works included Vancouver City Hall, the Great Northern Railway station (destroyed), the Capitol Theatre,

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, the Vancouver Stock Exchange Building, Point Grey Secondary School and the CNIB Building. Townley was born in

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and grew up in

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, and was the son of Vancouver Mayor Thomas Owen Townley. Townley graduated from University of Pennsylvania's architecture department in 1911. In 1919, Townley and

Robert M. Matheson The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

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. in 1966, Townley died after designing over a thousand buildings almost exclusively in

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, Canada.

References

History of Metropolitan Vancouver

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