1892 – Design for New Cathedral at Victoria, British Columbia

Interior Perspective View of premiated design as published in The Building News, October 28th, 1892. As early as 1870 there had been plans for a new Cathedral and in 1891, a competition for an architectural design was won by J.C.M. Keith. On January 1, 1892, the local paper published a sketch of the prize-winning design: The years passed without any progress towards the dream of a new cathedral. But by 1926, it was possible to proceed, and the plan took on a very different aspect. The single West tower was now replaced by two much smaller towers, and the crossing was to support a “lantern”. The new plan retained the ambitious size from 1892: space for a choir of 52 boys and 26 men along with seating for 26 clergy; the total, congregation, choir and clergy would be 1468.