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British Columbia House, Regent Street, Westminster, London.

British Columbia House is a Grade II listed building at 1 and 3, Regent Street, Westminster, London. [1]

Designed by architect Alfred Barr, [1] British Columbia House was constructed in 1914 as the premises of the Agent-General of the Province of British Columbia, [2] a position then held by John Herbert Turner. [3] At the time of the building's official opening, in 1915, Turner had been replaced by Richard McBride, but McBride's death, in 1917, saw Turner return to the Agent-General's role. [4]

The building is owned by the Crown Estate and is now a commercial building. [2] It underwent a £8.5 million refurbishment in 2013. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "British Columbia House (1274608)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Morgan Sindall Awarded £8.5M Project to Refurbish 1–3 Regent Street London". The Builders' Conference. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. "The First Agent-General". Ottawa Citizen . 21 January 1948. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. Mouat, Jeremy (2005). "TURNER, JOHN HERBERT". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. 15. University of Toronto. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

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