Frame, David Cowper

FRAME, David Cowper (1882-1960)
(biography in preparation)

(works in Victoria)

EXHIBITION GROUNDS, a large Exhibition Hall for the Victoria Agricultural Association, 1908 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 27 March 1908, 2, descrip.; 29 March 1908, 1; Stuart Stark, The B.C. Agricultural Association Exhibition Building, 2017, 232-36, illus. & descrip.)
EXHIBITION GROUNDS, Machinery Hall, Poultry Building, and restaurant, for the Victoria Agricultural Association, 1908 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 1 May 1908, 19; Stuart Stark, The B.C. Agricultural Association Exhibition Building, 2017, 237-43, illus. & descrip.)
HAFER MACHINE CO., Store Street, 1908, addition, 1911 (M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 62, illus.)
W. & J. WILSON CO., Herald Street, commercial block, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 30 Dec. 1908, 28)
IMPERIAL CHINESE SCHOOL, Fisgard Street, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 6 Jan. 1909, 21; Evening Post (Victoria), 10 April 1909, 4, illus. & detailed descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 115-16, illus.; John Adams, Chinese Victoria, 2022, 166, illus.)
OAK BAY, 'Larkhall', a residence for David C. Frame, architect, Foul Bay Road, 1909 (S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 77, illus.)
OAK BAY, 'Shelin', a residence for Mrs. Catherine Watson, Prospect Place, 1909 (M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 164, illus.)
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH & READING HALL, Pandora Avenue, 1909; demol. 2006 (Evening Post (Victoria), 11 May 1909, 4, descrip.; C.R., xxiii, 26 May 1909, 21; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 71, illus. & descrip.)
CRITERION HOTEL [later called Glenshiel Hotel], Douglas Street at Elliott Street, 1909 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House - Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods - Vol. 2, James Bay, 2018, 102-03, illus. & descrip.)
EXHIBITION GROUNDS, The Women's Building, 1909 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 8 July 1909, 6, t.c.; inf. Stuart Stark, Victoria)
VICTORIA CREAMERY & MILK SUPPLY CO., Broad Street, retail store, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 3 March 1909, 22, t.c.)
FINCH BLOCK, Yates Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 4 May 1910, 24)
OAK BAY, 'Kingsmount', a residence for George O. Leask, Denison Road, 1910-11 (S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 59, illus.)
ALEXANDRA LADIES CLUB, Courtney Street, 1910 (Nanaimo Free Press, 16 July 1910, 3, decrip.; C.R., xxiv, 17 Aug. 1910, 29; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 64, illus.)
BANK STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, Bank Street at Leighton Road, 1910-11 (C.R., xxiv, 30 Nov. 1910, 25; Daily Colonist [Victoria], 24 Sept. 1911, 15, illus.; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 4, 2009, 198-99, illus. & descrip.)
TRUTCH STREET, residence for Edwin H. Hiscocks, 1911 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 4, 2009, 133-4, illus. & descrip.)
VANCOUVER STREET, residence for William Thompson, 1911-13 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 132-33, illus. & descrip.)
JAMESON COFFEE CO., Broughton Street near Blanshard Street, store and warehouse, 1912 (Architectural Inst. of British Columbia, list of works in Application Form for D.C. Frame)
OAK BAY, residence for James S. Clark, St. Louis Street, 1912 (S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 55, illus.)
VICTORIA WEST METHODIST CHURCH, McPherson Street at Fullerton Avenue, 1912 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 9 June 1912, 2, illus.; 28 Nov. 1912, 8, descrip.)
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Quadra Street at Caledonia Avenue, 1912 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 14 June 1912, 17, illus. & descrip.)
ODDFELLOW'S LODGE, View Street, 1912 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 21 Sept. 1912, 5, descrip.; 5 Oct. 1912, 17, illus. & descrip.)
(with S.P. Birley) BARTLE & GIBSON LTD., Yates Street, 1941 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
PARK TOWERS APARTMENTS, Vancouver Street, 1945 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
STRATHMORE APARTMENTS, Cook Street, 1946 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
FAIRHILL APARTMENTS, Cook Street, 1946 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
FOO HONG BUILDING, Fisgard Street at Government Street, 1946 (M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 119-20, illus.; John Adams, Chinese Victoria, 2022, 169, illus.)
(with Douglas James) IMPERIAL BANK, Government Street at Yates Street, major alterations, 1946 (C.R., lix, July 1946, 106; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 79, illus.)
KENILWORTH APARTMENTS, Morrison Street, 1947 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
(with Douglas James and Hubert Savage) MEMORIAL ARENA, Blanshard Street at Caledonia Avenue, 1946-47; demol. 2003 (Victoria Daily Times, 4 March 1946, 1; Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
ENSIGN MOTOR SALES LTD., Yates Street, major additions, 1949 (Hallmark Society, Capitol Regional District Art Deco and Moderne, 1986)
EMPRESS AVENUE, at Vancouver Street, a small apartment block for L.E. Moore, 1950 (Victoria Daily Times, 16 Oct. 1950, 15)

COMPETITIONS

VANCOUVER, B.C., The Industrial Exhibition Building, Hastings Park, 1909. Frame was one of five architects invited to submit a design for the large exhibit hall on the Exhibitions Grounds in 1909 (Vancouver Daily World, 10 May 1909, 8). The winnner was Henry B. Watson of Vancouver.
VICTORIA, B.C., Y.M.C.A. Building, Blanchard Street at View Street, 1909. The office of D.C. Frame of Victoria was one of 6 local architects who submitted a design (Evening Post (Victoria), 16 July 1909, 5). His submission was passed over and H.S. Griffith was declared the winner.