Forestry/Commercial Building - Fairview Campus

Location:
In the middle of the Fairview campus surrounded by all the other buildings, perpendicular to 10th Ave.
Date:
1918
Architect:
Sharp & Thompson
Cost:
Total cost for all 1918 buildings $9,000
Sources of funds:
Invalided Soldiers Commission
Use history:
Used for vocational education of soldiers returned from World War I. Originally housed Dominion Forest Woodwork Laboratory and SCR Electrical Laboratory in its north part and Student Council Offices in the south section.
Later north wing - forestry, south wing - commerce.
Name history:
Also knownn as Commercial Building.
Demolition date:
October 1955
Architectural features:
Wood-frame, 3-ply ready roofing, wood siding.
Sources:
Thompson, Berwick, Pratt; McGill; UBCE.

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