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Walking history - Sylvia Holland in Oak Bay

4 August 2020

640 st Patrick (built 1935), design by ‘Day & Holland”. ‘The ‘Holland’ part was Sylvia Moberly Holland (1900-1974, the first woman to be a registered architect in British Columbia. ). Read more about her in Eve Lazarus’ precis here http://evelazarus.com/sylvia-holland-1900-1974/ and book https://evelazarus.com/book/sensational-victoria/

https://aibc.ca/2018/03/international-womens-day-2018-sylvia-grace-holland/

https://cwahi.concordia.ca/sources/artists/displayArtist.php?ID_artist=5697

Constructing Careers: Profiles of Five Early Women Architects in British Columbia – 1996. Vancouver: Women in Architecture Exhibits Committee, Architectural Institute of British Columbia

For the Record: The First Women in Canadian Architecture – 2008. Joan Grierson