Fred Townley

Frederick L. Townley (1887–1966), son of former Vancouver Mayor Thomas Owen Townley was born in Winnipeg and grew up in Vancouver. Townley graduated from University of Pennsylvania’s architecture department in 1911. In 1919, Townley and Robert M. Matheson opened up a local architectural firm. Townley carried out most of the design work while Matheson managed the business. When their project of City Hall was nearing completion in 1935, Matheson died due to illness at age 48. In 1941, their office was built at 1376 Hornby Street. in 1966, Townley died after designing over a thousand buildings almost exclusively in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. His most notable works include Vancouver City Hall, the Great Northern Railway station (destroyed), the Capitol Theatre, Vancouver General Hospital, the Building, Point Grey Secondary School and the CNIB Building.

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