Sun Room At Benvenuto – Designed By Samuel Maclure In 1911
Architect Samuel Maclure designed a Sun Room addition to Benvenuto in 1911. His drawings of the original Sun Room floor plan and many interior features still exist.
Samuel Maclure architectural drawing in interior and exterior details of the Sunroom Addition at Benvenuto, November 1911. (Courtesy of UVic Library – Special Collections)Detail from Samuel Maclure drawing for floor plan of Sun Room addition to Benvenuto, 1911. (courtesy of UVic Library – Special Collections)Postcard showing the 1911 Sun Room addition to Benvenuto and the site of Jennie Butchart’s Private Garden, circa 1912-1919. (Author’s collection)Jennie Butchart’s Private Garden, designed and built in 1920-1921 by architect Samuel Maclure, looking toward the Sun Room, designed by Samuel Maclure in 1911 and extended by Samuel Maclure in 1919. This photo was taken from in August (photo by Author)
Here are some of the interior details of Samuel Maclure’s 1911 Sun Room addition at Benvenuto.
Detail from Samuel Maclure drawing for interior detail of Sun Room addition to Benvenuto, 1911. These “Folding Doors” are still in place. (courtesy of UVic Library – Special Collections)
These are the “Folding Doors” designed by Samuel Maclure for the Sun Room addition in 1911. They are still in place at Benvenuto.
The entrance to the Sun Room addition to Benvenuto, designed by architect Samuel Maclure in 1911. The doors were also designed by Samuel Maclure. (photo by Author)Samuel Maclure architectural drawing of interior and exterior details of the Sunroom Addition at Benvenuto, November 1911. (Courtesy of UVic Library – Special Collections)
