Biography
He emigrated young to Guelph Ontario and was probably trained there.
He came to Victoria in 1859 from San Francisco in association with George Saunders. An architect, he is reputed to have been the first to practice in Victoria. His firm of Wright & Saunders was located in 1863 at Yates and langley.
In 1867 they moved to San Francisco but continued to design structures for Victoria clients.
He introduced steam heating to Victoria in 1859 with his design for the Pandora Street Methodist Church.
He was later elected as the first president of the San Francisco Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
He at the Jubilee Hospital in Victoria during a visit to the City. (His projects included: In Metchosin BC the Fisgard Lighthouse (with H.O. Tiedemann); In Victoria BC the Pandora Street Methodist Church; In Victoria BC Angela College; In Victoria BC Woodlands (1861) a residence for James Bissett; In Victoria BC the First Methodist Church (Victoria); In Victoria BC Fairfield (1861) a residence for Joseph Trutch; In Victoria BC Pentrelew (1875) a residence for HPP Crease; In Victoria BC the Richard Carr House; In San Francisco CA the San Anselmo Theological Seminary.)
References
- Downs, Barry (1980)
- Segger, M. & D. Franklin. 1979
