Basic Biographical Details

Name: John Young McCarter
Designation:  
Born: 12 August 1886
Died: 12 May 1981
Bio Notes: John Young McCarter was born at Victoria, British Columbia on 12 August 1886 and trained in the Victoria and Vancouver offices of architect Thomas Hooper before commencing independent practice in Vancouver in 1912. In 1921 he entered into partnership with Scottish-born George Colvill Nairne, whom he had known in Hooper's office. McCarter had good political, business and military contacts, and the McCarter & Nairne practice flourished right up to the time of Nairne's retirement in 1951: their architecture was an impressive American modern of the Raymond Hood school.

Nairne died on 23 April 1953, McCarter continuing the practice under its existing title until his own retirement in 1956. Thereafter it was continued by Ronald S Nairne (born 1923 and presumably George Colvill's son), William Leithead and other partners as McCarter Nairne & Partners. McCarter died in Vancouver on 12 May 1981.

Private and Business Addresses

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 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBusiness   

Employment and Training

Employers

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 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 1McCarter & Nairne19211956Partner 

Buildings and Designs

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 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 31928Marine BuildingVancouver British ColumbiaCanada 
Item 2 of 31928Medical-Dental BuildingVancouver British ColumbiaCanada 
Item 3 of 3Late 1920sVancouver Exhibition AssociationVancouver British ColumbiaCanada 

References

Bibliographic References

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 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Luxton, Donald (ed.)2003Building the West: the early architects of British Columbia Vancouver: Talon Bookspp 272-7
Item 2 of 2www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com2005www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com The Canadian Encyclopedia website (Historica [sic] Foundation of Canada)Entry on McCarter Nairne