Part of:

• Fonds: John C. Parkin fonds, 1929-1987
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1945-1986
•      Project: Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario (1981-1982), 1981-1984

People:

• John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)

Title:

Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario (1981-1982)

Date:

1981-1984

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

• Approximately 512 drawings (including 412 reprographic copies)
  165 photographic materials
  0.728 l.m. of textual materials

Scope and content:
This project series documents the construction of the Victoria and Grey Trust Company office in Stratford, Ontario from 1981-1984. The office identified the project number as 8116.

This project consisted of an office building and computer center to be the new head office of Victoria and Grey Trust Company. Originally, the building was proposed as an eleven-storey office tower, but eventually the design was scaled back to five storeys with a basement and penthouse. Once construction commenced, the building became even shorter and included a parking garage. The building was located at 60 Erie Street. This project documents only the construction of this office building; the design was completed under a different project number assigned by the office (see project series AP018.S1.1980.PR14 in this fonds).
The project is recorded through drawings, photographic materials and textual records dating from 1981-1984. The drawings are mostly reprographic copies arranged within the textual materials. There are some original detail drawings arranged within the textual materials. Some drawings were produced by architecture firm Routhwaite and Fairfield. The photographic materials show the construction progress of the project. The textual records consist of correspondence, conference and site reports, authority and detail documentation, financial documents, supplementary instructions, change orders and specifications.

Reference number:

AP018.S1.1981.PR16

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series have been kept in their original order and/or arranged by material type.

Location:

Stratford Ontario Canada

Related units of description:

• Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see: AP018.S1.1980.PR14, Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Design, Stratford, Ontario.

Contains:

• AP018.S1.1981.PR16.001, Existing garage drawings prepared by Rounthwaite and Fairfield Architects, Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario, circa 1981
• AP018.S1.1981.PR16.002, Project documentation, Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario, 1981-1984
• AP018.S1.1981.PR16.003, Project documentation, Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario, 1982-1984
• AP018.S1.1981.PR16.004, Project documentation, Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario, 1981-1983
• AP018.S1.1981.PR16.005, Box of specifications, Victoria and Grey Trust Company, Head Office Construction, Stratford, Ontario, 1982