Laver, Augustus, 1834-1898, Ottawa and San Francisco

  • born and educated in Britain
  • came to Canada by 1858
  • partner of Stent
  • designed Richmond (Bate) Building
  • designed East and West blocks of Parliament
  • dismissed due to cost overruns
  • preliminary design of St. Patrick's Basilica in Ottawa (completed by King Arnoldi)
  • worked on Thomas Fuller's New York State Capitol in Albany
  • partner with Thomas Fuller to win San Francisco City Hall competition
  • supervised San Francisco City Hall and designed other projects there