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File consists of architectural drawings of alterations to the second City Hall building. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of public convenience [toilets] No. 3, located underneath Howe Street, immediately north of Robson Street. The drawings depict a site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of the Central Wing of the Main Building at Vancouver General Hospital. The drawings depict floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections, details and schedules. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Original construction (architectural), 1913: LEG2285.07713 to .07722
Original construction, (structural), 1914: LEG2285.07723 to .07727
Installation of x-ray equipment, 1923: LEG2285.07728
Interior renovations, 1929 & 1931: LEG2285.07729 to .07732
Fire escapes, 1931: LEG2285.07733
Addition (architectural), 1950-1951: LEG2285.07734 to .07741
Addition (structural), 1951: LEG2285.07742 to .07749
Addition (prefabricated steel beams), 1951: LEG2285.07750

File consists of architectural drawings depicting design of the McGill Building (later Willow Chest Centre) at Vancouver General Hospital, including alterations and addition of a new wing to the east of the original building. The drawings depict site plans, floor plans, elevations, floor plans, sections and details.

Drawing sets included in the file are:

Original McGill Block construction (architectural), 1914: LEG2285.01832 to .01845
Original McGill Block construction (structural), 1914: LEG2285.01846 to .01853
Interior renovations to McGill Block, 1926: LEG2285.01854 to .01861
Design of east wing addition, [after 1926]: LEG2285.01862 to .01882

File consists of architectural drawings of the Vancouver General Hospital Infectious Disease Block, located on the east side of Willow Street at West 12th Avenue. The drawings depict block plans, floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections, details and schedules. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Architectural: LEG2285.24413 to .24421
Structural: LEG2285.24422 to .24426

File consists of architectural drawings of a fieldhouse and box lacrosse facilities for Hastings Community Park. The drawings depict a plot plan, drainage plan, foundation plan, floor plans, elevations and sections.

File consists of architectural drawings of Vancouver General Hospital Maternity Block (later, the Willow Pavilion). The drawings depict block plans, floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections, details and schedules. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Original design (architectural), 1927: LEG2285.31992 to 32002
Original design (electrical), 1927: LEG2285.32003 to .32006
Canopy addition, 1955: LEG2285.32207

File consists of site plans of Vancouver General Hospital, depicting the location and name of all hospital buildings as of 1931. Most of the drawings also depict underground utilities layouts for various services.

File consists of architectural drawings of storage building for the City of Vancouver, originally for the Street Lighting Department. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of Point Grey Municipal Hall. The drawings depict foundation plans, floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of a sanitary convenience (public toilets) at the Hastings Park racetrack. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of an architectural drawing of a Public Convenience (public toilets). The drawing depicts a site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of a building labelled as the Public Market Hall; based on the dates of the drawings, this may be the building listed in City directories as "Vancouver Fruit Market", or possibly the former Market Hall converted to be the second City Hall in 1897. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations and sections.

File consists of architectural drawings of cow and horse barn additions to the Livestock Building. The drawings depict foundation plans, floor plans, elevations, sections and details. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Cow barn, 1920: LEG2285.14506 to .14507
Show horse stables, 1923: LEG2285.14508 to .14509

File consists of architectural drawings of Fire Hall #14. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations and sections.

File consists of architectural drawings of three different proposed designs for Fire Hall #11. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations and sections.

File consists of architectural drawings of Fire Hall #13, including renovations for installation of Civil Defence siren. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of B.C. Telephone Co. office and garage. The drawings depict a footing plan, floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of the Rotary Club T.B. Clinic on West Pender Street between Beatty and Cambie streets. The drawings depict blok plans, grading plans, floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections, details and schedules. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Original construction (architectural), 1918: LEG2285.08291 to .08301
Original construction (structural), 1918: LEG2285.08302 to .08303
Design of film storage room, 1929: LEG2285.08304

File consists of architectural drawings of public conveniences [toilets] for the City of Vancouver, located underground at the south-west corner of Main and Hastings streets. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of original design drawings of the Vancouver City Public Marke No. 2t, located at Lot 11 Blk 51 DL 200A. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections and details.

Drawings LEG2285.19002 to .19015 depict original design of the building. Drawings LEG2285.19016 to .19021 depict various minor renovation projects to the building.

File consists of architectural drawings of Labour Temple. The drawings depict key plan, plot plan, foundation plans, floor plans, elevations, sections and details. The file includes drawings of the following projects:

Renovations to the Labour Temple: LEG2285.15525 to .15534
Renovations to Technical School: LEG.15535 to .15546
Additions to Workmen's Compensation Board offices: LEG2285.15547 to .15557

File consists of architectural drawings of the South Vancouver Municipal Hall (later, Vancouver Police Department's Station "B"). The drawings depict foundation plans, floor plans, elevations, sections and details. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Original, 1911?: LEG2285.09557 to .09561
Renovations to accommodate Vancouver Police Division "B", 1929: LEG2285.09562 to 09566

File consists of records which document planning the location of the Vancouver airport and the design of various buildings at the Sea Island site. The file appears to be made up of records documenting two different businesses for which the department was responsible: designing City buildings, and administering the building permit application process, as most of drawings are original design drawings and tracings from the Vancouver Building Department, who designed most of the earliest structures.

The drawings depict site plans and designs for various hangers and administration buildings. The design drawings are elevations, floor plans, sections and details for a large number of projects:

Preliminary drawing of airport and seaplane harbour: LEG2285.00323
Layout plan for proposed airport north of Lansdown Road, Richmond: LEG2285.00324
Plan showing proposed shoring of east wall, seaplane hanger: LEG2285.00325
Trane system of vacuum heating, aircraft hanger: LEG2285.00326
Hanger for Vancouver BC airport, Job no. 33: LEG2285.00327 to .00343
Hanger for Vancouver BC airport, Job no. 34: LEG2285.00344 to .00362
Temporary administration building, Job no. 35: LEG2285.00363 to .00367
Alterations to the Administration Building: LEG2285.00368 to .00370
Addition to City Airport hanger: LEG2285.00371 to .00374
Plan of offices to be erected at N.E. corner of land plane hanger: LEG2285.00375
Control tower: LEG2285.00376 to .00378
Administration Building new offices: LEG2285.00379
Alterations to Vancouver Airport for Trans-Canada Air Lines: LEG2285.00380
Administration Building: LEG2285.00381

File consists of architectural drawings of the Holden Building (later, the Molson's Building). The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections and details. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Original construction, architectural, 1909?: LEG2285.17038 to .17048
Original construction, structural, 1909: LEG2285.17049 to .17052
Alterations to ground floor, 1923: LEG2285.17053
Alterations to various floors, 1930-1931: LEG2285.17054 to .17061
Renovations to ground floor shop, 1950s?: LEG2285.17062 to .17064
Suppor structure for neon sign, 1955?: LEG2285.17065

File consists of architectural drawings of Vancouver City fire alarm operations headquarters. The drawings depict footing plans, floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections and details.

File consists of architectural drawings of the Juvenile Court and Juvenile Detention Home building. The drawings depict floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections and details. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Architectural, 1930: LEG2285.10807 to .10834
Structural, 1930: LEG2285.10835 to .10838

File consists of architectural drawings of construction of and a series of additions to a B.C. Telephone exchange. The drawings depict plot plans, foundation plans, floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections, details and schedules.

Original construction, Fairmont exchange, 1910: LEG2285.09394 to .09398
New school for Fairmont Exchange, 1912: LEG2285.009399 to .09403
Addition to Fairmont Exchange, 1921: LEG2285.09404 to .09416
Emerald exchange, 1949: LEG2285.09417 to .09430
Alterations to Fairmont exchange, 1960s?: LEG2285.09431 to .09432

File consists of architectural drawings of the Vancouver Police Department headquarters, including the Police Court. The drawings depict floor plans, elevations, sections, details, schedules and equipment plans. The file includes the following sets of drawings:

Original construction (architectural, structural and electrical), 1913: LEG2285.06373 to .06394
Proposed alterations and re-arrangement of rooms, 1914: LEG2285.06395
Contract drawings for interior fitting, [1913-1914?]: LEG2285.06396 to .06403
Tracings of selected 1913 architectural drawings [1929?]: LEG2285.06404 to .06410
Alterations to police headquarters, 1927-1941: LEG2285.06411 to .06442
Proposed alterations for basement cafeteria, [194-?]: LEG2285.06443

File consists of annual reports which are part of the City Publications Collection. Issued by the City Building Inspector on behalf of the Building Department to the City Council Building and Town Planning Committee, they to reporting numbers on permits (building, plumbing, gas, sewer, street, scaffold, etc.), building inspections, building demolition and repair notices, values of City buildings renovation and permit fee collection. As of 1957 expanded reports provide: additional figures; published photographs of typical and special projects of the year; and organization charts of the Building Department. Arranged chronologically.