Hodgson, King & Marble Ltd. partnership is formed. Company Profile

Hodgson, King & Marble Ltd. completed the large brick school in Shaughnessy, Vancouver's newly-formed elite neighbourhood. On September 22, 1919, His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, laid the foundation stone of the building, which would be known as Prince of Wales Elementary and High School. The school was renamed Shaughnessy Elementary in 1960 for Lord Thomas George Shaughnessy (1835-1923), president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Shaugnessy Elementary

Hodgson, King & Marble Ltd. builds the local headquarters of the Union Bank in 1920, just after the First World War. The Building served as the Bank of Toronto from 1926 to 1954, and as the Toronto Dominion Bank headquarters from 1955 to 1971. The granite and terra cotta facade is well articulated in this excellent example of the Second Renaissance style popular with Canadian Banks of that era. The historic building remains part of Simon Fraser Universities' downtown campus, the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. 580 West Hastings – Bank of Toronto

Construction of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Marpole Location at #5 SW Marine Drive. By this time, Royal Bank had branches in 801 Canadian communities and was Canada’s largest bank. Marpole, in the 1920s, was a neighbourhood of sawmills and canneries. It was also home to the families of managers and office workers, who each day travelled the streetcar line up Oak Street. Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Marpole Location

Hodgson, King & Marble Ltd. starts construction on the Seymour Creek Pipeline. This important infrastructure project brings water to Vancouver’s Lower Mainland. Seymour Creek Pipeline

Construction of a trestle bridge at Warner, BC. Warner Bridge

Like many of Hodgson, King & Marble Ltd., Tudor Manor is still part of Vancouver's Architectural history; prominently located near the beach in Vancouver's West End, Tudor Manor was built as a three-storey apartment building, designed by Townley and Matheson. Its half-timber decoration, turrets, and massing are characteristic of Tudor Revival architecture. Tudor Manor Vanouver BC

HKM completed Burrard Street Bridge, the oldest surviving of Vancouver’s bridges. The design includes distinctive piers and galleries to mask the rigid centre steel construction. Burrard Street Bridge

Providing communications in BC's remote areas was essential to the province's growth and Canada's security. The BC Tel telecommunication system stretched the British Columbia coastline to Annette Island via Trutch Island. Hodgson King & Marble built this vast station on BC's North coast and the housing for the staff who crewed the station. In addition to its civilian uses, the USAF also used the network as part of the communication relay chain for the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, which officially terminated at Annette Island. The sites were operated by BC Tel personnel from 1961 through the network deactivation in the late 1980s. BC TEL – Port Hardy and Trutch Island Scatter Stations

BC TEL – Mount McLean Microwave Station

BC Hydro showcased its "Home of the Future" in Vancouver throughout the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Container West supplied and installed the container-based frame for the house, and HKM Ltd. did the rest. This house is BC Hydro's concept for the next generation of homes focused on sustainability and eco-friendliness. Its notable features include recycled shipping containers for structure, pine beetle wood & cedar for exterior cladding, a "green wall" for insulation, and solar panels for collecting clean, renewable energy from the sun. BC Hydro – Olympics Home of the Future