Pemberton Holmes Real Estate is a Canadian real-estate company located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Pemberton Holmes has Vancouver Island branch offices located in Victoria, Oak Bay.,[3] Sooke, Sidney, Duncan, Ladysmith,[4] Nanaimo, Parksville, Bowser, Courtenay and Campbell River.
Pemberton having been taken into consideration, it was ordered that he be engaged as Surveyor for Vancouver’s Island at an Annual Salary of 400 pounds for a term of three years with a premium of such sum as the Governor and Committee may approve at the end of that period not exceeding 500 pounds provided they shall consider his services and conduct perfectly satisfactory.
[10] In 1887, Fred and his father went into business under the name of Pemberton & Son – Engineers, Surveyors, and Real Estate Agents.
[1] Part of a two-page memorandum written by Fred reads: "A rustling office would not in the long run pay us as well as one conducted on quiet and strict commercial principles."
[15] Cuthbert Holmes Park is named after him, and is located in the District of Saanich, a municipality near Victoria, British Columbia.
He was elected chairman of the Provincial Capital Commission and served as vice-chairman of the University of Victoria's board of governors.
[20] On Vancouver Island, a number of properties were influenced by Holmes including the Cathedral Grove nature preserve.
The City of Victoria archives are home to a number of photographs of the interior[24] and exterior[25][26] of the building in various states of construction.
[28] The chapel functioned as a regular church that held weekly services for patients and staff, as well as being the location of many of the nurse's weddings.
The Victoria Heritage Association describes it in this excerpt:A bridge from the modern hospital building, which wraps around it, replaces the original granite entry stair.
[32] In 2012, the company donated their historical business archives to the Royal BC Museum in order to make these artifacts available for study now and in the future.
[33] The collection included more than 2400 client files, 300 photos, maps, plans, and approximately 180 bound volumes of correspondence.