Buildings Associated With Freemasons – Victoria

This City of Victoria Heritage Building at 1117-1129 Wharf Street in downtown Victoria was built in stages between the 1860’s and 1880’s. It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Rithet Building.

1117-1129 Wharf Street was once the business premises of Robert Paterson Rithet's firm, R.P. Rithet & Company.
1117-1129 Wharf Street was once the business premises of Robert Paterson Rithet‘s firm, R.P. Rithet & Company.

The Rithet Building is now B.C. provincial government offices but it is named for Robert Patterson Rithet (1844-1919), a member of Vancouver & Quadra Lodge No.2, who used it as the business premises for his firm R.P. Rithet & Company.

Rithet Building, 1117-1129 Wharf Street, circa 1912, when occupied by Robert P. Rithet and his R.P. Rithet & Company Ltd.
Rithet Building, 1117-1129 Wharf Street, circa 1912, when occupied by Robert P. Rithet and his R.P. Rithet & Company Ltd.

Robert Paterson Rithet is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Robert Paterson Rithet is interred in the Rithet family mausoleum, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.
Robert Paterson Rithet is interred in the Rithet family mausoleum, Ross Bay Cemetery, Victoria, B.C.

Here are some websites with more information on the Robert Rithet and the Rithet Building:

  1. Canadian Register of Historic Places – recognized in 1975, listed in 2006

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