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| Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome black and white The newly remodeled 'Lantern Inn' (later, Four Mile House) in View Royal, BC on the (old) Island Highway in circa-1931. "The core of this building is actually a heavy timber structure built by Peter Calvert, a former employee of Craigflower Farm. Operated as a road house through a succession of owners and numerous alterations and additions, the building owes its current form to renovations undertaken by Hubert Savage in 1931. Subsequently [1946], the half-timber style hotel was known as the "Lantern Inn." After numerous other uses in the 1960s and 1970s, the building has been renovated again for use as a neighbourhood pub." [From: Exploring Victoria's Architecture by Martin Segger & Douglas Franklin (Sono Nis Press, Victoria, 1996)] The building still exists as the Four Mile Bar & Grill, 199 Island Highway (at View Royal Avenue). [BC Archives; Photographer unknown] The newly remodeled 'Lantern Inn' (later, Four Mile House) in View Royal, BC on the (old) Island Highway in circa-1931. "The core of this building is actually a heavy timber structure built by Peter Calvert, a former employee of Craigflower Farm. Operated as a road house through a succession of owners and numerous alterations and additions, the building owes its current form to renovations undertaken by Hubert Savage in 1931. Subsequently [1946], the half-timber style hotel was known as the "Lantern Inn." After numerous other uses in the 1960s and 1970s, the building has been renovated again for use as a neighbourhood pub." [From: Exploring Victoria's Architecture by Martin Segger & Douglas Franklin (Sono Nis Press, Victoria, 1996)] The building still exists as the Four Mile Bar & Grill, 199 Island Highway (at View Royal Avenue). [BC Archives; Photographer unknown] | ||||
