Peter Dollar ARIBA (1847 - 28 October 1943) was an English architect and surveyor noted for his cinema designs.
Early life
Peter Dollar was born in Henley-on-Thames, [1] Oxfordshire, in 1847. [2]
Family
Dollar married Emily Ada (died 1937) and they had at least two sons, one born 22 October 1899 at 13 Hyde Park Square, Bayswater, London, [3] and a second, Graham, born in 1905 [4] and who died during the Second World War. [5]
Career
Dollar designed Monkenhurst house in north London in 1880 [6] and The Majestic Picturedrome which opened in Tottenham Court Road in 1912. [7] He practiced from 44 Great Marlborough Street, London, (1879–92) [8] and later at Craig's Court House, Charing Cross, and 7 Arundel Street. He was an associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. According to John Heathfield of the Friern Barnet & District Local History Society, he is credited with introducing the idea of a raked or sloping floor in his early cinemas. [9]
Death and legacy
Dollar died on 28 October 1943 at 13 Hyde Park Square. He left an estate of £28,567. Probate was granted at Llandudno to his son Major Graham Dollar of the British Army [10] who himself died in 1944 and is buried at the Ancona War Cemetery in Italy. [5]
References
- ^ Pete Dollar. Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ Royal Institute of British Architects (2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Volume 2 (L-Z). London: Continuum. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-8264-5514-7.
- ^ "Births, Marriages, and Deaths", The Freeman's Journal and National Pres (Dublin, Ireland), 25 October 1899.
- ^ Graham Dollar. Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ a b DOLLAR, GRAHAM. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Monken Hadley: Introduction. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ La Continentale Cinema. Ken Roe, Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Great Marlborough Street Area. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Cinemas Update", John Heathfield, Friern Barnet Newsletter, No. 34 (September 2008), pp. 5-7.
- ^ Probate Calendar 1944. p. 696.
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Peter Dollar ARIBA (1847 - 28 October 1943) was an English architect and surveyor noted for his cinema designs.
Early life
Peter Dollar was born in Henley-on-Thames, [1] Oxfordshire, in 1847. [2]
Family
Dollar married Emily Ada (died 1937) and they had at least two sons, one born 22 October 1899 at 13 Hyde Park Square, Bayswater, London, [3] and a second, Graham, born in 1905 [4] and who died during the Second World War. [5]
Career
Dollar designed Monkenhurst house in north London in 1880 [6] and The Majestic Picturedrome which opened in Tottenham Court Road in 1912. [7] He practiced from 44 Great Marlborough Street, London, (1879–92) [8] and later at Craig's Court House, Charing Cross, and 7 Arundel Street. He was an associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. According to John Heathfield of the Friern Barnet & District Local History Society, he is credited with introducing the idea of a raked or sloping floor in his early cinemas. [9]
Death and legacy
Dollar died on 28 October 1943 at 13 Hyde Park Square. He left an estate of £28,567. Probate was granted at Llandudno to his son Major Graham Dollar of the British Army [10] who himself died in 1944 and is buried at the Ancona War Cemetery in Italy. [5]
References
- ^ Pete Dollar. Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ Royal Institute of British Architects (2001). Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Volume 2 (L-Z). London: Continuum. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-8264-5514-7.
- ^ "Births, Marriages, and Deaths", The Freeman's Journal and National Pres (Dublin, Ireland), 25 October 1899.
- ^ Graham Dollar. Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. (subscription required)
- ^ a b DOLLAR, GRAHAM. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Monken Hadley: Introduction. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ La Continentale Cinema. Ken Roe, Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ Great Marlborough Street Area. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ^ "Cinemas Update", John Heathfield, Friern Barnet Newsletter, No. 34 (September 2008), pp. 5-7.
- ^ Probate Calendar 1944. p. 696.
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