Parr and Fee
Parr and Fee was an architectural partnership in Vancouver, Canada that functioned from 1899 to 1912. John Edmeston Parr John Edmeston Parr (1856-1923) was born in London, England, the son of architect Samuel Parr. After attending preparatory school in Gravesend, England, he articled in his father's firm, Parr & Strong. He later become a partner and the firm's name was changed to Parr, Strong & Parr. Parr left England in approximately 1888, living in Los Angeles, Seattle, Winnipeg, and Victoria, before settling in Vancouver in 1896. He opened a solo practice in Vancouver in 1896, and in 1897 formed a partnership with Samuel Maclure (1860-1929). Parr's short-lived partnership with Maclure lasted until Parr partnered with Thomas Fee in 1899. In 1912, Parr left the partnership to form a new firm, Parr, Mackenzie, & Day (John Mackenzie and John Charles Day), which functioned until 1918. Thomas Arthur Fee Thomas Arthur Fee (1860-1929) was born in Drummond County, Quebec. He contracted polio as a child, and needed to use leg braces his entire life. Fee learned the profession while working for Harry Wild Jones, an architect in Minneapolis. Like many hotel architects of the era, Fee was both architect (with Parr) and