Revelstoke Mountaineer Podcast

Donald Luxton is a Vancouver-based heritage consultant with a particular interest in Modern architecture. About two years ago, he worked on a heritage study of the Revelstoke City Hall Building, completing an assessment of the building and its heritage value. Luxton’s report explained the importance of this early creation of Vancouver-based architect Charles B.K. Van Norman, a prominent B.C. architect who created our International Style city hall, a rare, early example from the late 1930s, when the Depression slowed construction in North America. The report detailed the building’s history, a number of interior and exterior interventions over the years (including the 1972 stucco job), and made recommendations about how to preserve its value as a heritage-listed building. We contacted Luxton to talk about the unofficial unveiling of the new Second Street entrance this week. What does he think? Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Moving forward, we asked him to weigh in on the debate on ongoing renovations, both interi