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.](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Wharf_St-1117-29-victoriaonlinesightseeing-P2292403-1662x1247.jpg)
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.](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Rithet_Building-ca_1912-VictoriaOnineSightseeing-P9160124-1662x1102.jpg)
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.](http://www.templelodge33.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Robert_Paterson_Rithet-mausoleum-templelodge33-P3050640-1662x1247.jpg)
Here are some websites with more information on the Robert Rithet and the Rithet Building:
- Canadian Register of Historic Places – recognized in 1975, listed in 2006
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