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Charles Bentall
Charles Bentall has been positively affecting his community ever
since arriving in British Columbia in 1908. He was trained as a
structural draftsman in England, and found employment with J. Coughlan &
Sons in Vancouver. His first jobs included the design of the dome of the
Vancouver Court House, now the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the design of
the seventeen-story World Building, the tallest building in the British
Empire at the time. In 1912, he joined Dominion Construction as an
assistant general manager, and by 1920 was the president and majority
shareholder. During Mr. Bentall’s tenure, Dominion developed many of
Vancouver’s premier commercial real estate properties, diversifed into
property management, and expanded to other regions of Canada.
A tremendously successful businessman, Mr. Bentall cared very much about
the people who worked for him. He founded the New Building Finance
Company during the depression to help keep local tradesmen employed by
offering low interest loans. Mr. Bentall also maintained close ties to
the Baptist Church throughout his career. He served as a trustee for the
Convention of Baptist Churches for fifty years, three of them as
president. He was a generous benefactor to many and facilitated the
building of several Baptist churches. Charles Bentall was inducted into
the Canadian Business Hall of Fame in 1986. |
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