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Pemberton Memorial Chapel
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he Pemberton Memorial Chapel was gifted to the Royal Jubilee Hospital in 1909 by Teresa Jane Despard Pemberton, née Grautoff, as a memorial to her husband Joseph Despard Pemberton, first Surveyor General for Vancouver Island, ". . . for the benefit of patients of all denominations and their friends." Their daughter, Sophie Pemberton (Mrs. Horace Deane-Drummond), an accomplished painter in her own right, was responsible for the artistic decoration of the Chapel interior. |
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or nearly eighty years patients and their families enjoyed the Chapel as a quiet refuge from the stresses of their illnesses and treatment. It was also used for weddings, funerals and weekly services attended by patients, hospital staff and nursing students. In 1979 the Chapel was designated as a heritage building by the City of Victoria, however it was closed in the early 1980's and stood unused for nearly twenty years.
e, as members of the Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae
Association, have dedicated ourselves to: raising the funds required to
restore the Chapel as a functional
multi-faith
spiritual sanctuary, adapting the lower level to create an
archive to
house the Royal Jubilee Hospital School of Nursing Archives Museum (1891 to
1982), and landscaping the grounds surrounding the Chapel.
The restored Chapel is an easily accessible retreat for patients, staff and
visitors and a permanent memorial for the RJH School of Nursing Alumnae.
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Chapel exterior circa 1911 |
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Chapel exterior circa 1958 |
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The Chapel interior, 1967 |
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Sketch of the Chapel by Edward Goodall, 1980 |
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