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Peter Dollar ARIBA (1847 - 28 October 1943) was an English architect and surveyor noted for his cinema designs. Early lifePeter Dollar was born in Henley-on-Thames,[1] Oxfordshire, in 1847.[2] FamilyDollar married Emily Ada (died 1937) and they had at least two sons, one born 22 October 1899 at 13 Hyde Park Square, Bayswater, London,[3] and a second, Graham, born in 1905[4] and who died during the Second World War.[5] CareerDollar designed Monkenhurst house in north London in 1880[5] and The Majestic Picturedrome which opened in Tottenham Court Road in 1912.[6] He practiced from 44 Great Marlborough Street, London, (1879–92)[7] and later at Craig's Court House, Charing Cross, and 7 Arundel Street. He was an associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. According to John Heathfield of the Friern Barnet & District Local History Society, he is credited with introducing the idea of a raked or sloping floor in his early cinemas.[8] Death and legacyDollar died on 28 October 1943 at 13 Hyde Park Square. He left an estate of £28,567. Probate was granted at Llandudno to his son Major Graham Dollar of the British Army[9] who himself died in 1944 and is buried at the Ancona War Cemetery in Italy.[10] References1. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X94Y-RK9 Pete Dollar.] Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. {{subscription required}} 2. ^{{cite book|author=Royal Institute of British Architects|title=Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Volume 2 (L-Z)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkThQYLb3ZUC&pg=PA814|year=2001|publisher=Continuum|location=London|isbn=978-0-8264-5514-7|page=814}} 3. ^"Births, Marriages, and Deaths", The Freeman's Journal and National Pres (Dublin, Ireland), 25 October 1899. 4. ^[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FFM-HLB Graham Dollar.] Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. {{subscription required}} 5. ^Monken Hadley: Introduction. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017. 6. ^La Continentale Cinema. Ken Roe, Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 3 June 2017. 7. ^Great Marlborough Street Area. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017. 8. ^"Cinemas Update", John Heathfield, Friern Barnet Newsletter, No. 34 (September 2008), pp. 5-7. 9. ^Probate Calendar 1944. p. 696. 10. ^1 DOLLAR, GRAHAM. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2017. External links{{commons category inline|Buildings designed by Peter Dollar}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dollar, Peter}}{{architect-stub}} 5 : English architects|1847 births|1943 deaths|English surveyors|People from Henley-on-Thames |
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