Peter Dollar ARIBA (1847 - 28 October 1943) was an English architect and surveyor noted for his cinema designs.
Early life Peter Dollar was born in Henley-on-Thames,Pete Dollar. Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. Oxfordshire, in 1847.
Family Dollar married Emily Ada (died 1937) and they had at least two sons, one born 22 October 1899 at 13 Hyde Park Square, Bayswater, London,"Births, Marriages, and Deaths", The Freeman's Journal and National Pres (Dublin, Ireland), 25 October 1899. and a second, Graham, born in 1905Graham Dollar. Family Search. Retrieved 3 June 2017. and who died during the Second World War.
Career Dollar designed Monkenhurst house in north London in 1880Monken Hadley: Introduction. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017. and The Majestic Picturedrome which opened in Tottenham Court Road in 1912.La Continentale Cinema. Ken Roe, Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 3 June 2017. He practiced from 44 Great Marlborough Street, London, (1879–92)Great Marlborough Street Area. British History Online. Retrieved 3 June 2017. 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."Cinemas Update", John Heathfield, Friern Barnet Newsletter, No. 34 (September 2008), pp. 5-7.
Death and legacy Dollar 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 ArmyProbate Calendar 1944. p. 696. who himself died in 1944 and is buried at the Ancona War Cemetery in Italy.DOLLAR, GRAHAM. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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