Farmer, architect.
Born at Sale, Manchester, England on 22 April 1861, son of Richard Taylor Bellhouse and Ida Elizabeth Wynyard, he was educated at Stuttgart, Germany and Neuchatel, Switzerland then studied architecture at Bruges, Belgium. He came to Manitoba in 1883 and farmed at Cypress River until 1897. He came to Winnipeg and, for the next four years, worked in the engineering department of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He worked in the office of Samuel Hooper and commenced work as an architect on his own account in 1906. On 24 March 1886, he married Emma Mary Stacpoole (1866-1936) of Cypress River. They had two sons, Richard Wynyard Bellhouse (1891-1916) and Edward A. Bellhouse (1896-1965). He was an avid cricket player, playing on the city championship team in 1903. He was a member of the Anglican church. He died at his residence in Fort Garry Court on 29 October 1952 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building |
Location |
Year |
Status |
MacNab and Roberts Warehouse |
118-122 Lombard Avenue, Winnipeg |
1903 |
Demolished (?) |
Christ Church |
25 Second Street SW, Portage la Prairie |
1903 |
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McLean House |
290 Boyd Avenue, Winnipeg |
1904 |
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Cadillac Block |
421 Qu’Appelle Avenue, Winnipeg |
1907-1908 |
Demolished (?) |
Winnipeg Cricket Club Pavilion |
Broadway, Winnipeg |
1907 |
Demolished (?) |
Royal Bowling Alley |
Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg |
1907 |
Demolished (?) |
Sanderson House |
252 Kingsway, Winnipeg |
1907 |
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Quo Vadis Block |
405-409 Qu’Appelle Avenue, Winnipeg |
1908 |
Demolished (?) |
Jenkins House |
67 Middle Gate, Winnipeg |
1908 |
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Bain House (expansion) |
69 East Gate, Winnipeg |
1908 |
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Armstrong House (William T. Armstrong) |
804 Preston Avenue, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Hegan House |
188 Yale Avenue, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Hunt House |
43 Middle Gate, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Robinson House |
20 Avonherst Street, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Styles House (William G. Styles) |
97 Academy Road, Winnipeg |
1909 |
Demolished (circa 1939) |
Chevrier House |
22 Middle Gate, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Stratford Hall |
285 College Avenue, Winnipeg |
1909 |
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Ashford Block |
381 Balmoral Street, Winnipeg |
1910 |
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Burrows, Stewart and Milne Warehouse |
130 James Street, Winnipeg |
1910 |
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Dingle Brothers Warehouse |
Stanley Street, Winnipeg |
1910 |
Demolished (?) |
Edgett House |
276 Harvard Avenue, Winnipeg |
1910 |
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Henderson Building |
332 Bannatyne Street, Winnipeg |
1910 |
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Dagg House |
39 West Gate, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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J. C. McNab House |
St. Vital, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Henry J. Box House |
Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Reliance Ink Company Factory |
McGree Street, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Winnipeg Sanatorium |
Desalaberry Avenue, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Coronado Apartments |
485 Furby Street, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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Horn House |
131 West Gate, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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Crump Block |
Charlotte Street, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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Coronado Apartments |
485 Furby Street, Winnipeg |
1912 |
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St. Edward’s Roman Catholic Church |
836 Arlington Street, Winnipeg |
1913 |
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John D. Burnham House |
333 Yale Avenue, Winnipeg |
1913 |
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Gaults Limited Warehouse |
Gomez Street, Winnipeg |
1913 |
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Martin, Bole and Wynne Warehouse |
576 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg |
1914 |
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St. Thomas Anglican Church |
1567 William Avenue West, Winnipeg |
1923 |
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Dr. W. Pirt House |
227 Waverley Street, Winnipeg |
1923 |
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Henry Gauer House |
1095 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg |
1929 |
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Sources:
Birth, marriage, and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
“D. W. Bellhouse, ex-city architect, dies at age 91,” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 October 1952, page 16.
Henderson Building (332 Bannatyne Street), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, March 2005.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Jim Busby and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 January 2023
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