Born at the Straits Settlements (Singapore) on 17 January 1884, he moved to London, England before 1900. He emigrated to western Canada in 1901 and farmed for a time then came to Winnipeg and worked as a draftsman for two local architectural firms, Jordan & Over and J. D. Atchison & Company, opening his own architectural office in the McIntyre Block in March 1904.
On 13 April 1905, he married Gladys Joy Kempton (?-?) at Winnipeg and they had five children over the next 11 years, two being born in Manitoba and three in the United States. He moved to Hollywood, California in 1922 where he apparently continued to work as an architect.
He died at Los Angeles, California on 21 May 1944.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
780 Home Street, Winnipeg
1914
Demolished (1974)
486 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg
1914
Destroyed by fire (2021)
East Selkirk School
East Selkirk, RM of St. Clements
c1914
Criterion Hotel (expansion)
214 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg
1915
Clandeboye, RM of St. Andrews
1916
Demolished (?)
261 Youville Street, Winnipeg
1916
Foxwarren, RM of Birtle
1917
Demolished (?)
Brunkild, RM of Macdonald
1919-1920
Demolished (?)
Plum Coulee, RM of Rhineland
1919
Demolished (?)
300 Hugo Street North, Winnipeg
1920
“City and general,” Manitoba Free Press, 25 March 1904, page 16.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1916 Canada census, FamilySearch.
“Tenders for building,” Manitoba Free Press, 10 July 1917, page 10.
US Naturalization Records, Ancestry.
US Social Security Death Index, FamilySearch.
St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church (300 Hugo Street North), City of Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee, September 1989.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 21 December 2024
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