Leslie R. Fairn
Leslie Raymond Fairn (June 25, 1875 – August 13, 1971) was a Canadian architect whose career is notable for its longevity and for the range of styles it encompassed, including Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux Arts and Modern architecture, Modernism. Most of his work was completed in the Maritimes. Biography He was born in Waterville, Nova Scotia, Waterville, Nova Scotia, the oldest of three children of W. H. and Laura (Lyons) Fairn. His father was a schoolteacher.''History of Nova Scotia''"Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of the Old Families" Halifax, A. W. Bowen & Co., 1916 He was married twice, first to Bessie Maude (Tupper) Fairn (1880–1918 ) who died of Spanish Influenza and second to Ethel Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Fairn (1900–1982). He had two daughters from his first marriage and five children from his second. He attended Acadia University and later studied architecture in Boston, later apprenticing with Edward Elliot in Halifax.Gran ...
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