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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 and Modernism. Most of his work was completed in the Maritimes.
"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.Grant Wanzel and Karen Kallweit
Fairn, Leslie Raymond
'Canadian Encyclopedia'' Beginning about 1901, he earned a living as Principal of Drawing and Manual Training at Horton College (Acadia University) in Wolfville. One of his first commissions was the Kings County Courthouse, completed in nearby Kentville in 1903, and in 1904 he moved to
* Kings County Courthouse, now Kings County Museum (1903)
* Digby County Court House (1910)
* West Highlands School, Amherst (1911)
* Annapolis Royal Town Hall Memorial Building (Classic Revival, 1922)
* Administration Building, Acadia University, Wolfville (1924)
* Dominion Public Building, Amherst (Beaux Arts, 1936)
* Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, Sheet Harbour (1949)
* Halifax Memorial Library (1951)
* Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax (1951, with E. W. Haldenby)
* Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University, Halifax (1971)
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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 and Modernism. Most of his work was completed in the Maritimes.
Biography
He was born in 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.Grant Wanzel and Karen Kallweit
Fairn, Leslie Raymond
'Canadian Encyclopedia'' Beginning about 1901, he earned a living as Principal of Drawing and Manual Training at Horton College (Acadia University) in Wolfville. One of his first commissions was the Kings County Courthouse, completed in nearby Kentville in 1903, and in 1904 he moved to
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where he began to practice full-time. He became a charter member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) in 1907 and was made a Fellow in 1939. He was also a founder of the Nova Scotia Association of Architects (NSAA).
In 1932 he moved to Wolfville where he continued to practice until his death at the age of 96. Meanwhile, around 1946 he opened an office in Halifax which was managed by his son Laird L. Fairn. This company handled large projects and was known as Leslie R. Fairn & Associates.
His career lasted 65 years, earning him the unofficial title of dean of Nova Scotia architects.
His style ranged from Beaux Arts to Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revival style incorporates 11th and 12th century southern French, Spanish, and Italian Romanesque ...
to Classical Revival and Modernism.
His brother, Clifford William Fairn, also practiced architecture, partnering with Charles Hay and designing several schools in Calgary between 1911 and 1914.Maud Rosinski, Architects of Nova Scotia, Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia Publications, 1994.
Notable projects
Nova Scotia
* Kings County Courthouse, now Kings County Museum (1903)
* Digby County Court House (1910)
* West Highlands School, Amherst (1911)
* Annapolis Royal Town Hall Memorial Building (Classic Revival, 1922)
* Administration Building, Acadia University, Wolfville (1924)
* Dominion Public Building, Amherst (Beaux Arts, 1936)
* Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital, Sheet Harbour (1949)
* Halifax Memorial Library (1951)
* Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax (1951, with E. W. Haldenby)
* Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University, Halifax (1971)
New Brunswick
* Northumberland County Courthouse (Richardsonian Romanesque, 1913) * Highfield Street United Baptist Church, Moncton, New Brunswick (English Gothic and Greek, 1923)Prince Edward Island
* Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown (1973, completed posthumously)UPEIRobertson Library
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References
Further reading
* Wayde Brown, "Modernism and Regionalism: Influences on the Work of Leslie Fairn". Mar. 1989 (14:1), p. 14-18. * Wayde Brown, "Modernism and Regionalism: Themes in the Work of Leslie Fairn," ''Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada'' 14/1989
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1875 births
1971 deaths
Canadian architects
People from Kings County, Nova Scotia