Edgar Lewis Horwood (1868–1957) was a

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who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1915 to 1917. As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period. Drawings for public buildings designed by Horwood and his staff during his tenure as Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works are held at the National Archives of Canada in

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. He worked as an architect in private practice in Ottawa and the National Capital Region as E.L. Horwood (1895–1912); Horwood & Taylor (1907–10); Horwood, Taylor & Horwood (1911–1912); E.L. Horwood (1918–1929); Horwood & Horwood (1929–1937). In 1891, Edgar Lewis Horwood designed the Britannia Nautical Club’s first clubhouse; the Club is celebrating is 125th anniversary in 2012.

Works as Dominion Architect

As Dominion Architect, his most important building was the

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and residence,

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, West Saanich Road (1915–16), which is a

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. Other buildings he designed include a drill hall in

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in 1916–17, two buildings at the

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: the Cereal and Agrostology Building, (1915–16) and the Agricultural Building (1915). He also designed buildings for an Experimental Farm in

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. These included a utility building (1917); two large barns (1917). Other designs include an addition to the Royal Canadian Mint refinery on Sussex Drive (1916) and a number of post offices across Canada:

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(1915);

Hampton, New Brunswick Hampton (2016 population: 4,289) is a town in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Located on the Kennebecasis River 30 kilometres northeast of Saint John, Hampton is the shire town of Kings County. It functioned as the seat of county governm ...

(1914–15);

Chester, Nova Scotia Chester is a village on the Chester Peninsula, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. The nearby waters of Mahone Bay and its numerous islands are well known for yachting and have made the Chester Yacht Club into a cruising destination. A provi ...

(1915);

Almonte, Ontario Almonte ( ; ) is a former mill town in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Ontario, Canada. Formerly a separate municipality, Almonte is a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills, which was created on January 1, 1998, by the merging of Almont ...

(1914–15);

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, King Street (1914–15);

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(1916); Milverton, Ontario (1914–15);

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, William Street at Bell Street, (1915);

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(1915–16)

Works in private practice

*Trinity Methodist Church, 1896

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, Elgin Street, addition and alterations, 1899; burned 1931 *

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, Bay Street at Slater Street, 1902 *

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Building, Sparks Street, 1902–03 *

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, Metcalfe Street at Laurier Avenue, 1903–05 *

Manotick, Ontario Manotick ( ) is a community in Rideau-Jock Ward in the rural south part of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a suburb of the city, located on the Rideau River, immediately south of the suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South, about from ...

Methodist Church, 1904 *Masonic Temple, Bank Street at Wellington Street, 1907 *

Ottawa Collegiate Institute Lisgar Collegiate Institute is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school is located in downtown Ottawa by the Rideau Canal. History In 1843, a grammar school with 40 paying students was ...

, Lisgar Street near Elgin Street, addition of West Wing, 1907 *

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, Methodist Church, 1912 *

Pembroke, Ontario Pembroke is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River (Ontario), Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley. Pembroke is the location of the administrative headquarters of Renfrew County, thoug ...

Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Renfrew Street, 1925 *

Gatineau, Québec Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's Nat ...

Château Monsarrat, AKA Stoneleigh, 100, rue du Château, 1930 *

, Carling Avenue, records storage building, 1937

External links

Edgar Lewis Horwood, Chief Dominion Architect Canada`s Historic PlacesCanada`s Historic Places

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horwood, Edgar Lewis 1868 births 1957 deaths Canadian architects