Millson, Richard Hubert
MILLSON, Richard Hubert (1886- ) was active in Ottawa in 1915-26 where he was in partnership with Cecil Burgess from 1915 until 1922. They were joined by A.J. Hazelgrove in 1923-24, but Hazelgrove departed in late 1924, leaving Millson & Burgess to continue the practise until 1926. Millson was born in Kingston-on-Thames, Co. Middlesex, on 27 November 1886, son of Frederick Millson, a landscape and figure painter active in London (Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, 1976, 355). No information can be found on his education and training, but he arrived in Canada in 1915 and settled in Ottawa, and within a few months he had formed a new partnership with Burgess. They were successful in obtaining commissions for several public, commerical and ecclesiastical buildings in both Ontario and western Quebec.
Millson appears to have left the Ottawa area in late 1926 and no information has been found on his activity after that date; he may have returned to England, or moved to the United States (inf. Jane Scott Millson, Stroudsburg, Penn.)
(works in Ottawa unless noted)
MILLSON & BURGESS
RENFREW, ONT., Carnegie Library, 1916 (M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 185)
SPARKS STREET, commercial block for Robert & Russell Blackburn, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 22 Aug. 1917, 41)
JOURNAL PRINTING CO., Queen Street, 1917-18 (Const., xi, May 1918, 159, illus. & descrip.)
KARS, ONT., St. John’s Anglican Church, Old Prescott Road, Osgoode Township, 1918-19 (M. Daley, St. John’s Parish 125th Anniversary 1854-1979, illus.)
RENFREW, ONT., Fire Hall, 1919 (E. Wilmott, Where’s The Fire, 1980, 78-9, illus.)
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL, Laurier Avenue West near Elgin Street, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 14 May 1919, 46, t.c.)
OTTAWA PAINT WORKS, Wellington Street, major alterations, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 8 Sept. 1920, 56)
CAMPBELL’S BAY, QUE., residence for the Roman Catholic congregation, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 13 Oct. 1920, 60)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Holy Name Roman Catholic Church, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 13 April 1921, 59)
COMO, QUE., garden pavilion, garage and stables for J.A. O’Brien, 1921 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], liv, 22 April 1921, 60)
CAMPBELL’S BAY, QUE., Town Hall, 1921 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], liv, 3 June 1921, 60)
AYLMER, QUE. club house for the United Service Club, 1922 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], lv, 7 April 1922, 52)
PLOUFFE PARK, City Public Baths, Somerset Street at Preston Street, 1923-24 (C.R., xxxvi, 1 March 1922, 52; xxxviii, 16 April 1924, 369-72, illus. & descrip.; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 211, illus.)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Roman Catholic School, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 5 April 1922, 57, t.c.)
CORNWALL, ONT., public school, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 22 March 1922, 49, t.c.)
LAROCQUE REGISTERED DEPT. STORE, Rideau Street at Dalhousie Street, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 16 Aug. 1922, 49)
MILLSON, BURGESS & HAZELGROVE
CORNWALL, ONT., major addition to High School, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 28 March 1923, 51)
FIRE HALL NO. 11, Parkdale Avenue, 1924 (Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 209, illus.)
ST. PATRICK’S ORPHAN’S HOME, Gloucester Street at Kent Street, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 5 March 1924, 113)
MILLSON & BURGESS
OTTAWA DRAMA LEAGUE, a theatre, 1926 (C.R., xl, 12 May 1926, 52)
LAURIER AVENUE, apartment house for Wolf Shenkman, 1926 (C.R., xl, 21 July 1926, 54)
PERTH, ONT., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 1926 (C.R., xl, 10 Nov. 1926, 52; xli, 15 June 1927, 612, illus.)