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of Architects in Canada
1800 - 1950

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Ewart, John Albert

EWART, John Albert (1872-1964)
(biography in preparation)

OTTAWA

PORTER ISLAND HOSPITAL, 1900 (C.R., xi, 8 Aug. 1900, 3)
(with Jackson & Rosencrans) YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Metcalfe Street at Laurier Avenue, 1906-07; additions 1912 (C.R., xvii, 19 Dec. 1906, 4; xxvi, 24 Jan. 1912, 64)
ROCKCLIFFE PARK, ‘Lornado’, a residence for Warren Y. Soper, Lisgar Road, 1908 (Martha Edmond, Rockcliffe Park – A History of the Village, 2005, 199-202, illus.; inf. Parks Canada, Canadian Inventory of Historic Buildings files)
CARLETON COUNTY REGISTRY OFFICE, Daly Avenue at Nicholas Street, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 30 June 1909, 23, t.c.)
BRYSON & GRAHAM, Queen Street, warehouse, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 22 Dec. 1909, 24)
ST. PAUL’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Daly Avenue, new Manse, 1910 (H. Kalman, Exploring Ottawa, 1983, 66)
BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Parkdale Avenue at Bethany Road, 1911 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 21 Jan. 1911, 3, illus. & descrip.;, C.R., xxv, 5 April 1911, 56)
RIDEAU STREET, stores and apartments for M. Drazin, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 April 1911, 54, t.c.)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for Orville B. Shortly, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 31 May 1911, 66)
McFARLANE & DOUGLAS LTD, Slater Street, factory, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 7 June 1911, 68, t.c.)
ROLLA L. CRAINE CO. LTD., Spruce Street, factory, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 28 June 1911, 59)
RIDEAU STREET, near Cumberland Street, commercial block for F.C. Graves, C.A. Douglas & Ralph McMorran, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 23 Aug. 1911, 54)
YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Metcalfe Street at Laurier Avenue, major addition, 1912 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 13 Jan. 1912, 11, illus. & descrip.)
SPARKS STREET, showroom for Russell Motor Car Co., 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 73)
RIDEAU STREET, warehouse for J. Roberts Allan, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 6 March 1912, 73)
MASONIC TEMPLE, Metcalfe Street, 1912 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 6 July 1912, 1, illus.)
SPARKS STREET, near Bank Street, commercial block for P. Jackson Booth and J.A.D. Holbrook, 1912 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 8 July 1912, 1, illus.)
CARLING EXCHANGE BUILDING, First Avenue at Bank Street, for the Bell Telephone Company, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 16 July 1913, 71)
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, Wellington Street, 1913 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 26 May 1913, 1, illus.; C.R., xxvii, 30 July 1913, 69)
BOOTH BUILDING, Sparks Street, 1913 (Ottawa Journal, 18 Oct. 1913, 11, illus. & descrip.)
CALVIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Sunnyside Avenue at Fairbairn Avenue, 1914 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 21 Dec. 1914, 11, illus. & descrip.)
TRANSPORTATION BUILDING, Rideau Street at Sussex Drive, 1916-17 (Const., x, Oct. 1917, 354-7, illus. & descrip.; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 97, illus.)
BEACH FOUNDRY CO., Hinton Avenue at Spencer Street, factory, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 7 May 1919, 48)
JACKSON BUILDING, Bank Street near Albert Street, 1919-21 (C.R., xxxiii, 5 Nov. 1919, 48; xxxvi, 20 Dec. 1922, illus. on cover)
GLEBE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Carling Avenue at Bronson Avenue, 1922-23; with new HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, 1929 (C.R., xxxvi, 18 Jan. 1922, 55, t.c.; xliii, 6 Feb. 1929, 51; Ottawa Citizen, 9 May 1923, 13)
ASHBURY COLLEGE, Mariposa Avenue, addition of the Memorial Wing, 1924 (Martha Edmond, Rockcliffe Park – A History of the Village, 2005, 221-22)
(with Stevens & Lee) OTTAWA CIVIC HOSPITAL, Carling Avenue at Melrose Avenue, 1922-23; addition to Nurse’s Residence, 1941; Pathology Wing, 1949; East Lawn Pavilion, 1953 (Const., xv, April 1922, 108-9, illus. & descrip.; C.R., liv, 5 Feb. 1941, 33-4; lxii, July 1949, 133)
OTTAWA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO., Champagne Avenue at Elm Street, car barns & repair shops, 1925 (Canadian Railway & Marine World, xxviii, June 1925, 299, illus. & descrip.)
(with J. Everett Waid) METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO., office building, Wellington Street at Bank Street, 1925 (Const., xx, April 1927, 106-16, illus. & descrip.)
OTTAWA ELECTRIC COMPANY BUILDING, Sparks Street near Queen Street, 1926-27 (C.R., xl, 15 Dec. 1926, 1183, illus. & descrip.; xlii, 18 Jan. 1928, 48-9, illus. & descrip.; J. Weir, Lost Craft of Ornamented Architecture, 1983, 78, illus.)
A.J. FREIMAN STORE, Rideau Street at Mosgrove Street, addition, 1927 (C.R., xli, 27 April 1927, 403, illus. & descrip.; xliv, 23 April 1930, 470, illus. & descrip.)
VICTORIA BUILDING, Wellington Street, 1928 (H. Kalman, Exploring Ottawa, 1983, 9)
PROTESTANT HOME FOR THE AGED, Bank Street near Holmwood Avenue, 1928 (dwgs. at NAC, Ewart Coll.)
SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, Bank Street at Alymer Avenue, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 21 Jan. 1931, 49; Ottawa Citizen, 11 Jan. 1932, 14-5, illus. & descrip.)
ANDREW W. FLECK CHILD CARE CENTRE, George Street, 1932 (dwgs. at NAC, Ewart Coll.)
(with Sproatt & Rolph) KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Lisgar Street at Elgin Street, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 20 Jan. 1932, 44, t.c.)
ROYAL OTTAWA SANITORIUM, Carling Avenue at Harmer Avenue, additions, 1932 (C.R., xlv, 2 Dec. 1931, 52)
MARIPOSA AVENUE, Rockcliffe Park, residence for Dwight P. Cruikshank, 1937 (dwgs. at NAC, Ewart Coll.)
TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, Albert Street at Bay Street, additions, 1938 (C.R., li, 24 Aug. 1938, 33)
OTTAWA HYDRO ELECTRIC CO. SUBSTATION, Echo Drive at Mann Avenue, 1946 (C.R., lix, May 1946, 120)
(with A.J. Hazelgrove) FISHER PARK SECONDARY SCHOOL, Holland Avenue, 1949 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, Oct. 1947, 358-9, illus.)
(with A.J. Hazelgrove) ROYAL OTTAWA SANATORIUM, Carling Avenue at Harmer Avenue, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Jan. 1949, 186)
(with A.J. Hazelgrove) OTTAWA SOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY, Bank Street at Aylmer Avenue, 1949-50 (C.R., lxii, Nov. 1949, 124)

ELSEWHERE

CARLETON PLACE, ONT., Zion Presbyterian Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 15 March 1911, 53, t.c.)
KARO, ONT., Public School, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 28 June 1911, 57, t.c.)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Steel Equipment Co., factory, 1913 (dwgs. at NAC, Ewart Coll.)


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