Chappell, Charles Benjamin
CHAPPELL, Charles Benjamin (1857-1931)
(biography in preparation)
The Provincial Archives of Prince Edward Island hold an extensive collection of architectural drawings by the firms of C.B. Chappell, Chappell Bros. & Co. and Chappell & Hunter. Most projects listed below are accompanied by drawings in this collection.
(works in Charlottetown unless noted)
C.B. CHAPPELL
PRINCE STREET, at Euston Street, double tenement for William Boyle, 1883-84 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 26 July 1884, 2, descrip.)
unnamed street, double tenement for John McPhail, 1884 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 26 July 1884, 2)
GRACE METHODIST CHURCH, Upper Prince Street, 1884 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 7 May 1884, 2)
NEW GLASGOW, N.S., Aberdeen Hospital, 1895; addition, 1905 (PANS, Pamphlet Coll., MG 100, Vol 14, Item 71; C.R., xvi, 26 July 1905, 2)
GLACE BAY, N.S., hospital, 1896 (Canadian Engineer, iv, June 1896, 55)
QUEEN SQUARE, commercial blocks on Grafton Street for Gordon & McLellan and Mark Wright & Co., 1896 (C.A.B., x, Feb. 1897, 39; Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 8 March 1897, 3, descrip.)
PROVINCIAL INSANE ASYLUM, at Falconwood, major additions, 1896, 1899; poor house, 1907 (C.R., vii, 16 July 1896, 2, t.c.; x, 25 Oct. 1899, 3; Charlottetown Guardian, 15 Aug. 1907, 4, t.c.)
GRAND TRACADIE, P.E.I., ‘Dalvay-by-the-Sea’, a residence for Alexander Macdonald, 1896 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 8 July 1896, 3, descrip.)
WEST STREET, residence for James Eden, 1897 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 8 March 1897, 3, descrip.)
FITZROY STREET, at Hillsborough Street, residence for George D. Longworth, 1897 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 8 March 1897, 3)
WEST RIVER, P.E.I., interior for Afton Hall, 1898 (C.R., ix, 20 April 1898, 2)
J.B. McDONALD & CO., Queen Street, addition to store, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5)
BRUCE STEWART & CO., at the Navigation Wharf, foundry and machine shop, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5)
EUSTON STREET, residence for George E. Hughes, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5)
BRIGHTON ROAD, residence for C. Pope Fletcher, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5; Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 15 Oct. 1898, 5, descrip.)
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I., department store for Sinclair & Stewart, Water Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5)
NORTH WILTSHIRE, P.E.I., Methodist Church, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5)
FITZROY STREET, residence for Colin C. McNeil, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5)
PROWSE BROS., Queen Street, commercial block, 1898 (C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 5)
FITZROY STREET, double house for William A. Weeks, 1898 (C.R., ix, 27 July 1898, 2, t.c.)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HOSPITAL, Kensington Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 10 Aug. 1898, 4; C.A.B., xi, Dec. 1898, plate illus.; Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 2 Feb. 1899, 2, illus. & descrip.)
PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE & NORMAL SCHOOL, Grafton Street at Weymouth Street, 1898-1900; addition, 1905; burned 1932 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 13 Sept. 1898, 4, descrip; C.A.B., xi, Dec. 1898, plate illus.; Daily Patriot [Charlottetown], 9 March 1900, 5, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xvi, 20 Sept. 1905, 2)
SKATING ARENA, 1898 (C.R., ix, 14 Dec. 1898, 2, t.c.)
ST. DUNSTAN’S ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE, Malpeque Road, major addition, 1899; Dalton Hall student residence, 1917-18 by Chappell & Hunter; addition, 1920 (C.R., x, 15 March 1899, 6; xxxi, 4 April 1917, 65, t.c.; xxxiv, 9 June 1920, 151, t.c.; Guardian [Charlottetown], 26 Sept. 1919, 1, descrip.)
PEMBROKE, ONT., general hospital, 1899 (C.R., X, 25 Oct. 1899, 1)
SYDNEY, N.S., Sydney Hotel, Dorchester Street, 1899 (C.R., x, 25 Oct. 1899, 1)
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Kent Street, 1899 (C.R., x, 1 Nov. 1899, 2)
FITZROY STREET, residence for George Stanley, 1900 (C.R., xi, 21 Feb. 1900, 2)
WEYMOUTH STREET, residence for George Robinson, 1900 (C.R., xi, 21 Feb. 1900, 2)
SYDNEY, N.S., Prowse Bros. Department Store, Charlotte Street, 1900; addition, 1901-02 (C.R., xi, 21 Feb. 1900, 2; xii, 20 Nov. 1901, 3)
DAVIES HOTEL, Water Street, major addition, 1900 (Daily Patriot [Charlottetown], 12 March 1900, 8)
SYDNEY, N.S., Sydney Academy, 1900 (Halifax Herald, 11 June 1900, 2; C.A.B., xiii, Dec. 1900, 241)
GLACE BAY, N.S., Whitney Hospital, 1900 (C.R., xi, 22 Aug. 1900, 2)
CORNWALL, P.E.I., Methodist Church, 1902 (Guardian [Charlottetown], 20 Oct. 1902, 1, illus. & descrip.)
CHAPPELL BROS & CO.
GLACE BAY, N.S., skating arena, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 5 Nov. 1902, 4)
AMHERST, N.S., General Hospital, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 10 Dec. 1902, 2; Amherst Daily News, 2 Dec. 1902, 2; 4 Dec. 1902, 1, 29 Dec. 1903, 1)
OWEN & WELSH BUILDING, Queen Street, rebuilding after a fire, 1902 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 24 Nov. 1902; 25 Nov. 1902)
GLACE BAY, N.S., Baptist Church, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 18 Feb. 1903, 2)
GLACE BAY, N.S., residence for Councillor McInnes, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 18 Feb. 1903, 2)
GLACE BAY, N.S., residence for Dr. M.T. Sullivan, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 15 April 1903, 2)
SPRINGHILL, N.S., Young Men’s Christian Association, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 5 Aug. 1903, 2)
SYDNEY, N.S., Carnegie Library, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 5 Aug. 1903, 2, t.c.)
SYDNEY, N.S., Lyceum Opera House, George Street, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 26 Aug. 1903, 2, t.c.)
GLACE BAY, N.S., King’s Theatre, 1903 (Halifax Herald, 11 Sept. 1903, 2)
GLACE BAY, N.S., Town Hall, McKeen Street, 1903-04 (Halifax Herald, 11 Sept. 1903, 2)
C.B. CHAPPELL
(with W.C. Harris) FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, Prince Street, new Sunday School, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 25 Nov. 1903, 2)
HILLSBORO STREET, residence for John McMillan, 1904 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 16 June 1904)
ALBERTON, P.E.I., railway station for the P.E.I. Railway Co., 1904 (dwgs. at NAC)
KENSINGTON, P.E.I., railway station for the P.E.I. Railway Co., 1904-05 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4; dwgs. at NAC)
GEORGETOWN, P.E.I., warehouse for the P.E.I. Railway Co., 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4)
MOUNT STEWART, P.E.I., interior alterations to the Presbyterian Church, 1905 (F. Pigot, Historical Sketch of St. John’s United Church, Mount Stewart, 1973)
ST. PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Prince Street at Grafton Street, a Sunday School, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4)
ST. JAMES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Pownal Street, a manse for the church, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4)
EUSTON STREET, double house for James & David Hooper, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4; Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 29 Dec. 1905, 6))
FITZROY STREET, residence for James J. Hornby, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4; Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 29 Dec. 1905, 6)
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I., office, store and bank for M.F. Schurman, Water Street at Euston Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4)
AMHERST, N.S., Methodist Church, Havelock Street at Ratchford Street, 1906 (Amherst Daily News, 24 Aug. 1906, 8)
PROVINCIAL INFIRMARY, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 18 Sept. 1907, 4)
PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION GROUNDS, skating arena, 1907 (Charlottetown Guardian, 5 Oct. 1907, 3, illus.)
SOURIS, P.E.I., store for J.J. Hughes & Co., 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 5 Jan. 1910, 23)
WOLFVILLE, N.S., Baptist Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Feb. 1911, 33)
BRIGHTON ROAD, residence for W.S. Louson, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 Nov. 1910, 26)
QUEEN’S COUNTY JAIL, Longworth Avenue, 1910-11 (C.R., xxiv, 9 Nov. 1910, 25; P.E.I., Report of the Dept.of Public Works for P.E.I., 1911-12, 8, 172, illus.)
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I., manse for the Presbyterian Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 31 May 1911, 60)
HEARTZ MEMORIAL HALL, a parish hall for Trinity Anglican Church, 1911 (Patriot [Charlottwtown], 5 July 1911, 1 & 3)
ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Prince Street at Grafton Street, 1911-13 (C.R., xxv, 26 April 1911, 52)
NEW GLASGOW, N.S., Presbyterian Church, James Street at MacLean Street, 1912 (dwgs. at PANS, Halifax)
MONCTON, N.B., First Baptist Church, Queen Street at Church Street, 1914-15 (C.R., xxvii, 27 Aug. 1913, 70; E. Carroll, Years of Pilgrimage: 150 Years of First Moncton Baptist Church, 1978, 61-2)
MOUNT EDWARD ROAD, residence for John R. Dinnis, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 13 May 1914, 200)
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I., major addition to the Academy, 1915; burned 1935 (J. MacFayden, For The Sake of the Record, 1981, 126)
CHAPPELL & HUNTER
CITY HALL, Queen Street at Kent Street, major addition for a fire hall, 1916 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 July 1916)
BATHURST, N.B., St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 1916-17 (Gloucester Northern Light [Bathrust], 4 Aug. 1916, 1 & 2, illus & descrip.)
JOHNSTON’S RIVER, P.E.I., Roman Catholic church, 1916 (H.M. Smith, Historic Churches of Prince Edward Island, 1986, 56, illus.)
SYDNEY, N.S., Roman Catholic Church, 1918 (C.R., xxxii, 24 April 1918, 43, t.c.)
RETIRED SOLDIERS HOSPITAL, also called Rena McLean Memorial Hospital, 1917-18 (C.R., xxxi, 31 Oct. 1917, 36-7)
NORTH WILTSHIRE, P.E.I., major addition to the Sanitorium for the Military Hospitals Commission, 1917-18 (C.R., xxxi, 28 Nov. 1917, 35)
CARDIGAN, P.E.I., residence for J.P. McNicholl, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 3 Sept. 1919, 50)
SYDNEY, N.S., Methodist Church, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 1 Oct. 1919, 45, t.c.)
SYDNEY, N.S., Young Men’s Christian Association, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 24 March 1920, 66)
CHARLOTTETOWN HOSPITAL, Rochford Street at Sydney Street, 1923-25 (Charlottetown Guardian, 18 June 1923, 1 & 3, descrip.; 4 Sept. 1925, 1, descrip.)
ANTIGONISH, N.S., St. Martha’s Roman Catholic Hospital, 1925-26 (C.R., xxxix, 25 March 1925, 50, t.c.; xl, 31 March 1926, 300-01, illus. & descrip.)