BAUER, Frederick J. (1857- ), was active in New Westminster, B.C. from 1899 to 1904. Born in the United States on 11 June 1857, he arrived in Canada from the State of Minnesota in 1888 and may have been related to W.A. Bauer, an architect who was recorded in Vancouver in 1893 (Williams British Columbia Directory, 1893, 917). He first appeared in New Westminster in 1900 (British Columbia Directory, 1900-01, 1178), but no information has been found on his work there after 1904 (biog. Vancouver Daily World, 10 April 1900, 5; J.D. Scott, Once in the Royal City: The Heritage of New Westminster, 1985, 138; D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 453, 491).
(works in New Westminster unless noted)
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL, also called EICKHOFF HOUSE, Columbia Street, a hotel for Mrs. Lena Eickhoff, "...adjoining the new Depot of the B.C.E.R.R.", 1899 (Vancouver Daily World, 25 March 1899, 5, descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 31 March 1899, 7; C.R., x, 5 April 1899, 2-3)
CENTRAL HOTEL BLOCK, Columbia Street, from Alexander Street to Eighth Street, with hotel and two retail stores, 1899 (Vancouver Daily World, 16 Aug. 1899, 1, descrip.)
BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO., Columbia Street at the foot of Alexander Street, a station, car shed electric transformer motor house, and depot, 1899-1900 (Vancouver Daily World, 8 Nov. 1899, 1, descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 9 Nov. 1899, 7, descrip.; C.R., x, 22 Nov. 1899, 2, t.c.)
NEW WESTMINSTER CITY HALL, Columbia Street, 1900-01; demol. (C.R., xi, 21 Nov. 1900, 20; Vancouver Daily World, 4 June 1901, 5)
T.J. TRAPP & CO., showroom and warehouse, Front Street, running back to Columbia Street, 1902 (Vancouver Daily World, 14 Feb. 1902,, 8, descrip.; 6 March 1902, 6, t.c.)
KAMLOOPS, B.C., hotel for G. Meade, 1902 (Vancouver Daily World, 11 March 1902, 5, t.c.; 10 July 1902, 5)