BERRY, Francis Richard (1883-1950), a native of Lincoln, England, was born on 15 January 1883 and articled with H.H. Dunn, a local architect, from 1898 to 1906. He emigrated to Canada and worked in Toronto as assistant to G.W. Gouinlock (in 1906-15) and with Sharp & Horner (in 1920-22). He also practiced under his own name from 1912 and can be linked with a few independent commissions which he completed while working as a draftsman for J.M. Cowan, for Wickson & Gregg, for Horwood & White and for Smith & Wright after 1922. No information on his work can be found after June 1932 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects). He died in Toronto, Ont. on 27 October 1950.
(works in Toronto unless noted)
HINDE & DAUCH CO., Hanna Avenue, factory, 1912-13 (Toronto b.p. 1525, 24 Dec. 1912)
MELITA AVENUE, near Christie Street, four pairs of houses for John W. Gratton, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 11084, 2 May 1914)
BRAMPTON, ONT., the "Prairie House", for Alfred Hewetson, Mill Street North, c. 1915 (inf. Heritage Brampton)
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, Gerrard Street East near Yonge Street, major addition and alterations to existing hall, 1921 (Toronto b.p. 41452, 13 July 1921)
SILVERTHORN METHODIST CHURCH, Scott Road at Aileen Avenue, 1924 (dwgs. OA, Horwood Coll., Item 001)
ST. DAVID'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Harvie Avenue at Hope Avenue, 1926 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)