BLACKADDER, Henry (1882-1968), active in Vancouver, B.C., was born in Dundee, Scotland on 11 September 1882 and articled for four years in the office of Thomas M. Cappon of Dundee from 1899 to 1903. In June 1903 he moved to London where he became an assistant to Sir Ernest George, FRIBA, an acknowledged master of the Edwardian style. In 1906, he was elected as an Associate member of the Royal Inst. of British Architects in London. Blackadder remained there until 1911 then emigrated to Canada where he settled in Vancouver. The following year he formed a partnership with Alexander S.W. MacKay and opened an office in North Vancouver. Their practice was interrupted by the events of WWI when Blackadder went overseas to serve in France and Germany with the Canadian Engineers. The office re-opened in 1919, then relocated in downtown Vancouver in 1921 where they remained active until 1930. Blackadder continued to practice alone from 1930 to 1936, and was in partnership with Joseph F. Watson from 1937 to 1942 (see list of works under Watson & Blackadder). He was elected president of the Architectural Inst. of British Columbia in 1942 and remained in practice until 1950. Blackadder died in Vancouver on 11 April 1968 (death notice Vancouver Sun, 15 April 1968, 28; biog. R.I.B.A., Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, Vol. 1, 192; inf. Architectural Inst. of British Columbia; D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 394-5, 493)
BLACKADDER & MacKAY (works in North Vancouver)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for Thomas Nye, Carisbrooke Road East, 1912 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 233, illlus.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, commercial block for James Loutet, North Lonsdale Avenue, 1912 (Daily Province (Vancouver), 16 March 1912, 38)
NORTH VANCOUVER, a two storey residence “.... in the English style“, on The Boulevard, for an unnamed client , 1912 (Daily Province (Vancouver), 30 March 1912, 21)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for J. Wylie Donaldson, Queensbury Avenue at 9th Street, 1912 (The Express [North Vancouver], 12 April 1912, 8, descrip.; North Vancouver b.p., 1912)
NORTH VANCOUVER, a 3 storey block of stores and apartments for Prof. R.E. MacNaughton, Lonsdale Avenue at 16th Street, 1912 (The Express [North Vancouver], 9 April 1912, 1, descrip.; North Vancouver b.p., 1912)
CAPILANO, B.C., residence for E. Adamson, located midway between the radial car terminus and Canyon View Hotel, 1912 (Daily Province (Vancouver), 20 April 1912, 29, descrip.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, North Shore Press Co., First Street at Rogers Avenue, office and printing plant, 1912 (The Express [North Vancouver], 23 Aug. 1912, 1, t.c.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for M. Boult, Mahon Avenue, 1912 (North Vancouver b.p., 1912)
(with David Ewart) NORTH VANCOUVER, Drill Hall, 15th Street at Forbes Avenue, 1914 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1915, Report of the Chief Architect)
NORTH VANCOUVER, a major addition to North Star Public School, 1916 (Vancouver Daily World, 27 April 1916, 6; North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 9 June 1916, 1)
NORTH VANCOUVER, Soldiers Housing Project, 1919, but his appointment as architect was later overturned and the job was given to George D. Curtis (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 20 June 1919, 1; and 3 Oct. 1919, 1)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for James Loutet, 1919 (Vancouver Daily World, 1 Aug. 1919, 18)
NORTH VANCOUVER, Lynn Valley Public School, Mountain Highway, 1919-20, a commission won in a competition against two other architects (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 28 Nov. 1919, 1; and 27 Feb. 1920, 1; Vancouver Daily World, 5 June 1920, 27, t.c.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, major addition to North Vancouver Hospital, East 12th Street, 1920-21 (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 22 Oct. 1920, 1; North Vancouver b.p. 1726, 1921)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for Peter Larson, West 6th Street near Mahon Street, 1921 (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 24 June 1921, 2, descrip.; North Vancouver b.p. 1778, 1921; H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 226, illus.)
CAPILANO, B.C., near North Vancouver, a public school, 1921-22 (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 23 Dec. 1921, 2, t.c.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, public school in North Lonsdale, 1923 (North Shore Press (North Vancouver), 30 March 1923, 7, t.c.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, public school in Dollarton, 1923 (North Shore Press (North Vancouver), 30 March 1923, 7, t.c.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, War Memorial Cenotaph, Victoria Park East, 1923 (Daily Province (Vancouver), 2 June 1923, 24, illus. & descrip.; North Shore Press (North Vancouver), 8 June 1923, 1, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for E.H. Gibbon, at Ottawa Gardens, 1924 (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 27 June 1924, 4, descrip.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for J.P. Young, Grand Boulevard, 1925 (North Vancouver b.p. 2516, 1925)
NORTH VANCOUVER, outdoor grandstand at Mahon Park Athletic Grounds, 1926 (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 24 Sept. 1926, 9, t.c.)
BLACKADDER & MacKAY (works in City of Vancouver & Point Grey unless noted)
VANCOUVER, residence for William S. Pearcy, contractor, West 10th Avenue near MacDonald Street, 1912 (City of Vancouver b.p. 1640, 4 March 1912)
POINT GREY, residence for William S. Pearcy, contractor, King Edward Avenue at Cartier Street, 1912-13 (Town of Point Grey b.p. 327, 7 Oct. 1912)
POINT GREY, residence for Mrs. M.A. MacLean, West 14th Avenue, 1914 (Town of Point Grey b.p. 1361, 14 April 1914)
IOCO, B.C., a tract of eighty houses for the Imperial Oil Employee Housing Co., near the Port Moody refinery, 1920-21 (C.R., xxxiv, 24 Nov. 1920, 55)
CAPILANO, B.C., near North Vancouver, a public school, 1921-22 (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 23 Dec. 1921, 2, t.c.)
VANCOUVER, residence for R. Arthur Simmons, West 2nd Avenue near Balsam Street, 1922 (City of Vancouver b.p. A 3532, 23 May 1922)
VANCOUVER, residence for Herbert J. Bremner, Venables Street at McLean Street, 1922 (City of Vancouver b.p. A 3968, 12 July 1922)
POINT GREY, residence for Albert E. Baker, West 34th Avenue near Arbutus Street, 1922 (Town of Point Grey b.p. 4944, 1 Aug. 1922)
VANCOUVER, residence for Frank B.F. Nicholson, Point Grey Road near Waterloo Street, 1925 (City of Vancouver b.p. B 11370, 18 June 1925)
VANCOUVER, B.C., commercial block for William M. Horie, Cambie Street at Smythe Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 15 Feb. 1928, 49)
VANCOUVER, B.C., three warehouses on Granville Island for Western Hardware & Steel Co., 1928-29 (Province [Vancouver], 18 April 1928, 26, descrip.; Vancouver Sun, 30 Sept. 1929, 20, descrip.; C.R., xliii, 16 Oct. 1929, 61; dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
H. BLACKADDER (works in North Vancouver)
NORTH VANCOUVER, retail store for Jack Loutet, in North Lonsdale, 1932 (North Shore Press [North Vancouver], 1 April 1932, 7)
NORTH VANCOUVER, Royal Bank and block of three stores for R.G. Guiliani, Lonsdale Avenue, 1946 (North Vancouver b.p. 6020 and 6155, 1946)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for M. E. Leighton, St. Georges Avenue, 1947 (North Vancouver b.p. 6110, 1946)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for J. Kotyk, East 29th Street, 1947 (North Vancouver b.p. 6186, 1947)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for H. Stel, St. Georges Avenue, 1947 (North Vancouver b.p. 6340, 1947)