BLACKMORE, Edward Evans (1879-1929), son of William Blackmore, was born in Winnipeg, Man. on 21 July 1879 and at the age of eight years was brought to Vancouver by his parents. He likely trained under his father and in 1900 became a partner in his father's firm (see list of works under W. Blackmore & Sons). After the death of William B. in 1904, Edward continued to practise, employing a variety of styles from late Victorian eclecticism (best seen in his design for the Model School, 1905) to Beaux-Arts classicism (evident in the plans for the facade of the Pantages Theatre, 1907). Few references can be found to his work after 1915, and his name is absent from membership records of the Architectural Inst. of British Columbia, indicating he may have abandoned the profession after 1920. He died in Vancouver on 12 February 1929 (obit. Province [Vancouver], 13 Feb. 1929, 28; D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 248-9; 493)
(works in Vancouver)
(with W.T. Whiteway) McLENNAN, McFEELY & CO., Water Street at Abbott Street, warehouse, 1905 (C.R., xv, 1 Feb. 1905, 5)
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Cambie Street at Dunsmuir Street, 1905; demol. (Vancouver Daily World, 11 Feb. 1905, 1, descrip.; C.R., xv, 22 Feb. 1905, 5; C.A.B., xviii, May 1905, 80, descrip.)
MODEL SCHOOL, West 12th Avenue at Ash Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 23 Aug. 1905, 5; D. Franklin, Early School Architecture in British Columbia, 1980, 116, 121-22, illus.)
LORD NELSON PUBLIC SCHOOL, Kitchener Street, 1905 (dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
ST. FRANCIS HOTEL, Cordova Street at Seymour Street, for Baron Cope, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 7 March 1906, 4; Pacific Building & Engineering Record [Seattle], iv, 14 April 1906, 11)
ATHLETIC PAVILION, on the Bridge Street grounds, near English Bay, 1906 (Vancouver Daily World, 10 May 1906, 8)
ENGLISH BAY BATHING PAVILION, 1907; demol. 1939 (dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
ABERDEEN PUBLIC SCHOOL, Burrard Street at Barclay Street, 1907 (Vancouver School Board Annual Report, 1907, 30)
PANTAGES THEATRE, East Hastings Street near Westminster Avenue, for Alexander Pantages, 1907 (Vancouver Daily World, 2 March 1907, 2; 15 March 1907, 2)
FIRST BEACH, bath house and promenade, 1908-09 (Vancouver Daily World, 29 Oct. 1908, 7, descrip.; Const., ii, Nov. 1908, 65; C.R., xxiii, 17 Feb. 1909, 21)
SMITH, DAVIDSON & WRIGHT LTD., Homer Street at Davie Street, warehouse, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 10 Nov. 1909, 23, t.c.)
HARRIS STREET, commercial block for George King, 1910 (C.R., xxvii, 23 Feb. 1910, 24, t.c.)
JACKSON APARTMENTS, Jackson Street, 1910 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 42, illus.; dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
McLENNAN, McFEELY & CO., East Cordova Street, store and warehouse, 1911 (dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
HAMPTON BROS. BAKERY, West 7th Avenue, 1911 (dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
ALMOND ICE CO., East Pender Street at Dunlevy Street, dairy building , 1911-12; demol. (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 66)
SIR WILLIAM DAWSON SCHOOL, Burrard Street, 1913; demol. 1978 (inf. Donald Luxton)
IMMIGRATION BUILDING, on the waterfront at the foot of Thurlow Street, 1914-15; demol. 1976 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1915, No. 19, Report of the Chief Architect, 63; C.R., xxix, 26 May 1915, 567-8, illus. & descrip.)
CASTLE HOTEL, Granville Street, opposite Lowe's Theatre, major alterations, 1915 (Vancouver Sun, 27 Feb. 1915, 2)
COMPETITIONS
VANCOUVER HIGH SCHOOL, 1903. E.E. Blackmore appears to have submitted his own design for the new High School in Fairview (Vancouver Daily World, 9 Sept. 1903, 2). This was in addition to another entry submitted by his father, of the firm of William Blackmore & Son. The School Board announced in November that E.E. Blackmore was the winner of the First Prize (The Province [Vancouver], 14 Nov. 1903, 13).
SIMON FRASER PUBLIC SCHOOL, West 16th Avenue, 1908. Nineteen designs were sent in this competition for new school buildings, including one by E.E. Blackmore. The winner was the Vancouver firm of Pearce & Hope (Vancouver Daily World, 9 April 1908, 10; and 12 May 1908, 10)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Stanley Park improvements, including laying out the grounds adjacent to the lake, a band stand, refreshment pavilion, children's playground, and animal Zoo, 1911. E.E. Blackmore was one of nearly a dozen architects who submitted plans in this open competition (Vancouver Daily World, 18 Jan. 1911, 3). It is unclear who won this commission.