BLANCHARD, Edward Stirling (1886-1953), active in Charlottetown, P.E.I., where he was born on 14 February 1886, and he was the nephew of David Stirling, one of the leading architects of the Maritimes in the 19th Century. Blanchard attended courses in architecture at McGill University and graduated in 1910, then spent two years with Ross & MacFarlane before forming a partnership in Montreal with G.E. Conrad (fl. 1913-14). The office of Blanchard & Conrad was one of sixty-two firms who submitted entries in the competition for the Departmental Buildings in Ottawa in 1914, but their proposal was not premiated. In 1915 Blanchard joined the Canadian Army and went overseas where he was wounded in action. After a long convalescence in Ireland he returned to Charlottetown and opened an office under his own name in 1920. He remained in practice there until 1944 when he formed a partnership with James E. Harris. Much of Blanchard's early work adopted a conservative eclectic styling, but by the late 1930's he had begun to employ modernist ideas in his work, evident in his design for the YMCA in Charlottetown (1944). Blanchard died in Charlottetown on 17 December 1953 (obit. Charlottetown Patriot, 17 Dec. 1953, 5; Guardian [Charlottetown], 18 Dec. 1953, 5; port. 19 Dec. 1953, 7)
E.S. BLANCHARD (works in Charlottetown unless noted)
MONTAGUE, P.E.I., H.J. Mahon Drug Store, 1920 (Charlottetown Guardian, 18 Nov. 1920, 2, descrip.)
BRIGHTON ROAD, a County Club, 1919 (Charlottetown Guardian, 3 Jan. 1920, 9)
EUSTON STREET, residence for Dr. C.C. Archibald, 1921 (I. Rogers, Charlottetown, 1983, 61)
(with Harris & Horton) WEST KENT PUBLIC SCHOOL, major addition to school, 1922, originally designed by Thomas Alley in 1877 (Charlottetown Guardian, 12 Sept. 1922, 1; dwgs. PAPEI; inf. Harry Holman, Charlottetown)
S.A. MacDONALD DEPARTMENT STORE, Queen Street, 1923 (Charlottetown Guardian, 24 Feb. 1923, 14, descrip.)
MOUNT HERBERT, P.E.I., Protestant Orphanage, 1922-23 (C.R., xxxvi, 24 May 1922, 53; Guardian [Charlottetown], 9 Aug. 1923, 1, descrip.; dwgs. PAPEI)
KEEPOCK, P.E.I., residence for W.E.W. Owen, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 26 July 1922, 82)
(with Herbert S. Brenan) CAPITOL THEATRE, Great George Street at Grafton Street, 1926-27 (Charlottetown Guardian, 29 Oct. 1926, 1)
LONGWORTH AVENUE, at Birchwood Street, residence for W. Chester MacLure, 1929 (Saturday Night [Toronto], 27 April 1929, 24, illus. & descrip.)
(with Scopes & Feustmann) P.E.I. SANATORIUM, McGill Avenue, 1929-31; additions, 1944 (Guardian [Charlottetown], 8 June 1931, 5, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. PAPEI)
BLANCHARD & HARRIS (works in Charlottetown unless noted)
CHARLOTTETOWN FORUM ICE ARENA, 1930 (Charlottetown Guardian, 8 Dec. 1930, 5)
BRACE BUILDING, Queen Street, for R.K. Brace, begun 1930; completed 1933 (Charlottetown Guardian, 21 Dec. 1933, 5, descrip.; dwgs. PAPEI)
STANLEY, SHAW & PEARDON, Great George Street, office block, 1930 (Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 185, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. PAPEI)
FALCONWOOD MENTAL HOSPITAL, Kent Street, extensive remodelling of the old National Candy Factory for a new ward to accommodate patients, 1931-32 (Charlottetown Guardian, 4 Feb. 1932, 1 & 3, descrip.)
(with Charles A. Fowler) FALCONWOOD MENTAL HOSPITAL, Kent Street, major addition for a new Pavilion, 1933-34 (Charlottetown Guardian, 3 April 1934, 8 & 9, illus. & descrip.)
DEBLOIS BROS. BUILDING, Queen Street at Water Street, office and warehouse, 1940-41; additions, 1951 (Charlottetown Guardian, 17 May 1941, 9, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. PAPEI)
SOURIS, P.E.I., General Hospital, 1944-45 (Charlottetown Guardian, 12 July 1945, 8, descrip.; dwgs. PAPEI)
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I., Prince County Hospital, 1945 (dwgs. PAPEI)
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Euston Street at Prince Street, designed 1944-45; built 1948-49 (Guardian [Charlottetown], 30 June 1945, 1 & 11, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 122, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. PAPEI)
KENSINGTON, P.E.I., Memorial Hall, 1946 (dwgs. PAPEI)
PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE, Kent Street, addition of a Girl's Dormitory, 1947 (dwgs. PAPEI)
SOUTHPORT, P.E.I., Public School, 1947 (dwgs. PAPEI)
POLYCLINIC MEDICAL CENTRE, Fitzroy Street, 1949 (Charlottetown Guardian, 2 April 1949, 5, descrip.; 20 June 1949, 12, illus. & descrip.)
CHARLOTTETOWN HOSPITAL, a large addition called 'The Pavilion', 1949-50 (Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxvii, June 1950, 36-7, 94, illus. & descrip.)
CENTRAL CREAMERIES LTD., 1950 (dwgs. PAPEI)