Blanchard, George

BLANCHARD, George (1891-1978), a native of Hull, Engl. was born there on 3 March 1891 and came to Canada in April 1903. He trained as an architect's assistant in Regina with Harold Dawson (in 1908-10), then worked as a draftsman in the Saskatchewan Dept. of Public Works (in 1910-12) before moving to Saskatoon where he was chief assistant to W.W. La Chance (in 1912-15). He became an architectural designer with C.D. Howe & Co. and his name may be linked with some of the most significant industrial landmarks in early 20th C. Canadian architecture. These include monumental grain elevator structures at Vancouver, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, and Port Arthur. He moved to the Lakehead in 1917 to personally supervise the construction of three grain elevators in Port Arthur, and continued to work as an architect and engineer in that city from 1921 until 1951. In 1952 he joined the Ontario civil service as Resident Architect for the provincial government and retired in 1961. Blachard later died in Vernon, B.C. on 19 July 1978 (biog. & port. National Reference Book, iii, 1929-30, 41; R. Hamilton, Prominent Men of Canada, 1931-32, 100; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)

FORT WILLIAM, ONT., Roman Catholic School for St. Patrick's Parish, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 25 April 1928, 56)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., General Hospital & Nurse's Home, Court Street at Clavet Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 19 Sept. 1928, 51, t.c.)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., warehouse on Front Street for an unnamed client, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 9 Sept. 1931, 56-7)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., substation for Public Utilities Commission, Cameron Street, 1931-32 (C.R., xlvi, 13 Jan. 1932, 44)