BODLEY, Frederick Charles (1880-1968) of Brantford, Ont. was born in London, England on 7 October 1880, son of Frederick Robert Bodley, and was educated at the South Kensington School of Art in 1900-02. Frederick then practised on his own account in London in 1905-06 and was said to have occupied "....a position in the private architectural office of the Duchy of Cornwall" while working in London. Bodley emigrated to Canada where he found work with J. L. Thomas in London, Ont. (in 1907), and with Taylor & Taylor of Brantford (in 1908-10). He worked briefly for Thomas Hooper in Vancouver in 1911 but returned to Brantford later that year and formed a partnership with Lewis H. Taylor in April 1913 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 11 April 1913, 3). During this early period, Bodley also taught architectural drawing and building construction in evening classes at Brantford Collegiate (Brantford Expositor, 24 Sept. 1912, 3).
He then opened his own office in Brantford in 1916 and continued to practise under his own name until well after 1950, except for a brief period in 1921-22 when he was in partnership with Arthur H. Livingston, as Bodley & Livingston, Architects. Bodley held a particular interest in the design of educational buildings, and many of his commissions came to him from local district school boards in Brantford and Paris, Ontario and from school boards in the surrounding townships. In Brantford his name can be linked with more than a dozen schools designed between 1920 and 1960. In a tribute to his architectural contribution, the Brantford Board commissioned him to design a school on Rawdon Street in 1956, and then named the school after him. His last work for the Board was North Park Collegiate Vocational School in 1960. Bodley died in Brantford on 4 February 1968 (obituary Brantford Expositor, 5 Feb. 1968; biog. Brantford Expositor, 6 April 1922, 21; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects). The obituary article on Bodley published in 1968 erroneously states that Frederick C. Bodley was the son of the well-known British architect George Frederick Bodley (1827-1907) of London, England, but recent research has proven this to be untrue.
F.C. BODLEY (Educational and Ecclesiastical works in Brantford unless noted)
BELLEVIEW, BRANTFORD TOWNSHIP, major addition to public school, 1916 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 21 June 1916, 9, t.c.; and 5 March 1917, 3, t.c.)
ST. JUDE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Peel Street at Dalhousie Street, a new Sunday School and parish hall for the church, 1918-19; with additions and alterations to the Chancel, 1930; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Expositor, 30 July 1918, 20, t.c.; and 30 Sept. 1918, 4, descrip.; and 18 July 1930, 6, t.c.; St. Jude's Anglican Church Brantford: 100th Anniversary 1871-1971)
BRANTFORD COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Brant Avenue opposite Palace Street, major addition of a Technical Classroom wing, 1920; with another large addition, 1923; still standing in 2023 (Brantford Expositor, 21 Jan. 1920, 8, detailed descrip.; and 12 Nov. 1920, 1; and 12 Jan. 1924, 10-11, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.)
CAINSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Colborne Street East, 1920 (inf. Stephen Robinson, Brantford)
TERRACE HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL (also called Alexander Graham Bell Public School), Grand Avenue, 1921-23 (Brantford Expositor, 21 Jan. 1921, 4; and 20 July 1922, 1, detailed descrip.; and 29 Sept. 1922, 5, detailed descrip.; and 6 Sept. 1923, 5, opening ceremony)
SYDENHAM STREET UNITED CHURCH, Sydenham Street at Dundas Street, 1922-24; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Expositor, 28 March 1923, 17, t.c.; and 7 June 1923, 6, descrip.; and 29 March 1924, 11, illus. & detailed descrip.; N.R. Kelly, History of Sydenham Street United Church, 1965)
WEST BRANTFORD, public school, 1923 (Brantford Expositor, 24 March 1923, p. 23, t.c.)
PARIS, ONT., High School, Grand River Street North, 1923-24 (Brantford Expositor, 8 Feb. 1923, p. 2 and 6; and 8 Feb. 1924, 3, descrip.; and 28 March 1924, 3, illus. & descrip.; inf. Stephen Robinson, Brantford)
SIMCOE, ONT., major addition to the High School, 1924 (Brantford Expositor, 2 Aug. 1924, 3, descrip.)
RIVERVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL, Brunswick Street at Wade Avenue, in West Brantford, 1924 (Brantford Expositor, 20 Dec. 1924, 42, descrip.; inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
NORTH WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1928 (Brantford Expositor, 2 Feb. 1928, 3; Toronto Star Weekly, 4 Jan. 1930, Gravure Section, 7, illus.)
WESLEY UNITED CHURCH, Superior Street at Cayuga Street, a Sunday School for the church, 1928; and major two storey addition to the Sunday School facing Superior Street, 1933; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xlii, 25 April 1928, 60; and Brantford Expositor, 25 March 1933, 6, descrip.)
BRANTFORD COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE & VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, Brant Avenue opposite Palace Street, major addition of new Technical Wing, 1928; still standing in 2023 (Brantford Expositor, 2 May 1928, 1; and 27 Aug. 1928, 12, t.c.; and 4 Jan. 1929, 7)
SIMCOE, ONT., North Ward Public School, Colborne Street North, 1928; demol. 2014 (Brantford Expositor, 3 Sept. 1927, 3; C.R., xliii, 27 Nov. 1929, 27, illus. in advert.)
SIMCOE, ONT., South Public School, Kent Street South, 1928; demol. c. 2006 (inf. D.W. Whalen, Muskoka Education Centre, Bracebridge)
BALFOUR STREET UNITED CHURCH, Balfour Street at Catharine Street, a new 3 storey Sunday School & Parish Hall for the church, 1929-30; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Expositor, 15 Feb. 1930, 7, detailed descrip.)
WATERFORD, ONT., major addition to public school, 1930; burned March 1936; rebuilt by F.C. Bodley (Brantford Expositor, 16 May 1930, 6; and 23 March 1936, 7)
HAMILTON, ONT., St. Paul's Anglican Church, Main Street West at Haddon Avenue North, in Westdale, 1931; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Expositor, 5 May 1931, 5)
BRANT AVENUE UNITED CHURCH, extensive interior alterations and improvements, 1934 (Brantford Expositor, 24 Feb. 1934, 9, detailed architectural descrip.)
JAMES HILLIER PUBLIC SCHOOL, Queensway Drive, 1947 (inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
FAIRVIEW MEMORIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, Norman Street, 1947 (inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
PRINCESS ELIZABETH PUBLIC SCHOOL, Tecumseh Street, 1948 (inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
LANSDOWNE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Preston Boulevard, 1948 (inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
PRINCE CHARLES PUBLIC SCHOOL, Morton Avenue, 1950 (inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
ECHO PLACE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Colborne Street East, major addition, 1950 (inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
CAINSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Colborne Street East, major addition, 1950; demol. 2000 (inf. Brant Co. Board of Education)
PARIS, ONT., Queensward Public School, King Street, 1950; demol. 2010 (C.R., lxiii, Dec. 1950, 108)
F.C. BODLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL, Rawdon Street, 1956 (list of works in obituary, Brantford Expositor, 5 February 1968)
F.C. BODLEY (Institutional works in Brantford unless noted)
BRANT COUNTY REGISTRY OFFICE, Wellington Street at George Street, 1919-20; still standing in 2023 (Brantford Expositor, 18 March 1919, 6, t.c.; and 24 Dec. 1920, 6, descrip.; OA, Brant County Council Minutes, 3 April 1919; dwgs. at Wellington Co. Museum & Archives, Fergus)
PUBLIC MARKET HOUSE, 1919 (Brantford Expositor, 25 Feb. 1919, 6)
BOAT HOUSE, on the Grand River, located "...along the dyke", 1919 (Brantford Expositor, 4 July 1919, 1)
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Brant Avenue opposite Palace Street, major addition, 1920; with another large addition, 1923; still standing in 2023 (Brantford Expositor, 21 Jan. 1920, 8, detailed descrip.; and 12 Jan. 1924, 10, illus. & detailed descrip.)
GREENWICH STREET HYDRO SUB-STATION, major addition, for the Brantford Hydro Commission, 1921 (Brantford Expositor, 28 April 1921, 15, t.c.)
BRANT SANATORIUM, a large Staff Nurses Residence block, in the Tudor Revival style, Mount Pleasant Road, 1921; with major addition to the hospital, 1931, and major addition, 1931 (Brantford Expositor, 3 Dec. 1921, 11, detailed architectural descrip.; and 10 Dec. 1921, 1 & 4, illus & detailed descrip.; and 3 Feb 1931, 3)
GALT, ONT., Galt Gardens Ice Arena, in Soper Park, 1921 (Brantford Expositor, 25 July 1921, 8, descrip.; inf. Stephen Robinson, Brantford)
PARIS, ONT., Willet Hospital, Grand River Street at Capron Street, major addition of the Dorothy Baldwin Memorial Sunroom, 1921-22 (Brantford Expositor, 7 June 1921, 13, t.c.; and 3 July 1922, 2 & 13, descrip.; and 24 Nov. 1922, 2, descrip.; and 9 May 1931, 17, illus. & descrip., inf. Stephen Robinson, Brantford)
GALT, ONT. new P.U.C. Hydro Building, for the Public Utilities Commission, Dickson Street at Wellington Street, 1921-22 (Brantford Expositor, 19 Feb. 1921, 6; and 27 July 1922, 6; Picturesque & Industrial City of Galt, Ont., 1928, 85)
SIMCOE, ONT., Norfolk General Hospital, 1924-25 (Brantford Expositor, 27 May 1924, 3; and 27 Aug. 1924, 2, descrip.; and Brantford Expositor, 21 May 1925, 3, descrip.; and 1 Sept. 1938, 23, illus. & descrip. in historical article; inf. Stephen Robinson, Brantford)
ARCTIC HOCKEY ARENA, West Street, 1926; demol. 1968 (Const., xix, Aug. 1926, 257)
AVA GOLF CLUB, Ava Road, club house, 1928 (Brantford Expositor, 13 Feb. 1928, 6; C.R., xlii, 15 Feb. 1928, 48)
FORT ERIE, ONT., hockey arena, Douglas Street, 1928; demol. c. 2001 (C.R., xlii, 22 Aug. 1928, 92)
BRANTFORD CITY HALL, Colborne Street, proposals for exterior improvements and interior alterations, 1928 (Brantford Expositor, 9 Nov. 1928, 1, descrip.; and 24 Nov. 1928, 12, descrip.)
BRANTFORD CHILDREN'S SHELTER, major addition and extensive interior alterations, for the Children's Aid Society, 1930-31 (Brantford Expositor, 24 July 1930, 6, descrip.; and 24 Jan. 1931, 12, descrip.)
BRANT COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM, major addition, 1931 (Brantford Expositor, 3 Feb 1931, 3)
HYDRO ELECTRIC COMMISSION BUILDING, Queen Street, major addition, 1931; and large addition of a new upper floor, 1935 (Brantford Expositor, 25 March 1931, 6, t.c.; and 20 Feb. 1935, 3; and 1 May 1935, 3)
PUBLIC MARKET BUILDING, Dalhousie Street, extending along Market Street and George Street, 1935 (Brantford Expositor, 29 Dec. 1934, 12, descrip.)
F.C. BODLEY (Residential works in Brantford unless noted)
SHERIDAN STREET, and MAITLAND STREET, several houses for the Brantford City Housing Commission, 1920 (Brantford Expositor, 28 Sept. 1920, 3, t.c.)
AVA ROAD, near Inwood Drive, "Glenhyrst", a mansion for Edmund L. Cockshutt, 1922; still standing in 2023, and now called The Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant (C.R., xxxvi, 24 May 1922, 55; C.H.G., iii, Aug. 1926, 31, illus.)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., residence for K. Harvey, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 20 Sept. 1922, 56)
BRANT AVENUE, at Waterloo Street, residence for Dr. Everett S. Hicks, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 29 Feb. 1928, 51)
BRANTFORD MODEL HOME, corner of Marguetta Street at Lyons Avenue, 1937 (Brantford Expositor, 24 Sept. 1937, 6)
F.C. BODLEY (Commercial & Industrial works in Brantford)
DALHOUSIE STREET, at King Street, movie theatre for T.H. Moorhead and G.L. Filman, 1927 (Brantford Expositor, 31 May 1927, 2, descrip.; C.R., xli, 28 Sept. 1927, 51)
WHITAKER BAKING CO., Queen Street at Chatham Street, large additions to existing bakery factory, 1927-28 (Brantford Expositor, 7 Jan. 1928, 17-18, illus. & detailed descrip.)
BRANTFORD EXPOSITOR NEWSPAPER CO., Dalhousie Street at Queen Street, offices and printing plant, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, April 1950, 134)