BRUCE, George Rawer (1857-1903) of Guelph, Ont. was the son of Alexander Bruce, a builder who operated a successful contracting business with his brother George Bruce in Guelph in the mid-nineteenth century. George R. Bruce learned the trade of carpentry from his father and uncle and entered into a partnership with their company. After the death of his father Alexander in 1894 he continued the business and by 1895 he was advertising himself as 'Architect & Valuator' in Guelph (Directory for the Counties of Grey, Waterloo and Wellington, 1895). His commissions consisted primarily of residential works. His sudden death on 16 Feburary 1903 at the age of forty-five years was caused by pneumonia (obituary in the Evening Mercury [Guelph], 17 Feb. 1903, 1; inf. from Charlotte Mackie, Guelph)
(works in Guelph, Ontario)
VICTORIA SKATING AND CURLING RINK, Baker Street, 1892, with additions 1895 (C.R., iii, 14 May 1892, 1; vi, 19 Sept 1895, 2)
GLASGOW STREET, a terrace of five houses for Alderman John A. McHardy, 1895 (C.R., v, 31 Jan. 1895, 1)
PAISLEY STREET, residence for Benedict Kloepfer, 1896 (C.R., vii, 9 April 1896, 1)
WATERLOO AVENUE at Manchester Street, residence for John Hutton, 1896 (C.R., vii, 14 May 1896, 2; Guelph Daily Mercury, 28 Oct. 1896, 4)
LORETTO ACADEMY, Norfolk Street, addition of two upper floors to the convent, 1896, and now occupied by the Guelph Civic Museum (C.R., vii, 25 June 1896, 2; Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, 80 for 80: Celebrating 80 Years of the A.C.O., 2013, 58-9, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution)
GLASGOW STREET, residence for Mrs. Sophia Johnston, 1896 (C.R., vii, 23 July 1896, 2)
WATERLOO AVENUE, residence for Robert G. Strachan, 1896 (Guelph Daily Mercury, 28 Oct. 1896, 4)
CAMBRIDGE STREET, residence for W.A. Reid, 1897 (C.R., vii, 17 December 1896, 3)
WATERLOO STREET, two houses for John McAteer, 1897 (C.R., viii, 8 July 1897, 2)
NORFOLK STREET, residence for Charles Raymond, 1897 (Guelph Daily Mercury, 27 Oct. 1897, 2, descrip.)
WOOLWICH STREET, residence for James Davison, 1897 (Guelph Daily Mercury, 27 Oct. 1897, 2)
PARK AVENUE, residence for W.A. Knowles, 1897 (Guelph Daily Mercury, 27 Oct. 1897, 2)
PAISLEY STREET, store and residence for J. H. Simpson, 1897 (Guelph Daily Mercury, 27 Oct. 1897, 1)
KING STREET NORTH, residence for William Holliday, 1897 (Guelph Daily Mercury, 27 Oct. 1897, 2)
FIRE HALL, additions to the building, 1898 (C.R., viii, 13 Jan. 1898, 2)
YORKSHIRE STREET, residence for John Cunningham, 1898 (C.R., ix, 27 April 1898, 2)
NEEVE STREET, addition to the Guelph Carpet Co., 1898 (C.R., ix, 7 Sept. 1898, 1, t.c.)
WYNDHAM STREET, extensive alterations to shop for William McLaren & Co., 1899 (C.R., x, 3 May; 19 July 1899, 2)