BUNYARD, Richard Geoffrey (1883-1973), one of the pioneering architects of southern Saskatchewan, was active in Moose Jaw for nearly twenty-five years. Born in Maidstone, Kent, Engl., he was educated at Eastbourne College and articled with a firm in London. In 1902 he emigrated to Winnipeg, Man. and worked as a draftsman and clerk; it was there that he met Francis L. Jones, likely when both were employed by the prominent Winnipeg architect Henry S. Griffith. Bunyard returned to England in 1905, then arrived back in Canada in March 1906 and opened an office in partnership with Jones in Moose Jaw (see list of works under Jones & Bunyard). Their business prospered, but for unknown reasons Jones departed for California in 1908 and Bunyard continued to practise under his own name for the next two decades, gaining a reputation for his Beaux-Arts designs for institutional, commercial and residential projects. More than half of the schools built in Moose Jaw between 1908 and 1929 were built from his plans. He was one of the founding members of the Saskatchewan Assoc. of Architects in 1909 and served as President of the S.A.A. in 1917-18 and again in 1923-24.
In 1929 Bunyard moved to British Columbia, leaving his office in Moose Jaw in the hands of Charles Coxall. He returned briefly to Moose Jaw in 1936-37 to supervise the rebuilding of the Armouries, and devoted much of his later career to artistic activity, studying painting under Group of Seven member F.H. Varley. His name appears in Vancouver City Directories as an architect from 1942 to 1948, but no information on his designs for buildings there have been found. He became a member of the Architectural Inst. of British Columbia in December 1946. Bunyard died at Sidney, B.C. on 6 June 1973 (biog. and list of works Moose Jaw Times, 24 Sept. 1966; biog. E.J. Gilbert, Up the Years with the Saskatchewan Assoc. of Architects, 1969, 5-6; inf. Gordon Fulton, Ottawa). A photographic portrait of Bunyard can be found in First Annual Yearbook of the Saskatchewan Assoc. of Architects, 1913 (Univ. of Regina Library, Rare Book Room).
R.G. BUNYARD (works in Moose Jaw)
CECIL HOTEL, River Street, 1906-07 (Moose Jaw Times, 13 March 1906)
COVENTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT, public school, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 7 July 1909, 21, t.c.)
BUNNELL BLOCK, High Street West, commercial block for J.H. Bunnell '.....next to the Imperial Block', 1909 (Moose Jaw Times, 10 Dec. 1909, 7, descrip.)
CITY HALL, Fairford Street West, major interior alterations, 1910; Annex, 1912; all demol. 1965 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 25 Feb. 1910, 1, descrip.; 17 May 1912, 11)
RIVER STREET EAST, two houses for Harold Jagger, 1910 (Moose Jaw Times, 6 May 1910, 5)
MAIN STREET NORTH, commercial block for J.E. Chisholm and A. Svaigher, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 22 June 1910, 26)
MOOSE JAW ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY CO., High Street West, offices, car barns and power house, 1911 (Moose Jaw Times, 15 March 1911, 6)
BEACH STREET, at Oxford Street, residence for J. McCauley, 1911; demol. 1969 (Moose Jaw Times, 15 March 1911, 6)
KING GEORGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, 5th Avenue N.W., 1911 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 20 June 1911, 8, descrip.; 22 June 1911, 8, illus.; C.R., xxv, 5 July 1911, 60)
MASSEY-HARRIS CO., High Street West, office and warehouse, 1911 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 20 May 1911, 6, t.c.; C.R., xxv, 14 June 1911, 66)
CITY CEMETERY, Athabasca Street West, chapel, 1911 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 16 Oct. 1911, 6, t.c.)
WHITLOCK & MARLATT CO., Fairford Street West, warehouse, 1912 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 25 April 1912, 16, t.c.)
MANLEY SLATER CO., Main Street North at Athabasca Street West, 1912 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 23 May 1912, 1)
ST. AGNES ROMAN CATHOLIC SEPARATE SCHOOL, Oxford Street West, 1912; demol. 1972 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 10 June 1912, 5, t.c.)
CANADIAN GARAGE BUILDING, Tenth Street at High Street West, 1913 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 3 Aug. 1912, 24, t.c.; Moose Jaw Semi-Weekly Times, 13 Aug. 1912, 1, descrip.)
KING GEORGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Fifth Avenue N.W., 1913 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 4 Jan. 1913, 8)
PRINCE ARTHUR PUBLIC SCHOOL, Stadacona Street East, 1912-13 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 2 July 1912, 16, t.c.; 4 Jan. 1913, 8)
MOOSE JAW HARDWARE CO., Fairford Street West, warehouse, 1912 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 26 July 1912, 15, t.c.)
MOOSE JAW CLUB, Stadacona Street West, 1913 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 23 June 1913, 5, t.c.; dwgs. at Sask. Dept. of Public Works, Regina)
BRANDON GROCERY CO., Twelfth Street, warehouse, 1914 (Moose Jaw b.p. 2165, 24 April 1914)
CLIFTON AVENUE, residence for A.H. Dion, 1914 (Moose Jaw b.p. 6 July 1914)
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, Lillooet Street East, 1916-17; major addition, 1927 (C.R., xxx, 14 June 1916, 77-9; xli, 18 May 1927, 53; Moose Jaw b.p. 30 Jan. 1917)
CHILDREN'S HOME, Iroquois Street East, 1918 (Moose Jaw b.p. 10 June 1918)
MOOSE JAW IMPROVEMENT CO., Maine Street North, commercial block, 1919 (Moose Jaw b.p. 16 May 1919)
SOUTHERN SASK. STOCK YARDS, Home Street, offices and stock yard, 1919 (Moose Jaw b.p. 4 July 1919)
UNION HOSPITAL, Fairford Street East, 1919-20; and major addition, 1927 (C.R., xxxiii, 23 July 1919, 41; and xli, 4 May 1927, 55; Montreal Daily Star, 2 Aug. 1919, 24; Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 8 July 1927, 19, descrip.)
RIVER STREET EAST, garage for A.W. Wells, 1919 (Moose Jaw b.p. 28 Aug. 1919)
2nd AVENUE WEST, residence for H.C. Bingham, 1919 (Moose Jaw b.p. 11 Sept. 1919)
SLATER & YORK LTD., Main Street North, store, 1920 (Moose Jaw Daily News, 6 April 1920, 5; 16 April 1920, 2, t.c.)
MOOSE JAW GOLF CLUB, clubhouse, 1920 (Moose Jaw Daily News, 28 April 1920, 7, t.c.)
WESTMOUNT SCHOOL, Currie Crescent, 1920; demol. 1980 (Moose Jaw Daily News, 21 May 1920, 11, t.c.)
MOOSE JAW SKATING ARENA, Ross Street West, 1920; burned 1955 (Morning Leader (Regina), 13 Jan. 1920, 11; Moose Jaw b.p. 15 Oct. 1920)
CLIFTON STREET, residence for A. Ferguson, 1920 (Moose Jaw b.p. 5 Oct. 1920)
LANGDON CRESCENT, residence for A. Latham, 1922 (Moose Jaw b.p. 7 Sept. 1922)
SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF SION, Roman Catholic convent, MacDonald Street West, 1923 (Moose Jaw b.p. 30 July, 27 Aug. 1927)
WILLIAM GRAYSON PUBLIC SCHOOL, Caribou Street West, 1925 (Moose Jaw Times, 17 June 1925, 9, t.c.)
PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL, major addition of a new four storey wing, 1927 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 8 April 1927, 6, descrip.)
BLACKWOOD HARDWARE CO., Manitoba Street West, 1927 (Moose Jaw b.p. 31 May 1927)
GRANT HALL HOTEL, Main Street North, 1927 (Moose Jaw b.p. 31 Aug. 1927; 18 Oct. 1927; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Aug. 1928, xv, illus. in advert.)
T. EATON CO., Main Street North, department store, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 6 June 1928, 58)
R.G. BUNYARD (works elsewhere in Saskatchewan)
BELLE PLAINE, SASK., public school, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 7 Oct. 1908, 24)
OUTLOOK, SASK., public school, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 1 June 1910, 25, t.c.)
BUFFALO LAKE, SASK., farm house and bungalow for A. Hitchcock, 1911 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 30 March 1911, 8, t.c.)
AVONLEA, SASK., King George Hotel, Main Street at First Avenue, 1912; burned 1916 (dwgs. at Avonlea Heritage Museum; inf. from Cathy Geisler, Avonlea)
BOHARM, SASK., residence for James Ross, 1912 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 2 July 1912, 16, t.c.)
MORTLACH, SASK., a large 2 storey addition to public school, 1919 (Morning Leader (Regina), 24 July 1919, 11, t.c.)
REGINA, SASK, MacLean Grocery Co., Osler Street North near Sixth Avenue, warehouse, 1919 (Morning Leader (Regina), 15 Aug. 1919, 13, t.c.; C.R., xxxiii, 20 Aug. 1919, 46)
TUXFORD, SASK., hospital, 1919 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 20 Oct. 1919, 5, t.c.)
SASKATOON, SASK., Convent for Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion, Avenue A near 30th Street, 1925 (Const., xviii, Nov. 1925, 351)
COMPETITIONS
MOOSE JAW, SASK., Public Library, 1911. The scheme submitted by R.G. Bunyard was awarded Second Prize of $100. Reid & McAlpine won the competition.
MOOSE JAW, SASK., West End School, 1913. Bunyard was one of several Saskatchewan architects to submit plans for this project. His entry was passed over in favour of a design by another architect which was never built (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 15 May 1913, 1)
REGINA, SASK., War Memorial Museum, 1919. Eight invited participants submitted plans for this project, but the Beaux-Arts design by Bunyard was not premiated (Saskatoon Phoenix, 22 July 1919, 3; Const., xii, Sept. 1919, 282-3, illus., 288, descrip.). The winning scheme submitted by Nobbs & Hyde of Montreal was never built.