WATT, John Macleod (1878-1954), an important regional architect in western Ontario for nearly fifty years. He was a partner in the following offices:
John M. Watt, Windsor, Ont. 1905-1907
Watt & Crane, with dual offices in Windsor, Ont. and Detroit, Mich., 1908-1910 (with C. Howard Crane in Detroit)
Watt, Jacques & Williamson, Windsor, Ont. 1909-1910 (with Gilbert Jacques and Clare V. Williamson)
Watt & Blackwell, London, Ont., 1911-1950 (with Victor J. Blackwell)
(biography in preparation)
JOHN M. WATT (works in Ontario and Michigan)
DETROIT, MICH., apartment block for Henry C. Funck, Prentis Avenue near Secord Street, 1905-06 (Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 1905, 23, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Dewar Apartments, Pellisier Street at Wyandotte Street West, an apartment block for Dr. P.A. Dewar, 1906-07 (Evening Record [Windsor], 15 Nov. 1906, 1; Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 1906, Section Two, 10, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Banwell Brothers Ltd., Windsor Avenue at Pitt Street, retail store and warehouse, 1906-07 (Evening Record [Windsor], 15 Nov. 1906, 1)
WINDSOR, ONT., Jordan & Griffith Store, Sandwich Street West near Ouellette Avenue, retail store, 1906 (Evening Record [Windsor], 15 Nov. 1906, 1)
WINDSOR, ONT., Boug Block, Sandwich Street West near Ouellette Avenue, for Walter Boug, 1906 (Evening Record [Windsor], 15 Nov. 1906, 1)
WINDSOR, ONT., Neal's Bakery, Salter Avenue, for J.L. Neal, 1906; major addition by Watt & Blackwell, 1913 (Evening Record [Windsor], 15 Nov. 1906, 1)
WINDSOR, ONT., Church of the Ascension [Anglican], London Street West at McKay Avenue, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 12 June 1907, 2, t.c.; Evening Record [Windsor], 20 July 1907, 1, descrip.; Detroit Free Press, 21 July 1907, 20, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Fox Bros. & Co., Church Street at Sandwich Street, a new 4 storey brick factory, 1907 (Evening Record [Windsor], 12 July 1907, 1, descrip.; and 5 June 1908, 1, illus. & descrip.; Detroit Free Press, 14 July 1907, 16, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Assumption Roman Catholic College, the Memorial Chapel, Huron Line at London Street West, 1907 (C.R., xvii, 12 June 1907, 2, t.c.; Evening Record [Windsor], 15 June 1907, 7, descrip.; Detroit Free Press, 14 July 1907, 16, illus. & descrip.)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., First Presbyterian Church, Windermere Road at Niagara Street, begun by Watt in 1907; completed by Watt & Crane in 1908, and later renamed Chalmers United Church in 1933 (Evening Record [Windsor], 19 Oct. 1907, 1, descrip.; and 13 June 1908, 1, illus. & descrip.; Chalmers United Church Golden Anniversary 1908-1958, 6, 23, illus.; inf. Ian Mason; Andrew Foot, Windsor Then & Now, 2021, 20-21, illus. & descrip.)
MAIDSTONE, ONT., St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, new tower, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 20 March 1907, 2, t.c.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Sunday school building for the Presbyterian Church, London Street at McEwan Avenue, 1907 (Evening Record [Windsor], 20 July 1907, 7)
WINDSOR, ONT., residence for R.A. Holland, Lincoln Road, opposite King Edward School, 1907 (Evening Record [Windsor], 25 July 1907, 8)
WINDSOR, ONT., The Windsor, Essex & Lake Shore Rapid Railway Co., Arthur Street, between Aylmer Avenue and Glengarry Avenue, large car barns and freight shed buildings for radial car vehicles, 1907-08 (Evening Record [Windsor], 10 Nov. 1907, 7, descrip.)
WATT & CRANE (works in Ontario and Michigan)
GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, residence for Capt. Walter E. Parker, McKinley Place at Jefferson Avenue, 1908 (inf. Tillman & Ruth, Architects, London)
WINDSOR, ONT., Essex House Apartments, Sandwich Street, 1908 (inf. Tillman & Ruth, Architects)
WINDSOR, ONT., residence for Gordon D. Wickett, Ouellette Avenue, 1908-09 (inf. Tillman & Ruth, Architects)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., residence for Hobart A. Springle, Argyle Road at Niagara Street, 1908-09 (inf. Tillman & Ruth, Architects)
AMHERSTBURG, ONT., Public School, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 29 July 1908, 24)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., Club House for the Tecumseh Boat Club, "...just west of the Pratt Farm", 1908-09 (Evening Record [Windsor], 16 Oct. 1908, 3, descrip.; and 16 June 1909, 1, descrip.; Detroit Free Press, 23 Oct. 1908, 10, descrip.; C.R., xxii, 2 Dec. 1908, 27)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., residence for J. Wesley Petch, Victoria Road, 1909 (inf. Tillman & Ruth, Architects)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., major addition to the factory for Ford Motor Co., 1909 (Evening Record [Windsor], 7 Sept. 1909, 7)
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Colonial Theatre, Woodward Avenue near Congress Street, 1909 (inf. Tillman & Ruth, Architects)
WINDSOR, ONT., major addition to Windsor Collegiate Institute, Cameron Avenue, 1909 (Detroit Free Press, 23 May 1909, 10, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., new facade and major interior alterations to two stores for Goldie English and William Harvey, Ouellette Avenue at Pitt Street, 1909 (Evening Record [Windsor], 18 June 1909, 1, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Postum Cereal Co., a large factory complex of five buildings, Oak Avenue South, 1909; completed in 1910 by Watt, Jacques & Williamson (Detroit Free Press, 20 June 1909, 9, descrip.)
WALKERVILLE, ONT. residence for J. Wesley Petch, Victoria Road, 1909 (Evening Record [Windsor], 20 Oct. 1909, 1)
AMHERSTBURG, ONT., residence for V.L. Prie, 1909 (Evening Record [Windsor], 20 Oct. 1909, 1)
WINDSOR, ONT., Windsor Supply Co., London Street West near Ouellette Avenue, a three storey warehouse, 1909-10 (Evening Record [Windsor], 8 Jan. 1910, 8, illus.)
WATT, JACQUES & WILLIAMSON (works in Ontario)
WINDSOR, ONT., Postum Cereal Co., Oak Avenue South, a large factory complex of five buildings, begun in 1909 by Watt & Crane; completed in 1910 by Watt, Jacques & Williamson (Detroit Free Press, 29 May 1910, Section Three, 11, illus. & descrip.; Evening Record [Windsor], 31 May 1910, 1, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Palmer Medical Co., Bruce Avenue, a large two storey office and factory, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 16 Feb. 1910, 1, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., a new parsonage for Central Methodist Church, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 24 March 1910, 7)
AMHERSTBURG, ONT., an 8 room public school, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 12 May 1910, 7; C.R., xxiv, 18 May 1910, 27)
WINDSOR, ONT., extensive remodelling of the second floor of the Jordan & Griffith Block, Sandwich Street, to create new offices for the architects, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 4 June 1910, 7)
WATT & BLACKWELL (works in London, Ont.)
BRIDGEPORT STREET, residence for J. Egan Magee, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 28 June 1911, 58, t.c.)
GRAND BUILDING & GIBBONS BUILDING, Dundas Street, 1912 (Free Press [London], 23 March 1912, 23, illus.)
ART GALLERY, Queen's Park, 1912 (Free Press [London], 1 June 1912, 1, illus.)
FINCH-FASHENS LTD. Dundas Street, retail store, 1913 (Province [Vancouver], 5 Feb. 1913, 4, illus. & descrip. in advert.).
THOMAS McCORMICK CO., Dundas Street East, biscuit factory, 1913 (Const., ix, April 1916, 105-11, illus. & descrip.)
ABERDEEN SCHOOL, Grey Street at William Street, 1914-15 (Free Press [London], 8 Feb. 1913, 1, illus.; Const., xi, July 1918, 228-31, illus. & descrip.)
TECUMSEH SCHOOL, Tecumseh Avenue at Langley Street, 1914-15 (Const., xi, July 1918, 228, 232, illus. & descrip.)
BOYLE MEMORIAL SCHOOL, Charlotte Street, 1915 (London Board of Education Annual Report, 1915, 178)
ADVERTISER JOB PRINTING CO., factory, York Street at Wellington Street, c. 1916 (London and Its Men of Affairs, 95, illus.; Const., xi, May 1918, 158-59, illus. & descrip.)
H.B. BEAL TECHNICAL AND ART SCHOOL, Dundas Street at William Street, 1916-17; addition 1921 (Const., xi, Nov. 1918, 338-45, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxxii, 27 Nov. 1918, 937, illus. & descrip.)
(with W.G. Murrary) RYERSON SCHOOL, Waterloo Street at Victoria Street, 1916 (Const., ix, Aug. 1916, 249-53, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Aug. 1927, 302-3, illus.)
HURON & ERIE MORTGAGE CORP., office, Market Square, 1918 (Const., xii, April 1920, 109, illus.)
MEDICAL SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, Waterloo Street at South Street, 1920-21 (London Advertiser, 26 March 1921, 13, illus. & descrip.; Const., xv, May 1922, 154-55, illus. & descrip.)
GRAFTON STORE, Dundas Street at Carling Street, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 13 Aug. 1919, 45, t.c.)
RUGGLES MOTOR TRUCK CO., Dundas Street at Eleanor Street, assembly plant, 1920 (London Advertiser, 25 Sept. 1920, 1, illus.; Const., xv, Feb. 1922, 50-1, illus. & descrip.)
CHILDREN'S WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Colborne Street, 1920-21; addition 1947 by John M. Watt (Const., xvii, Dec. 1924, 383, 386, illus. & descrip.)
PATRICIA THEATRE, Clarence Street near Dundas Street, c. 1921 (Const., xv, Feb. 1922, 53, illus.)
WELLINGTON STREET, near Regent Street, residence for Gordon Hunt, 1922 (Const., xv, Feb. 1922, 55-6, illus.)
B.A. MITCHELL STORE, Dundas Street, new facade and extensive alterations, 1921 (Const., xv, Feb. 1922, 51, illus.)
LONDON ARENA, Tecumseh Park, 1923-24 (C.R., xxxvii, 25 July 1923, 51)
REDEMPTORIST FATHERS, monastery, Dundas Street near Highbury Street, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 14 Feb. 1923, 50)
ST. JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC HOSPITAL, Grosvenor Street at Richmond Street, addition 1923; Nurses Home 1926; addition 1930-31 (C.R., xxxvii, 3 Jan. 1923, 44; Free Press [London], 11 Jan 1926, 1; Canadian Hotel Review, viii, June 1930, 31)
WELLINGTON STREET, near Regent Street, residence for John A. Nash, 1927 (C.H.G., iv, Dec. 1927, 30-1, illus.)
WAR MEMORIAL CENOTAPH, 1927 (Const., xx, Aug. 1927, 278)
QUEEN'S PARK, Exhibition Building, 1928; Poultry Building, 1929 (C.R., xlii, 20 June 1928, 53; and xliii, 27 Feb. 1929, 145)
BANK OF TORONTO, Dundas Street at Wellington Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 22 Aug. 1928, 88, t.c.; Free Press [London], 13 April 1929, 12-13, illus. & descrip.)
SILVERWOOD'S DAIRY LTD., office building, Bathurst Street near Talbot Street, 1930 (Free Press [London], 29 Nov. 1929, 30, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxii, June 1945, 24, illus. in advert.)
HURON & ERIE MORTGAGE CO., a 10 storey office building, Dundas Street at Clarence Street, 1930-31 (Toronto Daily Star, 21 Feb. 1930, 30, illus. & descrip. Free Press [London], 26 April 1930, 21, illus.; and 6 June 1931, 19-20, 28, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, May 1930, 173, illus.; Const., xxiv, July 1931, 216-20, 224-30, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 24-25, illus. & descrip.)
LONDON TOWNSHIP, Concession 3, country estate for Major Alexander C. Spencer, 1932-33 (C.R., xlvi, 3 Aug. 1932, 891)
MEMORIAL PARK, Administration Building, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 23 March 1932, 48-9)
(with O. Roy Moore) DOMINION PUBLIC BUILDING, Richmond Street at Queen's Avenue, 1935-36 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, Feb. 1936, 31, illus; and xiv, Jan. 1937, 2-4, illus.; C.R., vol. 50, 21 Oct. 1936, 949-52, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 56-7, illus. & descrip.)
JOHN LABATT LTD., Simcoe Street, warehouse and office building, 1938-39 (C.R., li, 17 Aug. 1938, 34; inf. Tillman & Ruth, Architects)
(with O. Roy Moore) VICTORIA HOSPITAL, Colborne Street at South Street, 1939-40 (C.R., liii, 17 July 1940, 10-11, illus.; Free Press [London], 27 May 1941, 5, descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, April 1942, 62-3, illus.; addition 1950 (by John M. Watt), C.R., lxiii, Oct. 1950, 152, t.c.)
WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, major addition, 1949 (Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxvi, June 1949, 39, illus. & descrip.)
WATT & BLACKWELL (works outside London)
THAMESVILLE, ONT., Town Hall, 1911 (Canada, Town Halls of Canada, 1987, 300)
HAMILTON, ONT., St. Charles Court Apartments and Salisbury Apartments, Charles Street at Hunter Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 7 Feb. 1912, 65)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., E.T. Wright Shoe Co., Talbot Street, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 12 Feb. 1913, 76)
HAMILTON, ONT., residence for William E. Goring, 1913 (Spectator [Hamilton], 17 Feb. 1913, 10; inf. Robert Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont.)
PORT DALHOUSIE, ONT., a three storey canning factory for the Port Dalhousie Canning Co., adjacent to the Niagara Central Street Railway line, 1913 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 21 Feb. 1913, 5, t.c.)
BLENHEIM, ONT., canning factory for British Canadian Canners Ltd., 1913 (St. Catharines Standard, 12 April 1913, 5, t.c.)
WINDSOR, ONT., major addition to Neal Baking Co., Salter Avenue, 1913 (Evening Record [Windsor], 27 Aug. 1913, 9)
HAMILTON, ONT., The Victoria Apartments and the Alexandra Apartments, King Street East near Arthur Street, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 4 March 1914, 80)
ST. MARYS, ONT., Central School, 1914-15 (L. Wilson & L. Pfaff, Early St. Marys, 1981, 48)
GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN, residence for Walter Parker, 1915 (inf. from Tillman & Ruth, Architects, London)
SARNIA, ONT., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School, Stuart Street at Devine Street, 1915 (Sarnia Weekly Observer, 28 Jan. 1916)
WINDSOR, ONT., Huron & Erie Mortgage Co., Ouellette Street at Pitt Street, 1916 (Const., xi, April 1918, 108-09, illus. & descrip.)
BYRON, ONT., Queen Alexandra Sanatorium, Infirmary, Nurses Home and Vocational Building, 1918-19; Pavillion 1932, additions 1937-38 (Const., xi, May 1919, 132-40, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xlvi, 6 Jan. 1932, 44; and li, 4 Jan. 1938, 28; dwgs. at OA, RG 15-13-2-1441)
PORT STANLEY, ONT., Bathing Pavilion & Cafeteria, 1917; Dance Hall, 1922 (Const., xi, Sept. 1918, 286-7, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxxvi, 8 Feb. 1922, 56)
(with Esenwein & Johnson) TORONTO, ONT., extension to the King Edward Hotel, King Street East at Leader Lane, 1920-21; still standing in 2023 (C.R., xxxiv, 18 Aug. 1920, 777-79, illus. & descrip.)
CHATHAM, ONT., General Hospital, extension, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 15 June 1921, 56, t.c.)
(with Esenwein & Johnson) WINDSOR, ONT., Prince Edward Hotel, Ouellette Street at Park Street, 1921-22 (Const., xiv, Nov. 1921, 344-48, illus. & descrip.; and xv, Oct. 1922, 300-06, 311, illus. & descrip.)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., London & Port Stanley Railway Station, 1921 (Const., xv, Feb. 1922, 51-3, illus. & descrip.)
(with Forster & Clark) OWEN SOUND, ONT., major addition to Collegiate & Technical School, 1922-23 (C.R., xxxvi, 29 Nov. 1922, 47; Daily Sun-Times [Owen Sound], 28 July 1922, 1; and 29 July 1922, 1 & 5, detailed descrip.; and 23 Jan. 1924, 1)
PRESTON, ONT., Sanatorium, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 21 June 1922, 53)
BRANTFORD, ONT., residence for Dr. J.A. Phillips, West Street, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 14 March 1923, 49, t.c.)
KITCHENER, ONT., St. Mary's Roman Catholic Hospital, Queen's Boulevard, 1923 (Daily Record [Kitchener], 2 June 1923, 1; Const., xvii, Dec. 1924, 384-6, illus. & descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., William Weld Co., warehouse, Adelaide Street West near Spadina Avenue, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 25 Feb. 1925, 49)
PORT TALBOT, ONT., a 300 room resort hotel, to be called The Chateau de Malahide, 1925 (Daily Sun-Times [Owen Sound], 26 Aug. 1925, 5)
KITCHENER, ONT., Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Convent, Moore Avenue at Shanley Street, 1926 (C.R., xl, 9 June 1926, 52)
STRATHROY, ONT., Town Hall, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 21 March 1928, 64, t.c.)
STRATFORD, ONT., Nurses Residence for General Hospital, John Street, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 20 Feb. 1929, 62, t.c.)
COMPETITIONS
COLLINGWOOD, ONT., public school, 1924. Watt & Blackwell were one of 4 architectural firms who submitted plans for this new educational building (Daily Sun-Times [Owen Sound], 8 July 1924, 5). It is unclear who the winner was.