WHITEWAY, William Tuff (1856-1940), an important Canadian architect whose career spans more than 30 years in two countries. He was active in the following offices:
William T. Whiteway, Vancouver, B.C., 1886-87
Whiteway & Schroeder, Port Townsend, Washington, 1888-1891 (with Julius S. Schroeder)
William T. Whiteway, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1892- 1894
William T. Whiteway, Halifax, N.S. 1895-96
Whiteway & Horton, Halifax, N.S. May 1897- May 1900 (with William T. Horton)
William T. Whiteway, Vancouver, B.C. 1900 - 1931
(biography in preparation)
VANCOUVER, B.C.
VANCOUVER, B.C., commercial block for Gilmore & Clark, Carroll Street, 1886 (Vancouver News, 26 July 1886, 1, t.c.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Ferguson Block, Powell Street, 1886 (D. Luxton, City of Vancouver: Statements of Significance for Gastown, 2004, 37)
VANCOUVER, B.C., residence for James King, Pender Street, 1887 (Daily News Advertiser [Vancouver], 21 July 1887, 1, t.c.)
PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON
(works by Whiteway & Schroeder)
CAINES BLOCK, Water Street at Quincy Street, a three storey commercial block for Robert M. Caines, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
TUCKER BLOCK, Water Street at Adams Street, a three storey commercial block for A. Horace Tucker, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3; Puget Sound Weekly Argus [Port Townsend], 22 Aug. 1889, 1)
BANK OF WASHINGTON, Water Street between Tyler Street and Polk Street, a three storey block for Francis W. Pettygrove, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3; Puget Sound Weekly Argus [Port Townsend], 22 Aug. 1889, 1)
MILLER BLOCK, Washington Street at Taylor Street, a three storey block for Benjamin S. Miller, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3; Puget Sound Weekly Argus [Port Townsend], 6 Dec. 1888, 3; A. Denison & W. Huntington, Victorian Architecture in Port Townsend, 1978, 51-2, illus.)
STERMING BLOCK, Water Street near Taylor Street, a two storey block for George Sterming, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3; A. Denison & W. Huntington, Victorian Architecture in Port Townsend, 1978, 49-50, illus.)
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Jefferson Street at Polk Street, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3; A. Denison & W. Huntington, Victorian Architecture in Port Townsend, 1978, 97-9, illus.)
MASONIC TEMPLE, for the Independent Order of Good Templars, Maple Avenue at Jefferson Avenue, 1889; burned 2003 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
HARRISON STREET, at Learned Avenue, residence for William H.H. Learned, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
CLAY STREET, two houses for O.C. Hastings, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
HASTINGS ADDITION, two houses for Mrs. Bessie M. Allen, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
HASTINGS ADDITION, two pairs of houses for Jones & Lipsitt, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
MOUNTAIN VIEW ADDITION, residence for Albert W. Bash, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
MAPLE AVENUE, a double dwelling for Francis W. Pettygrove, 1889 (Morning Oregonian [Portland], 26 April 1889, 3)
PIONEER BUILDING, Water Street, 1889 (A. Denison & W. Huntington, Victorian Architecture in Port Townsend, 1978, 43-5, illus.)
CLARENDON HOTEL, Water Street at Madison Street, 1889 (A. Denison & W. Huntington, Victorian Architecture in Port Townsend, 1978, 46-8, illus.)
MOUNT BAKER BLOCK, Water Street at Tyler Street, 1890 (A. Denison & W. Huntington, Victorian Architecture in Port Townsend, 1978, 53-5, illus.)
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, c. 1890 (list of works in the Evening Telegram [St. John's], 19 Nov. 1892, 4)
ANACORTES, WASH., public school, c. 1890 (list of works in Evening Telegram (St. John's), 19 Nov. 1892, 4)
VICTORIA, B.C.
DUCK BLOCK, Broad Street at Johnson Street, for Simeon Duck, 1892 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 24 Feb. 1892, 5, descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 16 Oct. 1893, 8, legal action and lawsuit; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 42, illus.)
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD.
COURT HOUSE, Water Street, designed 1893-94; built 1901-04 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 9 Feb. 1893, 4; 12 March 1894, 1, t.c.; 3 Aug. 1894, 3; dwgs. at PANL, St. John's)
WATER STREET, commercial block for A. Delgado, 1893 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 8 April 1893, 4)
EAST FIRE HALL, 1893 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 1 July 1893, 1, t.c.)
WEST FIRE HALL,1893 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 1 July 1893, 1, t.c.)
DUCKWORTH STREET, at Cochrane Street, commercial block for J.J. Kearney, 1893 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 10 July 1893, 1, t.c.)
J.H. MARTIN & CO., Water Street, commercial block, 1893 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 7 Aug. 1893, 4, descrip.)
unnamed street, residence for P. Sullivan, 1893 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 26 Oct. 1893, 1, t.c.)
EVENING TELEGRAM BUILDING, Water Street, 1893-94 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 11 Jan. 1894, 4, illus. & descrip.)
W.E. BEARNS & CO., Le Marchant Road, 1894 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 15 Sept. 1894, 1, t.c.)
CENTRAL HOTEL, Duckworth Street, for George C. Crosbie, 1894 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 14 July 1894, 1, t.c.; Times & Commercial Gazette [St. John's], 4 Aug. 1894, 3)
HALIFAX, N.S.
HALIFAX, N.S., W. & J. Scriven Co., a 3 storey retail store and warehouse, Barrington Street through to Granville Street, adjacent to Gordon & Keith Co. Block, 1896 (Halifax Herald, 27 April 1896, 3, descrip.; Evening Mail [Halifax], 30 Nov. 1896, 1, descrip.; C.A.B., x, March 1897, illus.; April 1897, 73, descrip.; E. Pacey, Historic Halifax, l988, 96-7, illus.)
HALIFAX, N.S., residence for William E. Taylor, Spring Garden Road, 1896 (Morning Chronicle [Halifax], 27 May 1896, 6; C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2)
VANCOUVER, B.C.
(Commercial & Industrial works)
LOVELL BLOCK, Carrall Street, "...next to the Boulder Saloon". a three storey block for J.B. Lovell, 1900 (Victoria Daily Times, 13 Feb. 1900, 8, t.c.; C.R., xi, 21 Feb. 1900, 3; t.c.; Province [Vancouver], 6 March 1900, 5; and 17 April 1900, 7, Letter to the Editor regarding authorship of his design for the Lovell Block; C.A.B., xiii, April 1900, 82; Greater Vancouver Illustrated, c. 1905, 212)
GRANVILLE STREET, brick warehouse for Mr. Lewis, "..adjoining Miss R. Leigh Spencer's Block", 1902 (Vancouver Daily World, 10 Feb. 1902, 5)
WOODWARD'S DEPARTMENT STORE, West Hastings Street at Abbott Street, 1902-03; additions, 1923; 1925; 1929; parking garage, 1930 (Vancouver Daily World, 12 Sept. 1902, 4, t.c.; 17 Jan. 1923, 3, descrip.; C.R., xxxvii, 3 Jan. 1923, 45, t.c.; xxxix, 21 Jan. 1925, 48, t.c.; xliii, 16 Jan. 1929, 49; xliv, 28 May 1930, 211)
PENDER HALL, West Pender Street near Hornby Street, 1903 (dwgs. at the Vancouver City Archives)
SAM KEE & CO., Carrall Street, commercial block, 1903 (Vancouver Daily World, 19 June 1903, 1; C.R., xiv, 1 July 1903, 6)
ROYAL THEATRE, West Hastings Street near Columbia Street, a three storey theatre for Loo Gee Wing, 1903 (Victoria Daily Times, 27 July 1903, 1, descrip.; C.R., xiv, 29 July 1903, 2)
B.C. PERMANENT LOAN & SAVINGS CO., West Hastings Street at Abbott Street, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 7 Oct. 1903, 1, t.c.)
GRANVILLE STREET, commercial block for Philip White, 1905 (C.R., xv, 1 Feb. 1905, 5)
KELLY-DOUGLAS & CO., Water Street at Richards Street, warehouse, 1905; with later addition of one storey, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 12 April 1905, 6; xvii, 9 May 1906, 5; Vancouver Daily World, 29 Aug. 1905, 1, descrip.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 575, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at the Vancouver City Archives)
WOOD'S HOTEL, Carrall Street at West Hastings Street, a 4 storey hotel for J.S. Wood, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 14 March 1906, 4; Pacific Building & Engineering Record [Seattle], iv, 24 Feb. 1906, 10; L. Maitland, Queen Anne Revival Style in Canadian Architecture, 1990, 191, illus.; dwgs. at the Vancouver City Archives)
HOTEL WINTERS, Abbott Street at Water Street, for C.N. Owens, 1906-07 (C.R., xvii, 17 Oct. 1906, 2; Vancouver Daily World, 16 Nov. 1907, 6, descrip.; dwgs. at the Vancouver City Archives)
CRIPPS BLOCK, Seymour Street, between Pender Street and Dunsmuir Street, stores and apartments for George W. Cripps, 1908 (Vancouver Daily World, 25 July 1908, 23)
LANTZ BLOCK, Davie Street at Howe Street, stores and apartment block, 1908 (Vancouver Daily World, 25 July 1908, 23)
YALE HOTEL, Granville Street at Drake Street, large addition at the east side of the existing Colonial Hotel, originally designed by N.S. Hoffar in 1890 (Vancouver Daily World, 22 March 1909, 24, descrip.; Vancouver b.p. dated 24 June 1909)
EAST HASTINGS STREET, at Templeton Street, two storey frame block for Abraham Grossman, 1909 (Vancouver Daily World, 25 June 1909, 34, t.c.)
HOLDEN BLOCK, East Hastings Street near Carrall Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 30 March 1910, 27; dwgs. at the Vancouver City Archives)
VANCOUVER MILLING & GRAIN CO., Smythe Street at Cambie Street, 1910 (dwgs. at the Vancouver City Archives)
VANCOUVER WORLD OFFICE TOWER, West Pender Street at Beatty Street, a 16 storey tower for the Vancouver World Newspaper Co., 1910-11 (Saturday Sunset [Vancouver], 9 July 1910, 30, illus.; Vancouver Daily World, 15 Aug. 1910, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxiv, 10 Aug. 1910, 26; Vancouver & Victoria Architecturally, 1911, illus.)
BENWELL, PEART & CO., Water Street, warehouse, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 14 Sept. 1910, 27)
ALEXANDER STREET, stores and apartments for Grier Starratt, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 23 Aug. 1911, 6)
STOREY & CAMPBELL LTD., Beatty Street, store and warehouse, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 27 Dec. 1911, 65)
SEYMOUR STREET, at Dunsmuir Street, a five storey hotel for Leon Melekov, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 10 Aug. 1912, 22, illus. & descrip.; Vancouver Sun, 22 July 1912, 5, descrip.; 12 Aug. 1912, 15, illus. & descrip.)
SPENCER'S GARAGE, Hornby Street near Davie Street, for Harry Hemlow, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 28 Feb. 1912, 67; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
PALMER ROOMS HOTEL, for Storey & Campbell Ltd., West Pender Street, 1913 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
(Institutional and Ecclesiastical works)
MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY, Chinese Altar and Crematory, Fraser Street near 37th Avenue, 1902; demol. (Province (Vancouver), 25 Aug. 1902, 1, descrip.; inf. Donald Luxton, Vancouver; inf. Maurice Guibord, Vancouver)
FIRE HALL NO. 2, Seymour Street, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 26 Nov. 1902, 2)
ORANGE HALL, Gore Avenue near East Hastings Street, designed 1903-04; built 1906 (C.R., xiv, 12 Aug. 1903, 2; xvii, 9 May 1906, 5, t.c.; Mount Pleasant Advocate [Vancouver], 14 Sept. 1904, 1)
KING EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL, West 12th Avenue at Oak Street, in the Fairview neighbourhood, 1904 (Vancouver Daily World, 6 Jan. 1905, 5, descrip.; D. Franklin, Early School Architecture in British Columbia, 1980, 120-1, illus.)
GRANDVIEW SCHOOL, Park Drive at 1st Avenue East, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 5 April 1905, 6)
FIRE HALL NO. 1, East Cordova Street at Gore Avenue, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 26 July 1905, 5)
CITY MARKET, Westminster Avenue at The Bridge, in Mount Pleasant, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 21 March 1906, 6; Vancouver Daily World, 4 May 1906, 6, descrip.; Pacific Builder & Engineering Record [Seattle], iv, 12 May 1906, 11)
LORD ROBERTS PUBLIC SCHOOL, Comox Street at Cardero Street, 1907-08 (Vancouver Daily World, 15 April 1907, 8, t.c.; Vancouver Board of School Trustees, Annual Report, 1907; H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 123, illus.)
ADMIRAL SEYMOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL, Keefer Street at Karl Avenue, 1907 (Vancouver Daily World, 15 April 1907, 8, t.c.; D. Franklin, Early School Architecture in British Columbia, 1980, 123-4, illus.)
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, Burrard Street at Alberni Street, addition of a new Sunday School building for the church, 1907 (Vancouver Daily World, 25 May 1907, 10, descrip.)
LORD SELKIRK PUBLIC SCHOOL, East 22nd Avenue at Gartley Road, 1908 (D. Franklin, Early School Architecture in British Columbia, 1980, 135, illus.)
SIR GUY CARLETON PUBLIC SCHOOL, The Kingsway at Joyce Street, c. 1908 (D. Franklin, Early School Architecture in British Columbia, 1980, 135)
MacDONALD PUBLIC SCHOOL, East Hastings Street at Victoria Drive, c. 1910 (list of works in Greater Vancouver Illustrated, 212)
CEDAR COVE PUBLIC SCHOOL, c. 1910 (list of works in Greater Vancouver Illustrated, 212)
(Residential works)
ROBSON STREET, residence for H.B. Gilmour, 1899 (Province [Vancouver], 30 March 1899, 1, t.c.)
ROBSON STREET, two houses for Thomas Sharp, 1899 (Province [Vancouver], 5 Oct. 1899, 1, t.c.)
HARRIS STREET, near Westminster Avenue, residence for Bernard Simon, 1900-01 (Province [Vancouver], 27 Oct. 1900, 10, t.c.)
COMOX STREET, at Jervis Street, residence for Robert G. MacPherson, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 4 Oct. 1905, 7)
BUTE STREET, at Seaton Street, residence for Col. L. Edwin Dudley, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 14 March 1906, 4)
ROBSON STREET, near Jervis Street, residence for Archibald C. Stirrett, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 14 March 1906, 4)
WEST GEORGIA STREET, at Broughton Street, an apartment block for an unnamed client, 1908 (Vancouver Daily World, 8 Feb. 1908, 20)
PINE STREET, at Matthews Avenue, mansion for Norman McLean, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 8 June 1912, 28, descrip.)
ST. MARGARET APARTMENTS, Haro Street at Thurlow Street, 1928 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
LEYLAND APARTMENTS, West Broadway near Laurel Street, 1929 (City of Vancouver b.p. 23871, 2 Jan. 1929; inf. Patrick Gunn, Vancouver)
DEL REY APARTMENTS, 985 West 15th Avenue, near Oak Street, for Edgar W. Falls, 1929, still standing in 2024 (City of Vancouver b.p. 23876, 2 Jan. 1929; Vancouver Sun, 7 Jan. 1929, 2, descrip.)
PASADENA APARTMENTS, West 11th Avenue near Hemlock Street, 1931 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
ELSEWHERE
KAMLOOPS, B.C., Public School, St. Paul Street, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 1 Aug. 1906, 2, t.c.; D. Franklin, Early School Architecture in British Columbia, 1980, 41, illus.)
KAMLOOPS, B.C., Hotel Leland, for Robert Dowswell, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 27 March 1907, 4)
HOPE, B.C., Commercial Hotel, 1910-11 (inf. from Architectural Inst. of British Columbia, membership file for W.T. Whiteway)
DUNCAN, B.C., Public School, Nagle Street, 1913 (Cowichan Leader [Duncan], 13 March 1913, 1; J. Fleming, 'W.T. Whiteway's Design for the Duncan School' in West Coast Review, xv, Spring 1981, 42-8, illus. & descrip.)
PORT HAMMOND, a new movie theatre, seating 1,000 patrons, 1921 (Vancouver Daily World, 21 June 1921, 11, descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
CHICAGO, ILL., The Washington State Pavilion, 1893. While living in Port Townsend, Whiteway was one of 21 architects who submitted a design in the competition for a State Pavilion for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 18 Nov. 1891, 8, descrip.). His scheme was "..a plain structure, with pyramidal towers". The winner was Warren P. Skillings of Seattle.
VANCOUVER. B.C., The East End School, and the West End School, 1900. Whiteway was one of ten local architects who submitted designs for two new public schools in Vancouver (Province [Vancouver], 21 July 1900, 6). His plans were passed over in favour of winning schemes from E.A. Whitehead and by Parr & Fee.
VANCOUVER, B.C., Hotel Vancouver, 1900. Whiteway was one of six architects from British Columbia who were invited by the C.P.R. head office in Montreal to submit designs for a new hotel (Province [Vancouver], 15 Oct. 1900, 7). It is unclear who won this competition.
VANCOUVER, B.C., Simon Fraser Public School, Manitoba Street at West 16th Avenue, 1908. Whiteway received Second Prize of $100 for his design of this school (Vancouver Daily World, 9 April 1908, 10; 12 May 1908, 10). The winner was Pearce & Hope of Vancouver.