SIMON, Frank Lewis Worthington (1862-1933)
(biography in preparation)
(with W. Allan Carter) EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, Exhibition Hall for the Second International, 1890 (British Architect [London], xxxiii, 30 May 1890, plate illus.)
INNERLEITHEN, SCOTLAND, Congregational Church, 1890 (British Architect [London], xxxiii, 27 June 1890, plate illus.)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, orphanage, 1890 (British Architect [London], xxxiv, 8 Aug. 1890, plate illus.)
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN, St. Margaret's Anglican Church, 1890 (British Architect [London], xxxiv, 8 Aug. 1890, plate illus.)
(with H.A. Matear) SOUTHPORT, ENGL., Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1904-05 (Builder [London], lxxxvii, 24 Dec. 1904, 668 and plate illus.)
(with H.A. Matear) LIVERPOOL, ENGL., Liverpool Cotton Exchange, 1905-06; demol. 1967 (Builder [London], lxxxvii, 9 July 1904, 42-3, illus.; xci, 8 Dec. 1906, 666-7, descrip.; Building News [London], xc, 5 Jan. 1906, 9-10, descrip. & illus., and plate illus.; Builders' Journal & Architectural Engineer [London], xxiv, 3 Oct. 1906, 166-69, illus. & descrip.; Architectural Review [London], xxi, May 1907, 270-84, illus. & descrip.; A. Stuart Gray, Edwardian Architecture, 1985, 258, illus.)
(with Briggs, Wolstenholme & Thornley) LIVERPOOL, ENGL., Arts Building, University of Liverpool, 1912-14 (Builders' Journal & Architectural Engineer [London], xxxi, 23 March 1910, 229-32, illus. & descrip.; Building News [London], civ, 3 Jan. 1913, 9-10, 12 and plate illus.; M. Baker, Symbol in Stone: Manitoba's Third Legislative Building, 1986, 40, illus.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Legislative & Executive Building, Broadway at Memorial Boulevard, 1913-20 (Winnipeg Telegram, 24 Sept. 1912, 17, descrip.; Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 17 July 1920, Section Two: Manitoba Capitol Supplement, 1 and 4, illus. and descrip., with detailed description of his design written by the architect Frank W. Simon; Building News [London], ciii, 27 Sept. 1912, 422-25, illus. & descrip.; cx, 5 Jan. 1916, 4-5, descrip.; cxvi, 19 March 1919, 180 & plate illus.; 26 March 1919, plate illus.; 2 April 1919, plate illus.; Architectural Review [London], xlix, March 1921, 55-56 and plates; li, January 1922, 1-11 and plates, descrip. & illus.; Const., v, Nov. 1912, 69-75, illus. & descrip.; xiv, March 1921, 66-85, 94, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 23 Oct. 1912, 43-4, illus. & descrip.; xxix, 8 Dec. 1915, 1245-7, illus. & descrip.; xxxv, 13 April 1921, 365-71, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, i, July-Sept. 1924, 75-87, illus.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., proposal for a Memorial Boulevard in front of the Manitoba Legislative Building, extending Osborne Street to Colony Street, 1921 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 17 Jan. 1921, Section Two, 5, descrip. written by F.W. Simon)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Methodist Mission Building, on the site of the old MacLean Mission, in the Weston neighbourhood, 1921 (Winnipeg Tribune, 2 June 1921, 1)
COMPETITIONS
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, International Exhibition Hall, 1898. Simon collaborated with A. Hunter-Crawford to submit an entry in the competition for the main building on the site of the International Exposition (British Architect [London], l, 23 Dec. 1898, plate illus.). Their elaborate Renaissance Revival scheme was likely inspired by the design of pavilions at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, but it was not among the prize winners.
LIVERPOOL, ENGL., Arts Building, University of Liverpool, Ashton Street, 1910. Using the pseudonym "Red Seal", Simon was one of five architects invited to submit designs for the this large commission. His design possessed "a distinctive French influence", but it was passed over in favour of the winning scheme by Briggs, Wolstenholm & Thornley (Builder's Journal & Architectural Engineer [London], xxxi, 23 March 1910, 229-32, illus. & descrip.). Both Simon and the winning firm later collaborated on the construction of the new building in 1911-12.
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, Usher Music Hall, 1910. Simon was one of nearly 130 architects who submitted designs in this major competition, and he received Second Premium of 250.00 Sterling for his effort. His sophisticated elevation and plan had a 'thoroughly French feeling' and were lauded by the jury (Building News [London], xcix, 29 July 1910, 141-3, 152, illus. & descrip.; 12 Aug. 1910, 227, elevational study; Builder [London], xcix, 6 Aug. 1910, 148-50, illus.)
MANCHESTER, ENGL., Library & Art Gallery, 1911. Simon was among several British architects who submitted proposals for this major commission, but his classically inspired scheme was not premiated (Builder [London], ci, 15 Dec. 1911, 707, 712, 717-18, illus. & descrip.)
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental Buildings, Wellington Street, 1914. While in Winnipeg working on plans for the provincial Legislative Buildings, Simon could not resist submitting an entry in this, the last major competition for a major government commission held before WWI. His entry was one of sixty-two submitted, but his scheme was not premiated and the other six finalists had to wait until 1923 to receive their prize money. The project was never built.
LONDON, ENGLAND, Masonic Peace Memorial Building, Great Queen Street, 1926. Simon was among ten British and Canadian architects invited to submit a design in the second stage of this major competition (Architect & Building News [London], cxv, 4 June 1926, 515-18, 534, illus. & descrip.). The jury, headed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, later awarded First Premium to Ashley & Newman of London.