SPIER, Frederick Heinrich (1855-1931)
(biography in preparation)
F.H. SPIER (works in Ontario)
LONDON, ONT., passenger station for the London and Southeastern Railway, 1887 (Daily Advertiser [London], 8 Feb. 1887, 8)
SPIER & ROHNS (works in Ontario)
LONDON, ONT., St. Paul's Anglican Church, Richmond Street at Queen's Avenue, new brick facade and walls for the existing church, originally designed by William Thomas, with a new Sunday School and Synod Hall, 1890-92; addition of transepts and chancel, 1892-93; all still standing in 2023 (Engineering & Building Record [New York], xxii, 26 July 1890, 128; Free Press [London], 28 Oct. 1890, 8; Seventieth Anniversary: St. Paul's Cathedral London 1835-1905, illus.; dwgs. at D.B. Weldon Library, Univ. of Western Ont., Moore Coll.)
LONDON, ONT., extensive remodelling of the banking house for Huron & Erie Loan Assoc., Dundas Street, 1890 (Engineering & Building Record [New York], xxii, 6 Sept. 1890, 224)
LONDON, ONT., First Presbyterian Church, Dufferin Avenue at Clarence Street, alterations and additions, 1894 (C.A.B., viii, Jan. 1895, 10)
LONDON, ONT., Huron & Erie Savings & Loan Co., Dundas Street, major alterations, 1894 (C.A.B., viii, Jan. 1895, 10)
WINDSOR, ONT. Contagious Diseases Hospital, 1894-95 (Evening Record [Windsor], 19 Dec. 1894, 4)
WINDSOR, ONT., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Park Street at Victoria Avenue, 1895; still standing in 2023 (Detroit Free Press, 9 June 1895, 2, illus. & descrip.; Evening Record [Windsor], 29 June 1895, 8, t.c.; and 3 Sept. 1895, 2, descrip.; and 15 June 1896, 1 & 8, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Evening Record Newspaper Co., Ouellette Avenue at Chatham Street, office building, 1897 (Evening Record [Windsor], 10 April 1897, 8; and 26 May 1897, 3, t.c.)
WINDSOR, ONT., All Saints Anglican Church, Windsor Avenue, addition of a new Sunday School, 1899 (Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 19 Oct. 1899, 635, descrip.)
RIDGETOWN, ONT., alterations and additions to Mount Zion Presbyterian Church, Main Street East at Church Street, 1899; tower damaged June 1906 and spire removed; tower rebuilt 1916; still standing in 2023 (C.R., x, 21 June 1899, 2, t.c.)
BRANTFORD, ONT., Grand Trunk Railway Station (now the CN Railway Station), Wadsworth Street at Market Street, 1904-05; still standing in 2023 (Railway & Shipping World, vii, Sept. 1904, 319, descrip.; and Oct. 1904, 369, illus.; dwgs. at Canadian National Railways, Plan Room, Union Station, Toronto, 46-17)
SPIER, ROHNS & GEHRKE (works in Ontario)
KITCHENER, ONT., St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Benton Street at Church Street, 1913-15; still standing in 2023 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 29 Aug. 1913, 1, but credited to "Mr. Spear [sic] and Mr. Gehrke, Architects of Detroit"; and Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 6 March 1915, 1 and 2, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; C.R., xxvii, 19 Nov. 1913, 66)
KITCHENER, ONT., Zion Evangelical Church, Weber Street West near Queen Street North, large addition of a new Sunday School facing Roy Street, 1915 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 12 March 1915, 1, detailed descrip.; inf. Karl Kessler, Kitchener, Ont.)
KITCHENER, ONT., Calvary Memorial Evangelical Church, Gruhn Street, 1921; still standing in 2023 (Calvary Church - Windows: Celebrating 75 Years of Faith Journey 1922-1997, 16; inf. Karl Kessler, Kitchener, Ont.)
SPIER & ROHNS (works in Ontario)
LONDON, ONT., University of Western Ontario, Arts & Administration Building, 1922-24; still standing in 2023 (Const., xvii, Nov. 1924, 330-6, illus. & descrip.; J. & R.D. Talman, Western 1878-1953, 101-02; N. Tausky & L. DiStefano, Victorian Architecture in London, 1986, 376-7, illus.)