STINSON, John Crawford (1862-1925), active in Fort William, Ont. (now Thunder Bay) where he began to advertise himself as an architect in 1902. Born in the town of Ripley, Bruce County, Ontario on 2 September 1862, he arrived in Canada before 1881 and was recorded as an “architectural draftsman” in Fort William in the 1901 Census of Canada. Within just five years, he had established himself as a leading professional there; in 1907 he was noted as the architect “….who has probably designed the majority of buildings erected in the City during the last few years” (Fort William Times Journal, 30 March 1907). He formed a partnership in 1907 with Frederick Eley, a newly arrived English-trained architect, and with William Hood, originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, but within six months Eley had departed for Vancouver, and Stinson & Hood continued to collaborate until late August 1909. Stinson is last recorded in 1913 as the Resident Architect supervising the construction of the Examining Warehouse in Fort William (1913-15, designed by David Ewart of the federal Dept. of Public Works in Ottawa. Stinson later died in his home town of Ripley, Ontario on 19 December 1925 (Prov. of Ontario, Register of Deaths, Bruce County, 1925, p. 408, No. 008590). He was later buried at Ripley Huron Cemetery.
J.C. STINSON (works in Fort William unless noted)
WESTERN BLOCK, Victoria Avenue, facing Simpson Street, for J. Western, 1902 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 13 Dec. 1902, 24, descrip.)
SLATE RIVER VALLEY, School House for S.S. No. 1, Paipoonge, 1903-04 (Weekly Times-Journal [Fort William], 12 Dec. 1903, 4, t.c.)
ROSS BLOCK, Simpson Street, for William J. Ross, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 27 Jan. 1904, 1; 17 Dec. 1904, 7, illus., and Supplement, 7)
SYNDICATE AVENUE SOUTH, near Ridgeway Street, residences for Robert S. Piper and Thomas M. Piper, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 27 Jan. 1904, 1)
JOHN STREET, residence for Edward J. O'Donnell, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 27 Jan. 1904, 1)
SYNDICATE AVENUE SOUTH, residence for Thomas J. Walsh, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 27 Jan. 1904, 1)
ARCHIBALD STREET, at Ridgeway Street, residence for Richard Smith, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 27 Jan. 1904, 1)
MURPHY BLOCK, Simpson Street, for James Murphy, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 1 March 1904, 1; 17 Dec. 1904, 7, illus., and Supplement, 7)
EVANS-RUTLEDGE BLOCK, May Street at Violet Street, for G.R. Evans, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 1 March 1904, 1, descrip.; 17 Dec. 1904, 7, illus., and Supplement, 7)
HAMILTON BLOCK, Victoria Avenue at Simpson Street, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 26 March 1904, 1)
DYKE BLOCK, May Street South, for Joshua Dyke, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 22 June 1904, 4, descrip.)
MANION, GRAHAM & HORNE BLOCK, Victoria Avenue at North Street, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 19 July 1904, 1)
ST. LUKE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Cameron Street, new Rectory, 1904 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 17 Dec. 1904, Supplement, 5)
ARCHIBALD STREET SOUTH, residence for Frederick Symes, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
ARCHIBALD STREET SOUTH, residence for Thomas Dow, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
ARCHIBALD STREET, residence for Dr. Mitchell, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
MAY STREET, store for Louis L. Peltier, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
LELAND HOTEL, May Street South, for Arthur J. Timbers, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
DEASE STREET, tenement house for Henry J. Tharle, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
STREET BLOCK, for the Street Brothers, Syndicate Avenue South, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
BRODIE STREET SOUTH, residence for Angus McDonald, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
MAY STREET, at Miles Street, commercial block for A.W. Frodsham, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 31 March 1906, 5)
WEST FORT WILLIAM, hotel for Moffatt & Rapelje, Gore Street at Brown Street, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 21 April 1906, 2, descrip.)
POWER SUB-STATION, for the Board of Water & Light Commissioners, Donald Street at Vickers Street, 1906 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 14 May 1906, 7, t.c.)
JOHN KING & CO., Victoria Avenue, commercial block, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 23 May 1906, 5)
SYNDICATE AVENUE SOUTH, residence for Alexander V. MacDonald, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 30 May 1906, 4, t.c.)
SNELGROVE-WADDINGTON BLOCK, Victoria Avenue, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 11 July 1906, 4)
SYNDICATE AVENUE NORTH, two houses for Edward S. Rutledge, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 11 July 1906, 4)
STINSON, ELEY & HOOD (works in Fort William)
CATHERINE STREET, at Ridgeway Street, residence for W. Stevenson, manager of Bank of Montreal, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 26 June 1907, 4)
McKELLAR HOSPITAL, John Street at Arthur Street, major addition, 1908 (C.R., xviii, 26 June 1907, 4; Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 17 April 1908, 1, illus.)
STINSON & HOOD (works in Fort William)
SYNDICATE AVENUE SOUTH, at Isabella Street, residence for Dr. Robert J. Manion, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 1 July 1908, 24, t.c.)
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Brodie Street South at Donald Street, 1908-09 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 1 Sept. 1908, 1, 3, descrip.; 12 June 1909, 1 & 6, descrip.;Const., iii, May 1910, 89, illus. & descrip.)
WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH, Brodie Street at Miles Street, 1909 (Historical Sketches - Wesley United Church, 1930, 9, illus.)
DREW STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 21 July 1909, 22)