TAYLOR, Lewis Horning (1861-1925), was the partner in a succession of architectural offices in Brantford, Ont., which included:
Lewis H. Taylor, Brantford, 1901
Stewart, Stewart & Taylor, with offices in Hamilton & Brantford, 1902-04 (with William Stewart and Walter Stewart)
Stewart, Witton & Taylor, with offices in Hamilton & Brantford, 1904-06 (with Walter Stewart, and W.P. Witton)
Taylor & Taylor, Brantford, 1907-13 (with J. Albert Taylor)
Taylor & Bodley, Brantford, April 1913-16 (with Frederick C. Bodley)
Born on 18 June 1861 at Bealton, Ontario, near Brantford, he first worked as a carpenter but may have articled in an architectural office in Hamilton. He commenced his career under his own name in 1901, then served as the local representative of the Hamilton firm of Stewart & Stewart, assisting them with the supervision and construction of their designs for buildings in Brantford from August 1902 onward (see list of works under William Stewart). When William Stewart retired in 1904, his son Walter created the new firm of Stewart & Witton in Hamilton in April 1904 (Spectator [Hamilton], 23 April 1904, 1). They asked Taylor to become a full partner in the firm, and to represent them and oversee their commissions in Brantford (see list of works under Walter W. Stewart). In early 1907 Taylor opened an new office in Brantford in partnership with his nephew J. Albert Taylor, and they were successful in obtaining clients for more than thirty commercial, residential, institutional and ecclesiastical projects in Brantford and in surrounding towns of Hespeler, Ingersoll, Woodstock and London, Ontario. After the dissolution of their partnership in April 1913, Taylor joined with Frederick C. Bodley to form a new partnership, but this was terminated in late 1916 or early 1917. Taylor died in Mount Pleasant, Ont. on 4 January 1925 (obituary Brantford Expositor, 5 January 1925, 6; inf. Paul Dilse, Toronto). A detailed list of works by Taylor & Bodley was published in the Brantford Daily Expositor, 6 Dec. 1913, Supplement Section called "The Forward Number", page 30.
L.H. TAYLOR
SALT SPRINGS, ONT., a church, 1901 (C.R., xii, 16 Oct. 1901, 2, t.c.)
BRANTFORD, ONT., new Indoor Skating Rink, Waterloo Street, 1904 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 21 May 1904, 1)
BRANTFORD, ONT., residence for Mrs. Mary J. Lillis, Arthur Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 20 Sept. 1905, 2)
TAYLOR & TAYLOR (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Brantford)
HURON STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, Eagle Place, major alterations and new addition, 1906 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 28 April 1906, 1, descrip.)
PUBLIC MARKET BUILDING, Market Square, a 2 storey block facing George Street, 1907 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 20 April 1907, 1, descrip.; C.R., xviii, 24 April 1907, 6)
BRANTFORD CITY HALL & MARKET, Colborne Street, between George Street at Market Street, a proposal for a new City Hall and Public Market, 1907, but not built to this design (Brantford Daily Expositor, 18 June 1907, 1, illus. & descrip.; and 21 Sept. 1909, 7, illus.). See notes below on final design for City Hall by Taylor & Taylor in 1913-14.
COLBORNE STREET METHODIST CHURCH, additions and alterations, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 26 May 1909, 24)
PARK BAPTIST CHURCH, George Street at Darling Street, new facade and extensive alterations, 1909 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 30 June 1909, 1, illus. & detailed descrip.)
WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH, Cayuga Street at Superior Street, addition and alterations, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 7 June 1911, 66)
GRANDVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL, North Park Street, in Brantford Township, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 7 June 1911, 60; Brantford Daily Expositor, 15 April 1912, 3, t.c.; and 5 July 1912, 9, descrip.; and 5 Oct. 1912, 19, descrip.)
MOYLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Powerline Road at Paris Road, 1911; school closed in 1964; converted in 1981 to The Olde School Restaurant; still standing in 2023 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 6 Dec. 1913, 30, Supplement called The Forward Number, p. 30, list of works by Taylor & Taylor)
JOHN H. STRATFORD HOSPITAL, a new 2 storey Nurse's Home & Residence, adjacent to the hospital, 1911 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 4 Aug. 1911, 6, descrip.; and 28 Oct. 1911, 1, illus. & detailed descrip.)
DUFFERIN PUBLIC SCHOOL, Chestnut Avenue at Spring Street, in Holmedale, an 8 room school, 1911-12 (C.R., xxvi, 14 Feb. 1912, 63; Brantford Daily Expositor, 6 Oct. 1911, 9; and 5 Oct. 1912, 19, detailed descrip.)
EXHIBITION & FAIR OF NATIONS, a series of national pavilions erected within The Armouries Building, 1912; demol. (Brantford Daily Expositor, 8 June 1912, 6 and 13, illus. & descrip.)
ALEXANDRA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Peel Street at Colborne Street, 1912-13; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 12 Sept. 1912, 1 & 5, illus. & descrip.)
BELLVIEW, BRANTFORD TOWNSHIP, Bellview Public School, for S.S. No. 23, 1913 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 7 March 1913, 6, t.c.; and 12 April 1913, 1; and 20 June 1914, 8, illus. & detailed descrip.)
MARLBORO STREET METHODIST CHURCH, Rawdon Street, begun in 1913, but structure collapsed during construction; later rebuilt (Brantford Daily Expositor, 5 Sept. 1913, 1, illus. & descrip.)
TAYLOR & TAYLOR (Commercial & Industrial works in Brantford)
BENWELL HOUSE HOTEL, Market Street, large addition and alterations, 1906 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 7 May 1906, 5, descrip.)
unnamed street, a large industrial greenhouse, measuring 150 ft. long, for George Benwell, located "...near the Ham & Nott Co. property", 1907 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 2 March 1907, 6)
COLBORNE STREET, addition and alterations to store for Caudwell Brothers, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
COLBORNE STREET, addition and alterations to store for Ogilvie, Lochhead & Co., 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
DALHOUSIE STREET, addition and alterations to Woodbine Hotel, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
GOOLD, SHAPLEY & MUIR CO., Wellington Street at Clarence Street, factory, 1907; demol. 1972 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 2)
THE WITTY BLOCK, Chatham Street at Market Street, commercial block of 3 stores, offices and apartments, for Miss Witty, 1908 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 9 May 1908, 6; C.R., xxii, 1 July 1908, 24)
HOPE CHAMBERS, Colborne Street, west of George Street and opposite Market Square, offices for the architects Taylor & Taylor, inside the new block for Mrs. John Hope, 1908 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 8 Aug. 1908, 1, detailed descrip.)
TEMPLE BUILDING & MASONIC HALL, Dalhousie Street, 1909 (Brantford Weekly Expositor, 29 July 1909, illus.)
DALHOUSIE STREET, at Darling Street, new buildings on the site of the old Waterous Engine Works Factory, 1909 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 17 Aug. 1909, 6)
IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA, Market Street, 1910 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 9 Sept. 1910, 8, t.c.; and 14 October 1910, 8, descrip.)
VENDOME HOTEL, Colborne Street, additions and alterations, 1910 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 3 Oct. 1910, 8, t.c.)
TAYLOR & TAYLOR (Residential works in Brantford)
WATERLOO STREET, residence for Frank Bauslaugh, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
LORNE CRESCENT, residence for Gordon G. Duncan, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
SHERIDAN STREET, residence for Charles G. Ellis, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
BRANT STREET, residence for Richard R. Feely, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
PARK AVENUE, two houses for Hugh Howie, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
DUFFERIN AVENUE, residence for Morgan Harris, 1909 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 13 Dec. 1913, 1, lawsuit for fees, awarded to Taylor & Taylor)
NELSON STREET, residence for William Long, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 28 April 1909, 20)
NELSON STREET, apartment block for M.H. Halloran, 1911 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 12 July 1911, 3, t.c.)
MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD, residence for Morgan Harris, 1912 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 12 Dec. 1913, 2, lawsuit for fees by Taylor & Taylor)
TAYLOR & TAYLOR (works elsewhere in Ontario)
PARIS, ONT., residence and dental office for Dr. MacPherson, 1906 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 27 June 1906, 6)
OHSWEKEN, ONT., two churches for the New England Co. Indian Reserve, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
CAINSVILLE, ONT., residence for D. Hanley, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
CANBOROUGH, ONT., residence for J.N. Paget, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 6)
HESPELER, ONT., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Queen Street East at Chapel Street, 1908-09; still standing in 2022 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 5 Sept. 1908, 6, t.c.; Hespeler Herald, 10 March 1910, descrip.)
BRANT COUNTY, School for S.S. 16, 1908 (C.R., xix, 6 May 1908, 15, t.c.)
INGERSOLL, ONT., Princess Elizabeth School, William Street, 1908-09 (Ingersoll Chronicle, 7 Aug. 1908, 1, t.c.)
PARIS, ONT., factory for Harold Sanderson, also called The Sanderson-Harold Factory, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 17 March 1909, 21)
INGERSOLL, ONT., King Street Methodist Church [now called Trinity United Church], King Street West at Charles Street, new tower, entrance hall and widening of nave, 1909; still standing in 2022, but front facade altered (C.R., xxiii, 17 March 1909, 20; xxv, 22 March 1911, 69, illus. in advert.)
BRANT COUNTY, School for S.S. 18, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 28 April 1909, 20)
VILLA NOVA, ONT., Baptist Church, Villa Nova Road near Thompson Road East, 1909-10; still standing in 2022, but front facade altered with recent addition (Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 16 June 1910, 5, illus. & descrip.)
INGERSOLL, ONT., Royal Bank, Thames Street at King Street, new facade and ground floor alterations, 1910 (C.R., xxv, 1 Feb. 1911, 27, illus. in advert.)
BRANT COUNTY, School for S.S. 13, near Paris, Ont., 1911 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 6 March 1911, 2; C.R., xxv, 15 March 1911, 54)
WEST OXFORD TOWNSHIP, School for S.S. 2, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 22 March 1911, 53)
ST. GEORGE, ONT., Baptist Church, Beverly Street East near Tolhurst Avenue, 1911; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 17 Aug. 1911, 9; History of the Baptist Church, St. George, 1911, 18)
BROWNSVILLE, ONT., Public School, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 31 May 1911, 58, 63)
LONDON, ONT., residence for A.L. Dent, St. James Street, 1911 (Free Press [London], 20 May 1911, 13, t.c.)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., Oxford Knitting Co., factory, also called the Harvey Knitting Co., 1911 (C.R., xxv, 2 Aug. 1911, 66)
PARIS, ONT., a new Parish Hall for St. James Anglican Church, Burwell Street opposite Church Street, 1913; still standing in 2023, but new front facade added later c. 1980 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 23 Jan. 1913, 8)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., Woodstock Arena, Perry Street, 1913 (Daily Sentinel-Review [Woodstock], 6 May 1913, 1, descrip.)
TAYLOR & BODLEY (works in Brantford)
BRANTFORD CITY HALL, Queen Street at Dalhousie Street, 1913-14; plans prepared, but project not built to this design (C.R., xxvii, 22 Oct. 1913, 68; Brantford Daily Expositor, 24 Oct. 1913, 4; and 3 July 1915, 3, invoice for plans)
KING GEORGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Rawdon Street, 1914-15 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 18 Oct. 1913, 1; and 6 Dec. 1913, Expositor Supplement called The Forward Number, 49, illus. with architects' drawing; and 18 June 1914, 23, detailed architectural descrip.; and 18 June 1914, 23, detailed architectural descrip.; and 10 March 1915, 4; and 16 Sept. 1915, 10, descrip.)
BRANT COUNTY REGISTRY OFFICE, Wellington Street beside George Street, 1915; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 5 April 1915, 8, descrip.)
BRANTFORD TOWNSHIP, Public school for S.S. No. 6, Mount Pleasant Road, opposite the Farringdon Independent Church, 1915 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 4 May 1915, 3, t.c.)
LEWIS H. TAYLOR
BRANTFORD, ONT., garage and machine shop for C.J. Mitchell, 1916 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 5 July 1916, 6, t.c.)
COMPETITIONS - by Taylor & Bodley of Brantford)
WELLAND, ONT. Ward 5 Public School, 1913. Competition entries from sixteen firms were submitted for this project, including a design from Taylor & Bodley (Welland Tribune, 11 Dec. 1913, Second Section, 1). Their proposal was passed over in favour of the winning design by A.E. Nicholson.