PHILLIPS, Lemuel John (1838-1904) was active in Charlottetown, P.E.I. as partner in the firm of Phillips & Chappell from 1884 until 1890. Born in Montague, P.E.I. on 15 August 1838 he moved to Charlottetown in 1864 or 1865 and trained with Thomas Alley, a leading architect in that city. After 1870 he started his own contracting and building business with John Lewis, and the firm of Phillips & Lewis was eventually dissolved in 1880. He formed a partnership in 1884 with Charles B. Chappell, and the firm of Phillips & Chappell was remarkably successful, and can be credited with nearly thirty commercial, ecclesiastical and residential commissions in P.E.I. including the bold Romanesque Revival design for the Charlottetown City Hall (1887-88), a distinctive landmark on the Island, and still in use today. In June 1890 the firm was renamed Chappell & Phillips, reflecting the major role which Chappell played as lead designer (see list of works under Chappell & Phillips). It is likely that much of the talent in the firm belonged to Chappell, who continued to practice successfully under his own name after the dissolution of their office in 1895. Phillips, however, appears to have abandoned the profession at this point, and later engaged in the starch business while working as a manager of several lobster factories. He died suddenly in Charlottetown on 27 January 1904 (obituary in Daily Guardian [Charlottetown], 28 Jan. 1904, 3; obit. Evening Mail [Halifax], 28 Jan. 1904, 4; inf. Irene Rogers, Charlottetown)
LEMUEL J. PHILLIPS (works in Charlottetown)
MOUNT EDWARD ROAD, residence for an unnamed client, located opposite the residence for Judge Pope, 1874 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 11 May 1874, 3; inf. Harry Holman, Charlottetown)
McGILL BUILDING, Grafton Street at Queen Street, 1882 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 30 Nov. 1883, 2, descrip.; inf. Harry T. Holman, Charlottetown)
PHILLIPS & CHAPPELL (works in Charlottetown)
BROWN BLOCK, Queen Square, 1884 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 17 April 1884, 2, t.c.; 26 July 1884, 2, descrip.; dwgs. at PAPEI, Acc. 3452, Item 4)
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND HOSPITAL, St. Peter's Road, near Eutson Street, major addition, 1885 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 21 Jan. 1886, 2, t.c.; inf. Harry T. Holman, Charlottetown)
DODD & ROGERS BUILDING, Queen Street at Grafton Street, 1886 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 21 July 1886, 2, descrip.; inf. Harry T. Holman, Charlottetown)
METHODIST PARSONAGE, Upper Prince Street, 1886 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 21 July 1886, 2, descrip.; inf. Harry T. Holman, Charlottetown)
UPPER PRINCE STREET, residence for Nicholas White, 1886 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 21 July 1886, 2, descrip.; inf. Harry T. Holman, Charlottetown)
ST. AVARDS, a double tenement on St. Peter's Road, for Love & Son, 1886 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 21 July 1886, 2, descrip.; inf. Harry T. Holman, Charlottetown)
GRAFTON STREET, at Hillsborough Street, store and dwelling for W.M. Coffin, 1886 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 21 July 1886, 2; inf. Harry T. Holman, Charlottetown)
CITY HALL, Queen Street at Kent Street, 1887-88 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 15 March 1887, 2; 6 Jan. 1888, 2, descrip.; Daily Patriot [Charlottetown], 2 July 1887, 2)
HOTEL DAVIES, Water Street, major addition, 1887 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 16 Dec. 1887, 2, descrip.)
CITY FISH MARKET, at the foot of Queen Street, 1887 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 23 March 1887, 2, t.c.; inf. Harry Holman, Charlottetown)
J.B. MacDONALD STORE, Queen Street, new facade and improvements, 1888; burned 1892 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
UPPER PRINCE STREET, residence for James Paton, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
GRAFTON STREET, at Hillsborough Street, shop and residence for W.M. Coffin, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
GREAT GEORGE STREET, warehouse for S.W. Crabbe, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
UPPER QUEEN STREET, residence for A.N. Large, 1888; demol. (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
WATER STREET, alterations to residence for Mrs. Henry Beer, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
PRINCE STREET, at Dorchester Street, store and residence for George Scantlebury, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
EUSTON STREET, residences for George Toombs and C.B. Warren, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
UPPER PRINCE STREET, parsonage for the Wesleyan Methodist church, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 6 Jan. 1888, 2)
BEER BROS. DEPT. STORE, Queen Square, new facade, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 16 Oct. 1888, 2, descrip.; dwgs. at PAPEI, Chappell Coll.)
PRINCE STREET, four wood frame dwellings for John McPhail, 1888 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 23 Nov. 1888, 3, t.c.; inf. Harry Holman, Charlottetown)
QUEEN SQUARE, store and office block for Thomas Morris, 1890 (Daily Patriot [Charlottetown], 24 June 1890, 2, t.c.; Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
KENT STREET, warehouse for W.H. Robertson, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 9 Sept. 1890, 3, t.c.; inf. Harry Holman, Charlottetown)
PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION HALL & GRANDSTAND, 1890; burned 1945 (Daily Patriot [Charlottetown], 29 Sept. 1890, 2, descrip.)
BAPTIST CHURCH, Prince Street at Fitzroy Street, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
PRINCE STREET, commercial block for John McPhail, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
KENT STREET, residence for Dr. James Warburton, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
EUSTON STREET, double house for Mrs. J.W. Mitchell, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
ST. PETER'S ROAD, residence for Arthur Gates, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
GRAFTON STREET, residence for Capt. Andrew Doyle, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
METHODIST MISSION CHAPEL, Edward Street, 1890 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 3 Dec. 1890, 2, descrip.)
QUEEN STREET, new drug store for William R. Watson, 1892 (Daily Examiner [Charlottetown], 15 Feb. 1892, 2; inf. Harry Holman, Charlottetown)