Rogers, Thomas

ROGERS, Thomas (c. 1780-1853)
(biography in preparation)

(biog. in Jennifer McKendry, Architects Working in the Kingston Region 1820-1920, 2019, 100, illus.)

(attributed) KINGSTON, ONT., residence for Capt. John Strange, King Street at Barrack Street, 1824-26 (Historic Kingston, vi, Dec. 1957, illus.)
KINGSTON, ONT., St. George's Anglican Cathedral, King Street at Johnson Street, 1825-26; steeple for the church, 1828; burned 1839; rebuilt 1839-43 (Kingston Chronicle, 24 June 1825, 3; Upper Canada Herald [Kingston], 20 May 1828, 1, t.c.; J.D. Stewart & I. Wilson, Heritage Kingston, 1973, 114, illus.; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Hallowed Walls, 1975, 204-08, illus.)
KINGSTON, ONT., stone Guard House, near the Gaol, 1827 (Kingston Chronicle, 20 April 1827, 3, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont.)
KINGSTON, ONT., the Cataraqui River Bridge, with toll houses and turnpike, nearly 600 yards long, with piers every 80 feet., 1829; demol. (Upper Canada Herald [Kingston], 12 Aug. 1829, 3, opening ceremony)
TORONTO, ONT., Parliament Buildings, Front Street West, 1829-32; demol. 1900-03 (W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1993, 52-5, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 173-4, illus. & descrip.)
KINGSTON, ONT., a stone dwelling house for H. Gilderslieve [sic], 1829-30; still standing in 2022 (Upper Canada Herald [Kingston], 26 Aug. 1829, 3, t.c.). N.B. this is almost certainly the residence for Henry Gildersleeve, King Street East at Johnson Street, Kingston. See Margaret Angus, The Old Stones of Kingston, 1966, 26-27, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect; City of Kingston, Buildings of Historic & Architectural Significance, 1971, Vol. 1, 52-55, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect.
KINGSTON, ONT., residence for Thomas Rogers, Architect, Barrie Street at King Street, 1830 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historical Significance, ii, 1973, 146-8, illus.)
KINGSTON, ONT., major addition to the Kingston Hotel, 1830 (Upper Canada Herald [Kingston], 30 June 1830, 3, t.c.)
TORONTO, ONT., St. James Anglican Church, King Street East at Church Street, 1831; burned 1839 (M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Hallowed Walls, 1975, 204-07, illus.; dwgs. at St. James Cathedral Archives, Toronto)
(with Wells & Thompson, Montreal) KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, Stuart Street at George Street, 1832-35 (Upper Canada Herald [Kingston], 10 April 1833, 292, t.c.; M. Angus, The Old Stones of Kingston, 1966, 76-77, illus. & descrip.)
(attributed) PICTON, ONT., Prince Edward District Courthouse, Union Street, 1832-34; still standing in 2022 (M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Cornerstones of Order, 1983, 31, illus.; T. Cruickshank & P. Stokes, The Settler's Dream, 1984, 176-77, illus.)
KINGSTON, ONT., residence for Mrs. Ann MacAulay, King Street East, 1834; addition, 1856 by John Power (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historical Significance, v, 1980, 179-81, illus.)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Hastings County Courthouse, Pinnacle Street at Campbell Street, 1838; demol. c. 1960 (Weekly Intelligencer [Belleville], 7 July 1887, 2; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Cornerstones of Order, 1983, 57)