JACQUES, Gilbert Joseph Paul (1887-1956) of Windsor, Ont. was born there on 22 October 1887 and educated at Windsor Collegiate. He worked as a young apprentice draftsman for the Detroit architectural firm of Grylls & Gies from 1901 to 1905, and then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he was employed in the office of De Curtins & Parke, Architects until early 1906 when he was appointed Manager of the branch office of J.L. Parke in Detroit. Jacques then went to Philadelphia in 1907 and attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with a certificate in architecture in 1909. That same year he returned to Windsor to open an office in partnership with Clare V. Williamson, and in late 1911 he commenced practice on his own account. In September 1925 he was joined by A. Stuart Allaster, with whom he remained in practise until 1928. No information on his activity in Windsor, Ont. after 1929 can be found; it is possible that he returned to Detroit to live and work there after that time. During the period of 1938 to 1942 he was listed as a staff architect with the Roseland Park Realty Co. in Detroit, and he may have been designing residential properties for this Michigan real estate development company. One of his designs for a detached house in Detroit appeared in the Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 1938, 13, illus. & descrip.
Jacques obtained the appointment as Architect to the Windsor Separate School Board in 1910, and this ensured that his office received a steady stream of institutional commissions until 1926, and he devoted much of the remaining years of his practice to residential designs, although the style of his work is strictly orthodox with little innovation or artistic distinction. He served as an alderman on Windsor City Council in 1919, and was a member of the Parks Commission in 1920-26 (biography, list of works and portrait in Who's Who in Canada, 1923-24, 957-8; biography & port in Border Cities Star [Windsor], 25 Nov. 1925, 5; biography in Canadian Engineer, vol. 50, 11 May 1926, 570). He later died in Windsor, Ont. on 16 June 1956. An early photographic portrait of Jacques, taken in 1910, was published in the Evening Record [Windsor], 17 Dec. 1910, page 1.
JACQUES & WILLIAMSON
WINDSOR, ONT., a three storey hotel for A.J. Campeau, Parent Street at Wyandotte Street, 1909 (Evening Record [Windsor], 26 April 1909, 8, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic School, 1909-10 (Evening Record [Windsor], 7 Feb. 1910, 1, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Postum Cereal Co., Oak Avenue South, a large factory complex of five buildings, begun in 1909 by Watt & Crane; completed in 1910 by Watt, Jacques & Williamson (Detroit Free Press, 29 May 1910, Section Three, 11, illus. & descrip.; Evening Record [Windsor], 31 May 1910, 1, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., residence for Arthur Paddon, Ouellette Avenue, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 25 June 1910, 7)
WINNIPEG, MAN., large residence for W. Baker [perhaps George William Baker], River Avenue at Tache Street, in Fort Rouge, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 25 June 1910, 7)
WINDSOR, ONT. automobile parking garage, Pitt Street West, for Walter Papst, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 6 Aug. 1910, 1)
AMHERSTBURG, ONT., residence for R.A. Falls, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 17 Aug. 1910, 7)
ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN, residence for Garnet Stanley Bogart, Louis Avenue, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 17 Aug. 1910, 7)
WINDSOR, ONT., The Little Block, for Bert Little, a 4 storey commercial block on Sandwich Street to replace the old D.M. Ferry Building, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 16 Sept. 1910, 7, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Canadian Salt Co., Sandwich Street, major addition of new floor above, and extensive renovations to existing building, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 20 Sept. 1910, 7, descrip.)
EAST WINDSOR, ONT., four houses on the Detroit River front for Henry Smith, of Peter Smith & Co., Grocers, Detroit, located "...about one mile above Walkerville', and to be occupied by foremen who work in the large vegetable gardens which supply the grocery chain in Detroit, 1910 (Evening Record [, 23 Sept. 1910, 7, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., pair of houses for Henry Allen, Ouellette Avenue, near the Hotel Dieu, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 30 Sept. 1910, 7)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., an office block "...beside the Home Bank", on Wyandotte Street East, for an unnamed client, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 6 Oct. 1910, 7)
WINDSOR, ONT., residence for John H. Connelly, Ouellette Avenue, between Park Street and Maiden Lane, 1910 (Evening Record [Windsor], 14 Oct. 1910, 7, descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Robert Weber Bakery Ltd., Langlois Avenue, 1910-11 (Evening Record [Windsor], 5 Oct. 1910, 7, descrip.; 4 Nov. 1910, 7)
WINDSOR, ONT., Rigg Block, Pitt Street East, major addition of new floor, with alterations to facade of existing block for Mrs. J.A. Rigg, 1910-11 (Evening Record [Windsor], 19 Nov. 1910, 7, descrip.)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., Methodist Church, designed 1910, but not built (C.R., xxiv, 28 Dec. 1910, 39, illus. & descrip.)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., two storey commercial block for A.J. Lassaline, Sandwich Street East, "......next to his present retail store", 1911 (Evening Record [Windsor], 3 April 1911, 8, descrip.)
COMBER, ONT., Presbyterian Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 5 April 1911, 54)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., hotel for Charles Dupont, 1911 (Evening Record [Windsor], 8 April 1911, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxv, 12 April 1911, 56)
WINDSOR, ONT., Windsor Racing & Athletic Association, Pitt Street West, a three storey club house, 1911 (Evening Record [Windsor], 9 June 1911, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxv, 6 Sept. 1911, 62)
DRESDEN, ONT., Post Office, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 14 June 1911, 60)
WINDSOR, ONT., residence for James E. White, Ouellette Avenue, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 14 June 1911, 60)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., residence for Charles Snively, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 14 June 1911, 60)
WINDSOR, ONT., exhibition buildings for the Windsor & North Essex Agricultural Society, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 2 Aug. 1911, 61)
WINDSOR, ONT., residence for Louis Deziel, Ouellette Avenue, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 2 Aug. 1911, 62)
WINDSOR, ONT, Meretsky Block, Wyandotte Street at Glengarry Avenue, a two storey commercial block for Michael Meretsky, 1912 (Evening Record [Windsor], 3 Feb. 1912, 1, descrip.)
JACQUES & COMPANY
(works in Windsor unless noted)
ST. ALPHONSUS ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Park Street at Pelissier Street, 1912 (Evening Record [Windsor], 22 Feb. 1912, 1, descrip.; 14 Aug. 1912, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 20 March 1912, 67; Detroit Times, 10 June 1912, 5)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, Huron Street at Argyle Street, for Rev. Hubert N. Robert, 1912 (Evening Record [Windsor], 1 June 1912, 3, t.c.)
BAUM & BRODY LTD., Sandwich Street East, a three storey furniture store, 1912 (Evening Record [Windsor], 13 Sept. 1912, 8, illus. & descrip.)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., residence for Owen McKay, C.E. & O.L.S., 1912 (Evening Record [Windsor], 20 Sept. 1912, 5)
OUELLETTE AVENUE, near Maiden Lane, residence for John H. Connelly, 1912 (Evening Record [Windsor], 20 Sept. 1912, 5)
VICTORIA AVENUE, at Ann Street, residence for William C. Kennedy, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 12 March 1913, 73)
ASSUMPTION STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, Assumption Street at Langlois Avenue, 1912-13; demol. 2004 (Evening Record [Windsor], 28 Dec. 1911, 1, descrip.; 9 April 1913, 1; Detroit Times, 10 June 1912, 5)
ESSEX COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL, Union-On-The-Lake, 1913 (Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 1913, 3, illus. & descrip.; 15 March 1913, 3, descrip.; Evening Record [Windsor], 18 Jan. 1913, 1, illus. & descrip.; 10 Nov. 1913, 1, illus. & descrip.)
VINCENT STEEL PROCESS CO., Hanna Street, between McDougall Avenue and Mercer Avenue, four large factory buildings, 1913 (Evening Record [Windsor], 3 April 1913, 1, descrip.)
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION [Anglican], University Avenue West at McKay Avenue, a new Sunday School for the church, 1913 (Evening Record [Windsor], 15 July 1913, 3, t.c., but credited to "Harold S. Barrons, architect". Barrons was a draftsman in the office of G.P. Jacques, Architect)
FORD CITY, Town Hall, Sandwich Street East at Drouillard Road, 1914; demol. 1962 (C.R., xxviii, 12 Aug. 1914, 73; Evening Record [Windsor], 9 April 1915, 2, illus. & descrip.; inf. Ian Mason, Sarnia)
ST. JOACHIM, ONT., public school, 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 22 Jan. 1915, 11, t.c.)
OJIBWAY, ONT., residence for Edmond Gignac, 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 12 March 1915, 8)
SANDWICH SOUTH TWP, rural school for S.S. No. 4, near Maidstone, 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 12 March 1915, 8)
DE VILBISS MANUFACTURING CO., Glengarry Avenue at Sandwich Street, a three storey factory, 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 13 March 1915, 2; 15 April 1915, 7, illus. & descrip.)
ST. JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Niagara Street at Marion Avenue, 1915 (C.R., xxix, 24 March 1915, 70; Evening Record [Windsor], 25 Nov. 1915, 10, illus. & descrip.)
OUELLETTE AVENUE, near Erie Street, residence for Alderman William Lanspeary, 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 13 March 1915, 2)
WYANDOTTE STREET, residence for A.J. Campeau,"... located immediately west of the Wyandotte Hotel", 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 10 June 1915, 5, descrip.)
ELLIOTT HOUSE HOTEL, Wellington Avenue, near the Michigan Central Railroad depot, for Capt. Elliott, 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 13 July 1915, 2)
OUELLETTE AVENUE, near Erie Street, residence for Leo Page, 1915 (Evening Record [Windsor], 13 March 1915, 2; Const., x, May 1917, 171-2, illus. & descrip.)
CRUICKSHANK BLOCK, Ouellette Avenue at London Street, a two storey commercial block with 5 stores, for Dr. G.R. Cruickshank, 1915 (Evening Star [Windsor], 9 April 1915, 2, descrip.)
SANDWICH, ONT., St. Francis Roman Catholic School, Detroit Street at Peter Street, major addition and alterations, 1916 (Evening Record [Windsor], 6 April 1916, 9, t.c.)
ANDERDON, ONT., public school for S.S. No. 6, 1916 (Evening Record [Windsor], 1 Aug. 1916, 9, t.c.)
McGREGOR, ONT., a two storey school, 1916-17 (Evening Record [Windsor], 2 Oct. 1916, 9, t.c.)
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL, London Street at Goyeau Street, 1916-17 (Evening Record [Windsor], 30 Oct. 1916, 9, t.c.)
ST. JOACHIM, ONT., a bank building, 1916-17 (Evening Record [Windsor], 4 Dec. 1916, 9, list of works)
STONEY POINT, ONT., a bank building, 1916-17 (Evening Record [Windsor], 4 Dec. 1916, 9, list of works)
WINDSOR HYDRO ELECTRIC BLOCK, rebuilding of the structure after a recent fire, 1919 (Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 1918, 14)
CANADIAN POSTUM CEREAL CO., Wyandotte Street West at Wellington Avenue, factory, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 10 March 1920, 63, t.c.)
R.H. & J. DOWLER STORE, Ouellette Avenue near Riverside Drive, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 19 May 1920, 59, t.c.)
BRUCE AVENUE, houses for the Windsor Housing Commission, 1920 (dwgs. at Windsor Municipal Archives)
ST. FRANCIS ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Peter Street at Detroit Street, 1921-22 (C.R., xxxvi, 26 July 1922, 746, illus.)
POLICE STATION, Park Street East at Goyeau Street, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 2 March 1921, 64, t.c.)
McEWAN AVENUE, residence for Donald A. Banwell, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 26 July 1922, 769, illus. & descrip.)
ST. CLARE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Bruce Avenue at Shepherd Street West, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 26 July 1922, 746-7, illus.)
RIVERSIDE PARK, outdoor Bandstand, 1922 (dwgs. at Windsor Municipal Archives)
GLADSTONE AVENUE, residence for William R. Richardson, c. 1920 (Who's Who in Canada, 1923-24, 957)
VICTORIA AVENUE, residence for Alfred G. Bellinger, c. 1920 (Who's Who in Canada, 1923-24, 957)
MAPLE AVENUE, residence for James A. Francis, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 21 Nov. 1923, 1119, illus.)
PARK PLACE, residence for Alphonse Nestman, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 24 Oct. 1923, 1022, illus.)
FORD CITY, ONT., The Provincial Bank, Drouillard Road, Ford City, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 12 Sept. 1923, 48, t.c.)
HOLY NAME ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Campbell Avenue, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 18 July 1923, 49, t.c.)
ST. EDMUND'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Tuscarora Street, c. 1923 (Who's Who in Canada, 1923-24, 957)
TECUMSEH, ONT., St. Antoine Roman Catholic School, 1924 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 23 June 1924, 5, descrip.)
I.O.O.F. TEMPLE, Wyandotte Street, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 29 April 1925, 50)
GREGORY APARTMENTS, Pillette Road, 1925 (dwgs. at Windsor Municipal Archives)
JACQUES & ALLASTER
ST. ANGELA ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Banwell Avenue at Benjamin Street, a commission won in a competition, 1925-26 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 31 Dec. 1925, 5, descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, July 1927, 258-59, illus.)
SANDWICH, ONT., Roman Catholic School, Salter Avenue at California Avenue, 1926 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 20 Feb. 1926, 15, t.c.)
CANADA BUILDING, Ouellette Avenue near Park Street, 1926-27 (C.R., xl, 6 Oct. 1926, 51)
JACQUES APARTMENTS, Ouellette Avenue, c. 1926 (dwgs. at Windsor Municipal Archives)
ELDORADO APARTMENTS, Ouellette Avenue at Hanna Street, 1926 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 8 May 1926, Section Two, 9, descrip.)
SANDWICH EAST, ONT., Sandwich East Township Hall, Tecumseh Road at Annie Road, 1927 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 9 March 1927, 7, t.c.; 24 June 1927, 5, illus. & descrip.)
MANDARIN GARDEN RESTAURANT, in The Auditorium Building, Ouellette Avenue, 1927 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 29 April 1927, Section Three, 6-7, illus. & descrip.)
SANDWICH, ONT., St. Francis Roman Catholic School, Detroit Street at Peter Street, 1927 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 21 July 1927, Section Two, 11, t.c.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Medical Clinic, for Dr. M.S. Douglas, Ottawa Street, 1927 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 19 Aug. 1927, 5, illus. & descrip.)
G.J.P. JACQUES
DETROIT, MICH., residence for Gilbert J.P. Jacques, architect, east side of Fairfield Avenue, near Seven Mile Road, 1930 (Detroit Free Press, 16 March 1930, Section Six, p. 1, illus.)
COMPETITIONS
SANDWICH, ONT., Essex County Municipal Building, 1914. Jacques was one of three local architects from the Windsor area who submitted plans for this building (Detroit Free Press, 29 Jan. 1914, 12)
WINDSOR, ONT., John A. Campbell Public School, Hall Avenue at Tecumseh Road, 1925. Jacques & Allaster were one of seven local architects who submitted designs for this large 24 room school (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 2 Sept. 1925, Section Two, p. 8, detailed analysis of competition). They received Fourth Prize of $250 for their effort. The winners were Nichols, Sheppard & Masson
WINDSOR, ONT., new Collegiate Institute, Tecumseh Road East, between Mercer Street and Highland Avenue, 1925. Shortly after the competition for the John Campbell School noted above, the Board of Education staged another competition for a public Collegiate School (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 21 Nov. 1925, 5). Jacques & Allaster were awarded Fifth Prize of $100. The winners were Cameron & Ralston, but the site was later occupied by H. Guppy Public School, designed by a different architect.
WALKERVILLE, ONT., Metropolitan General Hospital, Lens Avenue at Byng Road, 1926. The office of Jacques & Allaster was one of 8 local architects who competed for this job (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 27 Jan. 1926, 5). Their submission was passed over in favour of Pennington & Boyde.