NICHOLSON, Arthur Edwin (1881-1945)
(biography in preparation)
A.E. NICHOLSON (Residential works in St. Catharines unless noted)
YATES STREET, large residence for R.W. Leonard, 1906 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 1 Sept. 1906, 7, detailed descrip.)
TRAFALGAR STREET, residence for W.B. Burgoyne, 1906 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 1 Sept. 1906, 7, descrip.)
CHURCH STREET, residence for S. McLean, 1906 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 1 Sept. 1906, 7, detailed descrip.)
unnamed street, residence for M. Walkinshaw, 1906 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 13 Oct. 1906, 4, t.c.)
THOROLD, ONT., residence for B. Walker, 1907 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 13 April 1907, 3, t.c.)
CHURCH STREET, addition and alterations to residence for Dr. McMahon, 1908 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 9 My 1908, 3, t.c.)
unnamed street, residence for Miss F. Richardson, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 2 Dec. 1908, 28)
WELLAND AVENUE, residence for an unidentified client, 1909 (Const., ii, June 1909, 91, 94, 96, illus. & descrip.)
ONTARIO STREET, at Lake Street, pair of houses for an unidentified client, 1909 (Const., ii, June 1909, 92-3, 96, illus. & descrip.)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., residence for Mrs. Sizer, Main Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 14 Feb. 1912, 65, t.c.)
THOROLD, ONT., a new subdivision of 40 frame houses, on the Beaverdam's subdivision, 1912 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 8 Oct. 1912, 7)
THOROLD, ONT., Royal Bank of Canada, additions and alterations to existing building for new bank, 1913 (St. Catharines Standard, 25 Aug. 1913, 6, t.c.)
PORT COLBORNE, ONT., large residence for an unnamed client, c. 1914 (The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art [London], 1916, 93, illus.)
DAVIS APARTMENTS, for Dr. R.C. Davis, 1920 (St. Catharines b.p. 5130, 1920)
A.E. NICHOLSON (Institutional works in St. Catharines unless noted)
POLICE STATION, Park Street at Market Square, rebuilding, with alterations and improvements, 1906 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 23 Jan. 1906, 5; C.R., xvi, 31 Jan. 1906, 2)
CENTRAL SCHOOL, Church Street at William Street, alterations, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 12 June 1907, 6, t.c.)
ISOLATION HOSPITAL, Lincoln Avenue, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 17 July 1907, 2; Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 18 Sept. 1907, 2; and 10 Jan. 1908, 3)
JORDAN HARBOUR, ONT., in Lincoln County, Provincial Fruit Experimental Station, addition of a new Administration Building, and Residence for the Superintendent, and two cottages, 1908 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 9 May 1908, 3, t.c.)
JORDAN STATION, ONT., a large enclosed Driving Shed, measuring 56' x 130 ', 1908 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 3 June 1908, 3, t.c.)
ST. PAUL'S WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1908 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 4 July 1908, 3, t.c.; C.R., xxii, 15 July 1908, 26, t.c.)
NIAGARA TOWNSHIP, school for Section No. 3, near Niagara-on-the-Lake, 1910 (The Times [Niagara-on-the-Lake], 11 Feb 1910, 8, t.c.; C.R., xxiv, 16 Feb. 1910, 24, t.c.)
FONTHILL, ONT., public school, 1910, a commission won in a competition (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 25 Feb. 1910, 4; and 26 Feb. 1910, 4, descrip.; and 8 March 1910, 2, descrip.; C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 26, t.c.)
VINELAND, ONT., major addition to public school, 1910 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 26 March 1910, 7)
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, in Lincoln County, a public school for S.S. No 1, 1910 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 2 May 1910, 4; and 20 May 1910, 3, t.c.; and 13 Sept. 1910,4, descrip.)
PORT DALHOUSIE, ONT., Roman Catholic School, 1910 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 27 April 1910, 4, t.c.; C.R., xxiv, 4 May 1910, 23, t.c.)
THOROLD, ONT., Carnegie Public Library, Ormond Street South at Albert Street East, 1911; still standing in 2022 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 10 Feb. 1911, 3, t.c.; C.R., xxv, 5 April 1911, 56)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., additions to Barker Street Public School, 1911 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 17 May 1911, 3, t.c.; C.R., xxv, 24 May 1911, 60, t.c.)
WELLAND, ONT., First Street Public School, a commission won in a competition over 12 other architects; 1911 (People's Press [Welland], 16 May 1911, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxv, 31 May 1911, 53; Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 31 May 1911, 3, t.c.)
GRIMSBY, ONT., Carnegie Public Library, Adelaide Street at Ontario Street, 1911-12; still standing in 2022 (Grimsby Historical Society, Once Upon a Little Town: Grimsby 1876-1976, 136, 139, illus.)
JORDAN STATION, ONT., major addition to public school for S.S. No. 8, Louth, 1912 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 2 July 1912, 5)
FIRE HALL, Lake Street at Albert Street, 1912-13 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 8 Aug. 1912, 7, t.c.)
McNAB, ONT., a public school for Grantham Township, 1913 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 17 Feb. 1913, 8, t.c.; and 15 May 1913, 1, descrip.)
THOROLD, ONT., public school, 1913 (St. Catharines Standard, 26 March 1913, 10; and 3 April 1913, 9, t.c.; and 5 April 1913, 3, descrip.)
PORT DALHOUSIE, ONT., major addition of new Second floor, and alterations to public school, 1913 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 18 Nov. 1912, 4, t.c.; and 17 Jan. 1913, 5; C.R., xxvii, 29 Jan. 1913, 70)
WELLAND SHIP CANAL ENGINEERING OFFICE, Yates Street, a 3 storey office building for engineers, with drafting rooms, and office for Mr. Weller, Chief Engineer, 1913 (St. Catharines Standard, 5 March 1913, 1, descrip.)
LOUTH TOWNSHIP, public school for S.S. No. 7, one mile west of Power Glen, 1913 (St. Catharines Standard, 8 Aug. 1913, 6, t.c.; and 27 Aug. 1913, 2, descrip.)
WELLAND, ONT., major addition to Welland County Registry Office, Cross Street, 1913-14 (St. Catharines Standard, 12 Nov. 1913, 2; Welland Tribune, 9 Dec. 1913, 6, descrip.)
WELLAND, ONT., Ward Five Public School, 1914 (Welland Tribune, 22 Jan. 1914, 1)
THOROLD, ONT., public school, 1914 (St. Catharines Standard, 12 Feb. 1914, 6, t.c.)
QUEENSTON, ONT., public school, 1914 (St. Catharines Standard, 25 Feb. 1914, 2, t.c.)
MERRITTON, ONT., Carnegie Public Library, Merritt Street at Walnut Street, designed 1916; built 1924; converted to a Montessori School c. 1990; building still standing in 2022 (M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 185; E. Julian et al, St. Catharines: Our Built Heritage, 2005, 147, illus.)
MEMORIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, Welland Avenue at York Street, Queen Street, 1920 (Diamond Jubilee of Memorial School, 1920-1980, unpag., illus.; dwgs. at the St. Catharines Museum)
A.E. NICHOLSON (Ecclesiastical works in St. Catharines unless noted)
ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Ontario Street at Church Street, a rectory for the church, 1906; rectory still standing in 2023; and a new Parish Hall for the church, by Nicholson & MacBeth, 1925 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 1 Sept. 1906, 7, detailed architectural descrip.; Const., ii, June 1909, 92-3, 96, illus. & descrip.; Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 6 Aug. 1925, 506,, descrip.)
GRANTHAM METHODIST CHURCH, Church Road near Niagara Street, major addition and alterations, 1906; damaged during wind storm in March 1959, and later demol. (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 4 Sept. 1906, 8, t.c.)
QUEEN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Queen Street at Church Street, alterations, 1907 (C.R., xvii, 27 Feb. 1907, 4)
WELLAND AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH, Welland Avenue at Beecher Street, additions and alterations to the Parsonage for the church, 1908 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 25 July 1908, 3, t.c.; and 29 Sept. 1908, 8, detailed architectural descrip.)
WELLAND, ONT., Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Division Street at Cross Street, 1911-12; still standing in 2022 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 9 Dec. 1911, 4, descrip.; and 22 Feb. 1912, 5, descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 14 Feb. 1912, 63, t.c.)
ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Church Street at Lyman Street, a new Sunday School, "...in the semi-Gothic style", and Parish Hall, 1912-13; still standing in 2023 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 30 May 1912, 4, descrip.; and 28 Jan. 1913, 1, descrip.; and 16 May 1913, 10, descrip.)
McNAB, ONT., Christ Church [Anglican], McNab Road at Lakeshore Road, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, addition of a new Sunday School beside the church, 1912; still standing in 2023 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 3 Oct. 1912, 3, t.c.; and 4 Oct. 1912, 4, descrip.)
FORT ERIE, ONT., Central Avenue Methodist Church, Central Avenue at Dufferin Street, 1913-14, by A.E. Nicholson; and addition of a new Sunday School, 1930 by Nicholson & MacBeth; both still standing in 2022 (History of Central Avenue United Church, 1964, 13, 15)
ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Ontario Street at Church Street, a new Parish Hall, 1914 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 25 July 1914, 11, t.c.)
A.E. NICHOLSON (Commercial & Industrial works in St. Catharines unless noted)
WELLAND, ONT., Bank of Nova Scotia, major alterations to retail store in the old Opera House and conversion to a bank, 1907 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 11 Oct. 1907, 4; and 21 Oct. 1907, 4, descrip.)
WHITMAN & BARNES MFR. CO., Thorold Road, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 30 Sept. 1908, 24)
IMPERIAL BANK, St. Paul Street at Ontario Street, alterations, 1908 (Const., ii, Dec. 1908, 64)
SECURITY LOAN & SAVINGS CO., office building, 1910 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 22 Aug. 1910, 3, t.c.)
WELLAND, ONT., Dexter House Hotel, East Main Street near Cross Street, major alterations and improvements, 1911-12 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 16 Dec, 1911, 4)
WELLAND, ONT., Henrietta Hotel, a five storey hotel block, 1912 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 15 Feb. 1912, 4, descrip.)
WELLAND, ONT., Goodwillie & Son Canning Co., Burgar Street, 1912 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 22 Feb. 1912, 5; C.R., xxvi, 6 March 1912, 69, t.c.)
ST. PAUL STREET, at Mary Street, store for Thomas Nihan, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 13 March 1912, 74)
THOROLD, ONT., Royal Bank of Canada, Front Street, new facade and extensive alterations to old building, 1913 (St. Catharines Standard, 27 Aug. 1913, 2)
(with E.B. Patterson of Hamilton) LYONS TAILORING CO., St. Paul Street opposite Queen Street, new facade and extensive interior alterations to retail store at 94 St. Paul Street, 1913; still standing in 2023, but ground floor altered (St. Catharines Standard, 30 Aug. 1913, 2, detailed architectural descrip.)
PACKARD ELECTRIC CO., Race Street at Geneva Street, major addition to factory, 1916; demol. c. 1970 (C.R., xxx, 28 June 1916, 651; inf. Scott Edwards)
NICHOLSON & MACBETH (works in St. Catharines unless noted)
WELLAND, ONT., residence for T.J. Dillon, Aqueduct Street, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 13 April 1921, 22, illus. in advert.)
I.O.O.F. LODGE NO. 16, stores, offices and lodge rooms, Queen Street, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 21 June 1922, 60)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., public school, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 19 July 1922, 51, t.c.)
LINCOLN COUNTY REGISTRY OFFICE, Ontario Street at King Street, 1923; still standing in 2022 (St. Catharines b.p. 4008, 1923)
ST. CATHARINES COLD STORAGE CO., Davidson Street, warehouse, 1923 (St. Catharines b.p. 1044.2, 1923)
THOROLD, ONT., public school, Queen Street, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 3 Oct. 1923, 53)
BEAMSVILLE, ONT., major addition to the High School and Vocational School, Central Avenue opposite May Street, 1924; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xxxviii, 12 March 1924, 49)
GENERAL & MARINE HOSPITAL, Queenston Street at Vine Street, nurse's home and addition to the hospital, 1924; major addition to hospital, 1926-27 (C.R., xxxviii, 25 June 1924, 60; xl, 24 Feb. 1926, 101; St. Catharines Standard, 21 May 1927, 1)
ONTARIO STREET, residence for Miss C. Dawson, 1925 (St. Catharines b.p. 5040, 1925)
GLENRIDGE AVENUE, residence for Capt. Kirkwood, 1925 (St. Catharines b.p. 5017, 1925; Glengarry News, 15 July 1927, 6, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont.). This dwelling is one of three large detached residences located in a row on Glenridge Avenue which are illustrated in the journal Construction [Toronto], xxi, July 1928, 239-40, illus. (see references below on Glenridge Avenue)
GARDEN CITY LAUNDRY, for John E. Feasby, St. Paul Street West, 1925 (St. Catharines b.p. 1015, 1925)
QUEEN STREET, residence for J.W. McKinnon, 1926 (St. Catharines b.p. 5049, 1926)
WELLAND AVENUE UNITED CHURCH, addition of a Sunday School Auditorium, 1927 (St. Catharines b.p. 2015)
YOUNG MEN'S & YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Queen Street near Church Street, 1928; demol. 1994 (C.R., xlii, 12 Sept. 1928, 52; dwgs. at St. Catharines Museum; E. Julian et al, St. Catharines: Our Built Heritage, 2005, 70, illus.)
YATES STREET, residence for Cecil G. Horton, 1928 (dwgs. at St. Catharines Museum)
YATES STREET, residence for Arthur W. Bate, 1928 (R. Taylor, Discovering St. Catharines Heritage: The Old Town, n.d., 50)
YATES STREET, near Norris Place, residence for William Burgoyne, 1928 (National Post [Toronto], 25 Nov. 2006, PH 13, illus. & descrip.)
YATES STREET, residence for Henry Taylor, 1928 (Const., xxi, July 1928, 241-2, 253-4, illus. & descrip.)
GLENRIDGE AVENUE, residence for Leroy Peart, 1928 (Const., xxi, July 1928, 249-50, illus. & descrip.)
GLENRIDGE AVENUE, residence for Archibald E. Mix, 1928 (Const., xxi, July 1928, 251-2, illus & descrip.)
GLENRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Ontario Street South, 1928; converted to residential units 2019-20; still standing in 2023 (C.R., xlii, 5 Sept. 1928, 66, t.c.; E. Julian et al, St. Catharines: Our Built Heritage, 2005, 131, illus.)
FONTHILL, ONT., clubhouse for the Lookout Point Golf & County Club, Tice Road at Lookout Street, 1928; demol. c. 1980 and replaced by current clubhouse (C.R., xlii, 1 Aug. 1928, 51)
LEONARD HOTEL, St. Paul Street at Carlisle Street, a 6 storey hotel for the St. Catharines Hotel Ltd., 1929; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xliii, 2 Jan. 1929, 46, t.c.)
HILLCREST AVENUE, residence for Fred M. Hara, 1929 (St. Catharines b.p. 5025, 1929)
HILLCREST AVENUE, house for Ellis Jones, 1929 (St. Catharines b.p. 5026, 1929)
TORONTO, ONT., Baptist Church, Danforth Avenue at Bowden Avenue, 1930-31; later converted into a Parish Hall and Sunday School upon completion of the new church immediately to the north, designed by J.W. Siddall in 1931; all still standing in 2022 (Toronto Star, 5 July 1929, 20, illus. and descrip.; and 4 July 1930, 29, descrip.; and 28 Nov. 1930, 37). Note: The church Rectory, at 43 Bowden Avenue, designed in a similar style with clinker brick, is almost certainly a work by A.E. Nicholson.
ONTARIO STREET SOUTH, store and residence for Alfred G. Hacker, 1932 (St. Catharines b.p. 1126, 1932)
A.E. NICHOLSON (works in St. Catharines unless noted)
QUEENSTON, ONT., major alterations to 'Willowbank', a large residence for William B. Bright, originally owned by Alexander Hamilton, Dee Road at Niagara Parkway, 1933; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xlvii, 19 July 1933, 35; National Post [Toronto], 28 Sept. 2002, PH4, illus. & descrip.)
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT., residence for Capt. John W. Cole, Niagara Boulevard at Lansdowne Avenue, 1934, with later addition for the new owner A. Henry Ackermann, 1937-38 (Building in Canada, xviii, Summer 1938, 54-55, illus. & descrip.; Building In Canada - Small Homes, 1939, 108, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., xxi, May 1944, 34, illus.; inf. Albert Davey, Niagara-on-the-Lake)
McKINNON INDUSTRIES LTD., Ontario Street near Carlton Street, forge building, 1936; major addition, 1941 (C.R., vol. 50, 8 July 1936, 37, t.c.; liv, 5 Feb. 1941, 35)
STANDARD PRINTING CO., Queen Street, for the St. Catharines Standard newspaper, 1937 (St. Catharines b.p. 1095, 1937)
QUEENSTON, ONT., restoration of the historic residence of William Lyon Mackenzie, Queenston Street near Clarence Street, c. 1938; still standing in 2022 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xx, Dec. 1943, 210, 216, illus. & descrip.)
GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH, Geneva Street opposite Norwood Street, 1939; burned April 1956 and rebuilt; still standing in 2022 (inf. from St. Catharines Public Library)
QUEEN STREET, building for William W. Park, 1941 (St. Catharines b.p. 5101, 1941)
McDONALD STREET, building for Henry W. Colton, 1942 (St. Catharines b.p. 5088, 1942)
COMPETITIONS
WELLAND, ONT., a 150-bed hospital, for the Welland County Hospital Board, 1907. Nicholson was one of five Ontario architects invited to submit plans for this new hospital (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 11 Sept. 1907, 4). The winner was Langley & Howland of Toronto.
FONTHILL, ONT., public school, 1910 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 25 Feb. 1910, 4; and 26 Feb. 1910, 4, descrip.; C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 26, t.c.). Nicholson was one of four architects who submitted plans, and he was declared as the winner.
WELLAND, ONT., First Street Public School, a commission won by Nicholson in a competition over 12 other architects; 1911 (People's Press [Welland], 16 May 1911, 1, descrip.; Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 17 May 1911, 4, descrip.; C.R., xxv, 31 May 1911, 53)
BEAMSVILLE, ONT., High School, 1913. Nicholson was one of several architects who submitted plans, and he was declared the winner (St. Catharines Standard, 29 Aug. 1913, 2). However, a citizens group objected to the funding proposal to erect the building, and the commission was later given to W.W. LaChance.