Martin, Frank Percy

MARTIN, Frank Percy (1882-1931)
(biography in preparation)

F.P. MARTIN (works in Saskatoon)

MURPHY BLOCK, 9th Street at Victoria Avenue, c. 1911 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
12th STREET EAST, near East Lake Avenue, apartments for Dr. Francis, 1912 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
QUEEN'S HOTEL, 20th Street at 1st Avenue, 1911; addition 1950 by F.J. Martin; demol. c. 1979 (C.R., xxv, 10 May 1911, 57)
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH (Riverside), 19th Street West near Avenue G., major addition, 1911; demol. (C.R., xxv, 10 May 1911, 55)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 4th Avenue North at 25th Street, 1911; burned 1943 (C.R., xxv, 24 May 1911, 60-1; Western Outlook [Winnipeg], 15 Jan. 1912, 8)
McLAUGHLIN CARRIAGE & AUTOMOBILE CO., 23rd Street, warehouse, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 2 Aug. 1911, 66)
SOMMERFELD APARTMENTS, Broadway Avenue South, Nutana, c. 1911 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
DOAK MFR. CO., 7th Avenue North at Duchess Street, factory, 1912 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
STRAND THEATRE (later called Sherman Theatre), 20th Street East near 3rd Avenue, 1912 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
SASKATCHEWAN CRESCENT EAST, residence for Judge Frederick M. Brown, c. 1912 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
EASTLAKE AVENUE, residence for Richard M. Hopkinson, 1912 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
NUTANA, large residence for Herman Pettit, Broadway North at 17th Street, 1911 (Daily Phoenix, 5 Aug. 1911, 5, descrip.; biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
12th STREET EAST, near Victoria Street, residence for A. Leon Koyl, 1912 (biog. and list of works, Saturday Press Supplement, 1911, 27)
SASKATOON ISOLATION HOSPITAL, and SMALLPOX HOSPITAL, 1912 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 13 July 1912, Section Two, p. 7, t.c.)
THOMPSON BLOCK (later called Avalon Chambers), 2nd Avenue North near 23rd Street, office block for Chester Thompson, 1912-13 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 23 May 1912, 2, t.c.; and 28 Oct. 1912, 5, illus. & descrip., and p. 25, descrip.; Saskatoon History, No. 3, 1985, 8-10, illus.)

MARTIN, COOPER & SLATER (works in Saskatoon)

SASKATOON COUNTRY CLUB, "......in the south of the city", 1914, a commission won in a competition, 1914 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 4 April 1914, 5, descrip.)
GERMAN LUTHERAN COLLEGE, 8th Street, Nutana, 1914, a commission won in a competition, 1914 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 10 Aug. 1914, 3, illus. & descrip.)

F. P. MARTIN (works in Saskatoon)

PARISIAN DYE WORKS, 2nd Avenue South, near 20th Street East, factory and residence for Charles Geesbreght, 1919-20 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 28 June 1919, 18, t.c.; and 4 Feb. 1920, 3; and 5 April 1920, 9, t.c.; and 6 May 1920, 3, descrip.; and 23 March 1921, 9, illus. & descrip. in advert.)
NUTANA, a tract of 40 houses for R.M. Bottomley Co. Ltd., including bungalows, semi-bungalows and cottages, on College Drive at Elliott Street, and on streets radiating from them, 1919 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 26 Aug. 1919, 13, t.c.; and 18 Oct. 1919, 7, descrip.)
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, Avenue F at 21st Street, 1919 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 9 Sept. 1919, 3, descrip.)
AVENUE A, an apartment block for an unnamed client, 1920 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 4 Feb. 1920, 3)
BONDAR BLOCK, a block of stores and apartments for S. Bondar, 1920 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 25 March 1920, 20, t.c.; and 8 March 1921, 12, t.c.)
BEDFORD ROAD COLLEGIATE, Bedford Road, major addition, c. 1920 (L. Orge, History of the Saskatoon Public School System)
SASKATOON HARDWARE CO., 2nd Avenue near 21st Street East, c. 1925 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
MacMILLAN BLOCK, for the Saskatoon Building and Development Co., 21st Street East at 2nd Avenue, 1926 (C.R., xl, 12 May 1926, 55)
SASKATOON DAIRY CO-OP MARKETING ASSOC., Avenue B South at 21st Street, office and factory, c. 1926 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
BOWMAN BLOCK, 3rd Avenue North at 24th Street, c. 1926-28 (Star-Phoenix [Saskatoon], 2 Dec. 1931)
BOYD BROS., 2nd Avenue North at 24th Street, auto showroom and garage, 1927; demol. c. 1970 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 30 June 1927, 58, illus.; and 14 Jan. 1928, 20-21, illus. & detailed descrip.)
PLEASANT HILL PUBLIC SCHOOL & AUDITORIUM, Avenue S South at 21st Street West, 1927-28; still standing in 2023 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 2 Feb. 1928, 3; and 21 Feb 1928, 7; and 16 March 1928, 3; L. Orge, History of the Saskatoon Public School System)
AVENUE A, twelve houses for A. Leon Koyl & Co., 1927 (C.R., xli, 15 June 1927, 54, t.c.)
UNIVERSITY DRIVE, residence for Paul Schwagner, 1927 (C.R., xli, 1 June 1927, 50; Saskatoon Phoenix, 7 June 1927. 14, t.c.)
(with Ross & MacDonald) T. EATON CO. LTD. DEPARTMENT STORE (later the Army & Navy Dept. Store), 3rd Avenue South at 21st Street, 1927-28 (Saskatoon Phoenix, 13 Dec. 1927, 3, with photographic portrait of the local supervising architect Frank P. Martin; C.R., xli, 21 Dec. 1927, 48; Saskatoon Daily Star, 13 March 1928, 3, descrip.; Const., xxi, Dec. 1928, 402, illus.)
PUBLIC SCHOOL, Avenue I, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 8 Feb. 1928, 53)
LANSDOWNE AVENUE, near 11th Street, residence for Dr. Charles A. MacKay, 1928 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 17 March 1928, 25, t.c.)
SASKATCHEWAN CRESCENT, at Cherry Street, apartment block with 12 units, 1928 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 18 April 1928, 3, descrip.)
EXHIBITION GROUNDS, Lorne Avenue, a large outdoor grandstand seating 7,000 spectators, 1928; and new Provincial Government Building, 1931 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 11 May 1928, 7, descrip.; and 30 June 1928, 3, illus. & descrip.; 18 July 1928, Section Two, Exhibition Section, 20, illus. & detailed descrip.; C.R., xlii, 23 May 1928, 50; dwgs. Sask. Dept. of Public Works, Regina)
CORY MUNICIPAL HALL, 20th Street East near Spadina Crescent, for the Rural Municipality of Cory, 1928 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 29 June 1928, 3, illus. & descrip.)
MASSEY HARRIS CO., 22nd Street East at 1st Avenue, warehouse, 1928; demol. 1973 (C.R., xlii, 25 July 1928, 63)
HEINTZMAN & CO. BLOCK, 2nd Avenue South near 21st Street, store, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 12 Sept. 1928, 58)
CAMPBELL'S FUNERAL HOME, 3rd Avenue North near 24th Street, c. 1928 (Star-Phoenix [Saskatoon], 2 Dec. 1931)
GRANITE CURLING CLUB, c. 1928 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
J.A. AKITT CO., 20th Street West, retail store, 1929 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
CITY PARK COLLEGIATE, 9th Avenue North at Duke Street, 1928-29 (Star-Phoenix [Saskatoon], 2 Dec. 1931)
TECHNICAL COLLEGIATE, Spadina Crescent East, 1929-31 (C.R., xliv, 4 June 1930, 64, t.c.; L. Orge, History of the Saskatoon Public School System)
(with Harold Dawson) SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, Cumberland Avenue at Temperance Street, 1930 (Canadian Hotel Review, viii, April 1930, 37; C.R., xliv, 11 June 1930, 62)
THE AVENUE BLOCK, 3rd Avenue South at 21st Street, 1930 (E.J. Gilbert, Up the Years with the Saskatchewan Assoc. of Architects, 1973, biography and list of works)
SASKATOON CITY HOSPITAL, Queen Street, 1930-31 (Canadian Hotel Review, viii, July 1930, 35; R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Dec. 1931, 426, illus.)

F.P. MARTIN (works elsewhere)

LUSELAND, SASK., Municipal Office & Community Hall for the Rural Municipality of Progress, 1920 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 18 June 1920, 10, t.c.; and 8 Sept. 1920, 3, descrip.)
LUSELAND, SASK., residence for Miss E.C. Van Gilder, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 22 Sept. 1920, 51)
SALVADOR, SASK., public school, 1926 (Star-Phoenix [Saskatoon], 15 March 1926, 2, t.c.; inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
HILLSLEY, SASK., public school, 1926 (Star-Phoenix [Saskatoon], 11 June 1926, 15, t.c.)
ESTON, SASK., St. Andrews United Church, Main Street at 3rd Avenue, 1926; still standing in 2023 (Star-Phoenix [Saskatoon], 15 Dec. 1926, Section Two, p. 11; inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
BIRSAY, SASK., large addition to, and remodeling of. a public school, 1927 (Saskatoon Phoenix, 18 April 1927, 12, t.c.)
HEPBURN, SASK., public school, 1927 (R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Nov. 1927, 413, 415, illus. & descrip.; Saskatoon Daily Star, 7 Jan. 1928, 11, illus. & descrip.)
MELFORT, SASK., United Church, Burrows Avenue West at Broadway Avenue North, 1928; still standing in 2023 (Saskatoon Phoenix, 14 July 1928, 29, t.c.; C.R., xlii, 25 July 1928, 61)
ESTON, SASK., Masonic Temple, c. 1928 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
WATROUS, SASK., United Church, Main Street at 3rd Avenue, c. 1928; still standing in 2023 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK., Massey-Harris Co., large warehouse, 1928 (Saskatoon Star, 17 March 1928, 25, t.c.; inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
KANDAHAR, SASK., public school, 1929 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
KERROBERT, SASK., skating and curling rink, c. 1928 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
DEMAINE, SASK., public school, c. 1928 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)
WILKIE, SASK., skating and curling rink, c. 1928 (inf. F.J. Martin, Saskatoon)