MOTT, Harvey Havelock (1858-1939), a leading architect of the Maritimes for forty years who maintained a successful office in Saint John, New Brunswick. He also collaborated in a partnership with the Halifax architect J.C.P. Dumaresq, at first in 1884, and again in 1893. Mott was active in the following firms:
H.H. Mott, Saint John, N.B., 1883 - July 1884
Dumaresq & Mott, Halifax, N.S. Aug. 1884 - Dec. 1884 (with J.C.P. Dumaresq)
H.H. Mott, Saint John, N.B., 1885 -1892
Dumaresq & Mott, Halifax, N.S. 1893 (with J.C.P. Dumaresq)
H.H. Mott, Saint John, N.B., 1894-1920
(biography in preparation)
An extensive collection of architectural drawings prepared by H.H. Mott and his son H. Claire Mott during the period from 1886 until after 1950 can be found at the Public Archives of New Brunswick at Fredericton (Mott Coll., Acc. 164)
Harvey H. MOTT (Ecclesiastical works in New Brunswick unless noted)
LOWER CAMBRIDGE, N.B., Baptist Church, Church Lane, off Lower Cambridge Road, 1883; still standing in 2023 (Daily Evening News (Saint John), 4 July 1883, 3)
ST. MARTIN'S, N.B., Union Baptist Seminary, 1886-87 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 12 Nov. 1886, 3, descrip.; 10 Dec. 1886, 2, descrip.; Mott Coll. 150, 555)
PORTLAND, residence and chapel for the Redemptorist Fathers, 1886 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 29 May 1886, 5, t.c.; Mott Coll. 109, 606)
LOWER JEMSEG, N.B., a church, likely St. James Anglican Church, Highway 715 at Jemseg Ferry Road, 1887; still standing in 2023 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 18 May 1887, 2, t.c.)
WELSFORD, N.B., Methodist Church, Eagle Rock Road near Highway 101, 1887; church closed and converted to private residence; still standing in 2023 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 17 June 1887, 3)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Courtney Bay Mission Church, 1888 (Souvenir of the New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Methodist Conference, 1903, 29)
MONCTON, N.B., Wesley Methodist Church, St. George Street at Cameron Street, 1891; demol. (C.R., ii, 11 April 1891, 2; Daily Times [Moncton], 9 Nov. 1891, 2, descrip.)
AMHERST, N.S., First Baptist Church, Victoria Street East near Laplanche Street, 1894-95; still standing in 2023 (Halifax Herald, 24 Sept. 1894, 5, illus. & descrip.; and 2 Sept. 1895, 1 & 4, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; E. Pacey, More Stately Mansions-Churches of Nova Scotia, 1983, 155-60, illus.; Mott Coll. 337, 409)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Church of the Messiah, Prince William Street at Hazen Avenue, 1895 (C.R., v, 17 Jan. 1895, 1; Mott Coll. 397)
YARMOUTH, N.S., First Baptist Church, Parade Street at Second Street, 1895-96 (C.R., vi, 7 Feb. 1895, 2, t.c.; Yarmouth Herald, 19 May 1896, 2, descrip.; Mott Coll. 414)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Main Street Baptist Church, 1895 (C.R., vi, 16 May 1895, 2; C.A.B., ix, Jan. 1896, 12)
GRAND NARROWS, CAPE BRETON, N.S., Glebe House for the church, 1895 (Mott Coll. 31)
FAIRVILLE, N.B., additions and major alterations to Baptist Church, 1895 (Mott Coll. 413)
GLACE BAY, N.S., St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Commercial Street, 1895; interior damaged by fire 1912, and later rebuilt; church demol. c. 2005 (Halifax Herald, 21 Dec. 1895, 2, illus. & descrip.; Mott Coll. 301)
MILLTOWN, N.B., Presbyterian Church, c. 1895 (Mott Coll. 192)
NEW GLASGOW, N.S., First Baptist Church, Forbes Street at James Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 30 July 1896, 3; J. Smith, History of First United Baptist Church, 1980, 40, 92ff, illus.)
POWNAL, P.E.I., Baptist Church, 1896 (Mott Coll. 339)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Methodist Church, extensive alterations and improvements, 1897-98; demol. 2015 (C.R., viii, 13 May 1897, 1-2; Amherst Daily News, 15 Dec. 1898, 2, descrip.; Mott Coll. 373)
NORTON, N.B., Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, for Rev. Father Byrnes, 1897 (Mott Coll. 320)
RED HEAD, N.B., Episcopal Church, 1897 (C.R., viii, 20 May 1897, 2)
FOX CREEK, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1898 (C.R., viii, 6 Jan. 1898, 2)
SUSSEX, N.B., St. Francois Xavier Roman Catholic Church, 1898 (C.R., ix, 3 Feb. 1898, 2; Mott Coll. 324)
CHIPMAN, N.B., Presbyterian Church, 1898; burned 1918 (C.R., ix, 7 Sept. 1898, 2, t.c.; Mott Coll. 391)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Jewish Synagogue for Ahavat Achim Congregation, Carleton Street, 1898 (Mott Coll. 398)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Sunday School for the Mission Church of St. John The Baptist, 1898 (C.R., ix, 5 Oct. 1898, 2)
ST. ANSELME, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1898-1901 (Saint Anselme - 150 Annees de vie paroissale, 1982, 62-3, 77, illus.; Mott Coll. 319)
ST. MARTIN'S, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1900 (Mott Coll. 322)
AYLESFORD, N.S., Baptist Church, enlargement and remodelling, 1900 (Mott Coll. 338)
KINGSBORO, P.E.I., Baptist Church, c. 1900 (Mott Coll. 341)
SUSSEX, N.B., United Baptist Church, c. 1900 (Mott Coll. 244)
SYDNEY, N.S., Jubilee Methodist Church, George Street, additions and alterations, c. 1901; demol. after 1920 (Mott Coll. 370)
MELROSE, N.B., St. Bartholomew's Roman Catholic Church, 1903 (Mott Coll. 323)
PORTAGE LA PRARIE, MAN., Baptist Church, 1906 (Mott Coll. 191)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., major addition to Baptist Church, Main Street, 1907 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 29 April 1907, 2; C.R., xviii, 24 April 1907, 4)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., Methodist Church, 1907 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 29 April 1907, 2)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Germain Street United Baptist Church, Sunday School, 1907 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 11 May 1907, 8, descrip.; G. Hughes, Music of the Eye, 1991, 116-17, illus.; Mott Coll. 305)
NEWCASTLE, N.B., extensive remodelling of St. James Presbyterian Church, 1908; Sunday School, 1909 (C.R., 26 Aug. 1908, 25, t.c.; Mott Coll. 575)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Roman Catholic Society Building, St. James Street, for Father Chapman, 1908 (Mott Coll. 476)
HILLSBORO, N.B., Baptist Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 4 Jan. 1911, 27, t.c.; Mott Coll. 619)
NEWCASTLE, N.B., extensive alterations to Baptist Church, 1911 (Busy East [Moncton], Dec. 1911, 42, descrip.; Mott Coll. 614)
CAMPBELLTON, N.B., Methodist Church and Sunday School, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 12 April 1911, 53, t.c.; Mott Coll. 646)
BRIDGEPORT, N.S., Presbyterian Church, 1918-19 (Mott Coll. 190)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Victoria Street United Baptist Church, 1920-21 (Maritime Baptist, 14 Dec. 1921, 9, descrip.; Mott Coll. 535)
Harvey H. MOTT (Institutional works in New Brunswick unless noted)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Fire Engine House No. 3, Union Street, 1889-90 (Mott Coll. 267, 378; G. Hughes, Music of the Eye, 1991, 100-01, illus.)
MONCTON, N.B., Victoria Public School, Weldon Street at Park Street, c. 1890 (Mott Coll. 379)
DALHOUSIE, N.B., Town Gaol, 1891 (Mott Coll. 184)
MONCTON, N.B., Young Men's Christian Association, Main Street at Alma Street, 1890-91 (Saint John Globe, 14 July 1890, 3, t.c.; Daily Sun [Saint John], 3 Sept. 1890, 2, descrip.; Mott Coll. 365)
LUNENBURG, N.S., Academy and Public School, Kaulback Street, 1894 -95 (Halifax Herald, 5 July 1894, 4, t.c.; C.R., v, 12 July 1894, 1, t.c.; Halifax Herald, 17 March 1896, 5, illus.; E. Pacey & A. Comiter, Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia, 1994, 96-7, illus.; Mott Coll. 389, 597)
DIGBY, N.S., Independent Order of Oddfellows Hall, 1894 (Mott Coll. 176)
CAMPBELLTON, N.B., Orange Hall, 1896 (Mott Coll. 179)
SYDNEY, N.S., Young Men's Christian Association, Pitt Street at Charlotte Street, 1897; burned 1929 (C.R., viii, 13 May 1897, 2; Mott Coll. 17)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Public School, 1897 (C.R., viii, 3 June 1897, 2; Mott Coll. 32, 599)
NEW GLASGOW, N.S., Masonic Temple and Opera House, 1897 (Mott Coll. 450)
AMHERST, N.S., Town Hall and Fire Station, Church Street at Prince Arthur Street, 1898; demol. 1977 (Mott Coll. 5; Citizen [Amherst], 24 Dec. 1977, 1, illus. & descrip.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., King Edward School, also called Weldon School, 1899-1901 (C.R., x, 17 May 1899, 3; Mott Coll. 426)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., La Tour Public School, St. John Street, Carleton, 1901; addition 1908; demol. (Report of the Board of School Trustees of Saint John for 1901, 1903, 31-2, descrip.; Report for 1908-09, 1911, 8 and illus.; Mott Coll. 471, 578)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., County Gaol, Main Street, 1901 (C.R., xii, 12 June 1901, 2, t.c.; Mott Coll. 236)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., City & County Gaol, Sydney Street, additions and alterations, 1901 (C.R., xii, 19 June 1901, 3)
FREDERICTON, N.B., Church of England School, 1901 (Mott Coll. 237)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Elm Street School, 1902 (Saint John Globe, 9 May 1902, 8)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Ambulance Station, Carmarthen Street, 1907 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 6 Feb. 1907, 7, descrip.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., King Edward School, Wentworth Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 3 July 1907, 2-3, t.c.)
CENTREVILLE, N.B., Public School, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 28 Aug. 1907, 2, t.c.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Winter Street Public School, addition, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 22 July 1908, 45)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., Broadway School, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 5 Aug. 1908, 26, t.c.; Mott Coll. 571)
NEWCASTLE, N.B., Harkins Academy, major addition, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 17 Feb. 1909, 20, t.c.; Mott Coll. 479)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., Masonic Temple, 1909 (Mott Coll. 617)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Knights of Pythias Hall, 1911 (Mott Coll. 650)
NEWCASTLE, N.B., St. Mary's Academy, major addition, 1912 (Mott Coll. 677)
HAMPTON, N.B., Post Office & Custom House, 1913 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1915, No. 19, Report of the Chief Architect, 9, descrip.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Arena & Ice Rink, 1914 (Mott Coll. 770)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., King George School, Bentley Street, 1914 (Mott Coll. 773)
Harvey H. MOTT (Commercial & Industrial works in New Brunswick unless noted)
MONCTON, N.B., store and residence for D.W. Johnston, 1888 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 22 Aug. 1888, 3; Mott Coll. 138)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., factory for A.A. Mabee & Co., Main Street, 1890 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 4 March 1890, 3)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Dufferin House Hotel, Rodney Street, c. 1890 (Mott Coll. 210)
MONCTON, N.B., store and office for Capt. John Wright, Main Street, 1890 (Saint John Globe, 14 July 1890, 3, t.c.)
MONCTON, N.B., Winter Block, Main Street, 1891 (Daily Times [Moncton], 11 June 1891, 4, descrip.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., James Pender & Co., Charlotte Street, commercial block, 1891 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 10 Sept. 1891, 3, descrip.; C.R., ii, 19 Sept. 1891, 1, t.c.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., commercial block for Dr. Walker, Canterbury Road, 1891 (Mott Coll. 158)
YARMOUTH, N.S., The Yarmouth Block, Main Street at Brown Street, 1892 (E. Pacey & A. Comiter, Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia, 1994, 136-7, illus.; Mott Coll. 137)
DIGBY, N.S., Acadian Hotel, 1894 (Mott Coll. 174)
FREDERICTON, N.B., commercial block for W. Kitchen & Co., Queen Street, 1894 (Mott Coll. 144)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Vanwart Brothers, Duke Street at Charlotte Street, commercial block, 1895 (C.R., vi, 26 Sept. 1895, 1, t.c.; Mott Coll. 258)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., store and residence for Joseph A. Likely, Garden Street, 1895 (C.R., vi, 17 Oct. 1895, 2, t.c.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., White, Colwell & Co., Dock Street, commercial block, 1895 (Mott Coll. 16)
AMHERST, N.S., commercial block for Rhodes & Steele, 1895 (Mott Coll. 154)
ANNAPOLIS, N.S., commercial block for J.H. Runciman, 1897 (Mott Coll. 7)
NEWCASTLE, N.B., store and office for Miss Quigley, 1898 (C.R., ix, 228 Sept. 1898, 2)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., bakery for Shaw Brothers, Waterloo Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 1 June 1898, 4; Mott Coll. 245)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., warehouse for William Wheeler, of F.C. Colwell Co., Dock Street, 1898-99 (C.R., ix, 16 Dec. 1898, 2, t.c.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., James Robertson Co., Charlotte Street near Broad Street, warehouse, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 April 1899, 6)
LUNENBURG, N.S., Sea View Hotel, c. 1900 (Mott Coll. 178)
SHEDIAC, N.B., commercial block for R.C. Tait, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 22 April 1903, 2)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Canadian Drill Co., Mill Street, factory and warehouse, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 22 July 1903, 2)
ST. MARTIN'S, N.B., commercial block for J. & J.S. Titus, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 9 Aug. 1905, 2)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., Gibson-Hayden Block, Main Street, 1907 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 29 April 1907, 2)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Enterprise Foundry Co., new warehouse, mills and factory, 1908 (Amherst Daily News, 1 Sept. 1908, 1, descrip.)
MONCTON, N.B., L. Higgins & Co. Department Store, Main Street, 1909 (Mott Coll. 165, 573)
MONCTON, N.B., Empire Block, Main Street at Oak Street, for L. Higgins, 1915 (Daily Times [Moncton], 26 Aug. 1915, 7, descrip.)
Harvey H. MOTT (Residential works in Saint John, New Brunswick unless noted)
GERMAIN STREET, row of three houses for Joseph Bullock, 1886 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 4 May 1886, 3, descrip.)
KING STREET, for Charles H. Hatfield, 1886 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 4 May 1886, 3, descrip.)
ORANGE STREET, for Mrs. Joseph Prichard, 1886 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 4 May 1886, 3, descrip.)
GERMAIN STREET, near Duke Street, four houses for Edward Mildon and Rupert G. Haley, 1886 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 4 May 1886, 3, descrip.)
CARLETON, for John Richards, Charlotte Street, 1887 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 12 April 1887, 2, t.c.)
GERMAIN STREET, for Sir Leonard Tilley, 1888 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 30 April 1888, 2, descrip.)
FREDERICTON, N.B., for A.A. Sterling, Brunswick Street 'adjacent to the Cathedral', 1889-90 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 17 Oct. 1889, 3, descrip.; Reporter & Advertiser [Fredericton], 1 March 1890, 5; Mott Coll. 103)
MONCTON, N.B., for Dr. C.T. Purdy, Church Street at Seymour Street, 1889 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 14 Nov. 1889, 3, descrip.; Mott Coll. 129)
GERMAIN STREET, at Duke Street, row of five houses on the site of the old Victoria Hotel for W.L. Prince, 1889 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 29 Jan. 1889, 3; 1 Feb. 1890, 8, descrip.)
CHIPMAN PLACE, for Adam R. Bell, c. 1890 (Mott Coll. 47)
FREDERICTON, N.B., for F.B. Edgecombe, 1895 (Mott Coll. 54)
MECKLENBURG STREET, row of houses for Mr. Dobson, 1896 (Mott Coll. 75)
UNION STREET, tenement house for Mr. McFarland, 1896 (Mott Coll. 70)
QUEEN STREET, for Charles T. Nevins, 1897 (C.R., viii, 20 May 1897, 2)
DOUGLAS AVENUE, for George W. Hoben, 1897 (C.R., viii, 20 May 1897, 2)
LEINSTER STREET, at Wentworth Street, for C.H. Peters, 1898 (C.R., viii, 6 Jan. 1898, 2)
CHIPMAN'S HILL, on the Crookshank property, tenement block 'for seventeen to twenty families', 1898 (C.R., viii, 13 Jan. 1898, 2)
PRINCE WILLIAM STREET, for John McGolderick, 1898 (C.R., ix, 28 Sept. 1898, 2, t.c.)
GERMAIN STREET, for Dr. Byron S. Price, 1899 (C.R., x, 3 May 1899, 3)
GERMAIN STREET, for A.W. Baird, 1899 (C.R., x, 3 May 1899, 3)
SHEDIAC, N.B., for E.A. Smith, c. 1900 (Mott Coll. 246)
QUEEN STREET, tenement block for James F. Doody, 1901 (G. Hughes, Music of the Eye, 1991, 108-09, illus.; Mott Coll. 62)
DOUGLAS AVENUE, for John Russell, c. 1901 (G. Hughes, Music of the Eye, 1991, 109-10, illus.; Mott Coll. 222)
QUEEN SQUARE, for Dr. Walter P. Bonell, 1905 (C.R., xv, 22 Feb. 1905, 2, t.c.; Daily Sun [Saint John], 11 July 1905, 8, descrip.; Mott Coll. 126)
CENTRAL CAMBRIDGE, QUEEN'S CO., 'Norwood', a country residence for the architect, 1905 (Mott Coll. 189, 507)
WESTFIELD, N.B., residence for E.R. Machum, 1906 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 9 Oct. 1906, 2, descrip.)
SHEDIAC, N.B., for R.C. Tait, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 21 June 1911, 63; Mott Coll. 640)
NEWCASTLE, N.B., for James Rundle, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 21 June 1911, 59; Mott Coll. 651)
HILLSBORO, N.B., for J.L. Peck, 1911 (Mott Coll. 657)