HOOPER, Samuel (1851-1911), an important architect in Manitoba, and a member of the Hooper family dynasty of architects who dominated western Canada for four decades. This included Samuel Hooper of Winnipeg, his son John S. Hooper (1875-1940) of Winnipeg, and his younger brother Thomas Hooper (1859-1935) of Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. Samuel Hooper was active in the following offices:
Samuel Hooper, Winnipeg, Man. 1886 to 1904
Hooper & Hooper, Winnipeg, Man., 1904-05 (with his son John S. Hooper)
Samuel Hooper, Chief Architect, Province of Manitoba, based in Winnipeg, 1 June 1904 to 1911
Hooper & Hooper, Winnipeg, Man. 1909-1911 (with his son John S. Hooper)
(biography in preparation)
Samuel HOOPER (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Winnipeg unless noted)
VOLUNTEER MONUMENT, Main Street, 1886 (Manitoba Sun [Winnipeg], 28 Sept. 1886, 1, descrip.)
SHAAREY ZEDEK SYNAGOGUE, King Street at Common Street [now Henry Avenue], design and fabrication of a new marble tabernacle set within the new synagogue, designed by Charles H. Wheeler, 1890 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 18 Feb. 1890, 4)
SEVEN OAKS MONUMENT, 1890 (Winnipeg Tribune, 14 Oct. 1890, 4)
JOHN NORQUAY MONUMENT, St. John's Cemetery (Winnipeg Tribune, 23 March 1891, 4; and 1 Aug. 1891, 5, illus. & descrip.)
G.A.F. ANDREWS MONUMENT, 1892 (Winnipeg Tribune, 19 Aug. 1892, 8)
ALEX McINTYRE MONUMENT, 1893 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 June 1893, 8)
ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, St. Mary Avenue at Hargrave Street, extensive alterations and additions, with a new spire, 1896; Presbytery, 1899 (C.R., vii, 13 Feb. 1896, 2; and x, 24 May 1899, 3; Winnipeg Tribune, 24 Sept. 1896, 8; C.A.B., x, Feb. 1897, 39, descrip.)
BATTLEFORD, SASK., monument and plaque honouring the N.W.M.Police who died in the 1885 Rebellion, erected 1896 (Daily Leader [Regina], 15 Oct. 1896, 8; Gazette [Montreal], 16 Dec. 1896, 2, descrip.)
BOWMANVILLE, ONT., monument honouring Frederick Higginbotham, hockey player (1878-1896), erected 1897 at Bowmanville Cemetery, King Street East at Haines Street, 1897 (Canadian Statesman [Bowmanville], 10 March 1897, 1, descrip.)
QUEEN VICTORIA MONUMENT, Assiniboine Park, 1898 (Winnipeg Tribune, 10 June 1967, Supplement, 12)
ISBISTER PUBLIC SCHOOL, Vaughan Street, 1898 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 May 1898, 7, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg, 1982-The Year Past, 1983, 49-50, illlus.)
WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE BUILDING, Princess Street, for Nicholas Bawlf, 1898 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 May 1898, 7, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg Tribune, 11 Jan. 1899, 5, descrip.; Winnipeg, 1979-The Year Past, 48, illus.)
WINNIPEG GENERAL HOSPITAL, Bannatyne Avenue West, new Victoria Jubilee Wing, 1898 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 May 1898, 7, illus. & descrip.)
ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Bannatyne Avenue, new Memorial Window, 1899 (C.R., x, 20 Sept. 1899, 3)
DEAF & DUMB INSTITUTE, Portage Avenue near Sherbrook Street, 1900 (C.R., xi, 8 Aug. 1900, 3; dwgs. at Winnipeg City Archives)
ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC ACADEMY, Notre Dame Avenue near Victoria Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 12 March 1902, 2)
ST. BONIFACE, MAN., addition to St. Boniface College, Provencher Avenue, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 26 Feb. 1902, 2, t.c.)
ICELANDIC CHURCH, Pacific Avenue, addition and alterations, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 23 April 1902, 4, t.c.; Winnipeg Tribune, 4 June 1902, 10)
SELKIRK, MAN., addition to the Provincial Asylum, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 7 May 1902, 1-2)
ORANGE HALL, Princess Street, alterations to facade, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 11 June 1902, 2)
SCOTT MEMORIAL HALL, Princess Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 9 July 1902, 3, t.c.)
CARNEGIE LIBRARY, William Avenue at Dagmar Street, 1903-05 ; addition by Hooper & Walker, 1908 (Telegram [Winnipeg], 19 Dec. 1903, Building Number, 7, descrip., Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 17 Aug. 1905, 8, descrip.; and 12 Oct. 1905, 7, illus. & descrip.; and 14 Nov. 1908, 25, descrip.; Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 68, 71, illus.; Winnipeg, 1984-The Year Past, 1986, 65-7, illus.)
LAND TITLES BUILDING, Broadway at Kennedy Street, 1903-04 (Telegram [Winnipeg], 19 Dec. 1903, Building Number, 7, descrip.; Free Press [Winnipeg], 24 Nov. 1904, 26, illus.)
ST . MARY'S PUBLIC SCHOOL, St. Mary Avenue at Hargrave Street, 1903; burned 1969; demol. 1971 (C.R., xiv, 26 Aug. 1903, 3, t.c.)
SELKIRK, MAN., Knox Presbyterian Church, Eveline Street at McLean Avenue, 1904 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 21 Dec., 1904, 7, descrip.; Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 24 Dec. 1904, 2, descrip.)
Samuel HOOPER (Commercial & Industrial works in Winnipeg unless noted)
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, McDermot Avenue near Albert Street, 1897 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 16 April 1897, 4, descrip.)
UNION SHOE & LEATHER CO., at the foot of Lombard Street, warehouse, 1896 (C.R., vii, 27 Aug. 1896, 2)
MORRIS, MAN., store and block for Lawrie Brothers, 1898 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 24 June 1898, 8; Winnipeg Tribune, 24 Sept. 1898, 8)
MAIN STREET, at Thistle Street, brick commercial block for James Scott, 1899 (Winnipeg Tribune, 3 March 1899, 6, t.c.)
JOBIN, MARRIN & CO., Market Street, warehouse, 1899 (C.R., x, 13 Sept. 1899, 4)
WINNIPEG HOTEL, Main Street near St. Mary Street, addition, 1901 (C.R., xii, 5 June 1901, 6; Winnipeg, 1990-The Year Past, 49-50, illus.)
A. SCHMIDT & CO. FOUNDRY, Albert Street, 1901 (Winnipeg, 1984-The Year Past, 1986, 21-2, illus.)
P. GALLAGHER & SONS, Logan Avenue at Brighton Street, abattoir and ice house, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 7 May 1902, 4)
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, MAN., new hotel for an unnamed client, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 7 May 1902, 4)
THOMAS W. TAYLOR LTD., McDermot Street, additions, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 28 May 1902, 2, t.c.)
CARMAN, MAN., Victoria Hotel, for William Clougher, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 23 July 1902, 3, t.c.)
ROSS AVENUE, at Princess Street, warehouse for Nicholas Bawlf, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 11 March 1903, 3)
TURNBULL & McMANUS CO., Sutherland Avenue at Austin Street, warehouse, 1903 (Manitoba Morning Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 June 1903, 15, descrip.; C.R., xiv, 10 June 1903, 4)
EDGAR W. RUGG PRINTING CO., Arthur Street near McDermot Avenue, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 4 Nov. 1903, 2)
SELKIRK, MAN., The Merchant's Hotel, Eveline Street at Manitoba Avenue, 1904; still standing 2015 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 4 April 1904, 5, descrip.)
HOLMAN MEAT MARKET, St. Mary's Avenue, 1903-04; with addition to abattoir on Logan Avenue, 1904 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 22 April 1904, 2; Manitoba Free Press, [Winnipeg], 7 May 1904, 17, 22, illus. & descrip.)
NOTRE DAME AVENUE, commercial block for Austin Francis Drugs Co. '..immediately west of his present building", 1904 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 15 July 1904, 9)
Samuel HOOPER (Residential works in Winnipeg unless noted)
WILLIAM AVENUE, near Furby Street, residence for Patrick Gallagher, 1896 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 4 July 1896, 1)
KENNEDY STREET, at Assiniboine Avenue, residence for Nicholas Bawlf, 1897 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 28 May 1897, 6)
STONEWALL, MAN., residence for John Gunn, 1900 (The Commercial [Winnipeg], 19 May 1900, 1175, t.c.)
EDMONTON STREET, at York Avenue, residence for Michael McManus, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 26 Feb. 1902, 2, t.c.)
WILLIAM STREET, residence for Mrs. Glenn, opposite the Central School, 1902 (Winnipeg Tribune, 4 June 1902, 10)
FURBY STREET, residence for George Betts, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 13 May 1903, 3, t.c.)
DONALD STREET, residence for Robert C. McDonald, 1903 (Winnipeg Tribune, 22 May 1903, 2, t..c.)
EDMONTON STREET, residence for John H. Bourguoin, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 27 May 1903, 3)
SMITH STREET, residence for Thomas Montgomery, 1903 (Manitoba Morning Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 June 1903, 15; C.R., xiv, 10 June 1903, 4)
COLONY STREET, residence for Patrick Shea, 1904 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 7 May 1904, 22, illus.)
BALMORAL PLACE, residence for E. Bromley, 1904 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 25 June 1904, 2, t.c.)
HOOPER & HOOPER (works in Winnipeg)
ST. CHARLES, MAN., Roman Catholic church, 1904-05 (Winnipeg Tribune, 21 March 1905, 1, descrip.)
HOOVER BLOCK, rebuilding of a commercial block recently gutted by fire, for new offices for The Bricklayers & Mason International Union, 1905 (Winnipeg Tribune, 21 March 1905, 1, descrip.)
FORT ROUGE, in Crescentwood, residence for Robert C. MacDonald, 1905 (Winnipeg Tribune, 21 March 1905, 1)
WELLINGTON CRESCENT, opposite Cockburn Street North, residence for William H. Cross, 1905; demol. (Winnipeg Tribune, 21 March 1905, 1)
Samuel HOOPER (buildings for the Manitoba Dept. of Public Works in Winnipeg unless noted)
MORDEN, MAN., Court House, Wardrop Street, 1904-05 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 147, illus.)
PROVINCIAL NORMAL SCHOOL, William Avenue at Gertie Street, 1905-06 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 Aug. 1906, 9, descrip.; and 6 Dec. 1906, Building Number, 45, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg, 1982-The Year Past, 1983, 55-7, illus.)
NEEPAWA, MAN., Land Titles Building, 1905 (C.R., xiv, 19 April 1905, 6)
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, MAN., Training School and Home for Boys, c. 1906; demol. (dwgs. at NAC, RG13M, 79003/1)
PROVINCIAL GAOL, Fort Rouge, near the Agricultural College, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 10 Jan. 1906, 4)
MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Tuxedo Park Campus, Tuxedo Avenue at Edgeland Boulevard, Main Building, Dairy Science Building, Power House, stock barns, farm implement building, 1905-06; Roblin Hall Dormitory, 1907; Engineering Hall, 1908; Domestic Science Building, 1909 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 10 Sept. 1904, 6, descrip.; and 6 Dec. 1906, 45-6, illus. & descrip.; and 21 Nov. 1907, 27, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1905, 6 & 11, illus. and descrip.; C.R., xviii, 1 May 1907, 6; and xxii, 15 July 1908, 27; and xxiii, 20 Jan. 1909, 20; Winnipeg, 1989-The Year Past, 51-60, illus.)
FREED BUILDING, Hargrave Street, 1907-09 (Manitoba, Sessional Papers, 1908, No. 1, 197)
PROVINCIAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, McDermot Avenue at Charlotte Street, 1907-08 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 12 Sept. 1908, 7, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 19 Dec. 1908, 26, descrip.; dwgs. at Winnipeg City Archives)
SOUTH TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, Corydon Avenue at John Street, 1908 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 Nov. 1908, 25, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 19 Dec. 1908, 26, descrip.)
BRANDON, MAN., Court House, Princess Avenue at Eleventh Street, 1908-10 (C.R., xxii, 15 July 1908, 27; M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 148, 222, illus.)
MINNEDOSA, MAN., Court House, 3rd Street S.W., 1908-10 (C.R., xxii, 15 July 1908, 27; M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 223, illus.)
PROVINCIAL COURTHOUSE, Kennedy Street, major addition, 1909 (Winnipeg Tribune, 14 June 1909, 11, descrip.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 15 July 1909, 7, illus.)
SHERBROOKE STREET TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, Sherbrook Street near Portage Avenue, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 11 Aug. 1909, 21, t.c.)
SELKIRK, MAN., Provincial Asylum, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 16 June 1909, 21)
ST. JOHN'S TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, Burrows Avenue at Salter Street, 1910 (Winnipeg, 1991-The Year Past, 1993, 25-8, illus.)
BRANDON, MAN., Hospital for the Insane, 1911; and power house for the Hospital, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 29 March 1911, 51, t.c.; Brandon b.p. 1531, 17 May 1911; and b.p. 1574, 18 July 1911)
PROVINCIAL LAW COURTS, Broadway at Kennedy Street, 1911-15; designs completed after the death of Hooper by Victor Horwood (C.R., xxv, 19 April 1911, 56; M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 148-50; 224, illus.)
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING, Portage Avenue, "...to be erected next to the main exchange, adjacent to the Bank of Montreal", 1911 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 21 April 1911, 3, descrip.)
MANITOBA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, St. Vital Campus, Pembina Highway, (now The University of Manitoba), Dormitory Building, Administration Building, Chemistry Building, Biological Building, Power House, Engineering Building, 1911-14; designs completed after the death of Hooper by Victor Horwood (C.R., xxvi, 13 Nov. 1912, 52-4, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, Nov.-Dec. 1925, 209-12, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg, 1983-The Year Past, 1984, 63-4, illus.)
HOOPER & HOOPER (works in Winnipeg unless noted)
LOMBARD STREET, a four storey block for an unnamed client, 1909 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 30 March 1909, 1)
EMPRESS HOTEL, 1909 (Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 68, 71, illus.)
BRANDON, MAN., major addition to the Imperial Hotel, with a new 5th floor and roof, and new hotel rooms, 1910 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 22 Jan. 1910, 7)
BROADWAY, near St. James Park, residence for Edwin G. Parker, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 April 1911, 54)
ST. CHARLES, MAN., Municipal Hall, 1911 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 28 April 1911, 8; C.R., xxv, 21 June 1911, 58, t.c.)
CYCEL COURT APARTMENTS, Furby Street, for Charles Gerrie, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 16 Aug. 1911, 62)
ST. VITAL, MAN., Municipal Hall, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 23 Aug. 1911, 60; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 9 Sept. 1911, 18, illus.)
CARMAN APARTMENTS, Burrows Avenue at Salter Street, for H. Hirsh, 1911-13 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 2 May 1911, 11, illus.; Winnipeg b.p. 12, 7 Jan. 1913)
PASADENA APARTMENTS, Hugo Street North at McMillan Avenue, 1912 (Manitoba Free Press [ Winnipeg], 25 Jan. 1913, 13, illus.; Winnipeg, 1988-The Year Past, 1990, 35-6, illus.)