HORSEY, Henry Hodge (1830-1911)
(biography in preparation)
(biog. and port.in Jennifer McKendry, Architects Working in the Kingston Region 1820-1920, 2019, 66-67)
(works in Ottawa)
ELGIN STREET, commercial block for Lewis & Pinhey, 1861 (Ottawa Citizen, 23 Aug. 1861, 2, t.c.)
CARLETON COUNTY JAIL, Nicholas Street, 1861-62 (Ottawa Citizen, 26 July 1861, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Union, 19 Dec. 1861, 2; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 106, illus.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 74-5, illus. & descrip.)
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Elgin Street at Albert Street, 1862 (Ottawa Union, 12 June 1862, 2, illus. & descrip.)
QUEBEC BANK, Wellington Street, 1863-64 (Ottawa Union, 24 Oct. 1863, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Citizen, 28 June 1864, 2, descrip.)
CHRIST CHURCH (Anglican), Sparks Street, parsonage house, 1864 (Ottawa Union, 29 Dec. 1864, 2)
BESSERER STREET, at Chapel Street, residence for George E. Debarats, 1864 (Ottawa Union,, 29 Dec. 1864, 2)
VITTORIA STREET, near Bank Street, mansion for Allan Gilmour, 1864 (Ottawa Union, 29 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.)
SUSSEX STREET, commercial block for Peter A. Egleson & Son, 1864 (Ottawa Citizen, 12 Feb. 1864, 3, t.c.; Ottawa Union, 29 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.)
SUSSEX STREET, commercial block for James Warnock 'adjacent to Mr. Egleson's building', 1864 (Ottawa Union, 29 Dec. 1864, 2; Ottawa Citizen, 8 Nov. 1867, 3, descrip.)
SUSSEX STREET, near Boteler Street, commercial block for Hamilton Brothers, 1867 (Ottawa Citizen, 1 Nov. 1867, 3, descrip.)
RIDEAU STREET, at Charotte Street, residence for William Davis, 1867 (Ottawa Citizen, 8 Nov. 1867, 3)
RIDEAU STREET, at Sussex Street, stores for John Roberts and for Grant & Henderson, 1867; burned 1871 (Ottawa Citizen, 8 Nov. 1867, 3)
CARLETON STREET, at Boteler Street, store and residence for John Murray, 1867 (Ottawa Citizen, 8 Nov. 1867, 3)
(with Robert Surtees) SUSSEX STREET, commercial block for Benjamin Gordon, to be occupied by Birkett & Grant, 1871 (Ottawa Citizen, 15 Sept. 1871, 3, descrip.)
(works elsewhere)
KINGSTON, ONT., Crystal Palace Exhibition Hall, Bath Road at Palace Road, 1856-57; dismantled c. 1890 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 4 April 1857, 2; and Weekly British Whig [Kingston], 9 April 1857, 1; J. McKendry, 'Kingston's Lilliputian Crystal Palace' in Society for the Study of Architecture Bulletin, xvi, Sept. 1991, 72-8, illus.)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., St. Thomas Anglican Church, Church Street at Bridge Street, 1855-58 (Hastings Chronicle [Belleville], 19 Aug. 1857, 2, descrip.)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., residence for James Noseworthy, William Street, 1857 (Hastings Chronicle [Belleville], 19 Aug. 1857, 2)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., residence for Nathan Jones, Bridge Street at John Street, 1857 (Hastings Chronicle [Belleville], 19 Aug. 1857, 2, descrip.)
CAYUGA, ONT., Haldimand County Jail, prison yard and enclosure walls, 1861 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1862, No. 19, Report of the Board of Inspectors of Asylums and Prisons)
BROCKVILLE, ONT., Leeds County Jail, alterations and improvements, 1861 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1862, No. 19, Report of the Board of Inspectors of Asylums and Prisons)
KINGSTON, ONT., Primitive Methodist Church, Brock Street, near Barrie Street, 1862; converted into a Fire Hall in 1891 by William Newlands; demol. 1966 (Weekly British Whig [Kingston], 9 Jan. 1862, 2; inf. Jennifer McKendry, Kingston)
PERTH, ONT., Lanark County Court House, Jail, Jailor's House and enclosure walls, 1862 (Almonte Express, 18 April 1862, 3, t.c.)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Renfrew County Court House & Jail, 1862 (Ottawa Union, 19 Dec. 1861, 3, t.c.; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1862, No. 19, Report of the Board of Inspectors of Asylums and Prisons for 1861; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Cornerstones of Order, 1983, 197, illus.)
BARRIE, ONT., Simcoe County Jail, additions and alterations, 1862 (Globe [Toronto], 3 Oct. 1862, 2, t.c.; A.F. Hunter, A History of Simcoe County, 1909, 250-1)
PICTON, ONT., Prince Edward County Court House, new portico and interior alterations, with Jail, Jailer's Apartment, yard and enclosure walls, 1862-63 (Hastings Chronicle, 5 Nov. 1862, 3, t.c.; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Cornerstones of Order, 1983, 34-5, illus.)
BROCKVILLE, ONT., Town Hall, King Street at Market Square, 1862-63 (Brockville Recorder, 5 Nov. 1863, 2)
TAMWORTH, ONT., Christ Church (Anglican), 1864-65 (Canadian Churchman [Kingston], 5 April 1865, 2, descrip.)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., Grey County Jail, prison yard and enclosure walls, 1866 (Globe [Toronto], 22 March 1866, 3, t.c.)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Lincoln County Registry Office, 1867 (dwgs. at OA, Horwood Coll., 454)
WELLAND, ONT., Welland County Jail, extension, 1867 (Globe [Toronto], 17 July 1867, 1, t.c.)
STRATFORD, ONT., Perth County Jail, addition of the keeper's apartment, and the enclosure walls, 1867 (Globe [Toronto], 26 Oct. 1867, 3, t.c.)
NAPANEE, ONT., residence for an unnamed client, Graham Street at Robert Street, c. 1870 (Ontario Beaver [Napanee], 13 July 1872, 3, advert. & descrip.)
KINGSTON, ONT. Kingston Penitentiary, the Entrance Lodge, Warden's Residence outside the walls, boundary walls for the prison yard, and Solitary Prison Building within the walls, 1867-1870 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 11 Feb. 1867, 2, t.c.; and 14 May 1870, 2, descrip.; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1871, Report No. 60, Third Annual Report of the Directors of Penitentiaries, 31, descrip.; J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 46, illus. & descrip.)
HORSEY & SHEARD (with Matthew Sheard)
(works in Chicago, Illinois)
MICHIGAN AVENUE, at 23rd Street, a mansion for Mrs. Peck, costing $70,000, 1872 (Chicago Tribune, 9 June 1872, 5, detailed descrip.)
THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, La Salle Street at South Water Street, a 4 storey commercial block of six stores for Clarence Peck and Walter Peck, 1872 (Chicago Tribune, 9 June 1872, 5)
(works in Ottawa unless noted)
LA BANQUE NATIONALE, Wellington Street near Elgin Street, 1874 (Free Press [Ottawa], 3 Aug. 1874, 4, descrip.; Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 6 Dec. 1875, 4, descrip.)
OTTAWA CITY HALL, Elgin Street, 1874-75; burned 1931 (Times [Ottawa], 16 April 1874, 2, descrip.; Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 6 Dec. 1875, 4, descrip.; Free Press [Ottawa], 1 June 1877, 4, descrip.; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Cornerstones of Order, 1983, 225-6, illus.)
UNION HOUSE HOTEL, City Hall Square, Elgin Street, 1874-75 (Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 25 Jan. 1875, 3, descrip.)
RUSSELL HOUSE HOTEL, Sparks Street at Elgin Street, major addition, 1874-75 (Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 21 Jan. 1875, 2, descrip.; Free Press [Ottawa], 4 Feb. 1875, 4, descrip.)
NORTH WAKEFIELD, QUE., Methodist Church, Masham Township, 1874-75 (Christian Guardian [Toronto], 20 Jan. 1875, 22)
DOMINION METHODIST CHURCH, Metcalfe Street at Queen Street, 1875-76 (Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 8 March 1875, 1, descrip.; Free Press [Ottawa], 10 June 1875, 4, descrip.; 7 Oct. 1876, 4, descrip.)
PERTH, ONT., High School, 1875-76 (Perth Courier, 8 Oct. 1875, 2 & 3; 3 Dec. 1875, 3, descrip.)
CHAPEL STREET, at Daly Street, residence for J.H. Plummer, 1875 (Ottawa Citizen, 6 Dec. 1875, 4, descrip.; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 126, illus.)
METCALFE STREET, at Maria Street, residence for Amos Rowe, 1875 (Ottawa Citizen, 6 Dec. 1875, 4, descrip.)
WELLINGTON STREET, near Bay Street, mansion for William J. Perley, 1875 (Ottawa Citizen, 6 Dec. 1875, 4, descrip.)
MARIA STREET, residence for Alex Burritt, 1876 (Free Press [Ottawa], 21 Feb. 1876, 2, t.c.)
ALBERT STREET, at Richmond Street, villa for Mr. Anderson, 1876 (Free Press [Ottawa], 22 Aug. 1876, 2)
BUCKINGHAM, QUE., country house for James McLaren, 1877 (Free Press [Ottawa], 9 Oct. 1877, 4)
H.H. HORSEY
KINGSTON, ONT., major addition to Louise Public School, 1885 (Daily News [Kingston], 28 Aug. 1885, 1)
COMPETITIONS
SIMCOE, ONT., Norfolk County Court House, 1863. Mr. Horsey of Ottawa was one of 12 firms that submitted designs for this county Court House (Brant Expositor [Brantford], 5 June 1863, 2, report on the competition). His proposal was passed over in favour of the winning scheme by John Turner of Brantford.
CHICAGO, ILL., USA, The Singer Machine Co., State Street at Washington Street, headquarters and office block, 1872; demol. 1905. The Chicago architectural office of Horsey & Sheard was one of 12 architects who submitted a design in this important competition for a new home of Singer Sewing Machine Co, costing $400,000 (Chicago Tribune, 17 March 1872, 3, list of competitors). The submission by Horsey & Sheard was later passed over by the jury, and E.S. Jennison was awarded First Prize.
HAMILTON, ONT., Wentworth County Provincial Court House, 1876. In October 1876 it was announced that the Ottawa firm of Horsey & Sheard had received First Premium for their architectural drawings for a Court House in Hamilton (Daily News [Kingston], 10 Oct. 1876, 5), but the commission was later given to Charles W. Mulligan of Hamilton.