HORWOOD, Edgar Lewis (1868-1957), a successful architect in Ottawa, Ont. who maintained a private practise, and who served as Chief Architect for the Government of Canada. He worked in the following offices:
E.L. Horwood, Ottawa, 1895 to 1906
Horwood & Taylor, Ottawa, 1907-1910 (with L. Fennings Taylor)
Horwood, Taylor & Horwood, Ottawa, 1911-1914 (with L. Fennings Taylor, and his brother Allan W. Horwood)
E.L. Horwood, Chief Architect, Dept. of Public Works, 1915-1919
E.L. Horwood, Ottawa, 1920-1928
Horwood & Horwood, Ottawa, 1929-1930 (with his brother Allan W. Horwood)
E.L. Horwood, Ottawa, 1931-1940
(biography in preparation)
E.L. HORWOOD (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Ottawa unless noted)
WELLINGTON WARD SCHOOL (later called Glebe Public School), Mutchmor Street at Lyon Street, 1895 (C.R., vi, 16 May 1895, 2, t.c.; historical article in the Ottawa Journal, 3 Feb. 1945, 7; H. Cummings, City of Ottawa Public Schools, 1971, 61; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 98-9, illus. & descrip.)
BRITANNIA, WEST OTTAWA, extensive alterations and improvements to St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Main Street, Britannia, with addition of new tower and spire, 1895 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 18 May 1895, 1, descrip.)
BRITANNIA BAY BOAT CLUB, new club house, 1895 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 16 Sept. 1895, 6)
WELLINGTON, ONT., Trinity Methodist Church, 1896 (Christian Guardian, 8 April 1896, 235, descrip.)
PRESCOTT, ONT., Public School, major addition, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2)
ST. GEORGE'S WARD SCHOOL, Osgoode Street, 1897 (C.R., viii, 15 Feb. 1897, 3, t.c.; Ottawa Citizen, 22 Feb. 1897, 7, t.c.)
ST. LUKE'S GENERAL HOSPITAL, Elgin Street at Frank Street, 1897-98; Laundry Building 1910; West Wing, 1910 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 22 Sept. 1897, 1, illus. & descrip.; Evening Citizen [Ottawa], 29 June 1897, 8, descrip.; and 22 Sept. 1897, 5, descrip.; and 7 July 1898, 5, descrip.; C.R., xxiv, 23 Nov. 1910, 26; and 30 Nov. 1910, 24; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 24 July 1912, 1, illus.)
FIRST AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL, First Avenue at O'Connor Street, 1898; addition, 1907 (C.R., viii, 25 May 1898, 3; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 180, illus.)
HINTONBURG, Public School, 1898 (C.R., ix, 23 March 1898, 2)
OTTAWA CITY HALL, Elgin Street, addition and alterations, 1899; burned 1931 (C.R., x, 29 March 1899, 3)
ST. MATTHEW'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Lyon Street at Third Avenue, 1899 (C.R., x, 4 Oct. 1899, 3)
QUEEN VICTORIA COTTAGE HOSPITALS, a prototype for a small hospital building to be be built in towns and cities across Canada to serve small communities, as proposed by Lady Minto, 1901 (Halifax Herald, 3 May 1901, 5, descrip.)
HINTONBURG, Fire Hall, Seventh Avenue, 1901 (C.R., xii, 15 May 1901, 2; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 10 Sept. 1901, 6, illus. & descrip.)
LANARK, ONT., Zion Congregational Church, 1902, to replace the earlier church burned in August 1900 (Lanark Era, 26 Nov. 1902, 1, illus. & detailed descrip.)
CANADIAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Bay Street at Slater Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 18 June 1902, 3)
OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY, Metcalfe Street at Laurier Avenue, 1903-05 (Ottawa Journal, 7 March 1903, 7, descrip.; C.R., xiv, 11 March 1903, 3, descrip.; C.A.B., xx, May 1907, illus.)
BUCKINGHAM, QUE., additions to the Presbyterian Church, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 1 July 1903, 2)
ST. GEORGE'S HALL, Bank Street near Cooper Street, 1903-04 (C.R., xiv, 16 Dec. 1903, 2)
MANOTICK, ONT., Methodist Church, 1904 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 23 May 1903, 3, descrip.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 233, illus. & descrip.)
E.L. HORWOOD (Commercial and Industrial works in Ottawa unless noted)
COUSENS-DAVIDSON BUILDING, Bank Street, 1895 (C.R., vi, 15 Aug. 1895, 3)
BANK STREET, near Cooper Street, commercial block for Daniel O'Connor, 1896 (C.R., vii, 15 Oct. 1896, 1)
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., Sparks Street at Bank Street, office block, 1897-98; altered 1951 (Ottawa Citizen, 4 Jan. 1897, 7; and 29 April 1898, 5, descrip.; C.R., viii, 15 March 1897, 3; C.A.B., x, Nov. 1897, illus.; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 19 March 1897, 7, descrip.)
MASSEY-HARRIS CO. LTD. BUILDING, Sparks Street at Kent Street, 1897 (Ottawa Citizen, 20 July 1897, 7, descrip.; C.R., viii, 23 Sept. 1897, 2)
AYLMER, QUE, hotel on the Mylan property, 1898 (C.R., ix, 8 June 1898, 3)
OTTAWA CITIZEN BUILDING, Sparks Street, a 6 storey office tower, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 19 Nov. 1902, 3, descrip.; Spectator [Hamilton], 20 Nov. 1902, 8, illus. and detailed descrip.)
CORRY BLOCK, Rideau Street at Sussex Drive, for James A. Corry, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 12 Aug. 1903, 2)
TRAFALGAR BUILDING, Bank Street at Queen Street, for John C. Brennan, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 31 Jan. 1906, 6)
ALEXANDRA HOTEL, Bank Street at MacLaren Street, 1906; demol. 1979 (H. Kalman, Exploring Ottawa, 1983, 55)
E.L. HORWOOD (Residential works in Ottawa unless noted)
STEWART STREET, residence for John C. Shipman, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2-3)
CONCESSION STREET, pair of houses for Arthur P. Johnson, 1896 (C.R., 4 June 1896, 2-3)
SPARKS STREET, commercial block for Daniel O'Connor, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2)
GILMOUR STREET, pair of houses for Edwin L. Brittain, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2)
BAY STREET, residence for Charles O'Connor, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2)
MARIA STREET, residence for Andrew Holland, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2)
ELGIN STREET, at Cooper Street, row of five houses for Dr. A. Frankford Rogers, 1896 (C.R., vii, 15 Oct. 1896, 1)
HINTONBURG, residence for Andres Holland, Maria Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 15 Oct. 1896, 1)
LISGAR STREET, residence for Shirley Ogilvie, 1897 (C.R., viii, 15 April 1897, 2)
MacLAREN STREET, two houses for William T. Mason, 1897 (C.R., viii, 2 Sept. 1897, 2)
DALY STREET, near Cumberland Street, office and residence for Dr. Robert Kennedy, 1898 (C.R., ix, 25 May 1898, 3)
METCALFE STREET, near Gilmour Street, residence for the architect, 1898 (C.R., ix, 25 May 1898, 3)
WESTBORO, residence for Frederick A. Heney, 1898 (C.R., ix, 25 May 1898, 3)
DALY AVENUE, overlooking the Rideau River, residence for James Gibson, 1899 (Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 25 Feb. 1899, 3)
HORWOOD & TAYLOR (works in Ottawa unless noted)
MASONIC TEMPLE, Bank Street at Wellington Street, 1907 (C.R., xvii, 13 Feb. 1907, 4)
KEMPTVILLE, ONT., a new Parish Hall for St. James Memorial Church, to be called Leslie Memorial Hall, North Main Street, 1907 (Weekly Advance [Kemptville], 28 March 1907, 1, and 3 Oct. 1907, 1, descrip.; Kemptville Telegram, 28 March 1907, 1, descrip.)
OTTAWA COLLEGIATE, Lisgar Street near Elgin Street, addition of West Wing, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 3 July 1907, 1; Lisgar Collegiate Centenary 1843-1943, 11)
WELLINGTON STREET, a block of offices and apartments "...between the Victoria Chambers and the Union Bank", for Sir Sandford Fleming, 1909 (Ottawa Journal, 27 Aug. 1909, 9, descrip.)
WESTMINSTER APARTMENTS, Metcalfe Street at Laurier Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 25 Aug. 1909, 21)
HULL, QUE., clubhouse for the Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Aylmer Road, 1908-10 (Ottawa Citizen, 24 June 1908, 1, illus.; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 11 Dec. 1909, 1; C.R., xxiv, 23 Feb. 1910, 23; Const., vi, May 1913, 181-82, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
HORWOOD, TAYLOR & HORWOOD (works in Ottawa unless noted)
COOPER STREET, apartment house for J. Arthur Seybold, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 15 March 1911, 55)
O'CONNOR STREET, near Albert Street, commercial block for Donald Fraser, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 5 April 1911, 57)
HINTONBURG, Salvation Army Orphan's Home, Wellington Street West near Rosemount Avenue, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 28 Feb. 1912, 64)
CARP, ONT., Methodist Church, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 13 March 1912, 66, t.c.)
ST. LUKE'S GENERAL HOSPITAL, Elgin Street at Gladstone Avenue, major addition, 1912 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 24 July 1912, 1, illus. & descrip.)
FLORENCE STREET, near Bank Street, apartment block for Donald Fraser, 1912 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 17 Oct. 1912, 2)
PERLEY HOME FOR INCURABLES, Aylmer Avenue at Barton Street, 1914-15 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 12 July 1915, 9, descrip.)
E.L. HORWOOD - Buildings for the Dept. of Public Works in Canada
(inf. extracted from Canada, Sessional Papers, 1915 to 1919. Drawings for virtually all post office and armoury buildings designed by Horwood and his staff during his tenure as Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works are now held at the National Archives of Canada at Ottawa. Note that buildings designed before October 1914 but completed by Horwood during his tenure are listed in the entry for David Ewart.
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I., addition to the Post Office, 1915
HAMPTON, N.B., Post Office, 1914-15
CHESTER, N.S., Post Office, 1915 (dwg. at National Archives of Canada, Picture Coll. C 111256)
ALMONTE, ONT., addition to the Post Office, 1914-15
BURFORD, ONT., Post Office, King Street near Maple Avenue North, 1914-15; still standing in 2022
FORT FRANCES, ONT., Post Office, 1916
KINGSTON, ONT., Royal Military College, riding school, Barriefield Road, 1916
MILVERTON, ONT., Post Office, 1914-15
OTTAWA, ONT., Central Experimental Farm, Cereal and Agrostology Building, 1915-16; Apicultural Building, 1915
OTTAWA, ONT., Royal Canadian Mint, Sussex Drive, addition to metal refinery, 1916
PALMERSTON, ONT., Post Office, William Street at Bell Street, 1915
SHAWVILLE, QUE., Post Office, 1915-16
CALGARY, ALTA., Armory & Drill Hall, Mewata Park, 11th Street S.W., 1915-17 (Calgary Herald, 17 April 1915, 1, illus. & descrip.; and 19 April 1915, 6, descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and residence, West Saanich Road, 1915-16 (Building News [London], cviii, 30 June 1915, 744-45, illus. & descrip.; Donald Luxton & Jennifer Barr, Saanich Heritage Structures, 2008, 140-41, illus. & descrip.)
BRANDON, MAN., Experimental Farm, a utility building, 1917; two large barns, 1917 (Brandon b.p. 2640, 26 Sept. 1917; and b.p. 2461 and b.p 2462, 26 Sept. 1917)
E.L HORWOOD (works on Ontario)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Renfrew Street, 1925 (Pembroke Standard, 25 June 1925, 1)
HORWOOD & HORWOOD (works in Ontario & Quebec)
HULL, QUE., Standish Hall Hotel, Main Street at Montcalm Street, 1929 (Canadian Hotel Review, vii, Sept. 1929, 28)
HULL, QUE., a large mansion for Lt. Col. R. Gordon Stewart, Aylmer Road at Mountain Road, 1930 (Ottawa Journal, 15 Feb. 1930, 3, descrip.)
HINTONBURG, department store for Isadore L. Arron, Wellington Street at Pinhey Street, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 7 May 1930, 70)
HULL, QUE., new clubhouse for the Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Aylmer Road, 1930 (Const., xxiii, Dec. 1930, 408)
E.L. HORWOOD (works in Ottawa)
CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM, Carling Avenue, a large Archives & Records Storage Building, for the federal government, designed 1935; built 1937 (Ottawa Journal, 18 June 1935, 7; and 12 August 1935, 1; C.R., vol. 50, 31 March 1937, 29)
COMPETITIONS
OTTAWA EAST, Town Hall, 1895. Several sets of plans were sent in by architects from Ottawa and Toronto, including those by Edgar L. Horwood (Contract Record [Toronto], vi, 14 Feb. 1895, 2). The proposal by H.F. Ballantyne was later declared as the winner.
HULL, QUE., City Hall, 1901. E.L. Horwood was one of seven architects who submitted designs for this public building (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 16 May 1901, 9). The competition was later won by Charles Brodeur of Hull, Que.
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental & Justice Buildings, 1907. The firm of Horwood & Taylor were one of 30 firms from across Canada who prepared drawings for this major competition (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 4 Sept. 1907, 1, list of entrants). The juror Edmund Burke ranked their scheme in 20th place. The winners were E. & W.S. Maxwell of Montreal, but their design was never built.
OTTAWA, ONT. A. Rosenthal & Sons Building, Sparks Street, 1910. The firm of Horwood & Taylor were one of several local architects who sent in plans for this new retail department store, and they received the Second Prize for their design (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 29 March 1910, 12). The commission was awarded to Weeks & Keefer.
RENFREW, ONT., Civic War Memorial, 1919. The firm of Horwood, Taylor & Horwood were one of four Ottawa architectural firms who submitted a design for this stone Cenotaph (Ottawa Journal, 31 May 1919, 9). The winner was Millson & Burgess, Architects.