ELLIS, Arthur (1863-1940)
(biography in preparation)
(biog., port, and list of works in Jennifer McKendry, Architects Working in the Kingston Region 1820-1920, 2019, 41-42)
KINGSTON
(with J.B. Reid) YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Princess Street at Barrie Street, 1891 (C.A.B., iv, Aug. 1891, illus.; Globe [Toronto], 7 Nov. 1891, 3, illus.; dwgs. at NAC, Power Coll.)
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Division Street near York Street, new brick facing and alterations, 1892; demol. (C.R., iii, 13 Feb. 1892, 2, t.c.)
BAPTIST MISSION CHURCH, Union Street at Collingwood Street, 1892 (J. McKendry, Woodwork in Historic Buildings of the Kingston Region, 2018, 105, illus. & descrip.)
WILLIAM STREET, near King Street, residence for James F. Lesslie, 1893 (C.R., iv, 9 March 1893, 2)
WELLINGTON STREET, at Johnson Street, new surgery and alterations to residence for Dr. Isaac Wood, 1893 (C.R., iv, 15 June 1893, 2)
BAGOT STREET WEST, near Brock Street, additions to two houses for Edwin Chown, 1894 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 27 Jan. 1894, 1, t.c.)
QUEEN STREET, near Clergy Street, additions and alterations to two houses for John M. Sherlock, 1894 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 10 March 1894, 1)
UNION STREET EAST, residence for Thomas Hewitt, 1894 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 20 March 1894, 1; C.R., v, 22 March 1894, 1)
YONGE STREET, residence for James A. Craig, 1894 (C.R., v, 26 April 1894, 2)
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, School of Mining, 1894; with additions, 1900 (C.R., v, 5 July 1894, 1; xi, 23 May 1900, 3; Daily British Whig [Kingston], 4 June 1900, 1, t.c.)
UNION STREET WEST, near Division Street, residence for Edward Crumley, 1894 (C.R., v, 13 Sept. 1894, 2)
UNIVERSITY AVENUE, near Clergy Street, residence for Oliver Chown, 1895 (C.R., vi, 25 April 1895, 2, t.c.; J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 74, illus. & descrip.)
KING STREET WEST, additions to 'Edgehill', the residence of Joseph Fortesque, 1895 (C.R., vi, 22 Aug. 1895, 2)
FRONTENAC PUBLIC SCHOOL, Cowdy Street at Adelaide Street, 1896; new entrance and portico, 1900 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 24 Jan 1896, 1; and 1 June 1900, 8; C.R., vi, 30 Jan. 1896, 2; E.E. Horsey, Kingston's Common or Public Schools, 1934, 61)
PRINCESS STREET, remodelling of stone commercial building for William Pipe, 1896 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 1896 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 20 May 1896, 1, t.c.)
UNION STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, major additions, 1896 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 20 May 1896, 1, t.c.)
UNIVERSITY AVENUE, near Union Street, residence for Anthony Malone, 1896 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2, t.c.)
CLERGY STREET, major addition to residence for John Mitchell, 1897 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 2 June 1897, 2)
BARRIE STREET, residence for Prof. James A. Cappon, 1897 (C.R., viii, 3 June 1897, 3)
JOHNSON STREET, near Sydenham Street, additions to residence for John McKay Jr., 1897 (C.R., viii, 12 Aug. 1897, 3)
GORE STREET, near Wellington Street, additions and alterations to residence for James S. Johnston, 1898 (C.R., ix, 23 March 1898, 2, t.c.)
A.F. CHOWN HARDWARE CO., Bagot Street, additions & alterations to store and warehouse, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 July 1899, 2, t.c.)
T.F. HARRISON FURNITURE STORE, Princess Street, remodelling of retail store adjacent, for Miss Gildersleeve, to be used as a carpet store by T.F. Harrison Co., 1900 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 27 Feb. 1900, 1, t.c.; and 22 March 1900, 8)
CRUMLEY BROTHERS LTD., Princess Street, additions, alterations and remodelling a store owned by J. Hiscock, 1900 (C.R., xi, 28 Feb. 1900, 3; Daily British Whig [Kingston], 12 March 1900, 1, t.c.; 14 March 1900, 5)
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, new entrance and portico., 1900 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 1 June 1900, 8)
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, Old Medical Building, addition of a third floor above existing building, with major interior alterations, 1900-01 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 10 May 1900, 2; and 25 Jan. 1901, 5; C.R., xi, 30 Jan. 1901, 2)
ODD FELLOWS HALL, Princess Street at Sydenham Street, alterations to existing building for a new Hall, 1900 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 16 May 1900, 1, t.c.)
BETHEL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Johnson Street at Barrie Street, addition of a new vestry and domed loft for the choir, 1900 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 1 June 1900, 8, descrip.)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Johnson Street, enlargement of old church, and new Parsonage, 1900 (C.R., xi, 21 Nov. 1900, 2)
UNION STREET, near Albert Street, residence for Prof. John Marshall, 1901 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 17 Jan. 1901, 2; C.R., xi, 23 Jan. 1901, 2)
GEORGE ROBERTSON & SON, Ontario Street at Johnson Street, remodelling of warehouse and offices, 1900-01 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 28 March 1901, 1, t.c.; and 23 June 1900, 1, t.c.; C.R., xii, 3 April 1901, 2)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Johnson Street at Sydenham Street, Sunday School Hall 1904; new church & main building 1913-14; burned 1966; later rebuilt (Daily Standard [Kingston], 15 Feb. 1913, 4, t.c.; and 2 June 1913, 2, descrip.; Daily British Whig [Kingston], 2 June 1913, 9)
WILLIAM STREET, near Clergy Street, residence for Thomas F. Harrison, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 24 May 1905, 10; J. McKendry, Modern Architecture in Kingston, 2014, 19, illus. & descrip.)
UNIVERSITY AVENUE, residence for Arthur Ellis, architect, 1908 (J. McKendry, Modern Architecture in Kingston, 2014, 18, illus. & descrip.)
BROCK STREET, at Albert Street, at the north-west corner, residence for William S. Gordon Jr., 1910 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 11 April 1910, 3, t.c.; Daily Standard [Kingston], 18 April 1910, 8, descrip.)
PUBLIC SCHOOL, Division Street at Upper Colborne Street, 1910-11 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 23 Dec. 1910, 2)
PUBLIC SCHOOL, with 8 classrooms, 1911 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 10 June 1911, 4, t.c.)
W.J. MOORE & SON., Wellington Street, auto garage, 1911 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 12 Jan. 1911, 5, t.c.)
BARRIE STREET, residence for John Nicolle, 1913 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 24 March 1913, 4, t.c.)
ELSEWHERE
CATARAQUI, ONT., residence for Thomas F. Van Luven, 1892 (C.R., iii, 12 March 1892, 2)
CATARAQUI, ONT., parsonage for the Methodist Church, Sydenham Road near West Place, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 July 1892, 2)
GANANOQUE, ONT., commercial block for the Merchant's Bank and hall for the Mechanics Institute, King Street, 1895 (C.R., vi, 14 March 1895, 2)
NAPANEE, ONT., residence for D.J. Hogan, Thomas Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 7 May 1896, 2; Daily British Whig [Kingston], 20 May 1896, 1, t.c.)
WESTPORT, ONT., Knox Presbyterian Church, Concession Street at George Street, 1896; still standing in 2022, but bell tower removed c. 1930 (C.R., vii, 21 May 1896, 4)
BROCKVILLE, ONT., Public School, 1896 (C.R., vii, 11 June 1896, 3)
SEELEY'S BAY, ONT., residence for Dr. J.R. Gardiner, 1897 (C.R., viii, 11 March 1897, 1; Daily British Whig [Kingston], 20 Oct. 1898, 3, lawsuit by architect)
LYN, ONT., residence for G.C. Cummings, 1897 (C.R., viii, 22 April 1897, 4)
PORTSMOUTH, ONT., enlargement of the Public School, 1897 (C.R., viii, 20 May 1897, 2)
MALLORYTOWN, ONT., a brick store and office, for an unnamed client, 1899 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 8 Feb. 1899, 1)
LYN, ONT., a new manse for the Presbyterian Church, Perth Street opposite Bay Street, 1900 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 16 June 1900, 1, t.c.; and 17 Jan. 1901, 2)
THOUSAND ISLANDS, coach house and stables at "The Maples", the summer residence of Sir Richard Cartwright, 3 miles east of Kingston, on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, 1900 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 18 Oct. 1900, 3; C.R., xi, 17 Oct. 1900, 2)
BATH, ONT., new tower and interior alterations for the Methodist Church, Academy Street at Second Street, 1901; still standing in 2022 (History of Bath United Church, 1974, 5)
WOLFE ISLAND, summer residence for Arthur Ellis, Architect, located on the hill "....just west of the Hitchcock house", 1909 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 28 June 1909, 5)
BATH, ONT., a new Public School with 4 classrooms, 1910 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 26 March 1910, 4, t.c.)
SMITHS FALLS, ONT., office and warehouse for Robertson, Nicolle & Co., Herbert Street at Elizabeth Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 20 April 1910, 25, t.c.)
NAPANEE, ONT., Skating Arena, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 6 March 1912, 65-6)
COMPETITIONS
KINGSTON, ONT., Victoria Public School, Union Street at Frontenac Street, 1892. Ellis was one of 4 local architects who submitted plans and a fee proposal for this commission, but he only obtained 1 vote from the Board of Education committee. William Newlands received 9 votes, and he was awarded the contract (Kingston Daily News, 8 April 1892, 4)