Ellis, James Augustus | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

ELLIS, James Augustus (1856-1935), a remarkably prolific architect from Toronto, Ont. and an acknowledged expert in the design of educational buildings. He was active in the following firms

James A. Ellis, Meaford, Ont. 1886
James A. Ellis, Port Arthur, Ont. 1887-89
Forster & Ellis, Port Arthur, Ont. 1887-89 (with J.C. Forster of Owen Sound)
James A. Ellis, Toronto Junction, West Toronto, 1890 – May 1897
Simpson & Ellis, Toronto, June 1897 to. October 1898 (with Henry Simpson)
James A. Ellis, Toronto Junction, Nov. 1898 to 1906
Ellis & Connery, Toronto, 1906 to 1914 (with William Connery)
Ellis & Ellis, Toronto 1915 to 1927 (with C. Howard Ellis)

His works can be found throughout southern and central Ontario, as well as at the Lakehead in northern Ontario and as far west as Alberta and Saskatchewan. Ellis was born in St. Vincent Township, Grey County, near Meaford, Ont. on 2 March 1856 and in his early life he served an apprenticeship in the building trades. He worked briefly for the Law Co. furniture factory, and later served as manager at the James Cleland Furniture Co. in Meaford. Ellis may have received his early training as an architect in the office of Julian Forster, another local architect whose office was located in Owen Sound, situated just 17 miles to the west; both Ellis and Forster were to later form a partnership in 1887, but their collaboration was short-lived (see list of works under Forster & Ellis).

Ellis moved to northern Ontario in 1887 and opened an office in Port Arthur where he became one of the first professional architects to practise in that region, and he was successful in obtaining at least ten major commissions for commercial blocks and hotels in that town. In early 1890 he moved to West Toronto Junction, a suburban village of Toronto, and successfully developed a list of local clientele for institutional, residential, ecclesiastical, industrial and commercial projects. In June 1897 he formed another partnership, this time with Henry Simpson, but it too was a brief one, and their business was dissolved in October 1898 (see list of works under Simpson & Ellis).

By 1900, he had completed more than 30 projects in the Toronto Junction and Weston neighbourhoods of West Toronto. He favoured the Romanesque Revival style in his early work, best seen in his bold design for Humberside Collegiate (1893). From late 1898 to 1906 Ellis worked under his own name, then he and William Connery of Toronto formed a new partnership which remained active for the next six years until 1914. By 1910 however, Ellis had fully embraced the Beaux-Arts style, employing a formal symmetry evident in virtually all of his designs for school buildings in Ontario and western Canada. Carefully composed, the elevational treatment of these educational landmarks was highlighted by elaborate stone porticos and entrances which were inspired by classical precedent, best seen in his designs for the High School in Oshawa (1909), and for Parkhill Public School in Calgary (1912).

In 1915 Ellis invited his son C. Howard Ellis to form yet another partnership, called Ellis & Ellis, Architects, but the untimely death of his son at an early age in February 1922 forced James Ellis to continue to practise alone until 1927, even though he retained the original name of their firm. J.A. Ellis retired during the following year (Construction [Toronto], xxi, March 1928, 108). Ellis died at Parry Sound, Ont. on 27 June 1935 and was later buried at Meaford, Ont. (obituary The Globe [Toronto], 29 June 1935, 12; The Express [Meaford], 1 July 1935; obit. Engineering & Contract Record [Toronto], xlix, 10 July 1935, 578; biog. & photographic portrait in G. Mercer Adam, Toronto Old & New, 1891, 205; inf. Diane Fancher, West Toronto Junction Historical Society; inf. John Court, Toronto; inf. Frank Dougherty, Meaford; inf. Peter Skrepichuk, Port Arthur).

James A. ELLIS (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Toronto unless noted)

MEAFORD, ONT., major additions to Methodist Church, 1886 (Christian Guardian, 9 June 1886, 3, descrip.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Disciples Church, Annette Street at Keele Street, 1890 (C.R., i, 12 April 1890, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, school at Swansea for the West Toronto Junction School Board, Windermere Avenue, 1890 (C.R., i, 19 July 1890, 3, t.c.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, St. Clair Public School, St. Clair Avenue West at Britannia Avenue, c. 1891; demol. (list of works in the Daily Tribune [Toronto Junction], 2 Jan. 1892)
CAMPBELLVILLE, ONT., St. David's Presbyterian Church, 1891 (C.R., ii, 28 Feb. 1891, 1, t.c.; St. David's Church 50th Anniversary 1891-1941, illus.)
WESTON, Mount Dennis Public School, 1891; addition 1908 by Ellis & Connery; addition 1919 by Ellis & Ellis (C.R., ii, 12 Sept. 1891, 2; and xxii, 1 July 1908, 27; Const., xii, July 1919, 202, illus.)
WESTON, Public School, King Street at George Street, 1892; demol. c. 1956 (Weston Times, 17 March 1892, 3; and 31 March 1892, 2, t.c.; Globe [Toronto], 2 April 1892, 17, t.c.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, High School (later called Humberside Collegiate), Quebec Avenue at Humberside Avenue, 1893; major additions, 1907 (C.R., iv, 4 May 1893, 2; and xviii, 20 Nov. 1907, 19; Architecture & Building (New York), xxi, 18 Aug. 1894, 79 and plate illus.)
WOODBRIDGE, ONT., Public School, 1894 (Weston Times, 27 Sept. 1894, 2)
ST. GEORGE, ONT., Public School, Beverly Street, 1893 (Saturday Globe, 29 April 1893, 2, illus.)
SMITHS FALLS, ONT., Elgin Ward Public School, Chambers Street, 1893-94 ; addition, 1901 (C.R., iv, 14 Dec. 1893, 1; and xii, 27 March 1901, 2; Rideau Record [Smiths Falls], 20 Dec. 1894, 6, illus. & descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., Public School, 1895 (C.R., vi, 2 May 1895, 2, t.c.; Daily Leader [Regina], 16 Jan. 1896, 8, and payment of fees to James A. Ellis, architect)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., major addition to the Public School, 1895 (C.R., vi, 18 July 1895, 2)
MAPLE, ONT., St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Keele Street, north of Railway Street, 1895; still standing in 2024 (Canadian Churchman, 26 Dec. 1895, 804)
PORT HOPE, ONT., High School, Pine Street North at Bedford Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 23 April 1896, 2)
ACTON, ONT., Methodist Church, exterior alterations and interior improvements, 1897 (Acton Free Press, 29 April 1897, 3, descrip.; 1 July 1897, 3, descrip.)
EAST TORONTO, Public School, Mary Street [now Kimberly Avenue], near Gerrard Street East, designed in 1897 by Ellis; completed by Simpson & Ellis, 1898; addition 1906 by Ellis & Connery (C.R., viii, 8 July 1897, 3; Globe [Toronto], 29 Jan. 1898, 17; inf. Barbara Myrvold, Toronto Public Library)
MOOSOMIN, SASK, Public School, 1899 (C.R., x, 3 May 1899, 2)
PRINCE ALBERT, SASK., Public School, 1899 (C.R., x, 3 May 1899, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Davenport Road Methodist Church, Davenport Road at Perth Avenue, enlargement and remodelling, 1899-1900 (C.R., x, 29 Nov. 1899, 3)
EDMONTON, ALTA., King Edward Public School, in Strathcona, South Edmonton, on Block 95, facing Grandin Street, 1900, but incorrectly credited to " J.J. Allis [sic], architect of Toronto", and similar to his design for the public school in Regina built in 1895 (Edmonton Bulletin, 23 April 1900, 5, descrip.)
WELLAND, ONT., Town Hall, Main Street South at Division Street, 1900 (C.R., xi, 13 June 1900, 2, t.c.)
WELLAND, ONT., Central Public School, Division Street, 1900; addition, 1909 by Ellis & Connery (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 16 June 1900, 2; C.R., x, 30 Aug. 1899, 2; xxiii, and 30 June 1909, 23; Tribune [Welland], 4 Jan. 1901, 3, descrip.; People's Press [Welland], 19 June 1900, illus. & descrip.)
SCARBOROUGH, School for Section No. 2, 1901 (C.R., xii, 13 Feb. 1901, 1)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Ward Three School, Humberside Avenue at Indian Road, 1901; demol. (C.R., xii, 20 March 1901, 2)
PINCHER CREEK, ALTA., Public School, 1901 (C.R., xii, 8 May 1901, 2)
OSHAWA, ONT., addition to Centre Street School, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 6 Aug. 1902, 2)
BOLTON, ONT., Public School, 1905 (C.R., xv, 22 March 1905, 2, t.c.)
COLLINGWOOD, ONT., Collegiate Institute, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 14 Feb. 1906, 2)

James A. ELLIS (Commercial & Industrial works in Toronto unless noted)

PORT ARTHUR, ONT., The Commercial Hotel, Cumberland Street West opposite Lorne Street, 1887 (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 14 Oct. 1887, 3, descrip.)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., McGillis & Bawlf Blocks, Cumberland Street at Lincoln Street, 1887 (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 4 Nov. 1887, 2, descrip.)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., The Ottawa Hotel, Cumberland Street, "on the site of the old Ottawa House", 1887 (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 4 Nov. 1887, 2, descrip.)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT. Flaherty Block, Cumberland Street at Park Street, 1887 (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 4 Nov. 1887, 2, descrip.)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., McCutcheon & Peterson Block, Cumberland Street between Park Street and Lorne Street, , for S.J. McCutcheon and G. Peterson, 1887 (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 4 Nov. 1887, 2, descrip.)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., Cordingly Block, Cumberland Street at Lorne Street, 1887; burned 1893 and rebuilt in 1900-01 by J.A. Ellis as the Emmerson Block (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 24 Nov. 1887, 3, list of works)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., McGovern Block, Cumberland Street, 1887; demol. (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 24 Nov. 1887, 3, list of works)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., Merrill Hotel, aslo called The Algoma Hotel, Cumberland Street, 1887; demol. (Daily Sentinel [Port Arthur], 24 Nov. 1887, 3, list of works)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., Mitchell Block, Cumberland Street, 1889 (inf. Peter Skrepichuk, Port Arthur)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Strachan Shoe Co., Vermilyea Street near Glen Scarlett Road, factory, 1890 (C.R., i, 13 Sept. 1890, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Vermilyea Corset Co., Vermilyea Street, factory, 1890 (C.R., i 13 Sept. 1890, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Kilburn Hall, Dundas Street West at Heintzman Street, 1891 (C.R., ii, 27 June 1891, 1)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Gurd-Brandon Manufacturing Co., Shaw Street, factory, 1891 (C.R., 1 Aug. 1891, 1, t.c.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Heydon House, St. Clair Avenue West at Old Weston Road, a hotel for Alexander J. Heydon, 1891 (C.R., ii, 12 Sept. 1891, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Peacock Hotel, Dundas St. West at Annette Street, c. 1891; demol. (list of works in the Daily Tribune [Toronto Junction], 2 Jan. 1892)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Carleton Hotel, for William O. Brown, Weston Road near St. Clair Avenue West, c. 1891 (list of works in the Daily Tribune [Toronto Junction], 2 Jan. 1892)
SCHRIEBER, ONT., Carlton Hotel, 1893 (C.R., iv, 16 March 1893, 1)
JACK FISH BAY, ONT., a hotel overlooking Lake Superior, 1897 (C.R., viii, 15 April 1897, 3)
TORONTO JUNCTION, H.A. Lozier & Co., Keele Street, major addition to factory, 1898 (C.R., ix, 28 Sept. 1898, 3)
TORONTO JUNCTION, factory for William G. Harris, William Street, 1898 (C.R., 28 Sept. 1898, 3; Toronto b.p. 114, 2 Nov. 1898)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., conversion of the Howard Block into a hotel, with additions, 1899 (C.R., x, 29 March 1899, 2)
SMITHS FALLS, ONT., Frost & Wood Co., Water Street at Market Street, additions to factory, 1899; office block, 1901 (C.R., x, 24 May 1899, 2; xii, 27 March 1901, 2)
SMITHS FALLS, ONT., Hotel Rideau, for Charles O'Reilly, Beckwith Street at William Street, 1901 (Rideau Record [Smiths Falls], 9 May 1901, 9, t.c.; 16 Jan. 1902, 9, illus. & descrip.)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., J.T. Emmerson Block, Cumberland Street at Lorne Street, 1901 (Daily Times-Journal [Fort William], 13 July 1901, 1, descrip.)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., Canadian Heating & Ventilating Co., Third Avenue East, factory, 1903 (Owen Sound Times, 12 Feb. 1903, 3; C.R., xiv, 13 May 1903, 2)
TORONTO, ONT., Conboy Carriage Co., Don Roadway near Queen Street East, factory, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 18 May 1905, 901)
TORONTO, ONT., Fairbanks-Morse Canada Mfr. Co., Bloor Street West near Lansdowne Avenue, factory, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1051, 7 June 1905)

James A. ELLIS (Residential works in Toronto unless noted)

TORONTO JUNCTION, for Thomas J.L. Peake, Lakeview Avenue at Evelyn Crescent, 1890, demol. (C.R., i, 12 April 1890, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for John Turner, Keele Street near Dundas Street West, 1890; demol. (C.R., i, 12 April 1890, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for Edward Pim, Bloor Street West at Quebec Avenue, 1890 (C.R., i, 12 April 1890, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for Daniel W. Clendennan, High Park Avenue, 1890 (C.R., i, 3 May 1890, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, three houses for Mr. Farquhar, Clendennan Avenue, 1890 (C.R., i, 3 May 1890, 2)
SHELBURNE, ONT., 'Belle Aire', a mansion for Dr. Thomas Norton, 1890 (C.R., i, 12 July 1890, 3, t.c.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for James T. Jackson, High Park Avenue, 1890 (C.R., i, 13 Sept. 1890, 1, t.c.)
TORONTON JUNCTION, for George Gurd, Lakeview Avenue at Glendonwynne Road, 1892; demol. (list of works in the Daily Tribune [Toronto Junction], 2 Jan. 1892)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for John D. Farquhar, Lakeview Avenue, 1892 (C.R., iii, 28 May 1892, 2)
LANSDOWNE AVENUE, south of Bloor Street West, row of eight houses for J.W. Butchart, 1892 (Toronto b.p. 906, 14 July 1892)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., for J.L. Meikle, Dawson Road at High Street, 1892 (C.R., iii, 19 Nov. 1892, 1)
WESTON, 'Maplehurst', for Dr. William J. Charlton, John Street at North Station Street, (Weston Times, 7 Sept. 1893, 3; C.A.B., vii, Oct. 1894, illus.)
WESTON, for Mrs. Ellerby Farr, Weston Road, 1894 (C.R., v, 12 April 1894, 2)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., for W.J. Hasking, South Water Street, 1894 (C.R., v, 19 April 1894, 1)
WESTON, for Mrs. Eliza McNally, John Street near North Station Street, 1894 (C.A.B., vii, Oct. 1894, illus.)
ACTON, ONT., "Moorecroft", a large residence for H.P. Moore, Church Street at Frederick Street, 1895-96 (C.R., vi, 26 Sept. 1895, 2; C.A.B., ix, Feb. 1896, illus.; Acton Free Press, 18 Feb. 1897, 3, extensive descrip.)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., residence and office for Dr. J.H. McGarry, Clifton Avenue, 1896 (C.R., vi, 23 Jan. 1896, 2)
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT., for T.H. Elliott, East Street, 1896 (C.R., vi, 23 Jan. 1896, 2)
SMITHS FALLS, ONT., for Francis T. Frost, Queen Street at Chambers Street, 1896 (Rideau Record [Smiths Falls], 26 March 1896, 9; C.A.B., ix, March 1896, illus.)
WESTON, for David Rowntree, Weston Road, 1896 (C.R., vii, 2 April 1896, 2)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., reconstruction of residence for W.O. Doran, River Front, 1896 (C.R., vii, 30 April 1896, 3)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., pair of houses for Hamilton H. Robertson, Jepson Streeet, 1896 (C.R., vii, 25 June 1896, 1)
KING STREET WEST, near Brant Street, for Daniel Conboy, 1897 (C.R., viii, 20 May 1897, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for William Wilson, High Park Avenue, 1898 (C.R., ix, 5 Oct. 1898, 2-3)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., for W.F. Langworthy, 1898 (C.R., ix, 5 Oct. 1898, 2-3)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., for A.T. Simpson, River Road, 1898 (C.R., ix, 23 Nov. 1898, 3)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., for W.H. Whalen, 1899 (C.R., x, 19 April 1899, 3)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., for C.H. Keefer, Algoma Street, 1899 (C.R., x, 19 April 1899, 3)
JARVIS STREET, at Gerrard Street East, additions to 'Avonmore', for Edward Trout, 1899 (C.R., x, 19 April 1899, 4)
SPADINA AVENUE, at Wilcox Street, for Dr. Arthur J. Husband, 1899 (C.R., x, 19 April 1899, 4)
DUPONT STREET, near St. George Street, pair of houses for J.I. Scott, 1899 (Toronto b.p. 35, 3 May 1899)
DOVERCOURT ROAD, near College Street, two houses for Robert Hunter and W. Mausell, 1900 (Toronto b.p. 106, 30 July 1900)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for David Kennedy, Kennedy Avenue at Colbeck Street, 1901 (C.R., xii, 13 Feb. 1901, 1)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., for William Henry, Charlotte Street, 1901 (C.R., xii, 24 April 1901, 2)
FORT WILLIAM, ONT., for A. McDougall, 1901 (C.R., xii, 24 April 1901, 2)
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT., for G.M. Hunter, East Street, 1901 (C.R., xii, 24 April 1901, 2)
BATHURST STREET, near Ulster Street, two pairs of houses for Mrs. M.A. Marshall, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 16 April 1902, 6)
NEWMARKET, ONT., for L.G. Jackson, Editor of the Newmarket Era newspaper, Church Street, 1902 (Newmarket Era, 25 April 1902, 3; C.R., xiii, 30 April 1902, 2)
ALBANY AVENUE, for William J. Hodgson, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 483, 8 Oct. 1902)
SUSSEX APARTMENTS, Sussex Street at Huron Street, 1903 (C.R., xiii, 28 Jan. 1903, 3)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., for Charles A. Kelly, Brock Street, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 6 May 1903, 2)
CRAWFORD STREET, two pairs of houses for M.A. Marshall, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 1604, 28 Aug. 1903)
BATHURST STREET, at Wells Street, for Dr. Thomas J. Page, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 1630, 2 Sept. 1903)
ST. CLAREN'S AVENUE, near College Street, for John F. Hass, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 1411, 22 Oct. 1904)
TORONTO JUNCTION, for Robert L. McCormack, Annette Street at Laws Street, 1906; demol. (C.R., xvii, 28 March 1906, 2)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., for E.J. Harrison, Terrace Street, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 28 March 1906, 2)

ELLIS & CONNERY (works in Toronto unless noted)

CRESCENT ROAD, near Scarth Road, residence for Henry Horsman, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3764, 8 May 1906; Const., iii, July 1910, 87-8, illus.)
BALMY BEACH PUBLIC SCHOOL, Pine Avenue, 1906; demol. c. 1970 (C.R., xvii, 13 June 1906, 1)
BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, King Street West at Dufferin Street, 1906; still standing in 2023 (Toronto b.p. 4672, 19 July 1906; Const., i, May 1908, 28-32, illus.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Dominion Carriage Co., Kingsley Avenue, factory, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 19 Sept. 1906, 5)
PALMERSTON AVENUE, residence for Lambert B. Forsyth, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 31 Oct. 1906, 2)
PALMERSTON AVENUE, residence for Hibberd H. Hudson, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 31 Oct. 1906, 2)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Bank of British North America, Dundas Street at Keele Street, 1907 (C.R., xvii, 6 Feb. 1907, 6; Toronto Daily Star, 12 March 1907, 5, t.c.)
SCHOMBERG, ONT., Public Market Hall, 1907 (C.R., xvii, 6 Feb. 1907, 6)
RUSHOLME ROAD, near Hepbourne Street, two houses for Thomas Hanna and John Nelson, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 6337, 8 Feb. 1907)
(with J.C. Stinson) FORT WILLIAM, ONT., McKellar Hospital, John Street at Arthur Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 27 March 1907, 6)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Fire Hall, Keele Street at Dundas Street West, 1907; demol. (C.R., xviii, 27 March 1907, 6)
TORONTO JUNCTION, residence for Dr. Richard R. Hopkins, Pacific Avenue at Annette Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 27 March 1907, 6)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Campbell Milling Co., Cawthra Avenue, warehouse, 1907; mill buildings, 1912 (C.R., xviii, 27 March 1907, 6; Toronto b.p. 37631, 20 Sept. 1912)
PARIS, ONT., Paris Plow Co., additions to factory, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 24 April 1907, 4)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., a new public school, "...on the grounds of the Central School", 1907 (Vancouver Daily World, 7 May 1907, 10)
TORONTO JUNCTION, major additions to the High Park Sanatarium, Gothic Avenue at Quebec Avenue, 1907 (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 65)
TORONTO JUNCTION, residence for Edward F. Henderson, Keele Street South near Humberside Avenue, 1907 (Const., i, Nov. 1907, 72)
TORONTO JUNCTION, residence for Charles M. Hall, Quebec Avenue near Annette Street, 1907 (Const., i, Jan. 1908, 46, illus.)
PARKDALE LAWN BOWLING CLUB, clubhouse, 1908 (Const., i, May 1908, 65)
LOUISA STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, Louisa Street at Elizabeth Street, 1908; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 27 May 1908, 3)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Strathcona Public School, Runnymede Road at St. John's Road, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 3 June 1908, 27)
MEAFORD, ONT., Town Hall, Nelson Street East at Sykes Street North, 1908; still standing in 2023 (inf. from Frank Dougherty, Meaford; Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, 80 for 80: Celebrating 80 Years of the A.C.O., 2013, 90-91, illus. & descrip.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Carnegie Library, Annette Street at Medland Avenue, 1908-09; still standing in 2023 (Const., ii, Sept. 1909, 62-4, illus.; Barbara Myrvold, The Most Attractive Resort in Town - Public Library Service in West Toronto Junction 1888-2009, pub. 2009, 33-40, illus. & descriip.)
GORE'S LANDING, ONT., on Rice Lake, St. George's Anglican Church, Church Hill Road near Kelly Road, 1908-09; still standing in 2023 (Canadian Churchman, 8 July 1909, 428-9, descrip.)
MIMICO, residence for Forbes Godfrey, Albert Avenue at Stanley Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxii, 30 Dec. 1908, 27)
MANHATTAN APARTMENTS, Church Street at Charles Street, 1909 (C.R., xxii, 30 Dec. 1908, 27)
TRENTON, ONT., Dufferin Street Public School, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 10 Feb. 1909, 24; Trenton Courier, 8 Dec. 1910, 2, illus. & descrip.)
MEAFORD, ONT., residence for George Carnahan, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 24 March 1909, 21)
OSHAWA, ONT., High School, Simcoe Street North, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 12 May 1909, 41, t.c.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, residence for Dr. L.G. Smith, Annette Street at Medland Street, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 16051, 24 June 1909)
AMERICAN LAUNDRY MACHINE CO., Sterling Road near Dundas Street West, factory, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 16632, 29 July 1909)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Masonic Temple, Annette Street near Medland Street, 1909; still standing in 2023 (Toronto b.p. 16701, 4 Aug. 1909)
ETOBICOKE, New Toronto Public School, Fifth Street at Birmingham Street, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 25 Aug. 1909, 21)
MILTON, ONT., Public School, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 2 Feb. 1910, 22)
WESTWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, St. Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 19169, 7 March 1910)
LINDSAY, ONT., Central Senior Public School, Kent Street at Albert Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 4 May 1910, 28)
CHESNUT PARK ROAD, residence for George Fensom, 1910 (Const., iii, July 1910, 89, 91, illus.)
HUMBERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, Humberside Avenue at Indian Road, 1910-11; demol. 2004 (Toronto b.p. 24400, 14 Nov. 1910; Toronto Star, 19 June 2004, A26)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Queen Victoria Public School, Pine Street, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 7 June 1911, 59; Daily Standard [Kingston], 5 Aug. 1911, 2)
ODDFELLOWS HALL, for the Manchester Unity Lodge, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 14 June 1911, 59)
PORT HOPE, ONT., Hockey Rink for Trinity College Boys School, Ward Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 5 July 1911, 59, t.c.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, residence for William R. Sheppard, Laws Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 16 Aug. 1911, 61, t.c.)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Knesseth Israel Jewish Synagogue, Maria Street at Shipman Street, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 30084, 31 Aug. 1911)
PORT HOPE, ONT., Central Public School, Pine Street North at North Street, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 58)
BEAUFORT APARTMENTS, Davenport Road near Dupont Street, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33419, 20 April 1912)
FRAZEE CARTAGE & STORAGE, College Street near Augusta Avenue, warehouse, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 34290, 23 May 1912)
CALGARY, ALTA., Parkhill Public School, 2nd Street S.W., 1912 (dwgs. at Board of Education Archives, Calgary)
OSHAWA, ONT., King Street Public School, 1912-13 (OA, Minutes of the Oshawa Board of Education, 13 June 1912, 593)
EMRINGHAM HOTEL, Danforth Avenue at Dawes Road, 1913; demol. c. 1990 (Toronto b.p. 6828, 15 Sept. 1913)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Queen Mary Public School, Isabel Street, 1913-14 (inf. from Belleville Public Library)
DUNDAS STREET WEST, at Dufferin Street, commercial block with apartments for S. Adler and S. Ziscont, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 11097, 2 May 1914)

ELLIS & ELLIS (works in Toronto unless noted)

OSHAWA, ONT., Simcoe Street South Public School, 1915-16 (OA, Minutes of the Oshawa Board of Education, 16 April 1915, 97)
MATHEWS BROTHERS, Dundas Street West at Sterling Road, factory, 1916 (Const., ix, Nov. 1916, 395)
TIMMINS, ONT., Central Public School, Pine Street at Algonquin Boulevard East, 1916 (Porcupine Advance [Timmins], 31 May 1916, 1; Const., ix, Sept. 1916, 314)
TWEED, ONT., High School, 1916 (Const., ix, Sept. 1916, 314)
SUDBURY, ONT., Stafford Block, occupied by The Twin Stores, Durham Street at Larch Street, 1916 (Sudbury Star, 28 April 1916, 2, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxx, 21 June 1916, 617, illus. & descrip.)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Chidren's Aid Society, Dundas Street East, 1916 (C.R., xxx, 28 June 1916, 639, illus. & descrip.)
LAMBTON MILLS PUBLIC SCHOOL, Bernice Crescent near Scarlett Road, 1916-17 (C.R., xxx, 28 June 1916, 639, illus. & descrip.; Const., xi, July 1918, 225-6, illus. & descrip.)
BRIGHTON, ONT., High School, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 17 Jan. 1917, 60, 66, illus. & descrip.; Const., x, July 1917, 238-9, illus. & descrip.)
BARRIE, ONT., Barrie Collegiate Institute, Dunlop Street West at High Street, 1917-18 (C.R., xxxi, 31 Oct. 1917, 36, t.c.; Northern Advance [Barrie], 27 Dec. 1917, 5, illus. & descrip.; Const., xii, July 1919, 198-201, illus.)
ETOBICOKE, "Valleyview", a residence for Benjamin Johnston Jr., Burnamthorpe Road at Mattice Road, c. 1918 (Toronto Star, 29 Oct. 2018, GT3, illus. & descrip.; inf. Etobicoke Historical Society)
WILKINSON PUBLIC SCHOOL, Donlands Avenue at Fielding Avenue, major addition, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 17 June 1919, 12; C.R., xxxiii, 4 July 1919, 45)
PORT HOPE, ONT., addition to the Hospital, Ward Street, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 13 April 1921, 59, t.c.)
CHAPLEAU, ONT., Public School, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 5 April 1922, 57)
MIMICO, in West Toronto, residence for A.L. Moyer, Lakeshore Boulvard West near Royal York Road, 1922-23 (C.R., xxxvi, 8 Nov. 1922, 52)
NORTH YORK, Public School at Lansing for S.S. No. 4, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 2 May 1923, 57)
(with Franklin E. Belfry) RIVERVIEW DRIVE, residence for Edmund B. Titus, 1924-25 (inf. from Toronto Historical Board)
(with Franklin E. Belfry) HUNTSVILLE, ONT., Town Hall, Main Street, 1926 (C.R., xl, 24 March 1926, 53)
PARK LAWN CEMETERY, Bloor Street West at Prince Edward Drive, mausoleum building, 1927 (C.R., xli, 29 June 1927, 53)

COMPETITIONS

OWEN SOUND, ONT., major addition of 8 classrooms for Public School, 1908. The Toronto firm of Ellis & Connoly (sic), actually Ellis & Connery, were one of three firms who prepared plans for the extension (Own Sound Times, 30 April 1908, 4). The winners were Forster & Clark of Owen Sound.
WELLAND, ONT., Ward Five Public School, 1913. The Toronto office of Elllis & Connery was one of 16 firms from Ontario who submitted plans in this competition (Welland Tribune, 11 Dec. 1913, Section Two, p. 1, list of competitors). Their proposal was set aside and A.E. Nicholson of St. Catharines was selected as the winner.
KITCHENER, ONT., The firm of Ellis & Ellis was one of 4 designers who were asked to submit plans for the new Collegiate Institute & Technical School at Kitchener in 1919 (News Record [Kitchener], 23 Dec. 1919, 6). The winner was Stephen B. Coon & Son of Toronto, and his design was later built in 1922-23.
TORONTO, ONT., John Ross Robertson Public School, Glengrove Avenue, 1919. The firm of Ellis & Ellis were one of 21 architects who submitted designs in this competition for new school buildings for the Toronto Board of Education. Their design, presented in Italian Renaissance style, employed the same formal symmetry used in all of their earlier educational commissions, and was published in the journal Construction [Toronto], xii, July 1919, 213-14, 216, illus. & descrip. Their submission was passed over and David R. Franklin was declared as the winner.