FAIRWEATHER, George Ernest (1850-1920)
(biography in preparation)
G. Ernest FAIRWEATHER (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Saint John, N.B.)
MECHANICS INSTITUTE, Carlton Street, addition of Lecture Hall, stairs and entrances, 1881; demol. (Daily Sun [Saint John], 15 Jan. 1881, 3, descrip.; Saint John Globe, 14 May 1881, 1, descrip.)
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION HALL, Sydney Street, 1882-83; demol. (Daily Evening News [Saint John], 16 Oct. 1882, 3, descrip.; and 26 Oct. 1882, 3, descrip.; and 25 July 1883, 2, t.c.; dwgs. at PANB, Mott Coll. 302)
CENTENNIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, Brussels Street, 1883-84 (Daily Evening News [Saint John], 15 May 1883, 3; Saint John Globe, 23 Feb. 1884, 2, descrip.; dwgs. at PANB, Mott Coll. 288)
ST. JOHN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Main Street at Carmarthen Street, 1884-87; spire removed c. 1910 (Saint John Globe, 16 April 1884, 2; and 7 July 1884, 1, descrip.; Daily Sun [Saint John], 22 Aug. 1887, 3, descrip.)
SAINT JOHN CITY RAILWAY CO, Main Street, Portland, office, depot and stables, 1887; power station, 1890 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 17 Oct. 1887, 3, descrip.; Saint John Globe, 12 July 1890, 3, t.c.)
PRESCOTT OPERA HOUSE, Charlotte Stret opposite the Dufferin Hotel, 1888 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 30 Oct. 1888, 3, descrip.)
SAILOR'S HOME, St. James Street, 1889-90 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 7 Feb. 1890, 3, descrip.)
RODNEY WHARF, a fountain for the Carleton Band of Mercy, 1890 (Saint John Globe, 14 July 1890, 2)
HOLY TRINITY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Rockland Road at Moore Street, 1890 (Saint John Globe, 25 July 1890, 2, descrip.)
AMATEUR ATHLETIC GROUNDS, Ladies Pavilion, 1891 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 21 April 1891, 2, t.c.)
ST. JUDE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen Street at Lancaster Road, 1895, to replace the church burned in February 1893 (Daily Telegraph [Saint John], 11 July 1895; C.R., vi, 25 July 1895, 2, t.c.)
HIGH SCHOOL, Union Street, 1896; demol. (Report of the Board of School Trustees of Saint John, 1896, 9-10, illus.; C.A.B., xii, Feb. 1899, 43, descrip. and plans)
KINGS COUNTY ALMS HOUSE, near Norton Station, 1898 (C.R., ix, 1 June 1898, 2)
KENNEBECASIS BAY, near Riverside, club house, 1899 (C.R., x, 1 March 1899, 2)
ST. PATRICK'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, Westmoreland Road, 1900 (C.R., xi, 18 July 1900, 4)
ST. VINCENT'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL, Cliff Street at Waterloo Street, for the Sisters of Charity, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 9 July 1902, 8)
CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Hazen Avenue, a commission won in a competition against 17 other architects from the United States and Canada, 1902-03 (Daily Telegraph [Saint John], 22 July 1902, 8, descrip.; C.R., xiv, 20 May 1903, 2, t.c.; Evening Mail [Halifax], 31 July 1903, 7, descrip.; G. Hughes, Music of the Eye, 1991, 110-14, illus.; dwg. at the Saint John Regional Library)
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Hazen Avenue, 1907-08 (C.R., xviii, 10 April 1907, 6, t.c.)
SEAMAN'S INSTITUTE, Prince William Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 11 Sept. 1907, 2, t.c.)
ST. LUKE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Main Street, a rectory for the minister, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 60)
FERNHILL CEMETERY, Westmorland Road, mortuary chapel and Receiving Tomb, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 16 Aug. 1911, 61)
G. Ernest FAIRWEATHER (Commercial & Industrial works in Saint John, N.B.)
DUFFERIN HOTEL, King Square at Charlotte Street, major addition for C.M. Bostwick, 1881 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 5 Aug. 1881, 3, descrip.)
PRINCE WILLIAM STREET, commercial block for H.D. Troop, 1883 (Daily Evening News [Saint John], 20 Oct. 1883, 3)
REVERE HOUSE HOTEL, King Street, additional storey and alterations, 1887 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 7 Sept. 1887, 3)
WARING, WHITE & CO., Charlotte Street, foundry, machine shop, pattern shop, casting warehouse and engine room, 1891 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 9 June 1891, 3; C.R., ii, 4 July 1891, 2, t.c.)
ROYAL HOTEL, King Street, major addition, 1895 (C.R., vi, 8 Aug. 1895, 2)
MANCHESTER, ROBERTSON & ALLISON, King Street, retail store, 1895; industrial plant, Prince William Street, 1911 (C.R., vi, 24 Oct. 1895, 2; and xxv, 17 May 1911, 61-2)
WATER STREET, warehouse for W.H. Thorne, 1896 (C.R., vii, 20 Aug. 1896, 2)
COBURG STREET, medical office for Dr. Murray MacLaren, located beside his house, 1897 (C.R., viii, 18 March 1897, 2, t.c.)
CHARLOTTE STREET, addition to retail store for Samuel C. Porter, 1899 (C.R., x, 10 May 1899, 2)
T.S. SIMMS & CO., Union Street, factory, 1902 (Saint John Globe, 22 Feb. 1902, 6, illus. & descrip.)
T. McAVITY & SONS, Water Street, warehouse, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 17 Sept. 1902, 2, t.c.)
RED ROSE TEA CO., Mill Street, a 5 storey brick warehouse for Theodore H. Estabrooks, opposite Rankines Biscuit factory, 1902-03 (Toronto Daily Star, 8 Dec. 1902, 2, detailed descrip,; C.R., xiii, 10 Dec. 1902, 2; Berlin News Record (Kitchener), 20 Dec. 1902, 1, descrip.; Canadian Champion [Milton], 25 Dec. 1902, 3, descrip.)
DRURY LANE, warehouse for John O'Regan, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 30 Sept. 1903, 2, t.c.)
CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO., Prince William Street, reconstruction of a commercial block, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 4 Nov. 1903, 2, t.c.)
ROYAL HOTEL, King Street, addition for Raymond & Doherty, 1905 (C.R., xv, 1 Feb. 1905, 2, t.c.)
SAINT JOHN GLOBE, Prince William Street, office block, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 30 Aug. 1905, 6)
JOHN A. PUGSLEY & CO., Prince William Street, auto garage, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 24 Feb. 1909, 22, t.c.)
G. Ernest FAIRWEATHER (Residential works in Saint John, N.B.)
HORSFIELD STREET, row of houses for William Breeze near Mr. Gard's building, 1881 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 2 Aug. 1881, 3, descrip.)
GERMAIN STREET, at Duke Street, two houses for S.S. De Forest and Thomas A. Vaughan, 1881 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 26 Aug. 1881, 3, descrip.)
QUEEN SQUARE, residence for William Tyson 'on the south side of the Square', 1882 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 11 May 1882, 3)
GERMAIN STREET, residence for S.P. Osgood, 1882 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 11 May 1882, 3)
MECKLENBURG STREET, glass conservatory and stable for the residence of William H. Thorne, 1895 (C.R., vi, 11 April 1895, 1, t.c.)
DUKE STREET, near Germain Street, four flats for Edward Bates, 1895 (Saint John Globe, 18 April 1895, 2, descrip.)
QUEEN SQUARE, residence for John H. McRobbie, 1898 (C.R., ix, 15 June 1898, 4)
MAIN STREET, near Kennedy Street, residence for Robert B. Travis, 1899 (dwgs. at New Brunswick Public Archives; inf. Carrie Stevenson, Saint John)
QUEEN STREET, residence for Mrs. Ada L. Holman, 1900 (C.R., xi, 5 Dec. 1900, 3)
MOUNT PLEASANT AVENUE, 'Cedar Cliff', residence for Theodore H. Estabrooks, 1906-07 (Const., iv, Nov. 1911, 126, illus. in advert.)
CARLETON STREET, at Coburg Street, residence for Francis P. Starr, 1910, and later renamed "Beaverbrook House" (J. Leroux, Building a University: The Architecture of the Univ. of New Brunswick, 2010, 102, illus.)
G. Ernest FAIRWEATHER (works elsewhere in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)
HAMPTON, N.B., spire for the Anglican Church, 1875 (Daily News [Saint John], 14 Aug. 1875, 3)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Mount Allison Male Academy Building, 1882 (New Brunswick Reporter [Fredericton], 12 April 1882, 2, descrip.; Daily Sun [Saint John], 11 May 1882, 3; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, Vision in Wood & Stone: The Architecture of Mount Allison University, 2016, 39-41, illus. & descrip.)
MONCTON, N.B., St. John's Presbyterian Church, Alma Street at Victoria Street, 1882-84; burned Jan. 1894, and rebuilt by Fairweather in 1894 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 24 April 1882, 3, t.c.; Daily Transcript [Moncton], 28 June 1884, 3, descrip.; Daily Times [Moncton], 22 Jan. 1894, 1, illus. and history of the church)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Mount Allison Ladies College, Centennial Memorial Hall, 1883-84; burned March 1933 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 6 June 1883, 2, descrip.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, Vision in Wood & Stone: The Architecture of Mount Allison University, 2016, 41-45, illus. & descrip.)
SUSSEX, N.B., rebuilding of Victoria Hall, 1883 (Daily Evening News [Saint John], 10 Sept. 1883, 3)
MONCTON, N.B., Market House & Town Hall, Main Street, 1884; burned 1914 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 5 Jan. 1884, 5; Daily Times [Moncton], 28 June 1884, 3, t.c.)
ST. ANDREW'S, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, King Street at Parr Street, 1885-86 (Bay Pilot [St. Andrew's], 9 Dec.1886, 2, descrip.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 91, illus.)
HALIFAX, N.S., First Baptist Church, Spring Garden Road at Queen Street, a commission won in a competition, 1886-87 (Morning Herald [Halifax], 8 Feb. 1886, 4, detailed descrip.; and 11 April 1887, 3, descrip.; Nova Scotian [Halifax], 16 April 1887, 4, descrip.)
SPRINGFIELD, N.B., Methodist Church at White's Corners, 1887 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 18 July 1887, 1, descrip.)
SHEDIAC, N.B., Roman Catholic Convent, 1887 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 26 Aug. 1887, 3, descrip.)
MONCTON, N.B., First Baptist Church, major additions and alterations, 1887; burned 1913 (E. Carroll, Years fof Pilgrimage-150 Years of First Baptist Church, Moncton, 1978, 35-7, descrip.)
ST. STEPHEN, N.B., Windsor Hotel, Water Street, c. 1888 (Progress [Saint John], 7 Sept. 1889, 14; L. Maitland, Queen Anne Revival Style in Canadian Architecture, 1990, 189, illus.)
ST. STEPHEN, N.B., major addition to Presbyterian Church, 1888 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 10 April 1888, 2, t.c.)
GREAT VILLAGE, N.S., residence for Mr. Blaikee, 1888 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 14 June 1888, 3)
ST. STEPHEN, N.B., Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, 1888 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 14 June 1888, 3)
MONCTON, N.B., St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church, Botsford Street, 1888-91 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 18 Aug. 1888, 4, descrip.; Daily Times [Moncton], 17 Aug. 1888, 3, descrip.; and 31 Oct. 1891, 2, descrip.)
CHATHAM, N.B., alterations to the Anglican Church, 1890 (dwgs. at PANB, MC 113)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Conservatory of Music at Mount Allison Ladies' College, 1890 (Daily Sun [Saint John], 21 Feb. 1890, 3, descrip.; Reporter & Fredericton Advertiser, 25 June 1890, 4, descrip.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, Vision in Wood & Stone: The Architecture of Mount Allison University, 2016, 46-48, illus. & descrip.)
CHATHAM, N.B., Town Hall, Water Street, 1897; demol. (C.R., viii, 15 April 1897, 2, t.c.)
MONCTON, N.B., remodelling of Central Methodist Church, St. George Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 4 May 1898, 2)
SUSSEX, N.B., dairy school, 1898; agricultural college, 1914 (C.R., ix, 7 Sept. 1898, 2, t.c.; xxviii, 1 July 1914, 73)
FREDERICTON, N.B., University of New Brunswick, Engineering Building, 1900; Gymnasium, 1906 (C.R., xi, 16 May 1900, 2, t.c.; New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly Reports of New Brunswick, 1906; J. Leroux, Building a University: The Architecture of the Univ. of New Brunswick, 2010, 32-6, illus.)
HAMPTON, N.B., Consolidated School, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 16 Aug. 1905, 2)
FREDERICTON, N.B., a large residence for William Crockett, Church Street near George Street, 1906 (inf. Carrie Stevenson, Saint John, N.B.)
FREDERICTON, N.B., additions and alterations to Bottreaux House for Bishop John A. Richardson, 1907; additions for Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, Church Street,1907 (Const., i, Nov. 1907, 72; dwgs. at PANB, MC 113)
FREDERICTON, N.B., Normal School, Queen Street, major addition, c. 1912 (New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly Reports of New Brunswick, 1914)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., school, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Feb. 1911, 33, t.c.)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., Lewis Fisher Memorial Library, Main Street at Chapel Street, 1913-14 (C.R., xxvii, 22 Oct. 1913, 69; G.F. Clarke, Fiftieth Anniversary of the L.P. Fisher Memorial Library, 1964, 18)
FREDERICTON, N.B., Smythe Street School, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 18 Feb. 1914, 73)
FREDERICTON, N.B., Charlotte Street Public School, major addition, 1917, a two storey addition to building originally designed in 1884 by Dumaresq & Mott (C.R., xxxi, 28 Feb. 1917, 41; inf. Scott Edwards)