CLEMESHA, Frederick Chapman (1876-1958)
(biography in preparation)
F.C. CLEMESHA (works in Regina unless noted)
WILLOUGHBY-DUNCAN BLOCK, Scarth Street, 1909 (Morning Leader [Regina], 12 June 1909, 3, illus. & descrip.)
REGINA BOAT CLUB, a new clubhouse on Lake Wascana, 1910; destroyed in June 1912 during the Regina tornado; rebuilt by Clemesha & Portnall, 1912 (Regina Leader, 8 April 1910, 5; Stefan Riches, Moving Forward - Looking Back: Saskatchewan Rowing in the 20th Century, 2000, 12-13, illus.; inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina)
SCARTH STREET, near 14th Avenue, residence for Charles W.C. Westaway, 1909 (Morning Leader [Regina], 21 May 1910, 6, illus.)
HAMILTON STREET, at 13th Avenue, residence for John C. Secord, 1909 (Morning Leader [Regina], 21 May 1910, 6, illus.)
ANGUS CRESCENT, residence for George Simpson, 1908 (Morning Leader [Regina], 21 May 1910, 6, illus.)
16TH AVENUE, near Rose Street, residence for George R. Dowswell, 1909 (Morning Leader [Regina], 21 May 1910, 6, illus.)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., St. John's Anglican Church, High Street East at 10th Avenue, 1910 (Moose Jaw Semi-Weekly Times, 29 April 1910, 1, illus. & descrip.)
CLEMESHA & COLTMAN (works in Regina unless noted)
ALBERT STREET, near McCallum Avenue, residence for Walter H.A. Hill, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 12 May 1911, 14, descrip.; Const., viii, Jan. 1915, 23, illus. & descrip.)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Athabasca Street East, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 14 May 1911, 59; and 25 Oct. 1911, 46-47, illus. & descrip.; Moose Jaw Evening Times, 8 June 1911, 1, descrip.; and 14 June 1911, illus.)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA., St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 1911, but this design was later rejected as too costly, and the commission awarded to James C. Teague (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 59, t.c.)
OGEMA, SASK., Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1911 (dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
SWIFT CURRENT, SASK., Presbyterian Church, 1912 (dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.). These drawings may have been prepared for a competition submission, since they bear no resemblance to the actual Knox Presbyterian Church in Swift Current, designed by the Brandon architect Thomas Sinclair and built in 1912.
ALBERT STREET, near 20th Avenue, residence for Edgar D. McCallum, 1912 (Const., viii, Jan. 1915, 23-5, illus. & descrip.)
CLEMESHA & PORTNALL (works in Regina unless noted)
REGINA, SASK., a new clubhouse for the Regina Boat Club, on Lake Wascana, 1912 (Regina Leader, 9 July 1912, 6, descrip.; and 27 Sept. 1912, 6; Stefan Riches, Moving Forward - Looking Back: Saskatchewan Rowing in the 20th Century, 2000, illus.; inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina)
DAVIDSON, SASK., All Saint's Anglican Church, 1913 (M. Hryniuk & F. Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship - Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 240, illus.)
WAWOTA, SASK., St. Mary's Anglican Church, 1913 (M. Hryniuk & F. Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship - Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 19, illus.)
SASKATCHEWAN BEACH, SASK., St. Mary's Anglican Church, 1913 (M. Hryniuk & F. Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship - Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 19)
LAKEVIEW AVENUE, residence for an unidentified client, 1913 (Early Domestic Architecture in Regina, 1982, 10, illus.)
METHODIST CHURCH, 14th Avenue, 1913 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iii, Aug. 1913, 26, illus.; C.R., xxvii, 26 Nov. 1913, 67)
GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH, Winnipeg Street near 14th Avenue, designed 1913; built 1921 (Morning Leader [Regina], 18 April 1914, 15; and 26 Aug. 1921, 8, descrip.; dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
REGINA, SASK., City Police Station, Osler Street, 1913-14 (Morning Leader [Regina], 18 April 1914, 15, descrip.)
ALBERT STREET, at 21st Avenue, large residence and stable in Lakeview for R. Harry Read, 1914; altered c. 1980; all still standing in 2023 (Morning Leader [Regina], 1 May 1914, 17, t.c.; inf. Frank Korvemaker)
ANGUS CRESCENT, near Retallack Street, residence for Edwin Sneath, 1914; later occupied by Tommy Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan; still standing in 2023 (Parks Canada, Canada's Historic Places, Designation Statement 21 July 1997)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., Anglican Church, parish hall and rectory, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 20 May 1914, 77; dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
TOMPKINS, SASK. St. Andrew's Anglican Church, Second Street near Wilmot Avenue, 1914; still standing in 2023 (Swift Current Sun, 26 June 1914, 1)
16th AVENUE, residence for Lorence V. Kerr, 1914 (Const., viii, Jan. 1915, 26, 28, illus. & descrip.)
FINDLATER, SASK., public school, 1920 (dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
ITUNA, SASK., public school, 1920 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 29 June 1920, 13, t.c.)
ANGUS CRESCENT, near College Avenue, residence for Frederick Bagshaw, 1920; still standing in 2021 (City of Regina, Municipal Heritage Property Register)
CENTRAL FIRE HALL, 11th Avenue at Osler Street, 1921, a conversion of the former City Market Building built in 1908 by Storey & Van Egmond (Sask. Assoc. of Architects, Historic Architecture of Saskatchewan, 1986, 67, illus.; dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.; inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina)
McCALLUM AVENUE, residence for Frederick G. England, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 6 April 1921, 62)
ADMIRAL, SASK., public school, 1921 (dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
REGINA BEACH, SASK., public school, 1921 (dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
RAYMORE, SASK., public school, 1923 (dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
REGINA GOLF CLUB, new clubhouse, located south of the RCMP Barracks, 1923 (The Leader [Regina], 5 April 1923, 12, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
F.C. CLEMESHA (works in California and elsewhere)
BONITA, CALIF., chapel at Glen Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita Road, Lomacita, San Diego County, built as "....an exact replica of Lord Tennyson's Chapel at Somersby, England", 1925 (Susan Raby-Dunne, The Brooding Soldier and its Creator: Frederick Chapman Clemesha, 2018, 119)
HONOLULU, HAWAII, Y.M.C.A Building, c. 1925 (Susan Raby-Dunne, The Brooding Soldier and its Creator: Frederick Chapman Clemesha, 2018, 119)
SAN DIEGO, CALIF., residence for George Simpson, Crane Street near Golden Avenue, in Lemon Grove, 1926 (inf. Historic American Building Survey, CA 436, Report dated January 2014; inf. Don Black, Regina; inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina)
SAN DIEGO, CALIF., large residence for Harold Lee, Troy Lane near Palm Street, 1928, and house later moved in July 2002 to the present site at Civic Centre Park, Olive Street, in Lemon Grove (inf. Lemon Grove Historical Society)
COMPETITIONS
REGINA, SASK., Civic Hospital, 14th Avenue, 1908. Eight different architects from the United States and Canada submitted a design for this major institutional project (Leader [Regina], 12 May 1908, 8, report on the competition). The proposal by Clemesha was passed over in favour of the scheme by Storey & Van Egmond.
REGINA, SASK., Public Library, 1911. Clemesha was awarded Second Premium for his design (Morning Leader [Regina], 1 April 1911, 22). The winners were Storey & Van Egmond of Regina.
WINNIPEG, MAN., Legislative Buildings, 1912. Sixty seven designs were submitted in this international competition and Clemesha & Portnall placed among the five finalists. Their refined Edwardian design was a mature and sophisticated scheme (Const., v, Nov. 1912, 78, illus.; M. Baker, Symbol in Stone: Manitoba's Third Legislative Building, 1986, 36-7, illus.). The winner was Frank Simon of Liverpool, Engl.
VANCOUVER, B.C., University of British Columbia Campus, 1912. Clemesha & Portnall were one of twenty Canadian firms to submit plans, but their scheme was not premiated (inf. Univ. of British Columbia Archives). First Prize was awarded to Sharp & Thompson of Vancouver
WINNIPEG, MAN., City Hall, 1913. A striking design for a suitably monumental Edwardian building was submitted by Clemesha & Portnall and was declared the winner, but the scheme was never realized (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 4 March 1913, 11, illus. & descrip.; Winnipeg Tribune, 3 March 1913, 1 & 11, illus. & descrip.; 8 March 1913, 5, illus.; Const., vi, April 1913, 147-50, illus. & descrip.; Building News [London], civ, 11 April 1913, 503-06, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at SAB, Portnall Coll.)
REGINA, SASK., City Police Station, Osler Street, 1913. Clemesha & Portnall won the competition for this civic building over 5 other architects, but indications that '....a number of changes will have to be made' to the plans was an omen that their design was too expensive and would not be realised (Morning Leader [Regina], 5 June 1913, 11, descrip.; and 6 June 1913, 3, illus.; and 18 April 1914, 15, descrip.; Canadian Municipal Journal [Montreal], ix, Dec. 1913, 494, illus. & descrip.; Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iv, Oct. 1914, 22-4,illus. & descrip.)
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental Buildings, Wellington Street, 1914. More than sixty architects from across North America entered this major competition, but Clemesha & Portnall were not among the six finalists (NAC, RG11, Vol. 2952, File 5370, 1B). The federal government cancelled the project due to WWI, and none of the projects was ever built.
REGINA, SASK., Public Comfort Station & Street Railway Waiting Room, adjacent to Regina City Hall, 1921. Designs were submitted by Clemesha & Portnall and 4 other local architects for this commission (Morning Leader [Regina], 28 Oct. 1921, 10). The winners were Storey & Van Egmond.
FRANCE, Canadian Battlefields Memorial, 1921. Clemesha's proposal for a monument to mark several sites where Canadians died in France and Belgium during WW1 was selected as the winner from one hundred and sixty sets of drawings submitted (Const., xiv, June 1921, 161, illus.; Nov. 1921, 335, illus. & descrip.). Only one monument was built to his design, at St. Julien in Belgium (Architects' Journal [London], lviii, 12 Sept. 1923, 382-3, illus. & descrip.; Nanaimo Free Press, 22 July 1929, 3, descrip.; Daily Nugget [North Bay], 29 July 1929, 2, descrip.).