COBB, Andrew Randall (1876-1943)
(biography in preparation)
An illustrated biography and list of works by Cobb was published in 1990 by the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in an exhibit catalogue entitled Rich in Interest and Charm: The Architecture of Andrew Randall Cobb 1876-1943 by Dr. Jean Weir. A new illustrated monograph on the architect entitled Andrew Cobb: Architect and Artist, by Janet Katz was published in 2014. In addition, an extensive collection of architectural drawings prepared by A.R. Cobb between 1910 and 1943 is now held at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax.
A.R. COBB (Residential works in Halifax)
INGLIS STREET, residence for A. Forrester MacIntosh, 1910 (dwgs. at PANS)
COBURG ROAD, residence for William Schon, 1915 (dwgs. at PANS)
CONNAUGHT AVENUE, 'Rosebank', a residence for James T. Wilson, 1915 (Weir, 10, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
JUBILEE ROAD, residence for E. Albert Wood, 1915 (dwgs. at PANS)
CONNAUGHT AVENUE, residence for Harry B. Pickings, engineer, 1918 (dwgs. at PANS)
ARDMORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, a tract of 32 units (built as 16 semi-detached houses), one block north of North Street, between Oxford Street and Dublin Street, 1920-21 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 28 Feb. 1920, 15; and 6 March 1920, 24, descrip. with signed perspective drawing; Montreal Daily Star, 6 March 1920, 19; Halifax Herald, 26 March 1921, 17, illus. in advert.)
OXFORD STREET, residence for Frederick G. Carten, 1921 (Halifax Herald, 26 March 1921, 14, illus.)
CONNAUGHT AVENUE, residence for Fred A. Bowman, 1921 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 26 March 1921, 17, illus.)
BLOOMINGDALE TERRACE, residence for Otto W. Hobrecker, 1920 (Weir, 11, illus.)
YOUNG AVENUE, residence for Gerald F. Murphy, 1921 (C.H.G., iii, Nov. 1926, 38, illus.; inf. PANS)
SOUTH STREET, at Tower Road, residence for E. Chesley Allen, 1923 (dwgs. at PANS)
RIDGEWOOD DRIVE, 'Fair Oaks', a residence for R.J. Rankin, 1936 (Weir, 29, illus.)
A.R. COBB (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Halifax)
(with Frank Darling of Toronto) DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, with major buildings including
- Science Building, 1913-15; (Evening Mail [Halifax], 13 Nov. 1913, 6); and
- MacDonald Memorial Library, 1914-15; (Evening Mail [Halifax], 7 May 1915, 6, descrip.); and
- Shirreff Hall Women's Residence, 1920-22; (Evening Mail [Halifax], 13 July 1922, 18, descrip.); and
- Arts Building, 1921-22; (Evening Mail [Halifax], 9 June 1921, 12, t.c.); and
- Medical Science Laboratory, 1921-22; and
with general articles on the whole campus in R.A.I.C. Journal, iii, Jan.-Feb. 1926, 15, 19-27, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxvi, Oct. 1931, 329-30, illus.; E. Pacey, Historic Halifax, 1988, 54-5, illus.; Weir, 18-27, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Windsor Street, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 21 Feb. 1917, 42)
RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL, Acadia Square, Richmond Heights, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 5 March 1919, 52; Evening Mail [Halifax], 16 July 1919, 12, descrip.; and 30 June 1921, 16, illus. & descrip.)
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Cobourg Road, 1919; later converted by Cobb into a theatre for the Theatre Arts Guild in 1931 (C.R., xxxiii, 2 April 1919, 47; Halifax Mail, 14 Nov. 1931, 3, and 25 Nov. 1931, 19, descrip., and 5 Dec. 1931, 14, descrip.)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC BOY'S SCHOOL, Brunswick Street, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 2 April 1919, 47)
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Oxford Street, parish hall for the church, 1919 (Halifax Herald, 16 July 1919, 3)
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, Robie Street, 1920 (Halifax Herald, 18 May 1920, 5, t.c.)
UNITED MEMORIAL UNION CHURCH, Kaye Street, for the Kaye-Grove Congregation, 1920-21 (C.R., xxxiii, 21 May 1919, 43; Evening Mail [Halifax], 25 June 1919, 16, descrip.; and 24 March 1920, 12; History of United Memorial Church 1918-1975, 12)
WAR MEMORIAL, at Fort Needham, adjacent to Devonshire Avenue, a Beaux-Arts design proposal for a WW1 Memorial, 1922, but not built (Evening Mail [Halifax], 19 July 1922, 4, illus. & descrip.)
DALHOUSIE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE, Morris Street, 1922-24 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 22 May 1924, 17, detailed descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iii, Jan.-Feb. 1926, 25, illus.; and xi, Nov. 1934, 154, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC BOY'S HOME, a new 3 storey residential block, 1926 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 1 Jan. 1927, 41, illus. & detailed descrip.; C.R., xlv, 21 Oct. 1931, 66, illus. in advert.)
PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION BUILDING, Windsor Street at Almon Street, rebuilding of the main hall, 1923-25; arena, livestock buildings, entrance gates, offices and administrative units, 1927 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 11 May 1923, 11; and 18 March 1927, 1 & 5, descrip.; Const., xx, April 1927, 128; C.R., xli, 6 April 1927, 52, t.c.)
KING'S COLLEGE, on the campus of Dalhousie University, facing Coburg Road, main building and chapel, 1928; dormitory, 1931 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 17 Sept. 1928, 3, descrip.; Charlottetown Guardian, 17 Nov. 1928, 1, descrip.; C.R., xlii, 5 Sept. 1928, 61; and xlv, 5 Aug .1931, 95; R.A.I.C. Journal, xi, Nov. 1934, 157, illus.; Wier, 31-4, illus.; dwgs. at King's College Archives, Halifax)
PINE HILL DIVINITY COLLEGE, Francklyn Street, major additions for a Library Stack Building, and a new Gymnasium, 1929 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 30 May 1929, 1)
PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES BUILDING, Coburg Road, on the campus of Dalhousie University, 1929 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 1 Aug. 1929, 6; C.R., xliii, 10 July 1929, 69; R.A.I.C. Journal, xi, Sept. 1934, 126, illus.; E. Pacey & A Comiter, Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia, 1994, 112-13, illus.)
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, Gymnasium Building, to replace earlier gymnasium destroyed by fire, 1931 (Halifax Mail, 31 Aug. 1931, 3; C.R., xlv, 14 Oct. 1931, 53; dwgs. at PANS)
COBURG ROAD, Bishop's Palace, a residence for the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, 1931 (Weir, 47-8, illus.)
(with Herbert E. Gates and W.M. Brown) PROVINCIAL BUILDING, an annex to the Provincial Parliament Building, Hollis Street, 1935 (C.R., xlix, 7 Aug. 1935, 128; Weir, 49-51, illus.)
DEPT. OF NATIONAL DEFENCE, ordnance building at the Halifax Dockyards, near Barrington Street, 1939 (C.R., lii, 13 Sept. 1939, 28)
HALIFAX VETERINARY HOSPITAL, Windsor Street, 1941 (dwgs. at PANS)
(with Clifford St. J. Wilson) VICTORIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, South Street at Tower Road, designed 1943; built 1947-48 (Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxv, July 1948, 29-33, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxv, Sept. 1948, 333-5, illus.)
A.R. COBB (Commercial & Industrial works in Halifax)
(with G.H. Jost) CRAGG BROS. LTD., Barrington Street at George Street, commercial block, 1912 (Views of Halifax-The Empire Port; dwgs. at PANS)
CASINO THEATRE, Gottingen Street near Cornwallis Street, 1915 (dwgs. at PANS)
ROY BUILDING, Barrington Street at Sackville Street, commercial block for James E. Roy, 1915 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 6 Jan. 1920, 3, lawsuit for fees, awarded to A.R. Cobb; Katz, 35, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
STRAND THEATRE, Sackville Street at Argyle Street, 1915 (dwgs. at PANS)
SACKVILLE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, Sackville Street near Brier Lane, for the Maritime Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1916 (dwgs. at PANS)
GREEN LANTERN RESTAURANT, Barrington Street, located in the Gordon & Keith Building and occupying 4 full floors of this building, for W.A. Hart, 1917 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 29 Nov. 1917, 13, detailed architectural descrip.; dwgs. at PANS)
C.W. OUTHIT CO., Barrington Street near Duke Street, store and warehouse, 1917 (dwgs. at PANS)
LORNE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, North Street, for the Maritime Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1919; major addition, 1921 (Halifax Herald, 22 Nov. 1919, 2, t.c.; and 21 April 1921, 10, t.c.; Evening Mail [Halifax], 23 April 1921, 16, t.c.)
(with John M. Lyle) BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, Head Office Building, Hollis Street at Prince Street, 1930-31 (R.A.I.C. Journal, ix, Jan. 1932, 2, 5-13, illus. & descrip.; and March 1932, 66, 68, illus.; Halifax Herald, 3 Aug. 1931, 8; and 4 Aug. 1931, 6, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
A.R. COBB (works elsewhere)
TRURO, N.S., Agricultural College, a new brick and timber building on the grounds of the College, 1912 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 11 June 1912, 6, t.c.)
WOLFVILLE, N.S., Emerson Memorial Library, Acadia University, 1913; Raynor Hall Residence, 1916 (Maritime Baptist [Halifax], 2 June 1915, 3; Acadian [Wolfville], 18 Feb. 1916, 3; Const., xxiv, Oct. 1931, 320, 331-2, illus. & descrip.)
BRIDGEWATER, N.S., public school, Queen Street, 1913-14 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 24 Jan. 1914, 5, descrip.; dwgs. at PANS)
WOLFVILLE, N.S., Presbyterian Church, Main Street at Seaview Avenue, 1914 (Wolfville Acadian, 2 Feb. 1914, 2; and 10 April 1914, 3)
DARTMOUTH, N.S., Greenvale Public School, Octerlony Street at Pine Street, 1915 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 12 April 1915, 2; inf. S. Gosley, Dartmouth)
DARTMOUTH, N.S., Hawthorne Public School, Hawthorne Street, 1915; demol. c. 1970 (inf. S. Gosley, Dartmouth)
MONCTON, N.B., Central Presbyterian Church, Church Street at Queen Street, 1915-16 (Daily Times [Moncton], 26 Aug. 1915, 8, descrip.)
BEDFORD, N.S., residence for Andrew R. Cobb, architect, Shore Drive, in Eagle Wood Park, 1916 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 5 Aug. 1916, 8; and 9 Feb. 1929, 28, descrip. in real estate advert.)
BEDFORD, N.S., residence for Charles De Wolf, Davison Street, c. 1916 (Bedford-Sackville News, 25 Aug. 1976)
BEDFORD, N.S., residence for Thomas Gue, Golf Links Road, 1919 (Katz, foreword, page V, illus.)
DARTMOUTH, N.S., residence for Harold O. Baker, Victoria Road, 1919 (inf. Reinhold Endres, Halifax)
DARTMOUTH, N.S., First United Baptist Church, Ochterloney Street at Victoria Road, 1920-22 (C.R., xxxiv, 14 July 1920, 49, t.c.; Evening Mail [Halifax], 9 Sept. 1922, 18, illus. & detailed descrip.; and 11 Sept. 1922, 2, descrip.; Weir, 15, illus.)
DARTMOUTH, N.S., theatre for C.G. Cleveland, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 14 July 1920, 49)
WINDSOR, N.S., a new Central Building on the campus of King's College, to replace the main building destroyed by fire in 1920 (Montreal Daily Star, 3 Aug. 1920, 16)
PRINCE'S LODGE, N.S., residence for William H.C. Schwartz, 1923 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xx, June 1943, 92, illus.; Weir, 45, illus.)
PUGWASH, N.S. 'Thinker's Lodge', a residence for Cyrus Eaton, 1923 (Weir, list of works, 65)
CORNERBROOK, NFLD., layout for a new town for the Armstrong-Whitworth Pulp & Paper Co., 1923-25; Glynmill Inn, 1924; Majestic Theatre, 1924; several houses, 1924-25 (Canadian Engineer, xliv, 5 June 1923, 570; Const., and xvi, Aug. 1923, 298; Weir, 30; 37-43, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
TRURO, N.S., residence for Frank L. Lewis, Prince Street at Young Street, 1924 (C.R., xlv, 30 Dec. 1931, 1579, illus. in advert.; inf. Colchester County Museum, Truro)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Mount Allison University, several buildings on the campus including:
- Memorial Library, 1926-27, demol. 2011; and
- Flemington Science Building, 1930-31; (C.R., xliii, 29 May 1929, 561, illus.; and xliv, 30 July 1930, 61; Const., xxiv, Oct. 1931, 328, 331, illus. & descrip.), and
- rebuilding of Centennial Hall, 1934 (C.R., xlvii, 26 July 1933, 735; all buildings documented in:
J. Leroux & T. Holownia, Vision in Wood & Stone: The Architecture of Mount Allison University, 2016, 82-91, 102-05, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, N.S., Avon River Power Co., Water Street, a two storey block, 1928 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 2 April 1928, 13, descrip.)
GILBERT'S COVE, N.S., summer hotel for an unnamed client, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 8 Jan. 1930, 52)
BEDFORD, N.S., clubhouse for the Bedford Golf & Country Club, 1931 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 27 Jan. 1931, 13, descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xiv, Sept. 1937, 184-5, illus.)
BEDFORD, N.S., public school, "...on the Eastwood property", 1931 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 30 June 1931, 3)
LUNENBURG, N.S., telephone exchange for the Maritime Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 24 Aug. 1932, 43)
WOLFVILLE, N.S., telephone exchange for Maritime Telephone & Telegraph Co., 1932-33 (C.R., xlvii, 5 April 1933, 362)