JOHNSON, Henry Denny (1843-1933) was active in both Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta. Born in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England on 3 April 1843 he came to Canada in 1880 and worked in Montreal for two years. In 1882 he was appointed as local superintending architect for the Dept. of Public Works in the North West Territories office at Calgary. It was in this post that he supervised the construction of several federal buildings designed by Thomas Fuller. In 1899 Johnson moved to Edmonton and entered into a partnership with William S. Edmiston (see list of works under Edmiston & Johnson). He commenced his own practice in early 1901 and proved to be a capable designer in his own right with orthodox Edwardian compositions for the mansion for John A. McDougall (1901) and for McKay Avenue School (1904), which served as the home of the Alberta Legislative Assembly until 1908 when the provincial Legislative Buildings were completed.
In 1905 he entered a partnership with Robert P. Barnes, but this was shortlived, and by June of 1906 he had formed a new partnership with Alfred M. Calderon and the brilliant young British architect Roland W. Lines who had arrived in Edmonton in May of that year (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 23 June 1906, 10). From September 1906 until September 1907 the ambition and talent of Lines, his younger partner, is clearly evident in the stylish and mannered Edwardian designs for institutional works such as Alex Taylor School (1907-08). In November 1906 the firm of Johnson & Lines were one of twenty-three entrants from the United States and Canada who submitted designs in the competition for the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. Their scheme was awarded First Prize (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 27 Feb. 1907, 6, descrip.). With the dissolution of the partnership in late1907 Johnson continued to work under his own name and appears to have retired from active practice after 1914. He died in Edmonton on 6 August 1933 (obituary in the Edmonton Journal, 7 Aug. 1933, 11; 9 Aug. 1933, 11; inf. from Dennis Person, Edmonton).
H.D. JOHNSON (works in Calgary)
S.W. TROTT DRUG STORE, 1886 (Calgary Weekly Herald, 17 July 1886, 3, t.c.)
RANKIN & ALLEN, a retail dry goods store constructed of Calgary sandstone, 1887 (Calgary Tribune, 8 April 1887, 4, t.c., and 15 April 1887, p. 1, col. 4, two separate local news items)
DUNN & LINEHAM, McTavish Street, a block of 3 retail stores, 1887 (Calgary Tribune, 15 April 1887, 1, t.c.)
IMMIGRATION BUILDING, 1890, alterations and improvements to the block originally designed in 1884 by Thomas Fuller (Calgary Daily Herald, 22 July 1890, 4, descrip.; 16 Sept. 1890, 4, descrip.)
STEWART STREET, residence for G.E. Kirby, 1891 (Calgary Weekly Herald, 15 April 1891, 8)
McTAVISH STREET, residence for Peter McCarthy, 1891 (Calgary Herald, 6 Jan. 1892, 4, extensive descrip.)
LOUGHEED BLOCK, Stephen Avenue, a commercial block for Senator James A. Lougheed, 1892 (Calgary Herald, 16 June 1892, 1, descrip.)
STEPHEN STREET EAST, near Osler Street, a commercial block for S. Barber, Manager of the Imperial Bank, 1892 (Calgary Herald, 20 June 1892, 4, descrip.)
CLARENCE BLOCK, the cladding and finishing of a commercial block, 1893 (Calgary Tribune, 11 Jan. 1893, 6, t.c.)
STEPHEN AVENUE, a commercial block for Thomson Brothers, 1893 (Calgary Weekly Herald, 15 Feb. 1893, 4)
H.D. JOHNSON (works in Edmonton and elsewhere)
VANCOUVER, B.C., commercial block for E. Newman of London, England, 1888 (Evening Herald [Vancouver], 7 Jan. 1888, 4)
SOUTH EDMONTON, ALTA., a new hotel for an unnamed client, 1893 (Winnipeg Tribune, 4 Aug. 1893, 4)
RED DEER, ALTA., a large retail store for Stephen Wilson, "....with cut stone facade and plate glass windows", 1899 (Edmonton Bulletin, 26 June 1899, Supplement, 1)
RED DEER, ALTA., St. Luke's Anglican Church, Gaetz Avenue at 54th Street, first phase 1899-1900; second phase 1904; completion of the church 1905-06 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 7 Sept. 1899, 4, descrip.; Calgary Weekly Herald, 14 Sept. 1899, 5, descrip.)
EXHIBITION GROUNDS, new Grand Stand and Exhibition Building, 4th Street near McLeod Avenue, 1901 (Edmonton Bulletin, 15 April 1901, 1, descrip. )
QUEEN'S AVENUE SCHOOL, Queen's Avenue at Isabella Street, 1901; demol. 1949 (C.R., xii, 15 May 1901, 2, t.c.; inf. M. Kostek, Edmonton)
VICTORIA AVENUE, residence for John A. McDougall, 1901; demol. 1974 (Edmonton Bulletin, 17 May 1901, 1, t.c.)
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Namayo Avenue, 1902 (Edmonton Bulletin, 24 Feb. 1902, 1, t.c.)
PUBLIC SCHOOL, McDougall Avenue, 1902 (Edmonton Bulletin, 2 May 1902, 7, descrip.)
ROSS BROTHERS, Jasper Avenue East, warehouse, 1902 (Edmonton Bulletin, 18 Aug. 1902, 5, t.c.)
HOCKEY RINK, CURLING RINK, and SKATING RINK, north of Jasper Avenue between First Street and Second Street, 1902 (Edmonton Bulletin, 25 Aug. 1902, 6, descrip.; hockey rink and skating rink buildings, 5 Jan. 1903, 2, descrip.; curling rink building, 6 Jan. 1903, 1, descrip)
IMPERIAL BANK, STRATHCONA, Whyte Avenue near Main Street, 1902 (Edmonton Bulletin, 25 Aug. 1902, 6, descrip.; 29 Aug. 1902, 2, t.c.)
WETASKIWIN, ALTA., public school, 1904 (Wetaskiwin Times, 3 March 1904, 1; and 12 May 1904, 1, t.c.; Edmonton Bulletin, 13 Sept, 1904, 3, descrip.)
EMPIRE BLOCK, Jasper Avenue at 1st Street, for McDougall & Secord, 1904 (Edmonton Bulletin, 14 May 1904, 2, descrip.; and 13 Sept. 1904, 3, descrip.; Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 103)
McKAY AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL, McKay Avenue at 4th Street, 1904 (Edmonton Bulletin, 7 June 1904, 2, descrip.)
BLOWEY-HENRY CO., Jasper Avenue East, retail store, 1905 (Edmonton Journal, 25 March 1905, 3; Edmonton b.p. 1, 20 March 1905)
WETASKIWIN, ALTA., residence for the manager of the Bank of Montreal, 1905 (Edmonton Journal, 25 March 1905, 3)
REVILLON BROTHERS, Jasper Avenue at 2nd Street West, large warehouse, 1905 (Edmonton Journal, 17 June 1905, 3, descrip.; Edmonton b.p. 51, 17 May 1905)
JOHNSON & BARNES (works in Edmonton unless noted)
8th STREET, near Athabasca Avenue, residence for C.C. Thompson, 1905 (Edmonton b.p., 3 Aug. 1905)
NORWOOD BLOCK, Jasper Avenue, 1905 (Edmonton b.p. 112, 14 July 1905)
McDOUGALL & SECORD, Jasper Avenue, store and offices, 1905, 1906 (Edmonton b.p. 85, 12 July 1905; 804, 31 July 1906)
(with J. O. Marchand) CREDIT FONCIER BUILDING, Jasper Avenue West near 3rd Street, 1906 (Edmonton b.p., 5 Jan. 1906; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 13 March 1906, 8, descrip.; 29 May 1906, 2, t.c.)
16th STREET, residence for Walter J. Rolfe, 1906 (Edmonton b.p., 7 March 1906)
3rd STREET, near Victoria Avenue, residence for Robert Lee, 1906 (Edmonton b.p. 415, 29 March 1906)
6th STREET, near Victoria Avenue, residence for Richard W. Cautley, 1906 (Edmonton b.p. 457, 10 April 1906)
VEGREVILLE, ALTA., Merchants Bank, 1906 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 16 May 1906, 2, t.c.)
IMPERIAL BANK, Jasper Avenue East at McDougall Street, 1906 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 29 May 1906, 1, descrip.; Edmonton b.p. 681, 14 June 1906; Const., ii, Jan. 1909, 41-3, illus. & descrip.)
5th STREET, at McKay Street, residence for Richard Secord, 1906; demol. 1968 (Edmonton b.p. 736, 6 July 1906)
JOHNSON, CALDERON & LINES (works in Edmonton)
EDMONTON BULLETIN CO., Jasper Avenue East, addition to the press room and printing plant, 1906 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 3 Aug. 1906, 1, t.c.)
PUBLIC SCHOOL, on the Jasper Avenue Extension, near Syndicate Avenue "..to be similar in appearance to the McKay Avenue School", 1906 (Edmonton Journal, 27 Sept. 1906, 4, descrip.)
JOHNSON & LINES (works in Edmonton)
13th STREET, residence for Edward Chevigny, c. 1906 (inf. Edmonton City Archives)
13th STREET, residence for William S. Weeks, 1906 (Edmonton b.p., 14 June 1906)
2nd STREET, residence for Donald Ross, 1906 (Edmonton b.p., 31 Aug. 1906)
GREAT WEST SADDLERY CO., Jasper Avenue East, major addition to store, and alterations to existing block, 1906 (Edmonton Journal, 26 Sept. 1906, 9, t.c.; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 8 Oct. 1906, 8; Edmonton b.p., 9 Oct. 1906)
ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, Kinistino Avenue near Boyle Street, 1907 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 27 Feb. 1907, 6, descrip.; C.R., xviii, 13 March 1907, 4)
STRATHCONA COLLEGIATE, Lumsden Avenue, 1907; completed by Roland Lines in 1908 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 4 March 1907, 2, descrip.; 23 April 1907, 2, t.c.; Medicine Hat News, 31 Oct. 1907, 6, descrip.)
CITY MARKET, 1907 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 10 April 1907, 11, t.c.)
ALEX TAYLOR PUBLIC SCHOOL, Jasper Avenue at 94th Street, 1907; completed by Roland Lines in 1908 (Edmonton b.p. 473, 31 May 1907; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 31 Aug. 1907, 1 & 2, descrip.; Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 105-06, illus. & descrip.)
BRUNSWICK HOTEL, 2nd Street, addition for J. McCausland, 1907 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 24 June 1907, 12)
ST. ELMO HOTEL, Fraser Street, addition for J. Beverington, 1907 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 24 June 1907, 12)
1st STREET, two stores for William S. Weeks, 1907 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 27 June 1907, 4, t.c.)
1st STREET, office block for William J. Webster, 1907 (Edmonton b.p. 618, 22 July 1907)
H.D. JOHNSON (works in Edmonton)
JOHNSON BLOCK, a three storey commercial block erected for the architect, 2nd Street near Jasper Avenue, 1907 (Edmonton b.p. 529, 15 June 1907; Saturday News [Edmonton], 22 June 1907, 2)
McDOUGALL STREET, terrace of houses for Samuel H. Smith, 1907 (Edmonton b.p. 547, 25 June 1907)
13th STREET, residence for Harry H. Hyndman, 1908 (Edmonton b.p. 291, 9 June 1908)
7th STREET, residence for John Kelly, 1908 (Edmonton b.p. 392, 25 July 1908)
2nd STREET, warehouse for Knight & Frost, 1909 (Edmonton b.p. 43, 18 Feb. 1909)
ELIZABETH STREET, store and block for Kenneth A. McLeod, 1909 (Edmonton b.p. 50, 26 Feb. 1909)
MORTLAKE BLOCK, Rice Street, for Hallier & Aldridge, 1909 (Edmonton Bulletin, 11 March 1909, 8; descrip.)