COVERDALE, William (1801-1865)
(biography in preparation)
(biography and list of works in Jennifer McKendry, Architects Working in the Kingston Region 1820-1920, 2019, 24-33, illus.)
(works in Kingston unless noted)
RESIDENTIAL
UNION STREET WEST, at College Street, 'Roselawn', for David Smith, 1841-43 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 97-9, illus.)
KING STREET EAST, near West Street, pair of houses for Noble Palmer, 1842-43 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, v, 1980, 151-3, illus.)
JOHNSON STREET, near Bagot Street, 'Greystone Manor', a pair of houses for Thomas Askew, 1843 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, v, 1980, 85-6, illus.)
KING STREET WEST, 'Willow Cottage', a pair of cottages for Rev. William M. Herchmer, 1843 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, vi, 1985, 125-6, illus.)
EARL STREET, near West Street, for John Fraser, 1847 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 66-7, illus.)
PORTSMOUTH, ONT., 'Calderwood Villa', large residence, coach house, and cow barns, 1847; residence demol. 1969 (J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 93, illus. & descrip.)
EARL STREET, near Sydenham Street, for Samuel Shaw, 1848-49 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 64-5, illus.)
ONTARIO STREET, shops, offices and dwellings for John & William Breden, 1848-49 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, ii, 1973, 69-71, illus.)
EARL STREET, near West Street, for William Grant, 1849-50 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 68-9, illus.)
EARL STREET, near Bagot Street, for Charles Greenwood, 1849-52 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, v, 1980, 34-5, illus.)
SYDENHAM STREET, at Earl Street, 'Rosemount', a mansion for Edward H. Hardy, 1849-50 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 56-9, illus.)
QUEEN STREET, at Sydenham Street, for Sheriff Thomas A. Corbett, 1851 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, ii, 1973, 105-07, illus.; J. McKendry, Bricks in 19th Century Architecture of the Kingston Area, 2017, 33, illus. & descrip.)
JOHNSON STREET, at Wellington Street, for James A. Henderson, 1851 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, v, 1980, 71-2, illus.)
PORTSMOUTH, ONT., 'Hazeldell', for Sarah McKenzie, 1852 (J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 67-68, illus. & descrip.)
HILLCROFT DRIVE, 'Hillcroft', for Francis M. Hill, 1852-54 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 74-6, illus.)
JOHNSON STREET, near Clergy Street, pair of houses for John Mowat, 1852 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, v, 1980, 98-100, illus.)
CENTRE STREET, 'Elmhurst', for Hugh Fraser, 1852 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 83-4, illus.)
(attributed) LOGAN STREET, for Maxwell Strange, 1853 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iii, 1975, 111-13, illus.)
YONGE STREET, pair of houses for Isabella McIntyre, 1853 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iii, 1975, 75-9, illus.)
KING STREET WEST, row of five houses for James Morton, 1853 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, vi, 1985, 127-8, illus.)
BEVERLY STREET, restoration and new second floor to house for John Breden, 1855 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, ii, 1973, 152-4, illus.)
PORTSMOUTH AVENUE, 'Eldon Hall', for John Flanigan, 1855 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, vi, 1985, 187-88, illus.)
JOHNSON STREET, 'Welsey Terrace', row of six houses for William Anglin, 1856 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, ii, 1973, 82-4, illus.)
BAGOT STREET, near West Street, pair of houses for William Coverdale, architect, 1856 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, v, 1980, 3-4, illus.; J. McKendry, Bricks in 19th Century Architecture of the Kingston Area, 2017, 35-36, illus. & descrip.)
FRONT ROAD, near Prescott Street, residence for Patrick Murdock, 1856; demol. (J. McKendry, Bricks in 19th Century Architecture of the Kingston Area, 2017, 37, illus. & descrip.)
PORTSMOUTH, ONT., a pair of houses for William Elliott, King Street West at Church Street, 1857 (J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 51, illus. & descrip.)
EMILY STREET, 'Edgewater', a pair of houses for Clark Hamilton and John Paton, c. 1857 (dwgs. at Queen's University Archives, Newlands Coll., 241, 256)
PERTH, ONT., 'Victoria Hall, for Judge John G. Malloch, 1857 (Bathurst Courier [Perth], 24 July 1857, 2, descrip.)
KING STREET EAST, near Lower Union Street, pair of houses for Richard Cartwright, 1858 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, v, 1980, 168-70, illus.)
DIVISION STREET, near Elliot Avenue, for Matthew Elliott, 1858-59 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, vi, 1985, 105-06)
OTHER WORKS
KINGSTON PENITENTIARY, King Street West, North Wing, 1836-40; East Wing, 1836-45; West Wing, 1838-57; Dining Hall, 1839-41; North Lodge and Main Gate, 1841-46; perimeter Walls and Towers, 1841-46, of which only fragments remain; West Gate and Tower, 1842-43; demol. 1906-07(; inf. from Dana Johnson, Ottawa; J. McKendry, 'The Early History of the Provincial Penitentiary, Kingston' in the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, xiv, Dec. 1989, 94-6, 98-101, illus.; J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 44-5, illus. & descrip.)
KINGSTON PENITENTIARY, King Street West, Workshops Building, c. 1845 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 12 April 1848, 2, descrip.; J. McKendry, 'The Early History of the Provincial Penitentiary, Kingston', in the Society of the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, xiv, Dec. 1989, 97-8, illus.)
ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, King Street East at Johnson Street, new portico, front bay extension, and bell tower, 1839-43 (Chronicle & Gazette [Kingston], 15 Jan. 1842, 3, t.c.; J. McKendry, 'The Architects of St. George's Cathedral, Kingston' in Queen's Quarterly [Kingston], xcv, Autumn 1988, 703, 707, illus.)
ST. JAMES ANGLICAN CHURCH, Union Street at Arch Street, on the campus of Queen's University, 1844-45; still standing in 2022 (The Church [Toronto], 11 Oct. 1844, 56, descrip.; and 5 Sept. 1845, 2, descrip.; Daily Whig [Kingston], 26 March 1889, 8, historical article on the church; A. Anderson, The Anglican Churches of Kingston, 1963, 49, illus.; Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, vi, 1985, 247-9, illus.)
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Queen Street at Montreal Street, 1845-47; damaged by fire 1854; rebuilt (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural and Historic Significance, ii, 1973, 131-35, illus.)
BARRIE STREET, at Union Street, parsonage for St. James Anglican Church, 1849 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, vi, 1985, 49-50, illus.; J. McKendry, Bricks in 19th Century Architecture of the Kingston Area, 2017, 41, illus. & descrip.)
PORTSMOUTH, St. John's Anglican Church, Church Street, 1849-50; with Rectory on Mowat Avenue, 1855 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iii, 1975, 85-7; 101-04, illus.; Paul Christianson, "St. John's Anglican Church, Portsmouth and the Gothic Revival in Canada West" in Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, xxxviii, No. 1, 2013, 5-20, illus. & descrip.; J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 37 and 67, illus. & descrip.)
WILLIAMSVILLE CHAPEL, Victoria Street near Park Street, 1850 (Historical Record of Princess Street United Church, 1950, 1-2, illus.)
SYDENHAM STREET METHODIST CHURCH, 1851-52; and addition of tower and spire 1854 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 23 Oct. 1852, 2, Court ruling over fees due to Mr. Coverdale; Daily Standard [Kingston], 16 March 1912, 15, historical article on the church; Sydenham Street Methodist Church Jubilee Souvenir 1852-1902, 10, illus.; Kingston, Buildings of Architectural and Historic Significance, v, 1980, 233-36, illus.)
MARKET STREET, three shops for John Breden, 1852 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iv, 1977, 23)
PRINCESS STREET, two stores for George Hardy, 1852 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iv, 1977, 101-02, illus.)
CITY BOOK STORE, Brock Street, facing Market Square, a 3 storey commercial building for Ellery W. Palmer, 1854; first portion burned 1862; remaining portion demol. 1923 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 3 Oct. 1854, 2, descrip.; and 21 April 1855, 2, descrip.; J. McKendry, Bricks in 19th Century Architecture of the Kingston Area, 2017, 32-33, illus. & descrip.)
PORTSMOUTH, ONT., M.W. Strange Co. Ltd., large tannery complex, Mowat Avenue, 1855; burned 1881 (J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 65-66, illus. & descrip.)
ANCHOR BLOCK, King Street at Brock Street, for Mrs. Atkinson, 1856-57 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 30 April 1857, 2, descrip.; Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iv, 1977, 145-7, illus.; J. McKendry, Bricks in 19th Century Architecture of the Kingston Area, 2017, 32-33, illus. & descrip.)
NEWBURGH, ONT., Methodist Church, Academy Street at Front Street, 1856-58; still standing in 2022 (Daily News [Kingston], 9 March 1855, 2, descrip.; Peter J. Stokes et al, Rogue's Hollow - Story of the Village of Newburgh Ontario, 1983, 95-6, illus.; J. McKendry, Woodwork in Historic Buildings of the Kingston Region, 2018, 66, illus. & descrip.)
WELLINGTON STREET, addition to brewery for Philip Wenz, 1857 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, ii, 1973, 119-22, illus.)
JOHNSON STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, also called The Louise School, Johnson Street at Division Street, 1857-58 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, vi, 1985, 119-20, illus.)
PORTSMOUTH, Rockwood Asylum, King Street West, designed 1857; construction begun 1859; completed 1868 by William M. Coverdale and John Power (Gazette [Montreal], 8 Dec. 1857, 2, descrip.; Weekly Spectator [Hamilton], 6 Oct. 1859, 5, exhibition and descrip. of architectural drawings by Coverdale for the Asylum, at the Provincial Exhibition in Kingston; Daily British Whig [Kingston], 5 May 1862, 2, descrip.; and 5 April 1869, 2, Letter to the Editor on the career and work of William Coverdale; Canada, Sessional Papers, No. 24, 1861, First Annual Report of the Board of Inspectors of Asylums & Prisons for 1860, descrip.; Sutherland's Directory of Kingston, 1867, 15; Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iii, 1975, 206-11, illus.; J. McKendry, 'Rockwood Lunatic Asylum, Kingston', in the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, xviii, March 1993, 4-17, illus.; J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 57-61, illus. & descrip.)
PUBLIC SCHOOL, conversion of the former warehouse of the late William Wilson into a school building. 1860 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 9 July 1860, 2)
KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, Stuart Street at George Street, the Watkins Wing, 1862 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 11 June 1862, 2, descrip.; J. de Jonge, 'Metamorphosis of a Public Institution: The Early Buildings of the Kingston General Hospital', in Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, xxii, Sept. 1997, 77, illus.)
PORTSMOUTH TOWN HALL, King Street West, begun in 1865 by William Coverdale; completed by John Power (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, iii, 1975, 119-21, illus.; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Cornerstones of Order, 1983, 212, illus.; J. McKendry, Portsmouth Village Kingston - An Illustrated History, 2010, 47, illus. & descrip.)
KINGSTON CITY HALL, Ontario Street, 1865, reconstruction of the Public Market wing, to replace the portion originally erected 1841 but later burned in early 1865 (Kingston, Buildings of Architectural & Historic Significance, i, 1971, 5)