Dodd, William Marshall

DODD, William Marshall (1870-1948)
(biography in preparation)

W.M. DODD (works in Ontario)

NORTH BAY, ONT., High School, 1896 (C.R., vii, 23 July 1896, 1)
POWASSAN, ONT., residence for E. Clark, 1896 (C.R., vii, 23 July 1896, 1)

W.M. DODD (Commercial & Industrial works in Calgary, Alberta)

NORMAN BLOCK, 8th Avenue, for Senator James Lougheed, 1900; addition, 1902 (C.R., xi, 30 May 1900, 3; Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3; Gronlund's Directory of the City of Calgary, 1902, 7, advert.)
CLARENCE BLOCK, 8th Avenue, for Senator James Lougheed, 1901; addition, 1909 (C.R., xi, 9 Jan. 1901, 2, t.c.; Gronlund's Directory of the City of Calgary, 1902, 7, advert.)
HULL BLOCK, 8th Avenue, for William R. Hull, 1901 (C.R., xii, 13 March 1901, 2; Calgary Weekly Herald, 23 May 1901, 12, t.c.; Gronlund's Directory of the City of Calgary, 1902, 7, advert.)
McHUGH BROTHERS BLOCK, Stephen Avenue, "...next to the Barber Block", 1901 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 May 1901, 5, t.c.; 5 June 1901, 5, descrip.)
QUEEN'S HOTEL, 8th Avenue East, major additions, 1901 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 5 June 1901, 5, descrip.; C.R., xii, 19 June 1901, 3)
ATLANTIC AVENUE, a two storey brick warehouse for W.M. Parslow, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 16 April 1902, 2, t.c.; 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
P. BURNS & CO., 8th Avenue at Centre Street, a three storey office block, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3, descrip.; Gronlund's Directory of the City of Calgary, 1902, 7, advert.)
CALGARY MILLING CO., 8th Avenue West, retail store and offices, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
NORMAN BLOCK, major addition, for Hon. James A. Lougheed, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
ALBERTA BLOCK, 8th Avenue West at 1st Street, for William R. Hull, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
HULL'S OPERA HOUSE, Centre Street at 6th Avenue South, major addition and extensive alterations, for William R. Hull, 1903 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 15 May 1903, 2, descrip.)
CAMPBELL BROS. & WILSON LTD., Atlantic Avenue, a large 3 storey warehouse "....west of the Alberta Stables", 1903 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 16 July 1903, 5, descrip.)
JAMES TURNER & CO., Stephen Avenue at Third Street West, a three storey warehouse, 1903 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 8 Aug. 1903, 8, t..c.; 26 Aug. 1903, 4, descrip.)
MASSEY HARRIS CO., 1st Street West at Atlantic Avenue, office and warehouse, 1903-04 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Sept. 1903, 5, t.c.; 15 June 1904, 7, t.c.)
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, 8th Avenue West, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 20 Jan. 1904, 8; 3 Feb. 1904, 7, t.c.; inf. from Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
ALLAN BLOCK, 1st Street East at Atlantic Avenue, a commercial block of seven stores for Alexander Allan, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 10 Feb. 1904, 5, descrip.)
CAMERON BLOCK, 1st Street East near Stephen Avenue, a commercial block for A.L. Cameron, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 25 June 1904, 6, t.c.)
ARMSTRONG BLOCK, 1st Street East, a commercial block of eight retail stores for W.C. Armstrong, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 30 June 1904, 4, descrip.)
GREAT WEST SADDLERY CO. and D.J. YOUNG & CO., Stephen Avenue, extensive alterations and remodelling of existing commercial block, for Senator James Lougheed, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 Sept. 1904, 7, t.c.)
(with E.C. Hopkins) SHARPLES BLOCK, Stephen Avenue, a commercial block for John Sharples, 1905 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 1 April 1905, 5, t.c.)
TRIBUNE BLOCK, 8th Avenue West, major addition and alterations to existing block for Charles Traunweiser, 1905 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 25 Sept. 1905, 3, t.c.)
CANADIAN PACIFIC IRRIGATION COLONIZATION CO. LTD., Atlantic Avenue, office block, 1905 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 25 Sept. 1905, 3, t.c.)
LINEHAM BLOCK, 8th Avenue East, a major 4 storey addition, with two new retail stores, and extension at the rear, to the alley between 7th and 8th Avenue, 1906 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 11 June 1906, 1, descrip.; and 16 Oct. 1906, 1, descrip.)
THOMAS RYAN & CO. LTD., 7th Avenue West, a large two storey warehouse, 1906 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 6 Oct. 1906, 7, t.c.; and 16 Oct. 1906, 1, descrip.)
ALEXANDER BLOCK, 8th Avenue West at 1st Street, 1906 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 16 Oct. 1906, 1, descrip.)
MOONEY BISCUIT & CANDY CO., Stephen Avenue West, a large 2 storey warehouse, 1907 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 10 July 1907, 1, descrip.)
ALBERTA HOTEL, 1st. Street West at 9th Avenue, front facade on the ground floor facing 1st. Street West to be demolished, with 8 new store fronts with plate glass windows, 1907 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 2 Sept. 1907, 2, descrip.)
P. BURNS & CO., 8th Avenue at 2nd Street East, commercial office block, 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 13 Aug. 1909, 3, t.c.)
CROWN BUILDING, 1st Street East, commercial office block, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
BELL BLOCK, 2nd Street East, major addition to warehouse, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
McKENZIE BLOCK, 8th Avenue East, additions and alterations, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
GREAT WEST SADDLERY CO., 9th Avenue West, major addition, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
CALGARY SADDLERY CO., 11th Avenue East, factory and warehouse, 1909 (Herald [Calgary], 29 Sept. 1909, 2, t.c.; dwgs. at the Canadian Architectural Archives, Univ. of Calgary, 37A-7825-09C34)
DICK BLOCK, 9th Avenue East, for Albert A. Dick, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)

W.M. DODD (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Calgary, Alberta)

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1st Street at 7th Avenue, c. 1901; burned Feb. 1905 and rebuilt to a new design by W.M. Dodd (Gronlund's Directory of the City of Calgary, 1902, 7, advert.; Daily Herald [Calgary], 13 Feb. 1905, 1, descrip.)
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, 1st Street East at 7th Avenue, a rectory for the church, 1900 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 Sept. 1900, 3, t.c.; Gronlund's Directory of the City of Calgary, 1902, 7, advert.)
OUTDOOR BANDSTAND, for the C.P.R. Gardens, 1901 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 6 June 1901, 4, t.c.)
EAST WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 17 March 1902, 3, t.c.)
ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 18th Avenue West, addition of two towers, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
SALVATION ARMY BARRACKS, 1st Street East, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 7 April 1902, 8, t.c.; 4 Oct. 1902, 3, descrip.)
ALEXANDRA SCHOOL, 9th Avenue East at 9th Street, 1902 (inf. from Alberta Historic Sites Services)
CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, 6th Avenue West at 1st Street, designed 1903; built 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 30 May 1903, 5; 26 Nov 1903, 3, t.c.; 25 May 1904, 4; C.R., xiv, 10 June 1903, 3)
INDOOR SKATING RINK, McIntyre Avenue East, for George Irish, 1903 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 24 July 1903, 8, descrip.; 29 Sept. 1903, 6, t.c.; C.R., xiv, 12 Aug. 1903, 1)
NOTRE DAME AVENUE, a skating rink for George Irish, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 29 June 1904, 5, t.c.)
ST. HILDA'S ANGLICAN LADIES COLLEGE, 12th Avenue West at 8th Street, 1905 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 22 June 1905, 9, t.c.)
ELBOW PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1906; later replaced by Elbow Park Public School in 1926 (Daily Herald (Calgary), 26 March 1906, 5, t.c.)
VICTORIA WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1907 ((Morning Albertan [Calgary], 10 July 1907, 1)
EAST WARD PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1907 ((Morning Albertan [Calgary], 10 July 1907, 1)
(with E.C. Hopkins) CITY HALL, 2nd Street East at 7th Avenue, 1907-11; restored 2016-2020 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 6 May 1907, 1; and 7 May 1907, 4; and 19 April 1909, 1, extensive descrip.; C.R., xviii, 3 July 1907, 6, t.c.; Canada, Town Halls of Canada, 1987, 73-4, 182, ilus.)

W.M. DODD (Residential works in Calgary, Alberta)

4th STREET WEST, at Smith Avenue, residence for William Parslow, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 15 March 1904, 6, t.c.)
VAN HORNE AVENUE, residence for F.F. Higgs, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 15 March 1904, 6, t.c.)
McINTYRE AVENUE, residence for George Coutts, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 March 1904, 7, t.c.)
11th AVENUE WEST, at 6th Street , large residence for William Toole, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 19 April 1904, 6, t.c.; 20 May 1904, 4, descrip.)
SECOND STREET WEST, at Reinach Avenue, residence for William Robertson, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 2 Aug. 1904, 3, t.c.)
(with E.C. Hopkins) 17th AVENUE S.W., near 15th Street, residence for Edward N. Harper, 1905 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 31 March 1905, 2, t.c.)
unnamed street, residence for W.H. Butcher, 1905 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 29 April 1905, 3, t.c.)
12th Avenue, at 5th Street West, residence for Mrs. W.H. Lee, 1907 (Morning Herald [Calgary], 1 Jan. 1907, 2, t.c.)
1st STREET EAST, near 17th Avenue, residence for A.H. Nicol, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
13th AVENUE WEST, major alterations to 'Beaulieu', the mansion of Senator James A. Lougheed, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
17th AVENUE WEST, residence for Thomas H. McCauley, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
13th AVENUE WEST, three houses for Bert A. Stringer, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
14th AVENUE EAST, residence for Bertrand C. Binning, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
2nd STREET EAST, residence for Capt. William C. Armstrong, c. 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)

W.M. DODD (works in Alberta outside Calgary)

OKOTOKS, ALTA., a brick school house, 1901 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 29 July 1901, 6, t.c.)
RED DEER, ALTA., Town Hall and Fire Hall, Ross Street, 1902; demol. (Daily Herald [Calgary], 19 April 1902, 5)
HIGH RIVER, ALTA., a two storey brick retail store for an unnamed client, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 April 1902, 2, t.c.; 16 May 1902, 8, descrip.)
HIGH RIVER, ALTA., commercial block for George Lane, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 19 June 1902, 3, t.c.)
FORT MACLEOD, ALTA., public school, 1902 (Macleod Gazette, 13 June 1902, 8, descrip.; Daily Herald [Calgary], 18 June 1902, 5; 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
OLDS, ALTA., public school, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 30 July 1902, 3, t.c.; 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
RED DEER, ALTA., addition to public school, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 27 June 1902, 7; 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
RED DEER, ALTA., commercial block with new bank and retail store, for E. Mishner, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
OKOTOKS, ALTA., manse for the Presbyterian Church, 1902 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
HIGH RIVER, ALTA., public school, 1903 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 18 July 1903, 8, t.c.)
OKOTOKS, ALTA., The Stockton Block, a commercial block of offices and stores, including the Union Bank, for Dr. Fred W. Stockton, 1903 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 9 Dec. 1903, 4, descrip.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., a large hotel for George W. Rowe, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 April 1904, 5, t.c.)
HIGH RIVER, ALTA., Lane & Emerson Block, a brick and stone commercial block, 1904-05 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 7 Dec. 1904, 3, t.c.)
NANTON, ALTA., a large public school, 1906 (Daily Herald (Calgary), 3 March 1906, 9, t.c.)
GLEICHEN, ALTA., public school, 1908 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 11 Sept. 1908, 11, t.c.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., Sherlock Block, 7th Street South, for R.E. Sherlock, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 3 Feb. 1909, 22)
ROSEMARY, ALTA., public school, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 18 May 1921, 140-1)
HANNA, ALTA., public school, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 25 May 1921, 54, t.c.)

W.M. DODD (works in Saskatchewan)

REGINA, SASK., Bank of Montreal, Scarth Street at Eleventh Avenue, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 28 June 1905, 2, t.c.)
REGINA, SASK., residence for the Manager of the Bank of Montreal, Victoria Avenue at Smith Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 28 June 1905, 2, t.c.)
REGINA, SASK., Knox Presbyterian Church, designed 1904; built 1905 (Daily Leader [Regina], 25 May 1904, 12, t.c.; 5 July 1905, 1, illus. & descrip.; Daily Herald [Calgary], 10 July 1905, 10, cornerstone laying)
(with E.C. Hopkins) QU'APPELLE, SASK., Town Hall, 9th Avenue, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 28 Feb. 1906, 4, t.c.)
(with E.C. Hopkins) REGINA, SASK., City Hall, 11th Avenue at Hamilton Street, 1906-08; demol. c. 1966 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 30 Nov. 1905, 5, extensive descrip.; C.R., xvi, 31 Jan. 1906, 1, t.c.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 16 Aug. 1906, 7, illus. & descrip.; Morning Leader [Regina], 15 Aug. 1906, 1 & 4, illus. & descrip.; 27 April 1907, 9 & 11, descrip.; 6 March 1908, 1, descrip.; competition dwgs. at SAB, Acc. 655, signed 'Dum Spiro Spero')
QU'APPELLE, SASK., public school, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 17 Jan. 1906, 2)
GRENFELL, SASK., Methodist Church, 1906-07 (C.R., xvii, 25 April 1906, 2, t.c.; Historic Architecture of Saskatchewan, 1986, 111, illus.; M. Hryniuk & F. Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship: Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 84-87, illus. & descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., Wascana Hotel, Hamilton Street, for Lionel A. Arnold and Hubert Acaster, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 9 May 1906, 2, t.c.; Pacific Builder & Engineering Record [Seattle], iv, 26 May 1906, 9; Morning Leader [Regina], 27 April 1907, 11, illus. & descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., Western Hardware Co., South Railway Street, a brick block for a retail store, 1906 (Morning Leader [Regina], 8 Aug. 1906, 8, t.c.)
REGINA, SASK., Knox Presbyterian Church, 12th Avenue at Lorne Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 1 May 1907, 6, t.c.)
INDIAN HEAD, SASK., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1907-08 (Manitoba Morning Free Press [Winnipeg], 26 April 1907, 10, t.c.; M. Hryniuk & F. Korvemaker, Legacy of Worship: Sacred Places in Rural Saskatchewan, 2014, 4, illus.)
REGINA, SASK., apartment block for R.H. Williams, Rose Street, 1907 (Morning Leader [Regina], 28 May 1907, 13, t.c.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 9 Nov. 1907, 17, descrip.)
MAPLE CREEK, SASK., public school, 1909 (Calgary Daily Herald, 23 Aug. 1909, 3, t.c.)

W.M. DODD (works in Vancouver, British Columbia)

McLAUGHLIN MOTORS CO., West Georgia Street, 1911 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
PASSLIN HOTEL, Robson Street at Hornby Street, a ten storey hotel for the Passlin Building Syndicate, 1910-11, but not built (Vancouver Daily World, 21 Dec. 1910, Section Two, p. 3, illus. & descrip.; 24 Dec. 1910, Section Two, p. 2, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxv, 4 Jan. 1911, 29)
PASSAGE & TOMLIN CO., Richards Street, a four storey commercial block for the Passlin Building Syndicate, 1910-11 (Vancouver Daily World, 21 Dec. 1910, Section Two, p. 3, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxv, 4 Jan. 1911, 29)
HOMER STREET, near Dunsmuir Street, commercial block and rooming house for Mrs. Henry H. Layfield, 1911 (Vancouver Daily World, 2 Feb. 1911, Section Three, p. 6, t.c.)
DOUGLAS LODGE APARTMENTS, 12th Avenue West at Granville Street, 1912 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
ALBERNI STREET, near Burrard Street, apartment block for Dr. Robert Telford, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 19 Oct. 1912, 48, descrip.)
HOWE STREET, automobile service garage, 1919 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
GRANVILLE STREET, near Davie Street, retail store for Mrs. M.J. McQueen, 1919, later occupied by a showroom for the Dodge Motor Car Co. (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2; inf. Andy Coupland, Vancouver)
LONDON GRILL, Howe Street, 1920 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
ANGUS DRIVE, at Granville Street, residence for W.E. Anderson, 1921 (D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 391, illus.)
ALMA THEATRE, 9th Street West at Broadway, 1925 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
WINDSOR THEATRE, Main Street at 25th Avenue, 1925 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
KERRISDALE THEATRE, 41st Avenue West near Hobson Street, 1925 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
ALVARADO APARTMENTS, Wolfe Avenue at Matthews Avenue, 1928 (Province [Vancouver], 5 March 1928, 22, descrip.)
AMBASSADOR APARTMENTS, Oak Street at 20th Avenue West, 1928 (Vancouver Sun, 20 Oct. 1928, 21, 29, illus. & descrip.)
CORTINA APARTMENTS, Victoria Drive, 1928 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
GLEN-KEN APARTMENTS, Oak Street, 1928 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
MOTOR SECURITIES CO. LTD., Burrard Street at Melville Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 16 May 1928, 64)
MIROMAR APARTMENTS, 15th Avenue West near Marpole Street, 1929 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
BESSBOROUGH APARTMENTS, Oak Street at 18th Avenue West, 1930 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
FUJI CAFE, Powell Street near Gore Street, 1930 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
CHATELAINE APARTMENTS, Chilco Street near Haro Street, 1930 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
ST. GEORGE'S GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH, 7th Street West at Vine Street, 1930 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
WOLFE MANOR APARTMENTS, Wolfe Street at Oak Street, 1931 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
QUEEN MARY APARTMENTS, 14th Street West near Hemlock Street, 1931 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
QUEEN ELIZABETH APARTMENTS, West 13th Avenue at Hemlock Street, for Dr. H.L. Turnbull, 1937 (Vancouver Sun, 15 April 1937, 1)
PETER'S ICE CREAM SHOP, West Broadway at Trutch Street, 1940 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
SANDS APARTMENTS, Maple Street, 1947 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
OLYMPIC STEAM BATHS, Hastings Street East at Dunlevy Avenue, 1949 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)

W.M. DODD (works elsewhere in British Columbia)

REVELSTOKE, B.C., block of three stores for C.B. Hume & Co., McKenzie Avenue at First Street, 1901; burned c. 1965 (C.R., xii, 19 June 1901, 3; Kootenay Mail [Revelstoke], 20 June 1902, 1, descrip.; Revelstoke Herald, 21 Aug. 1902, 1, descrip.; Daily Herald [Calgary], 4 Oct. 1902, 3)
FERNIE, B.C., Peter Wood Co. Department Store, 2nd Avenue near 5th Street, 1904 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 1 Aug. 1904, 8, descrip.)
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Capitol Theatre, 3rd Avenue West, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 18 April 1928, 70-1)
NANAIMO, B.C., extensive alterations to the Bijou Theatre, with enlarged stage, Commercial Street, 1935-36 (Nanaimo Free Press, 14 Nov. 1935, 1, descrip.; 25 Nov. 1935, 1)
TRAIL, B.C., Strand Theatre, Cedar Street, 1937; burned 1956 (C.R., vol. 50, 21 July 1937, 35-6; dwgs. at the Trail City Archives)

COMPETITIONS

CALGARY, ALTA., City Hospital, 1907. Dodd was one of 19 competitors who sent in plans (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 2 Oct. 1907, 1, and 3 Oct. 1907, 1). He was awarded 2nd Prize, but the winners were Lawson & O’Gara.
CALGARY, ALTA., King George Hotel, 1911. Dodd was one of 6 architectural firms from Calgary who were asked to submit plans (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 8 April 1911, 5). The winner was James A. MacDonald of Calgary.