DUMARESQ, Sidney Perry (1875-1943)
(biography in preparation)
A collection of architectural drawings prepared by Sidney P. Dumaresq during the period from 1907 until 1943 can be found at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia in Halifax.
DUMARESQ & COBB (works in Halifax unless noted)
BEDFORD ROW, office building for McInnes, Mellish, Fulton & Kenny, 1909 (dwgs. at PANS)
OXFORD STREET, residence for Sidney P. Dumaresq, Architect, 1909 (dwgs. at PANS)
HALIFAX MEMORIAL TOWER, Sir Sandford Fleming Park, designed by Dumaresq & Cobb in 1910; completed in 1912 by S.P. Dumaresq alone; restored 2012-13 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 8 Nov. 1910, 5; and 19 Aug. 1912, 6; J. Chisholm, The Halifax Memorial Tower, 1913, 34-6, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxxiv, July 1957, 276, illus.; Leslie Maitland, "Architecture for Nation and Empire: The Memorial Tower National Historic Site of Canada" in Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, xxxv, No. 1, March 2010, 31-46, illus.)
PORT HOOD, N.S., Bank of Montreal, 1910 (dwgs. at PANS)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Mount Allison University, rear addition to Central Building, 1910 (dwgs. at PANS)
MAHONE BAY, N.S., Bank of Montreal, 562 Main Street, 1910; still standing in 2024 (C.R., xxiv, 20 July 1910, 26)
PLEASANT STREET, residence for A. Forrester MacIntosh, 1910 (dwgs. at PANS)
TOWER ROAD, residence for Arthur L. Melvin, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 12 Oct. 1910, 25)
EDWARD STREET, near Coburg Road, flats for Willis E. Hebb, 1910 (inf. Garry Shutlak, Halifax)
MOIR'S CHOCOLATE CO., Argyle Street at George Street, major addition to factory, 1911 (Halifax b.p. 15 Sept. 1911, 2911; C.R., xxv, 4 Oct. 1911, 61)
NEW GLASGOW, N.S., First Presbyterian Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 20 Sept. 1911, 59; dwgs. at PANS)
LE MARCHANT PUBLIC SCHOOL, addition and alterations, 1912 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 1 Sept. 1911, 6; Halifax Herald, 10 April 1912, 9, t.c.)
RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOL, addition and alterations, 1911 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 1 Sept. 1911, 6)
S.P. DUMARESQ (Residential works in Halifax unless noted)
WRIGHT AVENUE, for George Wright, 1907 (City of Halifax b.p. Records)
OXFORD STREET, 'Isleview', for Nelson B. Smith, 1909 (dwgs. at PANS)
COBURG ROAD, near Larch Street, for Jack K. Redden, 1912 (dwgs. at PANS)
COBOURG ROAD, near Robie Street, for William F. O'Connor, 1914 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], v, March 19135, 18-19, illus. & descrip.)
JUBILEE ROAD, at Henry Street, for Edward Maxwell, 1915 (inf. from G. Shutlak)
BLISS STREET, at Robie Street, for Rev. Robert McArthur, 1916 (City of Halifax b.p. Records)
WILLOW TREE APARTMENTS, Quinpool Road at Robie Street, for A.J. Davis, 1919-20 (C.R., 22 Oct. 1919, 46; Halifax Herald, 18 Dec. 1920, 10, illus & descrip.; Evening Mail (Halifax), 18 Dec. 1920, 17, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at PANS)
OXFORD STREET, near Coburg Street, for Dr. Gordon R. Hennigar, 1922 (City of Halifax b.p. Records)
YOUNG AVENUE, for Dr. J.H. Rice, 1924 (C.H.G., iv, Jan. 1927, 29, illus.; Nov. 1927, 42-3, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
NORTH WEST ARM, additions and alterations to 'Boscobel', for David R. Turnbull, 1931-33; annex 1935 (dwgs. at PANS)
BLOOMINGDALE TERRACE, for F. William Johnson, 1932 (dwgs. at PANS)
YOUNG AVENUE, near Atlantic Street, additions and alterations to 'Lindola', for Col. Sidney Oland, 1932 (dwgs. at PANS)
ARMVIEW AVENUE, for Garfield G. Bowser, 1936 (dwgs. at PANS)
CAMBRIDGE STREET, for N.G. Misener, 1936 (dwgs. at PANS)
BEECH STREET, near Norwood Avenue, for Richard W. Harris, 1937 (dwgs. at PANS)
QUEENSLAND, N.S., summer house for Ben Moir, Jr., 1938 (dwgs. at PANS)
CONNAUGHT AVENUE, for Carl A.R. Lassau, 1939 (dwgs. at PANS)
S.P. DUMARESQ (Other works in Halifax unless noted)
UPPER WATER STREET, near George Street, shop and stores for J.M. Stevens, 1909 (inf. from Garry Shutlak)
HALIFAX PUBLIC MARKET, Buckingham Street at Duke Street, a commission won in a competition, 1912-13 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 21 Nov. 1912, 1; and 19 Feb. 1913, 10, t.c.; Report of the City Engineer of Halifax, 1912-13, 19; dwgs. at PANS)
ROYAL BANK, Gottingen Street at the foot of Cunard Street, 1912-13 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 19 Oct. 1912, 16, descrip.; C.R., xxvii, 22 Jan. 1913, 70; dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal)
OLD LADIES HOME, Gottingen Street, major addition, 1914 (dwgs. at PANS)
GOTTINGEN STREET, stores and offices for Dr. Ferguson R. Little, 1915 (dwgs. at PANS)
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Barrington Street, 1916, extensive alterations and new interiors to existing theatre originally built in 1877; demol. 1929 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 30 Aug. 1916, 5, detailed descrip.; and 2 Sept. 1916, 16, descrip.; with history of the theatre, and illus. Evening Mail 1 Jan. 1927, 51)
MARITIME TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CO. BUILDING, Wentworth Street, 1917 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 22 March 1917, 2)
ROYAL BANK, George Street near Hollis Street, 1918-19 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 26 Dec. 1919, 8, detailed architectural descrip.)
DAVIS & FRASER BLOCK, Barrington Street, 1918 (dwgs. at PANS)
NAVY LEAGUE OF CANADA, South Street at Barrington Street, 1919-20 (C.R., xxxiii, 7 May 1919, 45, t.c.; Evening Mail [Halifax], 3 July 1919, 7, t.c.; J. Weir, Lost Craft of Ornamental Architecture, 1983, 50, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
ROYAL BANK, Queen Street at Spring Garden Road, 1919 (dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal)
CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Hollis Street, 1919 (dwgs. at PANS)
MAHON'S LTD., Barrington Street at Prince Street, department store, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 26 May 1920, 59)
BAPTIST CHURCH, North Street at Gottingen Street, 1920-21 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 13 July 1920, 2, descrip.; and 25 June 1921, 11, illus. & descrip.)
WOLFVILLE, N.S., Acadia University, Memorial Gymnasium Building, 1920-21; Science Building, 1927-28 (C.R., xli, 30 Nov. 1927, 49; R. Longley, Acadian University 1838-1938, 116, 121)
ROYAL BANK, Quinpool Road at Oxford Street, 1920 (dwgs. at PANS)
HALIFAX FURNISHING CO., Gottingen Street, rebuilding of large store and warehouse after a fire, for Samuel Cohn, 1920-21 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 24 Nov. 1920, 11, descrip.; and 29 April 1921, 9, illus. & detailed descrip.)
WOOD BROTHERS CO., Granville Street near George Street, a 4 storey department store, 1921 (Halifax Herald, 20 Jan. 1921, 12; Evening Mail [Halifax], 6 Dec. 1921, Section Two, 11-17, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.)
ST. JOSEPH'S ORPHANAGE, Quinpool Road, major addition, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 15 Feb. 1922, 44)
SOUTH PARK STREET, from Spring Garden Road to Sackville Street, Outdoor Street Fair, with dance Pavilion, booths and enclosures, 1922 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 31 July 1922, 12)
HALIFAX 175th ANNIVERSARY PAGEANT, a historical exhibition, with architectural plans, 1923 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 29 Aug. 1923, 12)
MASONIC HALL, Barrington Street at Salter Street, a major addition to original building facing Granville Street, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 20 Feb. 1924, 56; E. Pacey, Historic Halifax, 1988, 98-9, illus.; dwgs. at PANS)
ANTIGONISH, N.S., Bank of Nova Scotia, 1924 (dwgs. at PANS)
STELLARTON, N.S., reconstruction of Sharon Presbyterian Church, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 23 April 1924, 50; dwgs. at PANS)
HALIFAX PROTESTANT ORPHAN'S HOME, Veith Street, 1924 (dwgs. at PANS)
MOUNT ST. VINCENT UNIVERSITY, Bedford Highway, major alterations to Chapel, 1926; dormitory and classroom building, c. 1930 (dwgs. at PANS)
DARTMOUTH, N.S., Halifax County Home, Cole Harbour Road, designed 1923; built 1925-26 (Halifax Evening Mail, 4 July 1923, 3, descrip.; and 26 Jan. 1926, 9, descrip., and 11 March 1926, 9; C.R., xl, 17 March 1926, 56)
BERMUDA, BRITISH WEST INDIES, additions to St. Agnes Roman Catholic Convent, 1926 (dwgs. at PANS)
PICTOU, N.S., Pictou Hospital, 1927 (dwgs. at PANS)
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Grafton Park, a large addition of a new chancel, with installation of new organ for Rev. Kerr, 1928 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 11 Aug. 1928, 18, descrip.)
T. EATON DEPARTMENT STORE, Barrington Street at Granville Street, a 5 storey retail block, 1928-30 (C.R., xlii, 23 May 1928, 44; Halifax Mail, 4 Nov. 1930, 17-23, illus. & detailed descrip.; dwgs. at PANS)
NORTH SYDNEY, N.S., Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Convent Street, 1928 near Lower Sackville, N.S., on the road leading to Windsor Junction, 1923 (dwgs. at PANS)
BLOOMFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, Robie Street at Almon Street, 1929 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 8 March 1929, 32; C.R., xliii, 5 June 1929, 58; dwgs. at PANS)
NOVA SCOTIA PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION GROUNDS, Almon Street, a large Industrial Exhibition Hall, 1929 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 21 Feb. 1929, 10, descrip.; and 2 May 1929, 20, descrip.; C.R., xliii, 12 June 1929, 115; dwgs. at PANS)
HALIFAX INFIRMARY, Queen Street, at Dundonald Street and Morris Street, for the Sisters of Charity, designed 1929; built in 1930-31 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 14 Feb. 1929, 6; and 2 Jan. 1931, 4; C.R., xlv, 14 Jan. 1931, 53; R.A.I.C. Journal, ix, Feb. 1932, 38; dwgs. at PANS)
(with Murray Brown of Toronto) HALIFAX, N.S., Capitol Theatre, Barrington Street at Spring Garden Road, 1929-30 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 2 Oct. 1929, 1, and 29 Oct. 1929, 3, illus. & descrip., showing 6 storey block of theatre and offices, but design later revised in 1930; R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, Jan. 1930, 15, illus.; Halifax Mail, 4 Oct. 1930, 4, descrip.; and 22 Oct. 1930, 17, descrip.; and 31 Oct. 1930, 1, with tribute to the architect Murray Brown, with port. photo; and Halifax Mail, Capitol Theatre Supplement, 31 Oct. 1930, 17-22, illus. & detailed descrip.; Halifax Herald, 31 Oct. 1930, 18-19, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at PANS, Halifax, Dumaresq Coll.)
HALIFAX CITY HALL, on the Grand Parade, extensive interior alterations and improvements to the original building, 1931 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 20 May 1931, 11, descrip.)
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Barrington Street, swimming pool building, 1936 (dwgs. at PANS)
GLACE BAY, N.S. Nurse's Home, 1936; major additions to the Hospital, 1939 (dwgs. at PANS)
UNITED SERVICE CORP. AUTO SHOWROOM & GARAGE, South Park Street at Sackville Street, 1937; demol. 2016 (C.R., Vol. 50, 11 Aug. 1937, 31, construction contract awarded; R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, July 1939, 3, illus. in advert.; dwgs. at PANS; J. Philip Dumaresq, "The Story of the CBC Building, Halifax" in The Griffin [Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia], xxxv, No. 3, Sept. 2010, 3, illus. & descrip., but incorrectly dating the building as "1932" [sic]; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 228, illus. & descrip.)
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, University Avenue, Medical & Dental Library, 1938 (C.R., li, 11 May 1938, 32; dwgs. at PANS)
HUBBARDS, N.S., Merchant Seaman's Training School, 1942 (dwgs. at PANS)
SPRINGHILL, N.S., Hospital, 1942-43 (C.R., lv, 16 Dec. 1942, 24)
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, Morris Street, addition and alterations, 1943 (C.R., lvi, 7 April 1943, 102)
COMPETITIONS
WOLFVILLE, N.S., Baptist Church, Main Street at Highland Avenue, 1910. Dumaresq & Cobb were one of five architects invited to submit an entry in this competition (Evening Mail [Halifax], 16 April 1910, 13). Their firm of Dumaresq & Cobb of Halifax were declared the winners, but the following year, in 1911, the commission was given to Charles B. Chappell of Charlottetown, P.E.I.