HOLMAN, Reginald T. (1883-1919) was born in England, the son of Capt. H. Holman, of Topsham, Devonshire, and was educated and trained there. He emigrated to Canada in 1907 and settled in Calgary, Alberta. In May 1910 Holman formed a partnership with Lawrence M. Gotch. With the outbreak of WWI in 1914, Gotch returned to England and Holman continued to practice under his own name. He was an ambitious designer and delineator, and adept at promoting his own work. In 1912 he published his plans for speculative house designs intended for new residents of the rapidly growing Calgary area (Calgary Herald, 1 April 1912, 13, illus.; 22 April 1912, 12, illus.). Holman died in Calgary on 26 January 1919 after a short illness (obit Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 Jan. 1919, 14; Albertan [Calgary], 28 Jan. 1919, 7; inf. Barry Elmer, Calgary)
HOLMAN & GOTCH (works in Calgary unless noted)
HILLCREST AVENUE, in Mount Royal, residence for Malcolm D. Geddes, c. 1910 (dwgs. Univ. of Calgary, Canadian Architectural Archives, Acc. 37A 7825)
unnamed street, apartment block and stores for Albert Nimmons, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 61)
FIFTH STREET WEST, residence for Edgar H. Telfer, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 60)
SIFTON BOULEVARD, in Elbow Park, residence for Ernest D. Adams, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 60)
BOWNESS PARK ADDITION, residence for John Hextall, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 21 Feb. 1912, 65)
RED DEER, ALTA., major addition and alterations to residence for J. Carlyle Moore, Waskasoo Park, 1912 (Red Deer Advocate, 22 Nov. 1912, 4)
RED DEER, ALTA., large residence for A.W.G. Allen, Waskasoo Park Drive, 1912 (Red Deer Advocate, 22 Nov. 1912, 4, descrip.; Red Deer News, 1 Jan. 1913, 4)
BASSANO, ALTA., St. Mary's Anglican Church, 1912 (Bassano News, 12 Sept. 1912, 5, descrip.)
BOWNESS PARK ADDITION, residence for Edwin Hamblin, 1913 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iii, June 1913, 42, illus. & descrip.)
BOWNESS PARK ADDITION, residence for H. Armand, 1913 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iii, Aug. 1913, 25-26, illus. & descrip.)
BOWNESS PARK ADDITION, residence for R.H. Kennedy, 1914 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iv, Dec. 1914, 25, illus.)
BOWNESS PARK ADDITION, residence for Gerald E. Rodwell, 1915 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], v, Aug. 1915, 15, illus. & descrip.)
R.T. HOLMAN (works in Calgary unless noted)
DRUMHELLER, ALTA., Standard Bank, c. 1918 (dwgs. Univ. of Calgary, Canadian Architectural Archives, Acc. 37A 7825)
EIGHTH AVENUE EAST, at Second Street East, block of eleven stores with apartments above for Thomas J. Skinner, c. 1918 (dwgs. Univ. of Calgary, Canadian Architectural Archives, Acc. 37A 7825)
COMPETITIONS
CALGARY, ALTA., City Hall, 1907. This architect was one of nine Canadian competitors for this major commission. His plans were set aside and W.M. Dodd was declared the winner (Daily Herald [Calgary], 7 May 1907, 9, list of competitors).
CALGARY, ALTA., King George Hotel, 1911. Holman & Gotch were 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.