PIPER, Arthur M. (1875-1943) was active as an architect in Chatham, Ont. from 1903 until after 1910 (Chatham City Directory, 1906-07, 149). He moved to London, Ont. in 1912 and the following year was appointed City Architect and Building Inspector there, a position he held for next two decades. He also may have been employed as the Staff Architect for the Canadian Oil Co. His signature appears on plans for an eclectic design for a prototypical gas station to built in locations across Canada for the Standard Oil Co. (dwgs. at PANS, Halifax, N.S.). After mandatory registration for all architects in Ontario occurred in 1931, he is listed variously as a draftsman and building superintendent in London. Piper died there on 2 May 1943 (death notice Free Press [London], 3 May 1943, 22)
A.M. PIPER (works in Chatham, Ont.)
GARNER BLOCK, a new facade for the 'Bazaar' Store, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 6 May 1903, 4)
unnamed street, residence for J.L. Scott, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 27 May 1903, 8)
DULUTH STREET, residence for Hugh Garrett, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 26 Aug. 1903, 3)
MERCHANT'S BANK, King Street West at Fifth Street, 1904 (Chatham Daily Planet, 12 May 1904, 1)
KING STREET WEST, store and apartment for Albert Jahnke, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 21 June 1905, 4)
GENERAL HOSPITAL, Emma Street at Violet Street, major addition, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 20 March 1907, 6)
A.M. PIPER (works elsewhere in Ontario)
BALDOON, ONT., parsonage for a church, 1903 C.R., xiv, 16 Sept. 1903, 2, t.c.)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., mill and elevator for an unnamed client, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 20 March 1907, 2)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., residence for George Lyidat, 1907 (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 66)
DRESDEN, ONT., residence for O. McVean, 1907 (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 66)
DRESDEN, ONT., Carnegie Public Library, Brown Street at Centre Street, 1907; still standing in 2023 (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 63, t.c.)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., Carnegie Public Library, James Street at Nelson Street, 1907; demol. (Free Press [London], 30 Nov. 1907, 8, illus.; M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 185)
LONDON, ONT., Land Registry Office, King Street, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 24 Jan. 1923, 50, t.c.; Free Press [London], 30 Oct. 1923, 4, illus.)
LONDON, ONT., apartment block on Elmwood Avenue for H.J. Clark, possibly the Elmview Apartments, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 11 Jan. 1928, 52)
LONDON, ONT., apartment block on Dufferin Avenue, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 18 April 1928, 71)
LONDON, ONT., Reo Auto Motors, Fullarton Street, showroom and garage, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 20 June 1928, 53)
LONDON, ONT., four unit tenement for Jack Hyatt, Baker Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 4 July 1928, 51)
LONDON, ONT., apartment block on Huron Street for I.H. Leff, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 31 Oct. 1928, 60)