MASON, George De Witt (1856-1948), a leading architect in Detroit, Michigan who dominated the profession for more than forty years in Michigan and southwestern Ontario, either under his own name, or as a member of the following offices:
Mason & Rice, Detroit, 1878 to 1898 (with Zacharias Rice)
Mason, Reed-Hill & Painter, 1902-03, Detroit (with Mr. Reed-Hill and Walter S. Painter)
Mason & Painter, Detroit, 1903-04 (with Walter S. Painter)
G.D. Mason, Detroit, 1905 to c. 1922
G.D. Mason & Co., Detroit, c. 1922 to c. 1940 (with Albert C. McDonald, David H. Williams, and Herbert C. Wenzell)
(biography in preparation)
MASON & RICE
LEAMINGTON, ONT., Town Hall, 1879-80 (Detroit Free Press, 22 Oct. 1879, 1)
WINDSOR, ONT., five new buildings along Ouellette Avenue, for an unnamed client, 1882 (Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 1882, 7)
AMHERSTBURG, ONT., Town Hall, 1883-84 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1883, 9, t.c.; Detroit Free Press, 21 May 1884, 8)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., a three storey brick hotel for Harry [sic] Walker (perhaps Hiram Walker?), 1888-89 (Engineering & Building Record [New York], xviii, 3 Nov. 1888, ix; Detroit Free Press, 17 March 1889, 10)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., Railway Station for the Lake Erie, Essex and Detroit River Railway Co., First Avenue, 1888 (Inland Architect [Chicago], xiv, Dec. 1889, plate illus.; Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of the Cleveland Architectural Club, 1897, illus.; W. Hawkins Ferry, The Buildings of Detroit, 1968, 132-3, descrip.; Plate 167, illus.)
KINGSVILLE, ONT., Railway Station for the Lake Erie, Essex & Detroit River Railway Co., 1888 (W. Hawkins Ferry, The Buildings of Detroit, 1968, 132-3, descrip.; Plate 166, illus)
KINGSVILLE, ONT., Mettawas Hotel and Casino, 1889; demol. 1903-04 (London Free Press, 23 April 1889, 3, descrip.; Engineering & Building Record [New York], xxi, 7 Dec. 1889, 16; W. Hawkins Ferry, The Buildings of Detroit, 1968, 142, descrip.;, Plates 188, 190, illus.)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., office building for Hiram Walker & Co., Riverside Drive East near Walker Road, 1892-93 (Detroit Free Press, 23 Sept. 1894, 13 & 14, extensive descrip. with illus.; Gazette [Montreal], 26 Sept. 1894, 6, extensive descrip.; The Empire [Toronto], 13 Oct. 1894, 1-4, illus. & descrip.; Inland Architect [Chicago], xxvii, June 1896, July 1896, Oct. 1896, Nov. 1896, plate illus; American Architect & Building News [New York], lviii, 6 Nov. 1897, plate illus.; W. Hawkins Ferry, The Buildings of Detroit, 1968, 210, descrip., Plate 225, illus.; Andrew Foot, Windsor Then & Now, 2021, 30-31, illus.)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., 'Pentilly', a residence for William Robins, Second Street at Tuscarora Street, 1894 (dwgs. Detroit Inst. Of Arts, Mason & Rice Coll., X1989.13540)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., Fire Hall, Walker Road, c. 1894 (inf. John J.M. Pratt, Windsor)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., residence for Thomas Reid, Mayor of Walkerville, Second Street, c. 1894 (inf. John J.M. Pratt, Windsor)
SANDWICH, ONT., Essex County Court House, Sandwich Street, remodelling of the Court House and Council Chamber, new treasury and registry offices, and a residence for the Gaoler, 1895 (Amherstburg Echo, 12 Sept. 1895, 1, descrip.; C.R., vi, 12 Sept. 1895; 19 Sept. 1895, 2; Evening Record (Windsor), 11 Oct. 1895, 4, t.c.)
MASON, REED-HILL & PAINTER
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Colonial Theatre, Superior Street, 1902-03 (Detroit Free Press, 23 Nov. 1902, Section Two, p. 3, illus. & descrip.)m
MASON & PAINTER
TORONTO, ONT., Majestic Theatre, for S. & L. Perrin, Adelaide Street West near Yonge Street, 1903 (Toronto Daily Star, 30 March 1903, 7; and 17 April 1903, 2, descrip.; and 2 May 1903, 3, illus. and descrip.; and 21 Oct. 1903, 7, detailed descrip.; Toronto b.p. 1221, 2 June 1903)
DETROIT, MICH., United States Express Co., a large 3 storey brick barn, Woodbridge Street East, 1904 (Detroit Free Press, 24 April 1904, Section Four, p. 8)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., The Auditorium Theatre, 1904 (Architect's & Builders Magazine [New York], v, Feb. 1904, 213-14, illus.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 23, illus. & descrip.)
G.D. MASON
WINDSOR, ONT., D.M. Ferry Co. Ltd., Sandwich Street East at McDougall Street, warehouse building, of 4 & 5 storeys in height, constructed of reinforced concrete, 1911 (Evening Record [Windsor], 16 June 1911, 1, descrip.)
AYR, ONT., Christ Church [Anglican], 1914-15 (Anglican Diocese Archives, London, Ont., Vestry Minute Book 1912-1943 for Christ Church, Ayr, Ont., p. 17)