DARRACH, Neil R. (1850-1926)
(biography in preparation)
Neil R. DARRACH (works in St. Thomas, Ont.)
CENTRE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Centre Street at Southwick Street, 1879 (St. Thomas Journal, 21 Oct. 1879, 1, descrip.)
LADIES TEMPERANCE & BENEVOLENT SOCIETY HOME, 1882 (St. Thomas DaIly Times, 4 April 1882, 2, t.c.)
ST. THOMAS TIMES OFFICE, Talbot Street, 1883 (St. Thomas Daily Times, 19 Feb. 1883, 2, descrip.; 22 Aug. 1883, 4, descrip.)
METCALF STREET, residence for J.C. Finlay, 1883 (St. Thomas Daily Times, 21 Feb. 1883, 4)
unnamed street, residence for James Hammond, 1883 (St. Thomas Daily Times, 7 June 1883, 4, t.c.)
WELLINGTON STREET, residence for George C. Crocker, 1883 (St. Thomas Daily Times, 16 July 1883, 4, t.c.)
DUNCOMBE OPERA HOUSE, Talbot Street, 1894 (Daily Advertiser [London], 18 April 1894, 2, t.c.)
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, St. George Street at Curtis Street, reconstruction after fire of March 1895 (list of works in obituary)
ELGIN COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Wellington Street at Queen Street, reconstruction and new extensions after fire of July 1898-99 (K. McKay, The Court Houses of a Century, 1901, 17, illus.; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Cornerstones of Order, 1983, 178-9, illus.)
SALVATION ARMY BARRACKS, St. Catherine Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 6 July 1898, 2)
MANITOBA STREET, residence for John A. Jagoe, 1898 (C.R., ix, 8 June 1898, 4)
WELLINGTON STREET SCHOOL, Wellington Street at Elgin Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 8 June 1898, 1, t.c.)
CITY HALL, Talbot Street at Mondamin Street, 1898-99 (C.A.B., xi, May 1898, 85)
AMASSA WOOD HOSPITAL, Pearl Street at Scott Street, addition, 1900 (C.R., xi, 12 Sept. 1900, 3)
MICKLEBOROUGH DEPARTMENT STORE, Talbot Street at Mary Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 5 Feb. 1902, 1, t.c.)
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, Elysian Street at Pearl Street, major addition with remodelling of existing school, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 30 April 1902, 2)
THOMAS BROTHERS, Palm Street near Chester Street, factory, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 23 April 1902, 3, t.c.)
PHILIP R. WILLIAMS & SON, Talbot Street near George Street, undertaker's shop, 1905 (Evening Journal [St. Thomas], 19 July 1905, 5)
GRANITE RINK, Metcalfe Street near Centre Street, 1905 (Evening Journal [St. Thomas], 19 July 1905, 5)
HOLY ANGELS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Talbot Street near White Street, new sacristy, confessionals, and extensive alterations, 1905; demol. 1910 (C.R., xvi, 24 May 1905, 4)
CARNEGIE LIBRARY, Curtis Street at Mondamin Street, 1906; converted to City Engineering Offices, 1976; still standing in 2022 (St. Thomas Daily Times, 10 Feb. 1906, 1, descrip.)
CHURCH OF CHRIST, Princess Street at Elizabeth Street, 1906 (Evening Journal [St. Thomas], 27 April 1907, 1, descrip.)
OPERA HOUSE, Talbot Street 'east of the Anderson & Co. Block', 1907 (Free Press [London], 10 Sept. 1907, 8)
INGRAM & DAVEY CO., Talbot Street at Southwick Street, store, 1908 (C.R., xix, 25 March 1908, 21)
REGISTRY OFFICE, Wellington Street at Metcalfe Street, c. 1910 (NAC, MG30, B86, Vol. 16, item 8, Catalogue of the Fenestra Steel Sash Co., 44, list of works)
Neil R. DARRACH (works elsewhere in Ontario)
WESTMINSTER TOWNSHIP, School for S.S. 15, 1881 (Daily Advertiser [London], 26 March 1881, 4, t.c.)
MIDDLEMISS, ONT. [now called West Lorne, Ont.], Amasa Wood Methodist Church, Monroe Street at Becher Street, 1887; demol. (Christian Guardian [Toronto], 21 Sept. 1887, 594, descrip.)
BELMONT, ONT., Knox Presbyterian Church, new Manse, 1896 (Daily Advertiser [London], 23 June 1896, 1, t.c.)
WEST LORNE, ONT., a two storey commercial block for A. McKillop & Sons, Graham Road at Munroe Street, 1901; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xii, 14 Aug. 1901, 2)
COWAL, ONT., Presbyterian Church, 1901 (C.R., xii, 1 May 1901, 5)
KILMARTIN, ONT., Presbyterian Church, 1905 (C.R., xv, 8 March 1905, 10)
YARMOUTH TOWNSHIP HALL, Talbot Street, 1905 (Canada, Town Halls of Canada, 1987, 303)
LONDON, ONT., Imperial Bank, Richmond Street at King Street, 1906 (Free Press [London], 18 Jan. 1906, 9, descrip.)
FINGAL, ONT., Knox Presbyterian Church, Fingal Line at Church Street, 1906; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xvii, 11 April 1906, 2)
SOUTHWOLD TOWNSHIP, School for S.S. 14, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 6 June 1906, 7)
TILLSONBURG, ONT., addition to the High School, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 14 March 1906, 3)
FORT WILLIAM, ONT., Victoria Street at May Street, commercial block for Joseph and Frank M. Griffin of St. Thomas, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 3 April 1907, 2, t.c.)
YARMOUTH TOWNSHIP, School, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 10 April 1907, 4, t.c.)
PORT STANLEY, ONT., Sterling Bank, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 1 May 1907, 2, t.c.)
TYRCONNELL, ONT., School, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 15 May 1907, 4, t.c.)
SPARTA, ONT., School, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 24 June 1908, 26, t.c.)
PORT STANLEY, ONT., School, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 30 Sept. 1908, 24, t.c.)
LINDSAY, ONT., major addition to the Collegiate Institute, with new Gymnasium, Kent Street West, 1909 (Weekly Post [Lindsay], 11 June 1909, 8)
BELMONT, ONT., School for S.S. 7, South Dorchester, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 5 April 1911, 54, t.c.)
Neil R. DARRACH (works in Saskatchewan)
REGINA, SASK., Western Trust Co., 11th Avenue near Hamilton Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 73; Henderson's City of Regina Directory, 1924, 13, illus.)
REGINA, SASK., Westminster Presbyterian Church, 13th Avenue at Cameron Street, 1912 (Morning Leader [Regina], 3 May 1912, 2, descrip.; 27 Aug. 1912, 12, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
REGINA, SASK., Royal North West Mounted Police Compound, near Dewdney Avenue, Barrack Block 'A', 1912-13. and Office Building, 1912 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 3 June 1912, 10, t.c.; RCMP Museum, Regina, Contracts & Correspondence File for Block 'A', April 1912 to November 1913)
REGINA, SASK., R.H. Williams & Sons Ltd., Hamilton Street at 11th Avenue, major additions and extension, 1913 (dwgs. at SAB, RP1-252)
REGINA, SASK., Regina General Hospital, 15th Avenue at Halifax Street, new South Wing, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 27 Aug. 1913, 70)
BETHUNE, SASK., a bank building, Main Street, 1916; but perhaps not built (Morning Leader (Regina), 29 March 1916, 11, t.c.)
Neil R. DARRACH (works in Ontario)
ELGIN COUNTY, ONT., House of Industry, North Talbot Road, two miles west of St. Thomas, 1919 (dwgs. at Univ. of Western Ontario, Regional Coll., Box 718)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., residence on the former property of John Barnes and Amos Barnes, Queen Street near Wellington Street, 1919 (Border Cities Star [Windsor], 24 April 1919, 12)
(with John T. Findlay) ST. THOMAS, ONT., Memorial Hospital, Pearl Street, major addition, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 21 March 1923, 57, t.c.)
COMPETITIONS
REGINA, SASK., Central Police Station, Osler Street, 1913. Darrach was one 6 local architects who submitted an entry in this competition (Morning Leader [Regina], 5 June 1913, 11). His proposal was set aside in favour of the winning design by Clemesha & Portnall, but their scheme was never built.