MITCHELL, John (fl. 1874-75), a talented but obscure figure active in Pembroke, Ont. where he designed a remarkable Gothic commercial block called The Metropolitan Hotel (later the Queen's Hotel), 1874, and the following year prepared an Italianate design for the Public School in that town. His name is also linked to at least one private residence, also in the Italianate style, for Dr. William D. Dixon. No biographical information has been found on the architect (inf. Bruce Pappin, Pembroke)
METROPOLITAN HOTEL, Pembroke Street at John Street, 1874 (Pembroke Observer, 27 March 1874, 2 descrip.; Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 2 Oct. 1874, 1, descrip.)
PUBLIC SCHOOL, Isabella Street, 1875 (Perth Courier, 30 April 1875, 2)
PEMBROKE STREET, 'The Maples', a residence for Dr. William W. Dixon, 1875; demol. 1948 (Pembroke Observer, 19 Nov. 1875, 3, descrip.)