MOESER, Henry A. (1821-1908) was active in Pittsburgh, Penn., at first under his own name, and later in the partnership of Moeser & Wilson (1891-92), and Moeser & Bippus (1895-96). In 1891 he was commissioned to design major additions to the Mount Carmel Hospice, Stanley Street, in Niagara Falls, Ont., the first portions of which had been completed by George Metzger of Buffalo, N.Y. in 1882. Moeser was responsible for the distinctive Romanesque Revival dormitory wing and the adjacent chapel, with its arcaded walkways and circular corner towers. The complex was constructed for the Carmelites as a hospitality centre for pilgrims visiting the nearby Shrine of Our Lady of Peace. Moeser later carried out a similar commission at Fairview, Perth Co., Ont. for the Carmelite monastery there.
Moeser was born in Darmstadt, Germany on 2 May 1821 and was educated and trained there. He emigrated to America in 1850, and spent his entire professional career in Pittsburgh. He died there on 3 January 1908 (obituary Pittsburgh Press, 4 Jan. 1908, 3; obit and biography Pittsburgh Daily Post, 5 Jan. 1908, 9)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., major additions to Mount Carmel Hospice, Stanley Street, 1891-99 (Catholic Record [London], 28 Nov. 1891, 5, descrip.; Catholic Register [Toronto], 6 July 1899, 6, descrip.)
FAIRVIEW, ONT. [near Stratford, Ont.], major addition to the monastery of the Fathers of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1899 (C.R., x, 5 July 1899, 2)