MUNRO, John Vicar (1872-1936) was born in Westminster Township, near London, Ont. on 7 April 1872 and attended London Collegiate. He studied architecture and surveying at the School of Practical Science at the Univ. of Toronto, then returned to London to serve an apprenticeship with Frederick Henry (in 1891-96). Munro then moved to New York City and worked for Charles P.H. Gilbert (in 1896-1904), and later went to Baltimore to spend four years in the office of Baldwin & Pennington (in 1904-08) before returning to Canada. In 1908 he was invited John M. Moore to become a partner in the firm of Moore & Henry (see list of works under Moore, Henry & Munro), and in 1911 the firm was renamed Moore & Munro. This partnership ended in late 1913, and Munro, buoyed by the success of winning the competition for the Ridout Street Methodist Church, opened his own office in London in 1914. Munro died in London, Ont. on 28 December 1936 (obit. London Free Press, 28 Dec. 1936, 1; R.A.I.C. Journal, xiv, Jan. 1937, 18; biog. N. Tausky & L. DiStefano, Victorian Architecture in London & Southwestern Ontario, 1986, 424-5; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)
J.V. MUNRO
(with Cyril F. Martin) LONDON, ONT., Canada Trust Building, Richmond Street at Queen's Avenue, 1913 (London Free Press, 23 April 1913, 11, t.c.)
LONDON, ONT., Ridout Street Methodist Church, Ridout Street, 1914 (Free Press [London], 8 April 1914, 1, illus., 2, descrip.; C.R., xxviii, 18 Nov. 1914, 60, t.c.)
(with L.E. Carrothers) LONDON, ONT., Riverview School, Riverview Avenue at Wharncliffe Road, 1916 (London Board of Education, Annual Report, 1916, 47-50; Const., xi, July 1918, 227-8, illus. & descrip.)
CREDITON, ONT., Methodist Church, 1921; burned 1969 (The Story of our Years in Crediton Circuit, 1939, unpag.)