BURRELL, John Edward. (1882-1943), active in Calgary, Alta. from 1912, at first under his own name, and then in partnership with Reginald E.McDonnell from c. 1914 to 1919. In 1921 he formed a new partnership with James Basevi, but their collaboration ended in late 1922. Burrell was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 19 March 1882 and learned the building trades in that province. He moved to western Canada after 1908 and settled in Calgary where he worked as a professional architect from 1913 to 1922. In 1926 he left Canada and moved to California and settled in Long Beach. His name was recorded there in 1927 as "structural engineer", and after 1930 as either a "contractor" or "general contractor". Burrell died in Los Angeles on 28 July 1943. A photographic portrait of Burrell was published in the Calgary Herald, 9 Feb. 1922, 9 (inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
J.E. BURRELL
CALGARY, ALTA., major addition to the Yale Hotel, Ninth Avenue at Centre Street, c. 1913 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 1914, Souvenir Edition, 61, illus.)
BURRELL & McDONNELL
CALGARY, rebuilding of Central Methodist Church after the fire of February 1916, First Street West, (C.R., xxx, 26 July 1916, 43; J. Fraser Perry, They Gathered at the River 1875-1975: A History of Central United Church, 1975, 91, 100, illus.; dwgs. Glenbow Archives, Calgary, Acc. BA C397B)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., Merchants Bank, Main Street North at Fairford Street East, 1918; bank closed c. 1990 and converted to retail store c. 1995; still standing in 2023 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 27 Sept. 1918; City of Moose Jaw b.p., 1 Oct. 1918)
BURRELL & BASEVI
CALGARY, ALTA., residence for Truman Van Delinder, 20th Avenue West at 4th Street, in Mount Royal, 1920 (Calgary Herald, 29 April 1920, 22)
MIDNAPORE, ALTA., major addition to the Orphan's Home, for the Lacombe Home, 1921 (Calgary Herald, 10 May 1921, 5, descrip.; C.R., xxxv, 18 May 1921, 140)
CALGARY, ALTA., Elk's Lodge & Club, 18th Avenue at First Street East, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 18 May 1921, 148; Calgary Herald, 21 May 1921, 26, illus. & descrip.;25 June 1921, 9, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
CALGARY, ALTA., Great War Veteran's Association Building, 7th Avenue East near First Street, 1922 (Calgary Herald, 23 Dec. 1921, 6; 22 April 1922, 16, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
BLAIRMORE, ALTA., three boarding houses for miners, a club building for miners, and a tract of ten houses for Western Canada Collieries, 1921 (C.R., xxxv, 26 Jan. 1921, 51; 17 Aug. 1921, 50; Calgary Herald, 16 Nov. 1921, 6, descrip.; dwgs. at Univ. of Calgary, Canadian Architectural Archives, 37A-7825, Item 00W46)