LEIGH, Ernest Albert (1895-1944), active in Toronto, Ont. from 1912 to 1938 and in Owen Sound, Ont. from 1939 onward. Born in Toronto on 8 October 1895 he attended Toronto Technical School and trained with George W. Gouinlock (in 1912-15), and later worked as a draftsman for Thomas Lamb (1918-19), for Sharp & Horner (1919-23), for the architectural department of the Toronto Transit Commission (1923-25), for Horwood & White (in 1925), and for Craig & Madill (1925-27). He opened an office in Toronto in November 1927 and remained there until May 1939 when he moved to Owen Sound. Leigh died at Shelburne, Ont. on 9 October 1944 (obit. Toronto Daily Star, 12 Oct. 1944, 32; obit. Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 16 Oct. 1944; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects; inf. Barbara Myrvold, Toronto).
E.A. LEIGH (works in Toronto)
BAY STREET, at Yorkville Avenue, store and office block for Robins Real Estate Co., 1928; demol. (C.R., xlii, 22 Feb. 1928, 139)
THE EMBASSY CLUB, Bloor Street West at Bellair Street, a commercial block of stores and offices for Robins Real Estate Co., 1928-29; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 24 Aug. 1928, 12, illus. & descrip.; Toronto b.p. B 1289, 6 Sept. 1928)
ADELAIDE STREET EAST, at George Street, warehouse for C.W. Hurndall, Contractors, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 6 Aug. 1930)
CORTLEIGH BOULEVARD, near Avenue Road, large residence at No. 99 Cortleigh Blvd.for an unnamed owner, 1930 (Weekly Building Reporter & Real Estate Review [Toronto], vi, 22 Nov. 1930, 1, illus.)
FOREST HILL ROAD, near Duncannon Drive, residence for Dr. Joseph Ryan, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 4 Jan. 1933, 34)
CASTLE KNOCK ROAD, near Kelway Boulevard, residence for P. Balderston, 1934 (Toronto b.p. B 40405, 12 July 1934; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 11)
NORWOOD ROAD, on a triangular site bounded by Benlamond Avenue and Swanwick Avenue, a small apartment building with 3 units, for H.D. Milne, 1935 (City of Toronto b.p. B 45255, 24 July 1935; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 590; inf. Barbara Myrvold, Toronto)
HOYLE AVENUE, near Soudan Avenue, residence for D. Maschino, 1936 (Toronto b.p. B 48484, 29 April 1936; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 894)
MacLEAN AVENUE, opposite Bonfield Avenue, a double duplex house (with 4 units), for G.H. Leigh, 1936 (Toronto b.p.B 49588, 3 July 1936; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 585)
QUEEN STREET EAST, at Silver Birch Avenue, residence for Dr. E. Long, 1936 (Toronto b.p. B 50971, 2 Oct. 1936; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 503)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE EAST, east of Yonge Street, a store and office block for the Lind Estate, 1937; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 8 Jan. 1937, 8, descrip.)
BATHURST STREET, opposite TTC Hillcrest Yards, store and two flats above for Tile Sales Ltd., 1937 (Toronto b.p. B 53253, 19 April 1937; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 629)
LYTTON BOULEVARD, near Proudfoot Avenue, residence for Peter Khoury, builder, 1937 (Toronto b.p. B 53253, 23 Sept. 1937; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 713)
E.A. LEIGH (works in Owen Sound and region)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., residence for Dr. C.J. Baxendale, 3rd Street 'A' East, west of 2nd Avenue East, 1939 (Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 3 Aug. 1939, 5)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., residence for N.E. Hipwell, 2nd Avenue West at 4th Street, 1939 (Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 17 Aug. 1939, 5, descrip.)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., moulding shop for William Kennedy & Son Steel Co., 2nd Avenue West, 1941 (C.R., liv, 6 Aug. 1941, 32)