Hutchinson, George Edgar

HUTCHINSON, George Edgar (1862-1942), a native of Berwick Nova Scotia and an architect in the following offices:

George E. Hutchinson, architect, Middleton, Nova Scotia 1898-1900
George E. Hutchinson, architect, Sydney, Nova Scotia 1900-1904
George E. Hutchinson, architect, Regina, Sask. 1905
Hutchinson & Nobles, architects, Regina, Sask. 1906 (with George E. Nobles)
George E. Hutchinson, architect, Regina, Sask. 1907
Hutchinson & MacGlashen, architects, Regina, Sask. 1908 (with Ernest MacGlashen)
George E. Hutchinson, architect, Regina, Sask. 1908-11
Hutchinson & Ford, Victoria, B.C. 1911-13 (with Guy S. Ford)
(biography in preparation)

G.E. HUTCHISON (works in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Saskatchewan)

MIDDLETON, N.S., Nictaux Baptist Church, Highway 10 at Highway 201, 1898; demol. (A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)
MIDDLETON, N.S., Presbyterian Church, 1898 (A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)
NORTH SYDNEY, N.S., hotel at Coxheath for James P. Conway, Archibald Street, 1899-1900 (PANS, R.G. 34, Series A, 1900, A No. 2480, lawsuit by Hutchinson to recover fees for plans and specifications; Sydney Record, 5 Sept. 1900, 8)
NORTH SYDNEY, N.S., major addition and alterations to the Methodist Church, 1900 (Sydney Record, 26 Sept. 1900, 5; and 27 Sept. 1900, 5, t.c.)
NORTH SYDNEY, N.S., commercial block for Alex McDonald, 1900 (Sydney Record, 2 Oct. 1900, 5)
GLACE BAY, N.S., Opera House, for the Roman Catholic C.M.B.A. Club, George Street, near Dorchester Street, 1902-03 (Sydney Record, 7 May 1902, 5, descrip.; and 18 Aug. 1903, 8)
SYDNEY, N.S., residence for Clayton McGlashing, on Hardwood Hill, 1902 (Sydney Record, 6 Sept. 1902, 8)
SYDNEY, N.S., residence for Silvester C.D. White, on Hardwood Hill, 1902 (Sydney Record, 8 Sept. 1902, 8)
SYDNEY, N.S., Carnegie Library, 1903 (Sydney Record, 3 July 1903, 1)
SPRINGHILL, N.S., Young Men’s Christian Association, 1903 (Sydney Record, 25 July 1903, 8)
NEW ABERDEEN, N.S., Glebe House, for Rev. Father Cameron, 1903 (Sydney Record, 6 Oct. 1903, 5)
NEW ABERDEEN, N.S., Roman Catholic School, for Rev. Father Cameron, 1903 (Sydney Record, 6 Oct. 1903, 5, descrip.; and 28 Dec. 1903, 5, illus.)
SYDNEY, N.S., McKay’s Skating Rink, c. 1903 (Evening Telegram [St. John’s], 30 April 1904, 4, list of works)
SYDNEY, N.S., Lyceum Theatre, 1903-04 (Sydney Record, 14 Dec. 1903, 5, illus. & descrip.; 25 May 1904, 1; E. Pacey & A. Comiter, Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia, 1994, 150-1, illus.)
GLACE BAY, N.S., Baptist Church, 1903 (Sydney Record, 27 Feb. 1903, 8; 18 Feb. 1903, 7, illus.; and 19 Oct. 1903, 5)
GLACE BAY, N.S., Presbyterian Church, 1903-04 (Evening Telegram [St. John’s], 30 April 1904, 4, list of works)
LOUISBURG, N.S., Marine Hospital, 1903-04 (Sydney Record, 11 Nov. 1903, 8; and 24 Nov. 1903, 1, descrip.). A detailed critique, analysis and appraisal of the inferior design of this medical facility was published in the Evening Mail [Halifax], 23 Sept. 1904, 5, descrip.
GLACE BAY, N.S., Town Hall, McKeen Street, 1903 (Sydney Record, 19 Nov. 1903, 5, illus. & descrip.; Parks Canada, Town Halls of Canada, 1987, 268, 270 ff, illus., but lacking attribution; A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)
SYDNEY, N.S., residence for J.G. Young, 1904 (Sydney Record, 30 Jan. 1904, 1)
SYDNEY, N.S., residence for A.J.G. MacEachern, 1904 (Sydney Record, 30 Jan. 1904, 1)
SYDNEY, N.S., residence for Dr. Brookman, 1904 (Sydney Record, 30 Jan. 1904, 1)
SYDNEY, N.S., residence for Neil H. Richardson, 1904 (Sydney Record, 30 Jan. 1904, 1)
SYDNEY MINES, N.S., major addition to store for A.C. Thompson Co., 1904 (Sydney Record, 29 March 1904, 8)
HARBOUR GRACE, NFLD., The Fourth Methodist Church, 1904; burned 1944 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 6 July 1904, 4)
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD, Horwood Lumber Co., a new 3 storey high lumber kiln building, Water Street West, 1904 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 5 July 1904, 3, descrip.)
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., residence for Mr. Drover, Monktown Road at Circular Road, 1904 (Evening Telegram [St. John's], 19 July 1904, 3, illus. & descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., residence for Alexander Mowat, Broad Street at 14th Avenue, 1905 (Daily Leader Inaugural Number [Regina], 1 Sept. 1905, 13, illus.)
REGINA, SASK., residence for Henry W. Laird, Mayor of Regina, Victoria Avenue at Smith Street, 1905 (Daily Leader Inaugural Number [Regina], 1 Sept. 1905, 13, illus.)

HUTCHINSON & NOBLES (works in Saskatchewan)

LUMSDEN, SASK., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1906 (Regina Leader, 31 March 1906, news item; and 18 April 1906, t.c.; inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina)
WEYBURN, SASK., Presbyterian Church, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 4 April 1906, 4, t.c.; Regina Leader, 11 April 1906, 2, t.c.; A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)
WEYBURN, SASK., Public School, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 16 May 1906, 4; Henderson‘s North West Directory & Gazetteer for 1906, 976, illus. in advert. )
REGINA, SASK., St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, raising foundation and extensive remodelling of the parish residence for the Rev. Oblate Fathers, 1906 (Leader [Regina], 5 June 1906, 6, t.c.)

G.E. HUTCHINSON (works in Regina, Sask.)

REGINA, SASK., Land Titles Office, Victoria Avenue at Cornwall Street, 1907 (Winnipeg Tribune, 15 Feb. 1907, 2; Regina Standard, 18 April 1907, illus., but this design was later rejected and a new scheme by Darling & Pearson of Toronto was accepted)
REGINA, SASK., St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School, Scarth Street at Victoria Avenue, 1907 (Morning Leader [Regina], 27 April 1907, 3, illus. & descrip.; Regina Standard, 17 June 1907, 2)
REGINA, SASK., Roman Catholic School, Angus Street North at Dewdney Street, "on Block 416....directly opposite the Grey Nuns Hospital", 1907 (Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 25 May 1907, 8)
REGINA, SASK., Roman Catholic Convent, 1907 (Regina Standard, 18 July 1907, 1, illus.)

HUTCHINSON & MacGLASHEN (works in Regina)

REGINA, SASK., Gratton Roman Catholic Separate School, Scarth Street at Victoria Avenue, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 17 June 1908, 28)

G.E. HUTCHINSON (works in Saskatchewan)

SWIFT CURRENT., SASK., Masonic Temple, 1908 (C.R., xix, 1 Jan. 1908, 19)
SWIFT CURRENT, SASK,, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, 1908 (C.R., xix, 1 Jan. 1908, 19)
LUMSDEN, SASK., Lumsden Hotel, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 16 June 1909, 21)
LUMSDEN, SASK., Presbyterian Church, 1909 (A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)
PENSE, SASK., Town Hall, Brunswick Street at Press Street, 1911; still standing in 2023 (A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)
SWIFT CURRENT, SASK., public school, 1911 (A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)

HUTCHINSON & FORD (works in Victoria, B.C.)

VICTORIA, B.C., Victoria Steam Laundry, North Park Street, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 25 Oct. 1911, 64; xxvi, 17 Jan. 1912, 75; Daily Colonist [Victoria], 8 Oct. 1911, 10, illus. & descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., Northern Hotel, Yates Street, for J. Morgan, 1911 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 3 Sept. 1911, 10, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxv, 20 Sept. 1911, 63)
VICTORIA, B.C., Fire Hall No. 8, Leighton Road at Duchess Street, 1913 (A.I.B.C. Application Form, list of works)

COMPETITIONS

REGINA, SASK., Civic Hospital, 1908. The Regina office of Hutchinson & McGlashen was one of eight architectural firms from the United States and Canada who submitted plans for the major project (Leader [Regina], 12 May 1908, 8, report on the competition). Their design was set aside, and Storey & Van Egmond were later declared as the winners.