KIESWETTER, Thomas (1851-1891) of Collingwood, Ont. was first noted as a 'Practical architect, Builder and Joiner' in 1882 (Enterprise & Collingwood Messenger, 20 July 1882, 1, advert.). In 1885 he described himself only as a 'Civil Engineer and Draughstman' with an office at Peterman's Sash & Door Factory (Enterprise & Collingwood Messenger, 19 March 1885, 1, advert.). By April 1886 his business card had re-appeared again offering his services as an 'Architect & Arbitrator' (Enterprise & Collingwood Messenger, 15 April 1886, 2). He designed several private houses in the Queen Anne style but his most distinctive work is an elaborate and picturesque High Victorian facade for the Masonic Temple in Collingwood. He also prepared an ambitious plan for the Exhibition Buildings at Stayner, Ont., but the scheme proved too costly and the commission was later given to Kennedy & Holland[Enterprise [Collingwood], 1 April 1886, 3, descrip.). No references to his work can be found after 1890. He died in Collingwood on 19 May 1891.
(works in Collingwood unless noted)
PINE STREET, residence for Charles Telfer, 1886 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 1 April 1886, 3)
STE. MARIE STREET, residence for John Wright, 1886 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 6 May 1886, 2, t.c.; Collingwood Bulletin, 6 Jan. 1887, 1)
STE. MARIE STREET, a terrace of four houses for James Lindsay 'next to the Collingwood Greenhouse', 1886 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 1 July 1886, 3, t.c.; Collingwood Bulletin, 6 Jan. 1887, 1)
HUME STREET, at Ste. Marie Street, residence for A.J. O'Brien, 1886 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 29 July 1886, 3, descrip.)
MAPLE STREET, residence for D.A. Currie, 1886 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 5 Aug. 1886, 3, descrip.)
HURONTARIO STREET, near Second Street, store for Hall Telfer, 1886 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 5 Aug. 1886, 3)
unidentified street, residence for D. Peterman, 1886 (Collingwood Bulletin, 6 Jan. 1887, 1)
MAPLE STREET, residence for Frank Moberly, 1887 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 24 March 1887, 1; Laurel Lane-Moore, Collingwood: Historic Homes and Buildings, 1989, 66-7, illus. & descrip.)
unidentified street, residence for John Semmons, 1889 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 1 Aug. 1889, 8)
CALLARY BLOCK, Hurontario Street, a commercial block of five stores for B. Callary, 1889-90 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 18 Nov. 1889, 8, descrip.)
MASONIC TEMPLE, Hurontario Street, 1889-90 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 31 Oct. 1889, 1, t.c.; Laurel Lane-Moore, Collingwood: Historic Homes and Buildings, 1989, 74-5, illus. & descrip.; signed dwgs. in the possession of Wilfred Drever, Masonic Lodge Trustees, Collingwood)
LITTLE CURRENT, ONT., [on Manitoulin Island], St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church, 1890 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 7 Aug. 1890, 8, descrip.)
ENTERPRISE BUILDING, Hurontario Street, '....next to the Bank of Toronto', a newspaper office and printing plant, 1890 (Enterprise [Collingwood], 21 Aug. 1890, 8; 18 Dec. 1890, 1, descrip.)