DOOLEY, Vincent Whyld (1862 - 1909), an architect active in Medicine Hat, Alberta for nearly fifteen years and whose name can be linked to works in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. Born at Burton-on-Trent, England on 19 August 1862, he arrived in Alberta in 1886 and his name appears as “carpenter” in the 1891 Census of Canada (Census of Canada, NWT, District 199, Sub District B, p. 3, line 19). He may have worked as an architect and as a contractor or builder. He was among the very first professional architects to sustain a career in southern Alberta, and he executed designs for ecclesiastical, institutional and commercial works. No information has been found on his architectural activity after 1903. Dooley died on 21 October 1909 and was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Lethbridge, Alta. (obituary Calgary Herald, 22 Oct. 1909, 1)
MAPLE CREEK, SASK., St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Jasper Street at 2nd Avenue, 1887; still standing in 2023 (Regina Leader, 22 Nov. 1887, 4, descrip.)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA., General Hospital, 1889-90 (Medicine Hat Times, 5 June 1890, 1, descrip. & illus.; Regina Leader, 17 June 1890, 5, illus. & detailed descrip.)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA., Public Library Reading Room & Concert Hall, 1890 (Medicine Hat Times, 30 Oct. 1890, 2, descrip.; inf. Philip Pype, Medicine Hat, Alta.)
GARDEN RIVER, ONT., Council Chamber Building for the native people’s reserve, 1893 (dwgs. Ottawa, Dept. of Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, INAC File No. 376)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., Baptist Church, 3rd Avenue South at 9th Street South, 1901 (The News [Lethbridge], 5 Sept. 1901, 2, t.c.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., addition to the Fire Hall, 1903 (Lethbridge News, 27 Aug. 1903, 3, t.c.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., Union Bank, 3rd Avenue South, 1903-04 (The News [Lethbridge], 24 Sept. 1903, 2, t.c.; and 4 Aug. 1904, 4; C.R., xiv, 7 Oct. 1903, 1, t.c.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., major addition to Central School, 1903 (retrospective article in Lethbridge Herald, 10 July 1908, 3, illus.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., a large 4 storey malt house for the Alberta Brewing Company, with tower 65' high, 1st Street South at 2nd Avenue South, 1902-03 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 12 March 1903, 3, descrip.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., Wesley Methodist Church, 3rd Avenue South, at 8th Street South, 1904 (The News [Lethbridge], 31 March 1904, 4; and 21 April 1904, 3, t.c.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., major addition to North Ward School, 1904 (The News [Lethbridge], 28 July 1904, 3)