KILPATRICK, David (1852-1902), active in Ontario, Manitoba, California and Arizona. He was recorded in the following offices:
David Kilpatrick, St. Thomas, Ontario 1872-1881
Barber & Kilpatrick, Winnipeg, Man. 1881
Barber, Kilpatrick & Barber, Winnipeg, Man. 1882
Barber & Goddard, Winnipeg, 1885-87
Kilpatrick & Hill, Pomona, Los Angeles, Calif. 1887-1893
David Kilpatrick, San Bernardino, Calif. 1893-95
Kilpatrick & Goddard, Los Angeles, 1896-1900
David Kilpatrick, Prescott, Arizona, 1900-1902
Kilpatrick was the first professional architect to establish a practise in Elgin County in western Ontario (Great Western Railway Gazetteer & Directory, 1872, 315, advert.). He was born in Ireland in May 1852, and emigrated to Canada before 1870. He maintained an office in St. Thomas, Ont. from 1872 until after 1880 and was credited with the plans of over thirty commercial, residential and ecclesiastical projects in the region, including several designs for churches executed in an elaborate Gothic style. He frequently employed highly mannered patterned brickwork on the facades of his ecclesiastical projects, of which the Methodist Church in Union, Ont. is an outstanding example. In 1882 he moved to Winnipeg, Man. to participate in the extensive building boom underway in that city and collaborated with Charles A. Barber and Earle W. Barber on several projects (see list of works under Barber & Barber).
In 1885 he formed a partnership in Winnipeg with Samuel M. Goddard, but by 1887 Kilpatrick had left the city, and he moved to southern California. He settled first in Pomona, a suburb of Los Angeles, where he was in partnership with James Hill, as Kilpatrick & Hill, Architects (in 1888 to 1893), then moved to nearby San Bernadino. During this period, he was also active in the building trades. In 1891 he was recorded as vice-president and manager of the Mentone Sandstone Co., a major supplier of cut stone blocks for major building projects in that region (San Bernardino County Directory, 1891, 83). By 1896 he had moved to nearby Los Angeles, Calif. where he continued to practise, at first under his own name, and then he revived his partnership with S.M. Goddard, who, by this time, had also moved to southern California. likely at the invitation of Kilpatrick.
The firm of Kilpatrick & Goddard was active in Los Angeles from 1896 to early 1900. In 1900 Kilpatrick moved again, this time to the small city of Prescott, Arizona, and he was credited with several commercial and educational buildings there. His career was cut short in June 1902 when he was stricken with food poisoning while travelling on a ferry steamship from Seattle to Victoria, B.C. He died in Port Townsend, Washington on 4 June 1902 (obituary Los Angeles Daily Times, 6 June 1902, Section Two, p. 6; obituary Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner [Prescott, Ariz.], 11 June 1902, 2; biog. USA, Federal Census for 1900 - State of Arizona - Prescott).
The Elgin County Museum in St. Thomas, Ontario has recently published an illustrated catalogue on the career and works of David Kilpatrick, Architect in the region of western Ontario. Written by Paul Baldwin and published in January 2020, this catalogue is cited below as P. Baldwin, with page numbers showing many of Kilpatrick's works which are still standing, or have subsequently been demolished.
D. KILPATRICK
ST. THOMAS, ONT., Masonic Hall Block, a commercial block on Talbot Street '...immediately east of the London & Port Stanley Railroad crossing', 1873 (Daily Advertiser [London], 11 Sept. 1873, 2; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p. 3, illus.)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., St. David's Wesleyan Methodist Church, Balaclava Street, 1873-74; alterations and additions, 1877, with church then renamed Grace Methodist Church (Christian Guardian [Toronto], 18 Feb. 1874, 53, descrip.; 2 Jan. 1878, 6-7, descrip.; now demol.; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p. 3, illus.)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., residence for William McKay, Centre Street at Elgin Street, 1873; still standing as of 2019 (Canadian Home Journal [St. Thomas], 3 Oct. 1873, 5; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p. 3, illus.)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., residence for George Kains, Metcalfe Street at Gladstone Avenue, 1873; still standing as of 2019 (Canadian Home Journal [St. Thomas], 3 Oct. 1873, 5; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p. 3, illus.)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., St. David's Ward Public School, Balaclava Street, 1874; with addition and remodeling by Kilpatrick in 1879; demol. 1898 (P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p. 4, illus.)
ELGIN COUNTY HOUSE OF INDUSTRY, on the Cole Farm west of St. Thomas, 1875 (Weekly Dispatch [St. Thomas], 12 Aug. 1875, 3, t.c.; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p. 10, illus.)
UNION, ONT., Methodist Church, 1877; burned 1948 (Christian Guardian [Toronto], 26 Dec. 1877, 414, descrip.; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p.11, illus.)
DELAWARE, ONT., Presbyterian Church, Lot 18, 2nd Concession, 1878; demol. (Free Press [London], 21 March 1878, 4; Daily Advertiser [London], 14 Nov. 1878, 4, descrip.)
FINGAL, ONT., Methodist Church, 1878-79; altered (Christian Guardian [Toronto], 19 Feb. 1879, 63, descrip.)
THORNDALE, ONT., Methodist Church, 1879 (Daily Advertiser [London], 17 April 1879, 4, t.c.; 19 Nov. 1879, 4, descrip.; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p.18, illus.)
SHEDDEN, ONT., Congregational Church, for Rev. W.J. Cuthbertson, 1879 (Daily Advertiser [London], 5 May 1879, 4, t.c.; P. Baldwin, exhibition catalogue, 2020, p. 18, illus.)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., additions and alterations to First Methodist Church, Curtis Street at St. George Street, 1880 (Daily Advertiser [London], 6 Aug. 1880, 4, descrip.)
KILPATRICK & GODDARD (works in Manitoba)
WINNIPEG, MAN., McIntyre Block, Main Street, 1884-90, burned 1898 (Winnipeg Merchant's Christmas Greeting for 1884, 29, illus.)
KILPATRICK & HILL (works in California)
POMONA, CALIF., The Smith Block, Second Street, "....just east of the Pomona Bank", for A.H. Smith, 1888 (Pomona Progress, 22 March 1888, and article reproduced in the Pomona Progress, 28 March 1908, p. 4, detailed descrip.)
POMONA, CALIF., First National Bank, West 2nd Street at South Main Street, 1888 (Pomona Progress, 16 Aug. 1888, and article reproduced in the Pomona Progress, 18 Aug. 1908, p. 4, descrip.)
POMONA, CALIF., Methodist Church, South Gordon Street at West 3rd Street, 1888-89 (Pomona Progress, 15 Nov. 1888, and article reproduced in the Pomona Progress, 17 Nov. 1908, p. 4, descrip.; inf. Pomona Historical Society; David Gebhard, A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles and Southern California, 1982, 378, illus, but incorrectly attributed to Ferdinand Davis [sic] )
CLAREMONT, CALIF., public school house, 1890 (Pomona Progress, 16 Nov. 1890, and article reproduced in the Pomona Progress, 6 Feb. 1909, p. 4)
RIVERSIDE, CALIF., residence for George W. Sherwood, 1893 (Los Angeles Express, 5 May 1893, 6)
KILPATRICK & GODDARD (works in California and Arizona)
LOS ANGELES, CALIF., extensive remodeling of First German Methodist Episcopal Church, Fourth Street, between Hill Street and Broadway, 1897 (Los Angeles Herald, 18 March 1897, 8)
WITTIER, CALIF., The Wittier Boy's Reform School, for the State of California, including a major campus quadrangle of dormitories, classrooms, gymnasium and pedestrian arcade, in the "Spanish Renaissance style", 1897-98 (Los Angeles Herald, 24 Oct. 1897, 17, illus. & descrip.; 4 June 1898, 3, descrip.)
LOS ANGELES, CALIF., residence for Mrs. M.E. O'Bryan, Temple Street, 1898 (Los Angeles Herald, 16 June 1898, 11)
JEROME, ARIZ., rebuilding of the town, with a row of commercial buildings including the Jerome Hotel, Brisley & Tarr Block, Merrill Brothers Block, Sturmer Block, Jerome Meat Market Hall, and the New York Store, 1898-99 (Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 1898, 13)
JEROME, ARIZ., The Clinkscales Block, Main Street, for J.H. Clinkscales, 1899 (Jerome Mining News [Jerome, Ariz], 14 Aug. 1899, 3, descrip.)
LOS ANGELES, CALIF., The Seventh Regiment Monument, also called the The Spanish-American War Memorial, in Pershing Square, a commission won in a competition, 1899-1900 (Evening Express [Los Angeles], 13 May 1899, 12, descrip.; Los Angeles Times, 14 May 1899, Section Three, 14, descrip.; 31 May 1900, 10, descrip.; inf. Pershing Square Restoration Society, Los Angeles)
D. KILPATRICK
PRESCOTT, ARIZ., The Lawler Building, North Cortez Street, 1900 (Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner [Prescott, Ariz.], 13 June 1900, 7)
PRESCOTT, ARIZ., The Plaza Block [also called The Bashford Block], a two storey block opposite the Court House, and "...designed with a slight blending of the Mission style", Gurley Street at Cortez Street, 1900 (Arizona Republican [Phoenix], 20 Aug. 1900, 7, descrip.)
PRESCOTT, ARIZ., Washington Public School, "...on the site of the old school building", East Gurley Street at North Pleasant Street, 1901-02; still standing in 2018 (Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner [Prescott, Ariz.], 23 Jan. 1901, 5; 20 March 1901, 1, extensive descrip.)
PRESCOTT, ARIZ., Prescott National Bank, East Gurley Street at North Cortez Street, 1901; still standing in 2018 (Arizona Weekly Journal [Prescott, Ariz.], 16 Jan. 1901, 4, t.c.)
PRESCOTT, ARIZ., major addition to, and conversion of, the old Congress Hotel into a new hotel, 1902 (Arizona Weekly Journal-Miner [Prescott, Ariz.], 30 April 1902, 2, descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
LOS ANGELES, CALIF., Convention Hall, 1899. The office of Kilpatrick & Goddard was one of five firms who submitted elaborate perspective drawings for this commission. Their design was "....distinguished by a steep roof rising up to a cupola in the centre, and numerous massive towers" (Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 1899, 9, descrip.). It is unclear who won the competition.