STORY, Herbert (1865-1952), of Edmonton, Alta. served as Architect to the School Trustees of the City of Edmonton from 1912 to 1936, and during his tenure he controlled the design of virtually every school building erected in Edmonton for a period of nearly twenty-five years. Born in Carlisle, England, he articled with George D. Oliver, a local architect there, from 1884 to 1888. He then moved to London to work as assistant to Frank Matcham, a leading theatre architect (1888), and the following year joined the Architect’s Department of the London School Board and spent five years gaining experience in the design of modern school buildings in London. In 1894 he moved to Birkenhead and opened his own office, in partnership with a “Mr. Hulme” and practised there until 1910. Story emigrated to Canada in 1912 and soon after arriving in Edmonton, Alta. he obtained a position with the Edmonton School Board, rising to the post of Board Architect and Building Commissioner. He was a proponent of the Tudor Gothic style, best seen in his design for the Frank Scott School (1923-24), the largest school building erected in Edmonton at that time. Story retired from the profession in 1936, and died in Edmonton on 31 March 1952 (obit. and port. Edmonton Journal, 3 April 1952, 11; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, May 1952, 158; biog. Directory of British Architects 1834-1900, 1993, 881; inf. Alberta Association of Architects)
(works in Edmonton unless noted)
RUTHERFORD SCHOOL, 91st Street at 86th Avenue, major addition, 1916 (dwgs. Edmonton City Archives)
NORWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 111th Avenue at 95th Street, major addition, 1917 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)
GLENORA SCHOOL, 128th Street at Stony Plain Road, 1918; with addition, 1921 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 117th Avenue at 85th Street, major addition, 1919 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN PRO-CATHEDRAL, 103rd Street, 1921-22 (C.R., xxxiv, 12 May 1920, 60; 21 July 1920, 55; Edmonton Bulletin, 5 May 1920, 16, descrip.; 27 August 1921, 10, descrip.; 19 Sept. 1921, 3; 14 Jan. 1922, 11; J. Monkton, All Saints Anglican Cathedral 1875-1975, 35-6)
EDMONTON TECHNICAL SCHOOL, 107th Avenue at 101 Street, 1922 (Edmonton b.p. 520, 1922; dwgs. at Edmonton City Archives)
GARNEAU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 109th Street at 87th Avenue, 1923 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)
FRANK SCOTT SCHOOL, 81st Street at 120th Avenue, 1923-24; renamed EASTWOOD SCHOOL in 1925; with additions 1926 and 1936 (C.R., xxxviii, 27 Feb. 1924, 195-6, illus. & descrip.)
RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 89th Street at 101A Avenue, 1924 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)
QUEEN’S AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL, 106th Avenue at 99th Street, 1926 (Edmonton Journal, 26 Aug. 1926, 23, illus. & descrip.)
CALDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 116th Street, 1928 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)
SPRUCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY & JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 102nd Street, 1928 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)
OLIVER SCHOOL, 117th Street near 102nd Avenue, major addition, 1928 (Edmonton Bulletin, 20 June 1928, 1, illus., but lacking attribution to the architect; inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
JOHN A. McDOUGALL SCHOOL, 108th Street at 109th Avenue, rebuilding and reconstruction, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 5 March 1930, 60; Edmonton b.p. 174, 1930; dwgs. Edmonton City Archives)
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, 108th Avenue at 103rd Street, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 26 March 1930, 62)
WESTMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL, 130th Street at 111th Avenue, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 4 Feb. 1931, 57)
CROMDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL, 79th Street at 113th Avenue, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 29 April 1931, 63, t.c.; Edmonton b.p. 670, 1931; dwgs. at Edmonton City Archives)
WAINWRIGHT, ALTA., a new Parish Hall for St. Thomas Anglican Church, Second Street at Dominion Street, 1941 (Wainwright Star, 11 Dec. 1941, 1, descrip.)