KINSEY, Solomon Gehman (1853-1927) was born in Port Elgin, Ont. and began his career there before 1887. He was one of the first to practise his profession in Bruce County, offering to prepare plans '.......for every description of building, including Dwellings, Schools, Halls, and Churches' (Port Elgin Times, 21 July 1887, 1, advert.). Kinsey was one of the founding members of the Ontario Association of Architects which he joined on 5 November 1890. He frequently accepted commissions for ecclesiastical buildings including one for a substantial Gothic Revival design for the Wesleyan Church on the Saugeen Indian Reservation near Southampton, Ont. In 1899 he submitted designs in competition for the Presbyterian Church at Tiverton, Ont., but his plans were passed over and the proposal from R.W. Fawcett was declared the winner (C.R., x, 25 Oct. 1899, 1). Kinsey moved to Chatham in 1910 or 1911 and continued his career as an architect until his death there on 3 June 1927 (obituary in the Chatham Daily News, 3 June 1927, 1; Windsor Star, 4 June 1927, 13)
PORT ELGIN, ONT., Public School, 1888 (Port Elgin Times, 6 Sept. 1888, 3, t.c.)
CHIPPEWA HILL, ONT., Wesley Centenary Church on the Saugeen Indian Reservation, 1891 (Christian Guardian [Toronto], 24 Feb. 1892, 116; dwgs. at NAC, RG22, 77803/11, bundle 51)
WALKERTON, ONT., St. Paul's Methodist Church, Jackson Street South at Jane Street, 1892; still standing in 2023 (C.R., 16 April 1892, 1, t.c.)
BRUCE TOWNSHIP, School House, Lot 3, 12th Concession, S.S. No. 12, 1897 (Port Elgin Times, 4 March 1897, 8, t.c.)
PORT ELGIN, ONT., Carnegie Library, Goderich Street at Elgin Street, 1908; still standing in 2023 (M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 185)
WALLACEBURG, ONT., residence for Mrs. S.A. Miller, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 25 May. 1911, 27)
HIGHGATE, ONT., commercial block for Dr. McPhail, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 14 June 1911, 61)
TILBURY, ONT., Fire Hall, Superior Street near Queen Street North, 1915; with later additions; still standing in 2023 (Evening Record [Windsor], 2 Oct. 1915, 10)