ALLAN, George Alexander (1870-1937). born in rural Ontario on 14 May 1870, was a prolific architect in Brockville and in the surrounding counties of Leeds and Grenville in eastern Ontario. Together with Owen E. Liston, another local architect, he dominated the architectural scene there for nearly twenty years. While no information on his early education or training has been found, it is presumed that he had some professional architectural training in order to conceive such robust and vigorous stone landmarks in Brockville like the Fulford Block (1888-89), erected for G.T. Fulford and executed in a modified Romanesque Revival style. Allan appears to have left Brockville in early 1898 but in June 1905 it was announced that he had 'recently opened an office in Brockville where he was formerly in practice for a number of years' (C.A.B., xviii, June 1905, 96). No references to his work appear after 1906. His portrait can found in the Brockville Recorder, 26 October 1894, 2 (inf. Canada, 1901 Census, Brockville, South Ward D-2, 1). Allan died in Toronto on 3 November 1937 and he was later buried in Brockville, Ont. (death notice Globe & Mail [Toronto], 4 Nov. 1937, 7; Toronto Star, 4 Nov. 1937, 39).
BROCKVILLE
MASONIC HALL, King Street West, 1888-89 (C.A.B., i, Dec. 1888, 7)
FULFORD BLOCK, King Street West at Court House Avenue, 1888-89 (Brockville Recorder, 2 June 1887, 6, descrip.; 29 March 1888, 7, descrip. & illus.)
BROCKVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Pearl Street East at Ormond Street, 1889; addition 1895 (Brockville Recorder, 10 May 1888, 1; descrip; 14 March 1889, 5, descrip.; C.R., vi, 11 July 1895, 2, t.c.)
LEEDS & GRENVILLE COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Court House Square, new west wing, 1888 (Globe [Toronto], 14 May 1888, 3, t.c.; Brockville Recorder, 20 June 1889, 8, descrip.)
WEST WARD SCHOOL, Clarissa Street at George Street, 1890 (C.R., i, 1 March 1890, 2)
KING STREET, residence for the architect, 1890 (C.R., i, 10 May 1890, 2)
KING STREET EAST, opposite Bartholomew Street, residence for Alan S. Ault, 1890 (C.A.B., iii, Feb. 1890, 24, t.c.)
DUNHAM BLOCK, King Street West at Broad Street, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 July 1892, 2; Brockville Recorder, 15 Dec. 1892, 1, descrip. & illus.)
BROCKVILLE CARRIAGE CO. WORKS, near the G.T.R. line, 1892 (Perth Courier, 25 March 1892, 7; Brockville Recorder, 8 Dec. 1892, 1, descrip.)
ST. JOHN'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, King Street East at Park Street, interior alterations and improvements, 1893; burned 1899; rebuilt (C.R., iv, 30 March 1893, 1)
KING STREET EAST, near Bartholomew Street, a terrace of brick houses, 1893 (C.R., iv, 2 March 1893, 1)
KING STREET EAST, at Park Street, residence for Robert Bowie, 1893 (C.R., iv, 23 March 1893, 1)
WALL STREET METHODIST CHURCH, extensive alterations and improvements, 1893 (C.R., iv, 13 April 1893, 2)
EAST WARD SCHOOL,Pearl Street at Bartholomew Street, addition of second storey, 1893 (C.R., iv, 11 May 1893, 2)
JAMES STREET EAST, at Wall Street, alterations to residence for Newton Cossitt, 1893 (C.R., iv, 1 June 1893, 2)
JAMES STREET EAST, additions and alterations to residence for Edward A. Buckman, 1893 (C.R., iv, 1 June 1893, 2)
BOAT CLUBHOUSE, for the Brockville Athletic Club, Ferry Street, 1893 (C.R., iv, 15 June 1893, 1)
KEEFER STREET, residence for M. Sherwood, 1893 (C.R., iv, 24 Aug. 1893, 1)
SHERWOOD STREET, residence for James Dunham, 1893 (C.R., iv, 14 Sept. 1893, 2)
BROCK STREET, at William Street, addition to Cossitt Bros. Foundry, 1893 (C.R., iv, 14 Sept. 1893, 2)
KING STREET, block of stores for Samuel Flint and the Dunham Estate, 1894 (C.R., v, 15 Feb. 1894, 2)
KING STREET EAST, at Park Street, terrace of five houses for Newton Cossitt, 1894 (C.R., v, 17 May 1894, 1-2)
KING STREET EAST, block of stores for William Simpson, 1894 (C.R., v, 17 May 1894, 1-2)
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Church Street at William Street, interior alterations and new gallery, 1894 (Brockville Recorder, 26 Oct. 1894, 2, descrip.)
COURT HOUSE SQUARE, addition to the Gaol and a Gaoler's Residence, 1897, (C.R., viii, 24 June 1897, 1)
THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL, King Street West at John Street, for Antoine Wendling, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 4)
KING STREET WEST, addition to store for Frank I. Ritchie, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 14 June 1905, 5)
KING STREET WEST, commercial block for James H. Gilmour, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 14 June 1905, 5)
ELSEWHERE
KEMPTVILLE, ONT., High School, 1888 (Perth Courier, 4 May 1888, 2)
SOUTH AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP, St. George's Anglican Church, 1888-89 (H. Warner, History of St. George's Anglican Church, South Augusta, 1888-1938, 18)
BUTTERNUT BAY, ONT., hotel, 1889 (Brockville Recorder, 21 March 1889, 5, descrip.)
LANSDOWNE, ONT., Town Hall, 1890 (C.R., i, 5 April 1890, 2)
ARNPRIOR, ONT., Grace Methodist Church, John Street North near Ottawa Street, 1893-94 (H. Lang-Runtz, Grace - St. Andrew's United Church, Arnprior, 1991, 26-27, illus.)
GANANOQUE, ONT., conversion of the old carriage works building into The Gananoque Inn, Stone Street South at Water Street, 1894-95 (C.R., v, 29 Nov. 1894, 1; inf. Keith Kirkby, Gananoque)