Weatherbe, Lieut. Paul | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

WEATHERBE, Lieut. Paul (1869-1925), son of Sir Robert Linton Weatherbe of Halifax, N.S., was born there and studied engineering at Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont. He graduated from R.M.C. in 1890, and on 22 February 1897 he joined the federal Dept. of Militia & Defense in Ottawa, and was appointed Chief Architect and Engineer to replace Lieut. Frederick W. White (Montreal Daily Star, 27 Feb. 1897, 16; C.A.B., x, March 1897, 50; Canadian Engineer [Montreal], iv, April 1897, 368; H. Morgan, Canadian Men & Women of the Time, 1898, 1065). In this post, he was responsible for overseeing the design and construction of those militia and defense buildings in Canada which were not designed by the Dept. of Public Works, for which Thomas Fuller, Chief Architect, was responsible. Weatherbe’s responsibilities included supervising and inspecting Militia buildings, and designing Munitions Stores buildings, often erected adjacent to Drill Hall buildings that were designed by Fuller. The largest of these works was located in Ottawa, at the rear of the Drill Hall, measuring 150 feet by 70 feet, and used for the storage of weapons, uniforms, and ammunition (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 15 Aug. 1899, 2, descrip.). Weatherbe resigned from his post after 1905 and later returned to Halifax where he died on 14 July 1925.