HANCOCK, Edward James (1889-1930) was active in Regina and Moose Jaw, Sask. c. 1911-15 as a partner in the office of Reilly, Dawson, Hancock and Reilly. Born in Gloucestershire, England on 24 January 1889 he emigrated to North Dakota in May 1903 and worked there for two of his uncles, the architects George D. Hancock & Walter B. Hancock of Fargo, North Dakota, the oldest architectural firm in that state established in 1882. He began his practise in Saskatchewan in August 1911 and joined the Regina firm of Reilly, Dawson & Reilly, representing their interests in Moose Jaw. While working there, he met another local architect Carl Volkman, with whom he was to later form a partnership in the city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin in July 1915 (see list of works under Volkman & Hancock). Their partnership was dissolved in December 1916, and both partners opened separate offices in Eau Claire, with Hancock specializing in educational and institutional buildings which he designed in a refined Beaux-Arts style. Hancock later died at Fargo, North Dakota in early July 1930 (obit. Eau Claire Leader, 3 July 1930, 2; inf. from Ronald L. Ramsay, Fargo, N.D.; Barry Elmer, Moose Jaw, Sask.; Gordon Fulton, Ottawa; inf. Sask. Association of Architects)
(works in Wisconsin)
RICE LAKE, WISC., High School, 1917 (Eau Claire Leader, 9 Feb. 1917, 8)
ELK MOUND, WISC., High School, 1921 (Eau Claire Leader, 1 April 1921, 12, descrip.)
WINTER, WISC., High School, 1921 (Eau Claire Leader, 15 June 1921, 3)
FREDERIC, WISC., High School, 1921 (Eau Claire Leader, 23 Aug. 1921, 8)
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISC., Junion High School, Bay Street, 1921-22 (Eau Claire Leader, 21 Dec. 1921, 2)
EAU CLAIRE, WISC., Hobbs Realty Co., South Barstow Street near Main Street, commercial block, 1924 (inf. Wisconsin Historical Society)
EAU CLAIRE, WISC., Eau Claire High School, Doty Street at Main Street, 1925 (inf. Wisconsin Historical Society)
EAU CLAIRE, WISC., residence for the architect, Roosevelt Avenue at Garfield Avenue, 1926 (inf. Wisconsin Historical Society)
EAU CLAIRE, WISC., Masonic Temple, Graham Avenue at Seaver Street, 1927 (inf. Wisconsin Historical Society)
NEILLSVILLE, WISC., Masonic Temple, Hewett Street at Fourth Street, 1928 (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, 15 June 1928, 4, descrip.)