DAVIS, Samuel H. (c. 1902-05), was an obscure figure who was active in Toronto, Ont. as an architect and member of the Toronto Architectural Eighteen Club. Much of his work appears to have been for projects for speculative development by various builders in the city. According to a lengthy biography of this architect which appeared in The Toronto Daily Star, 23 June 1905, Industrial Edition, p. 14, he possessed “.....much experience in church buildings “, and he was also recorded as a designer of residences and commercial buildings in Toronto. No biographical information has been found on this architect.
Samuel H. DAVIS (works in Toronto)
JOHN STREET, at Stephanie Street, major alterations to a house for Jacob Singer, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 6 Aug. 1902, 3)
MARGUERETTA STREET, near College Street, residence for John J. McKenney, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 130, 26 April 1902)
DAGMAR AVENUE, near Jones Avenue, pair of houses for James Green, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 415, 22 Sept. 1902)
WESTERN PRINTING CO., Queen Street West at Duncan Street, office and printing plant, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 459, 3 Oct. 1902)
ROXBOROUGH STREET WEST, near Avenue Road, residence for James Stevenson, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 675, 14 June 1904)
JACKSON’S POINT, ONT., The Queen Alexandra Hotel, a vast summer hotel on Lake Simcoe, costing $300,000 and extending nearly 600 feet in length, 1904, but perhaps not built (Toronto Daily Star, 12 Nov. 1904, 19, illus. & descrip.)