DODGE, John A. (1838-1913), active in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as an architect and builder from c. 1871 to 1875. He was the brother of William L. Dodge, and can be credited with several Gothic designs for ecclesiastical works in Bridgetown and in the surrounding counties. In 1872 he was noted as the “architect and builder” of the Methodist church in Bridgetown, a work which was praised as “a chaste and beautifu Gothic building” (Saint John Daily Telegraph & Morning Journal, 10 Jan. 1872, 3, descrip.). In October 1874 he prepared plans and specifications for the Methodist church at Sackville, N.B., a work which was later altered by H.H. Mott of Saint John. A brief biography of the Dodge family of builders and architects can be found in M. Rosinski, Architects of Nova Scotia: A Biographical Dictionary 1605-1950, 1994, 119 (inf. Garry Shutlak, PANS; inf. C. Jean Cameron, Sackville, N.B.)
BRIDGETOWN, N.S., Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1871-72 (Daily Telegraph [Saint John], 10 Jan. 1872, 3, descrip.; Citizen [Halifax], 13 Jan. 1872, 3, descrip.)
SACKVILLE, N.B., Methodist Church, 1874-75 (PANB, MC 2890 F20824, Specifications for the Wesleyan Church “..to be built at Sackville, N.B. as per plans by Mr. John A. Dodge; P. Penner, The Chignecto Connexion: The History of the Sackville Methodist United Church 1772-1990, 1990, 51; inf. C. Jean Cameron, Sackville)