CAMPBELL, Alexander Bennett (fl. 1897-1900), an obscure figure active in the British Columbia interior from 1897 where he was recorded as an architect in Greenwood City (B.C., Sessional Papers, 1899, Voter’s List, 479). He had worked as an architect in Winnipeg, Man. before 1897, and arrived in Greenwood City in early March 1897 (Boundary Creek Times [Greenwood], 13 March 1897, 5). He may have been lured to this region by the mining boom in the area, and local newspapers confirm that he was successful in obtaining several architectural commissions within the period of 1898-99. By 1900, he had disappeared, and no biographical information on his name has been found.
(works in Greenwood City, B.C.)
FLETCHER BLOCK, Copper Street at Deadwood Street, a three storey frame block for W.S. Fletcher, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
THE WOOD BLOCK, Government Street at Deadwood Street, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
FISHER’S ADDITION TRACT, residence for Thomas J. Hardy, Mayor of Greenwood, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
FISHER’S ADDITION TRACT, residence for John A. Russell, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
KIMBERLEY STREET, residence for F.W. Smith, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
SUMMIT STREET, cottage for Mr. McPhalen, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
RENDALL & CO., Greenwood Street, new façade and remodelling of old store, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
ELKIN’S BLOCK, Government Street, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
FLETCHER’S BLOCK, Government Street, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
SOUTH GREENWOOD, residence for William E. Medill, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)