ROBERTSON, John C. (1843- c. 1901), active in Rossland and in Greenwood City in the B.C. Interior from 1897 until 1901. Born in England on 16 February 1843, he arrived in Canada in 1897 at the age of 53 years, and may have been lured to southern British Columbia by the mining boom which was in progress at the turn of the century. His name first appears in Rossland as an architect (British Columbia Directory, 1897, 847; B.C., Sessional Papers, 1899, Voter’s Lists, 491). By early 1899 he had moved to nearby Greenwood City, and was successful in receiving several commissions for institutional, ecclesiastical, commercial and residential buildings. The British Columbia Directory of 1900-01 lists his name as “architect & builder” in Greenwood, but no information can be found on his activity after 1901.
(works in Greenwood, B.C. )
MASONIC BLOCK, Government Street near Deadwood Street, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
unnamed street, residence for Henry Johns, Superintendent of the Sunset Mine, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
unnamed street, cottage for Elmer Miller, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
THEATRE, for W.S. Fletcher, at the rear of the Fletcher Block, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
HOTEL, for James Sutherland, next to the Ottawa Hotel, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
CHURCH STREET, two cottages for Mr. Kirkwood, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
LONG LAKE STREET, two cottages for F. W. Hart, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
METHODIST CHURCH, Long Lake Street, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
STAR BAKERY, Government Street, next to the Wood Block, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
FISHER’S ADDITION TRACT, residence for John H. Macfarlane, manager of the Sunset Mine, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
LONG LAKE STREET, residence for Isaac H. Hallett, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 18 Aug. 1899, 1)
COPPER STREET SOUTH, residence for John Empre, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 29 Sept. 1899, 4)
unnamed street, residence for Albert T. Kendrick, "..located next to Dr. James E. Schon's house, and near the Catholic Church", 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 29 Sept. 1899, 4)
PHOENIX STREET, store for the Martin Brothers, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 29 Sept. 1899, 4)
GREENWOOD CITY HALL, Deadwood Street at Skylark Street, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 15 Sept. 1899, 7, descrip.; 29 Sept. 1899, 4)
DILSHEIMER BLOCK, Colville Street, for Sig Dilsheimer, located next to Rendall's Block, 1899 (Greenwood Miner, 29 Sept. 1899, 4)
BOSSHART BLOCK, Copper Street, a three storey block of stores and offices, for Louis Bosshart, 1899-1900 (Boundary Creek Times [Greenwood], 23 Dec. 1899, 7, descrip.)