SEDGER, Thomas Dealtry (1860-1941) of Victoria, B.C., active there from 1892 until his death in 1941. Born in Kingston, Co. Surrey, near London, England on 16 May 1860, he trained in the office of John L. Clemence (1822-1911), a successful architect in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England from 1880 to 1884, and later worked in the successor firm of Lucas Brothers in Norwich and Lowestoft. Sedger emigrated to Canada after 1885 and settled in Sunnyside, Man. where he spent nearly a decade as a farmer and homesteader. He moved to British Columbia after 1891. He is likely the same “Thomas D. Ledger” [sic] who was listed as an architect in Victoria in 1893 (British Columbia Directory, 1893, 917). By 1899, he was residing in nearby Esquimalt, West Victoria, and he opened an office under his own name in 1905. The following year, he invited Guy F. Pownall to join in a partnership which was active until 1909. After Pownall departed, Sedger continued to practise under his own name until 1914, but no references to his architectural work after this date have been found. Sedger died in Victoria, B.C. on 29 March 1941 (obituary Daily Colonist [Victoria], 30 March 1941, 3; Victoria Daily Times, 31 March 1941, 13; biog. D. Luxton, Building The West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 234, 517; inf. Architectural Inst. of British Columbia, Vancouver)
T.D. SEDGER (works in Victoria unless noted)
VICTORIA WEST, residence at the corner of Andrew Street [now Seaforth Street] at James Street [now Maitland Street] for an unnamed owner, overlooking West Bay, 1904; demol. 1965 (Victoria Daily Times, 14 June 1904, 8, t.c.; inf. Jennifer Barr, Victoria)
CARR STREET, residence for Alfred E. Allen, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 28 June 1905, 4)
JOHNSON STREET, near Vancouver Street, residence for an unnamed client, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 8 March 1905, 5, t.c.)
CLARENCE STREET, near Simcoe Street, residence for James M. Johnston, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 23 Aug. 1905, 2)
VICTORIA WEST, “Cherrimans”, a rectory for Rev. Charles E. Cooper, of St. Saviour’s Church, Esquimalt Road near Mary Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 23 Aug. 1905, 2)
SEDGER & POWNALL (works in Victoria unless noted)
VICTORIA WEST, "Nuneham", a residence for Guy F. Pownall, architect, Dickens Street [now Selkirk Avenue], off Craigflower Road, near Victoria Arm, 1906 (Pacific Building & Engineering Record [Seattle], iv, 17 March 1906, 10; Victoria Daily Times, 20 July 1906, 5, descrip.; inf. Jennifer Barr, Victoria)
ROCKLAND AVENUE, near Piermont Place, residence for Arthur Robertson, 1906 (D. Luxton, 243, list of works)
RICHARDSON STREET, residence for Col. Lawrence Herchmer, located “…opposite Government House”, 1906-07 (C.R., xvii, 31 Oct. 1906, 2, t.c.; Daily Colonist [Victoria], 3 Jan. 1907, 6)
BURDETT AVENUE, residence for Cyrus Bowes, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 10 July 1907, 6, t.c.)
COOK STREET, near Meares Avenue, residence for Isadore M. Noder, 1907-08 (D. Luxton, 243, list of works)
CATHARINE STREET, near Langford Street, residence for J.T. Redding, 1907-09 (D. Luxton, 243, list of works)
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B.C., residence for Neavill A.D. Armstrong, 1908 (Victoria Daily Times, 17 Feb. 1908, 5, t.c.)
GOVERNMENT STREET, near Simcoe Street, residence for Robert Chadwick, 1908 (D. Luxton, 243, list of works)
CRANBROOK, B.C., Masonic Temple, 1910 (The Prospector [Cranbrook], 22 June 1911, 17, descrip..)
T.D. SEDGER (works in Victoria unless noted)
ESQUIMALT, “Bracondale”, a residence for Thomas D. Sedger, architect, Lampson Street, near Lyall Street, c. 1908 (D. Luxton, 243, list of works)
ESQUIMALT, residence for Arthur R. Wolfenden, Dunsmuir Street near Esquimalt Road, 1908 (inf. A.I.B.C., Application for Membership dated 30 Dec. 1920)
ESQUILALT, residence for Arthur R. Wolfenden, Head Street near Esquimalt Road, 1908 (inf. A.I.B.C., Application for Membership dated 30 Dec. 1920)
ESQUIMALT, residence for Henry McCandless, Lampson Street near Lyall Street, 1910 (inf. A.I.B.C., Application for Membership dated 30 Dec. 1920)
MACLURE STREET, residence for Anthony J. Montreuil, 1912 (inf. A.I.B.C., Application for Membership dated 30 Dec. 1920)
ROCKLAND AVENUE, residence for Alex E. Evans, 1912 (inf. A.I.B.C., Application for Membership dated 30 Dec. 1920; This Old House: Victoria‘s Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 214, illus. & descrip.)
COLWOOD, B.C., St. John’s Anglican Church, Glencairn Lane, off Sooke Road, 1913; still standing in 2023 (inf. A.I.B.C., Application for Membership dated 30 Dec. 1920)
ESQUIMALT, British Columbia Pottery Co., near Florence Road, a large new factory, 1913 (Vernon News, 20 Nov. 1913, 2, descrip.)
ESQUIMALT, residence for Harry W. Walker, Esquimalt Road at Dominion Road, 1914 (Pacific Coast Architect [San Francisco], vi, Jan. 1914, 477)
COWICHAN BAY, “Cedar Chines”, a residence for Richard M. Palmer, 1914 (D. Luxton, list of works, 243)
CRAIGDARROCH ROAD, at Fort Street, residence for Henry J. Scott, 1914 (Victoria Daily Times, 20 March 1915, 12, illus. in advert.; inf. A.I.B.C., Application for Membership dated 30 Dec. 1920)
STOCKER’S RELIABLE AUTO EXPRESS & MESSAGE DELIVERY CO. LTD., Broughton Street at Blanshard Street, a large 2 storey office, garage and retail stores, for W.R. Hall, 1923 (Victoria Daily Times, 4 May 1923, 9; and 12 July 1923, 3, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
VICTORIA, B.C., Y.M.C.A. Building, Blanchard Street at View Street, 1909. The office of Thomas Sedger of Vancouver was one of 6 local architects who submitted a design (Evening Post (Victoria), 16 July 1909, 5). His submission was passed over and H.S. Griffith was declared the winner.
ESQUIMALT, B.C., Municipal Hall, 1929. Both T.D. Sedger and Ralph Berrill sent in designs for this new civic building in 1929 (Victoria Daily Times, 19 March 1929, 2). The plans by Sedger were set aside and Ralph Berrill was declared the winner.