TURNER, George E. (fl. 1908-14) was an employee of the architectural department of the Provincial Dept. of Public Works for Alberta, and lived and worked in Edmonton from 1908 onward. In 1909 he was selected by a City of Edmonton committee to serve as Building Inspector and Staff Architect of the Edmonton Board of Education. His nomination was approved over that from Roscoe B. Whitten, an architect from Sydney, N.S. who had moved to Calgary in 1908 (Evening Journal [Edmonton], 17 Aug. 1909, 3; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 17 Aug. 1909, 5). For the next four years, Turner produced designs for nearly twenty public schools in Edmonton, while the commissions for the larger high school buildings in the city were handed to the brilliant British-trained architect Roland W. Lines. Turner left his position as Staff Architect to the board in late 1913 and was succeeded by Robert M. Mitchell. No information has been found on the activity of Turner after 1914.
(works in Edmonton)
OLIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL, Peace Avenue at 17th Street, 1909 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 8 March 1911, 1; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 75, illus., but lacking attribution)
McCAULEY PUBLIC SCHOOL, Heiminck Street near Syndicate Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Feb. 1911, 32; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 8 March 1911, 1, descrip.; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 76, illus., but lacking attribution)
McKAY AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL, McKay Avenue at 4th Street, a large addition of four classrooms, 1911-12 (Edmonton Public School Board, Minutes of meeting for 11 Oct. 1911)
PARKDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL, 85th Street, “in the Irvine Estate”, 1912 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 8 Feb. 1912, 2; C.R., xxvi, 14 Feb. 1912, 62; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 119, illus., but lacking attribution)
QUEEN ALEXANDRA PUBLIC SCHOOL, 4th Avenue at 2nd Street West, large addition of six classrooms, 1912 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 8 Feb. 1912, 2)
KING EDWARD PUBLIC SCHOOL, Third Street East at Third Avenue, large addition of six classrooms, 1912 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 8 Feb. 1912, 2; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 89, illus., but lacking attribution)
BENNETT PUBLIC SCHOOL, 94th Street, 1913 (inf. from Donald Luxton, Vancouver; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 115, illus., but lacking attribution)
DONALD ROSS PUBLIC SCHOOL, 97th Avenue at 101st Street, 1913 (inf. from Donald Luxton, Vancouver; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 118, illus., but lacking attribution)
RITCHIE PUBLIC SCHOOL, 74th Avenue near 97th Street, 1913 (inf. from Donald Luxton, Vancouver; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 117, illus., but lacking attribution)
A. C. RUTHERFORD PUBLIC SCHOOL, 4th Avenue North at Rutherford Street, 1913 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 91, illus., but lacking attribution)
JOHN A. McDOUGALL PUBLIC SCHOOL, 108 Street at 110th Avenue, 1913 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 128, illus., but lacking attribution)
WESTMOUNT PUBLIC SCHOOL, 130th Street at 111th Avenue, 1913 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 2 May 1913, 1, illus.; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 131, illus.)
KING EDWARD PUBLIC SCHOOL, 101 Street at 85th Avenue, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 23 July 1913, 72)
H. ALLEN GRAY PUBLIC SCHOOL, 103 Street near 121st Avenue, 1914 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton; Michael A. Kostek, Looking Back - Edmonton Public Schools, 1982, 120, illus., but lacking attribution)
HIGHLANDS PUBLIC SCHOOL, 118th Street at 83rd Avenue, 1915 (inf. Dennis Person, Edmonton)