LIVERMORE, Walter (1849-1928), active in Montreal, Que. where he was recorded as an architect from 1890 until 1905. He was a native of Woodbury, Co. Devon, England, born there on 3 February 1849 and later emigrated to Canada in 1868. He learned the building trades in Montreal with the large firm of Simpson & Peel, Builders, but by 1890 he began to style himself as an architect. His practise was devoted to small residential commissions, but he is best know for his design of the George Moore Memorial Home located at Longue Pointe in the east end of Montreal. An extensive description of his design for this institutional home for the Aged and Infirm was published in The Gazette [Montreal], 30 March 1894, 5. After 1905 Livermore became a building construction superintendent, and no references to his designs after this date have been found. He died in Montreal on 23 December 1928 and was buried at Mount Royal Cemetery (obit. Gazette [Montreal], 24 Dec. 1928, 4).
(works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. GEORGE STREET, two brick tenements for James Simpson, 1890 (C.R., I, 28 June 1890, 20)
GUY STREET, two stores with dwellings, for the Graham Brothers, 1892 (C.R., iii, 27 Feb. 1892, 2)
COTE STE. ANTOINE, three stone tenement houses, for an unnamed owner, 1892 (C.R., iii, 12 March 1892, 2)
J.S. THOMPSON & CO., Craig Street, warehouse, 1892 (C.R., iii, 16 July 1892, 2)
LONGUE POINTE, The George Moore Memorial Home, for James Moore, son of the late George Moore, Ste. Catherine Street East at Vimont Street, for the Home for Incurables, 1894 (Gazette [Montreal], 30 March 1894, 5, descrip.)
ANDERSON STREET, tenement house for William M. Laurie, 1897 (C.R., viii, 11 March 1897, 3)
WESTMOUNT, cottage for Samuel Conray, Abbott Avenue, 1897 (C.R., viii, 11 March 1897, 3)
WOLFE STREET, three tenement houses for Henry Shippel, 1897 (C.R., viii, 11 March 1897, 3; Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xx, Issue No. 8, April 1897)
POINT ST. CHARLES, tenement house for John Parish, Conway Street, 1897 (C.R., viii, 11 March 1897, 3)
McGILL COLLEGE AVENUE, tenement for William Jacob, 1897 (C.R., viii, 10 June 1897, 3)
ST. MATHIEU STREET, two buildings for Henry Russell, including store, dwellings and stables, 1897 (C.R., viii, 16 Sept. 1897, 3)
ROY STREET, retail store and ice storage building for A.E. H. Shippel, 1897 (C.R., viii, 7 Oct. 1897, 4)
ANDERSON STREET, two tenements for Walter Livermore, including residence for the architect, 1897 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxi, Issue No. 7, October 1897)
CITY COUNCILLORS STREET, tenement for Robert Abrahams, 1898 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxii, Issue No. 10, March 1898)
CRAIG STREET, at Busby Street, retail store and factory for D. Hayes, 1898 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxii, Issue No. 10, May 1898)
ST. ANDRE STREET, residence for Zotique Bayard, 1900 (C.R., xi, 28 March 1900, 2)
BALMORAL STREET, pair of tenements for C.E. Joslin, 1902 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxxiv, 31 Oct. 1902, 38)
ST. PHILLIPE STREET, major alterations to residence for James Harper, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 26 Nov. 1902, 3)
PAPINEAU AVENUE, stables block for the Estate of James Price, 1904 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1904, Week No. 14, p. 52)
OXENDEN AVENUE, at Prince Arthur Street, residence for Melbourne J. Ferneyhough, 1905 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1905, Week No. 17, p. 81)