BAILEY, Alfred (1828-1870) was recorded as an architect in Montreal, Que. where his career spanned nearly fifteen years from c. 1855 until his death on 17 May 1870. His best known work there was his distinctive classical design for St. John The Evangelist Anglican Church, St. Urbain Street at Dorchester Street West, MONTREAL, QUE., 1870-71, demol. An exterior photograph of this church , with its fine Greek Revival portico, can be found in the McCord Museum (Notman Coll., Item 1440 - 1).
Bailey maintained his own office as an architect from c. 1855, and he was one of the signatories of a long letter objecting to the selection of an American architect to design the Anglican Cathedral in Montreal in 1857 (Gazette [Montreal], 27 Feb. 1857, p. 2, col. 3). This letter was co-signed by other well-known architects including John Ostell, William Footner, John Wells, James Springle, and by Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson. Bailey continued to practise until 1870 (Montreal City Directory, 1869, 79), but after his untimely death at the age of 42, his funeral service was held at St. John the Evangelist Church, a building of his own design (death notice Daily British Whig [Kingston], 21 May 1870, 2; inf. Robert Lemire, Montreal).