WINTER, Douglas Charles (1888-1979), active in Windsor, Ontario where he was in partnership with Bernard Dangerfield from c. 1928 to 1930 (see works under Dangerfield & Winter). Born in London, England on 13 December 1888, he emigrated to Canada in August 1909 and settled in Ottawa where he accepted a position as a staff architect with the Dept. of Public Works in 1910, working under the direct supervision of David Ewart, Chief Architect of the federal D.P.W. Winter received a permanent appointment to this post in June 1911 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1919, No. 30, Civil Service List, 421-35).
He appears to have left Ottawa after 1920 and he moved to Windsor, Ont. where he is credited with the design of Temple Baptist Church, Victoria Avenue (1924), an impressive modern Gothic design for a large church seating 1,000 parishioners. In 1928 he was invited by Bernard Dangerfield to form a partnership there; their best known work was a design for a substantial 16 storey skyscraper for Frederick W. Martin, located at Ouellette Avenue and Wyandotte Street in Windsor. A perspective view and detailed description of their design appeared in the Detroit Free Press, 3 March 1929, Section 7, p. 5 & 6, illus. After 1930 Winter moved to Montreal, Que. where he obtained a post as an Assessor with the City of Montreal. He died in Montreal on 24 October 1979 (death notice Gazette [Montreal], 26 October 1979, 63).
WINDSOR, ONT., Temple Baptist Church, Victoria Avenue near Wyandotte Street West, 1924-25 (C.R., xxxviii, 23 July 1924, 54-55; Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 23 April 1925, 4, illus. & descrip.)