NOEL, Joseph Hyde (1883- 1949) was active in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan where he was in partnership with David Webster in 1908-09 (see list works under Webster & Noel). Their collaboration ended in late 1909 and Noel continued to work under his own name until late 1911. Noel was born in Burton, Co. Berkshire, England in October 1883 and was educated at Leeds Technical College. He trained as an architect in Wakefield, England, then emigrated to Canada where he worked as a draftsman in the Montreal office of Edward Maxwell & W.S. Maxwell, and he may have been posted to Regina to oversee the construction of their prize-winning design for the new provincial Parliament Buildings in Regina.
By June 1908 he had moved to Saskatoon where he was invited by David Webster to form a new partnership. This office was dissolved in late 1909, and Noel opened his own office, and was credited with designs for several residential and commercial buildings. In 1911 he was one of several architects who entered the competition for the new St. John The Evangelist Anglican Church in Saskatoon (Const., iv, Oct. 1911, 53). His submission was later set aside and Thompson, Daniel & Colthurst were declared as the winners. No information has been found on his activity as an architect in Canada after late 1911, and he appears to have returned to England after this date. Joseph H. Noel later died in Streatham, London, England on 7 February 1949 (death notice Daily Telegraph (London), 9 Feb. 1949, 6; biog. for J.H. Noel in The Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 3 July 1908, 6; inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina).
(works in Saskatoon and Nutana)
NUTANA, residence for the architect J.H. Noel, on Eastlake Avenue, "...near the Methodist Church", 1908 (Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 27 June 1908, 4; and 11 July 1908, 4)
5TH AVENUE NORTH, residence for Frank H. Holland, 1910; demol. (Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 4 Feb. 1910, 7, t.c.)
NUTANA, residence for Spencer A. Early, Eastlake Avenue, 1910; demol. (Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 22 March 1910, 7, t.c.)
McINTOSH & VICK CO., 19th Street at the south end of 2nd Avenue, a motor garage, 1910; demol. (Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 22 March 1910, 7, t.c.)
TURKISH BATH & POOL ROOM BLOCK, 21st Street, for John Scott, 1910 (Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 4 April 1910, 7, t.c.)
OPERA HOUSE, 2nd Avenue at 19th Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 25 May 1910, 27)