HODGSON, Gilbert (1874-1960) was born in Sempringham, Co. Lincolnshire, England on 21 October 1874 and attended Technical Schools at Bedford and Weymouth in 1894-95. He articled with a 'Mr. Bennett' of Weymouth and with F.T.W. Goldsmith, an architect in London, and in 1900 he joined the City Architect's Department in Liverpool where he met William S. Bates. Both were asked to collaborate on the design of the new City Hospital there and Hodgson also designed the city swimming baths. In May 1904 Hodgson emigrated to Canada with the intention of taking a position with the Calgary architectural firm of Wilson & Wetenhall (Daily Herald [Calgary], 21 May 1904, 4). After arriving there, he formed a partnership, at first with his colleague W.S. Bates and J. Llewellyn Wilson, and then in 1906 with Bates alone, and together they conducted a successful practice by obtaining major commissions for commercial, industrial and residential projects in Calgary and in southern Alberta. In 1910 they invited Ernest N. Butler to join the partnership; Butler remained with them until early 1913 when Owen K. Beattie took his place.
By 1915 the partnership had dissolved, and Hodgson continued to list himself as an architect in Calgary until 1920. The following year he took up the position of Managing Director for the Alberta Self-Locking Concrete Wall Co. Ltd., a venture that may have been shortlived because in 1922 he was working as a draftsman with the Dominion Irrigation Co. in Calgary. He appears to have left Calgary in late 1923 and he moved to California in early 1924, taking up residence in San Carlos (near San Francisco) where he opened an office, and established a branch office in nearby Burlingame, Calif. By 1931 he had relocated to Redwood City, Calif. (R.L. Polk, Redwood City Directory, 1931-32, 76). He continued to practise there as an architect until after 1940, and he eventually returned to Calgary in 1957. He died there on 26 May 1960 (obituary Calgary Herald, 27 May 1960, 31; biog. R.I.B.A., Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, 2001, i, 928-29). The Glenbow Museum at Calgary, Alta. holds a collection of architectural drawings prepared by Hodsgon during the period of 1906 to 1913 when he was in partnership with William S. Bates, Owen K. Beattie and Ernest N. Butler (Glenbow Museum, W.S. Bates Coll., Acc. BB329)
HODGSON & BATES (Residential works in Calgary unless noted)
ROYAL AVENUE, at 7th Street SW, a mansion for A. Judson Sayre, begun in 1905 by Wilson, Hodgson & Bates; completed 1906 by Hodgson & Bates, addition of den and summer house, 1911; all still standing in 2023 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 14 April 1906, 4, detailed architectural descrip.; Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 115, illus.; dwgs. for summer house at Glenbow Museum, Calgary)
unnamed street, '.....at the extreme north end of the city ', a large residence for J.M. Patterson, 1906 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 13 Feb. 1906, 4, t.c.; and 14 April 1906, 4, detailed architectural descrip.)
FIRST STREET EAST, alterations and additions to residence of Dr. Robert H. Sanson, 1906 (Daily Herald (Calgary), 21 March 1906, 5, t.c.)
12th AVENUE WEST, residence for J.M. Price, 1906 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 12 April 1906, 7, t.c.)
CENTRE STREET, at 18th Avenue, residence for Arthur L. Nunns, 1907 (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 66; iii, Dec. 1909, 115, illus.)
6th STREET WEST, at 12th Avenue, residence of W. Roper Hull, 1909; demol. 1970 (Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 115, illus.)
13th AVENUE WEST, at 6th Street, 'Beaulieu', a mansion for Senator James A. Lougheed, c. 1909 (Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 115, illus.)
13th AVENUE WEST, at 4th Street, large residence for Patrick Burns, c. 1909 (Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 115, illus.; Studio Yearbook [London], 1916, 92, illus.)
MOUNT ROYAL, residence for E. Hart Nichols, 20th Avenue West, 1910 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
MOUNT ROYAL, residence for Howard W. McLean, Sydenham Road at Carleton Street, 1910 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
MOUNT ROYAL, residence for David J. Young, 8th Street West, 1910 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
7th STREET WEST, residence for Aloysius G. Plunkett, c. 1910 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
HODGSON & BATES (Institutional and Ecclesiastical works in Calgary unless noted)
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, 9th Avenue East near the Depot, 1906; addition of two floors, 1910 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 20 March 1906, 1, descrip., 28 May 1910, 2, t.c.; C.R., xvii, 28 March 1906, 2; dwgs. at the Glenbow Museum; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
ST. HILDA'S COLLEGE, 12th Avenue West, major additions, 1906 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 1 May 1906, 7, t.c.; and 12 May 1906, 5, detailed descrip.)
WESTERN CANADA COLLEGE, a large 2 storey addition, 1906 (Daily Herald (Calgary), 12 May 1906, 5, detailed descrip.)
STRATHMORE, ALTA., public school, 1907 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 28 June 1907, 3, t.c.)
DIDSBURY, ALTA., a new public school, 1907-08 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 5 Feb. 1908, 8)
STAVELY, ALTA., public school, 1908 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 18 April 1908, 7, t.c.; C.R., xix, 29 April 1908, 19, t.c.)
EARL GREY PUBLIC SCHOOL, Hillcrest Avenue at 7th Street West, 1909 (dwgs. at Calgary Board of Education)
MOUNT ROYAL PUBLIC SCHOOL, 14th Street West, 1909 (dwgs. at Calgary Board of Education)
CROSSFIELD, ALTA., public school, 1910 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 9 April 1910, 8)
HODGSON & BATES (Commercial & Industrial works in Calgary unless noted)
HUDSONS BAY CO. DEPARTMENT STORE, Centre Street, a large 2 storey addition to existing building, and remodelling of existing store, 1906 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 16 April 1906, 3, descrip.)
DOMINION MEAT CO., 9th Avenue East at 12th Street, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 25 July 1906, 2)
PACIFIC CARTAGE CO. LTD., 11th Avenue West, a large brick stable building and cottage, 1906 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 26 July 1906, 7, t.c.)
CALGARY BREWING & MALTING CO., 14th Street East, 1907 (dwgs. at Canadian Architectural Archives, Univ. of Calgary, Stevenson Coll.)
MACLEOD, ALTA., Struthers Block, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 10 April 1907, 6)
EAST CALGARY, Imperial Bank of Canada, 1907 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 26 Oct. 1907, 6, descrip.)
FAIRBANK CO., 8th Avenue, “...west of the Registry Office”, a 4 storey commercial block, 1908 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 2 April 1908, 5)
HULL BUILDING, 1st Street West at 9th Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 5 May 1909, 23)
BOLE DRUG CO., 7th Avenue West, warehouse, 1909 (dwgs. at the Glenbow Museum)
CRANBROOK, B.C., Imperial Bank, Hanson Avenue at Baker Street, 1909 (Cranbrook Herald, 15 July 1909, 7, t.c.; dwgs. at the Glenbow Museum)
FERNIE, B.C., Imperial Bank, Victoria Avenue, 1909 (Cranbrook Herald, 30 Sept. 1909, 3; RIBA London, list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form, 23 March 1912)
FERNIE, B.C., Bank of Hamilton, 1909 (Cranbrook Herald, 30 Sept. 1909, 3)
FERNIE, B.C., Trites-Wood Block, 1909 (Cranbrook Herald, 30 Sept. 1909, 3)
GRAIN EXCHANGE, 1st Street West, 1909 (Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 114, illus.; iv, March 1911, 57, illus.; C.R., xxiv, 14 Dec. 1910, 44, illus. & descrip.)
TEES & PERSSE CO., 9th Avenue West, warehouse, 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
CALGARY WINE & SPIRIT CO., 11th Avenue East, 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
(with J.H.G. Russell) J.H. ASHDOWN CO., 11th Avenue, warehouse, 1909 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 7 July 1909, 2, t.c.; Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
MASSEY HARRIS CO., 9th Avenue West, addition to warehouse, 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
McCLARY MANUFACTURING CO., 8th Avenue West near 6th Street, warehouse, 1909 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
LEESON & LINEHAM BUILDING, 8th Avenue West, 1910 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
BRITISH AMERICAN PAINT CO., 9th Avenue West, warehouse, 1910 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69)
7th AVENUE, commercial block for Robert C. Thomas, 1910 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 28 Feb. 1910, 69; dwgs. in Canadian Architectural Archives, Univ. of Calgary, Steveson Coll.)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., block for H.A. Sinnot, 1910 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 9 April 1910, 8)
8th AVENUE WEST, commercial block for Sir John Langham, 1910 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 9 April 1910, 8, descrip.)
COCKBURN BLOCK, First Street West at 15th Avenue, a four storey block for J.A. Cockburn of Vancouver, 1910 (Calgary Daily Herald, 18 June 1910, 22, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HOPE BLOCK, 1st Street West, for W.G. Hunt, 1910 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
PRYCE-JONES LTD., 1st Street West at 12th Avenue, a 3 storey department store, 1910; additions, 1911 and 1913 (Calgary Daily Herald, 11 Feb. 1911, 12, illus.; and 18 Feb. 1911, 12, illus.; and 17 April 1911, 15, descrip.; Canadian Dry Goods Review (Toronto), xxiii, 15 March 1911, 15, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at Glenbow Museum; C.R., xxv, 24 May 1911, 63; and xxvii, 26 March 1913, 67; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
BEVERIDGE BLOCK, 7th Avenue East at 1st Street East, for Thomas Beveridge and Judge Travis, 1910-11 (Engineering & Contracting [Chicago], xxxiii, 15 June 1910, 47, t.c.; Calgary Daily Herald, 12 July 1910, 1, illus.; C.R., xxv, 1 Feb. 1911, 35; Albertan [Calgary], 9 March 1912; dwgs. at Glenbow Museum; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HODGSON, BATES & BUTLER (works in Calgary unless noted)
ELMA BUILDING, 8th Avenue East, for John Lineham, 1910 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
ELBOW PARK, 'Red Gables', a residence for James H. Woods, 1910 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
MOUNT ROYAL, residence for John R. Jaynes, Hope Street, c. 1910 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
MOUNT ROYAL, an 8 room public school, 1910-11 (Calgary Daily Herald, 4 Nov. 1910, 2, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EAST CALGARY, on the Walker Estate, an 8 room public school, 1910-11 (Calgary Daily Herald, 4 Nov. 1910, 2, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
TRAVIS BLOCK, 7th Avenue East, a large 5 storey block for Hon. Judge Travis, 1911 (Calgary Daily Herald, 27 Feb. 1911, 2, t.c.; 20 April 1911, 1, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
(with Lang & Major) FIRE STATION NO. 1, 1st Avenue East at 6th Street East, 1911 (Calgary Daily Herald, 4 April 1911, 2; C.R., xxv, 12 April 1911, 53, t.c.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, additions and alterations to existing bank, 1911 (Calgary Daily Herald, 20 April 1911, 1)
IMPERIAL BANK, major addition, 1911 (Calgary Daily Herald, 18 July 1911, 3, t.c.)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA., Bank of Montreal, Toronto Street at South Railway Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 62; Medicine Hat News, 18 July 1911, 1; dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
15th AVENUE WEST, residence for Hon. William L. Walsh, 1911 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
12th STREET WEST, residence for Charles R. Latimer, 1911 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
C.P.R. BUILDING, for the Irrigation, Alberta and B.C. Lands Dept., 7th Avenue at 1st Street East, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 24 May 1911, 61; dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
BURNS BUILDING, 8th Avenue East at 2nd Street, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 64; Calgary Herald, 1 Feb. 1913, 13 and 17, illus. & descrip.; Const., vi, Oct. 1913, 372-3, illus.; dwgs. at Glenbow Museum; dwgs. at the Canadian Architectural Collection, Univ of Calgary, Acc. 37A-7825)
OAKVILLE, ALTA., Bank of Montreal, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 24 May 1911, 62)
HIGH RIVER, ALTA., Bank of Montreal, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 24 May 1911, 62; dwgs. at Canadian Architectural Archives, Calgary, Stevenson-Raines Coll.)
TORONTO, ONT., Ontario Wind Engine & Pump Co., Atlantic Avenue at Liberty Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 14 Feb. 1912, 66)
NELSON, B.C., store and office block, Baker Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 6 March 1912, 69)
(with Denison & Stephenson) W.R. BROCK CO., 8th Avenue at 2nd Street West, warehouse, 1911 (Const., v, March 1912, 85, illus.)
6th STREET WEST, at 12th Avenue, residence for Charles G.K. Nourse, c. 1912 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
HODSGON, BATES & BEATTIE (works in Calgary unless noted)
MacLEOD, ALTA., Town Hall, 1913 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 7 March 1913, 1)
J.H. ASHDOWN CO., a large warehouse block, 1913 (Morning Albertan [Calgary], 7 March 1913, 1)
ELBOW PARK, residence for Dr. William E. Graham, 6th Avenue East, c. 1913 (dwgs. at Glenbow Museum)
CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., 11th Avenue at 4th Street West, warehouse, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 12 Feb. 1913, 75)
PILKINGTON BROTHERS, 11th Avenue East, warehouse, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 17 Sept. 1913, 71)
REDCLIFFE, ALTA., Imperial Bank, Broadway Avenue East, 1914 (inf. from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Archives, Toronto)
GILBERT HODGSON (works in the Bay Area near San Francisco)
SAN CARLOS, CALIF., San Carlos Bank Block, with retail stores, Laurel Avenue at Cypress Avenue, 1928 (San Mateo Times, 1 Feb. 1928, 1, descrip.)
WHITE OAKS, CALIF., residence for J.H. Seeba, 1928-29 (San Mateo Times, 7 Nov. 1928, 2)
WHITE OAKS, CALIF., residence for M.N. Maslow, 1928-29 (San Mateo Times, 7 Nov. 1928, 2)
BURLINGAME, CALIF., residence for Robert Brown, 1928 (San Mateo Times, 7 Nov. 1928, 2)
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF., First Baptist Church, Hudson Street at James Avenue, 1930; still standing in 2023 (Redwood City Tribune, 13 Dec. 1930 3, illus. & descrip.)
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF., Redwood French Laundry Co., Jefferson Avenue near Middlefield Road, 1936-37 (Redwood City Tribune, 31 March 1937, 3, illus.)