Fulton, Eugene Bailey

FULTON, Eugene Bailey (1875-c. 1930) arrived in Canada in 1912 or before and he was recorded as an architect in Regina, Sask. (Henderson's Directory of Regina, 1912, 81). He advertised his services there, and specialized in the design of “...Business Blocks, Apartment Houses, Hotels and Churches”. Born in San Francisco, Calif. on 6 May 1875, he may have obtained his education and training there before moving to Canada in 1911 or 1912. It is unclear why he chose to live in Regina, but he must have possessed considerable talent; in November 1912 he was declared the winner of the invited architectural competition for the new Central Police Station in that city (Regina Leader, 8 Nov. 1912, 2). His submission raised considerable debate, and 6 months later his design was set aside and a new open architectural competition was staged. He submitted a new design for the same projects which received Fourth Prize, and the declared winner was Clemesha & Portnall (but their design was never built).

Fulton became a member of the Saskatchewan Assoc. of Architects on 7 March 1913, but he appears to have left Canada in late 1913 and he moved to San Antonio, Texas where he joined in a partnership with J.G. Miller to form the Texas Construction Company, Architects & Engineers (San Antonio City Directory, 1914, 306) and he was still active there as an architect as late as 1920, but no information has been found on his activity after this date (inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina).