MICKLER, Jacob Herbert (1857-1944) was recorded as an architect in the town of Preston, Ontario, south of Kitchener, from before 1909 to 1923. Born in Ontario on 8 July 1857, he appears to have been employed in the woodworking industry from 1891 as a furniture manufacturer, and as foreman in a furniture factory, but he also prepared plans for buildings in the Preston area for a period of nearly 15 years. He later died in Kitchener on 14 January 1944.
PRESTON, ONT., a Roman Catholic rectory [or residence] for Rev. Father Gehl, Duke Street, 1909, likely for St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, Duke Street, in Preston (Berlin News Record, 3 March 1909, 4, t.c.)
PRESTON, ONT., a major addition of 4 classrooms, for the public school, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 28 Feb. 1912, 64)
KITCHENER, ONT., a Roman Catholic rectory [or residence], on Duke Street, 1915, for St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Duke Street West, in Kitchener (Berlin News Record, 3 May 1915, 6, t.c.). N.B. the construction of this project was delayed for 6 years, and the commission was later given to Charles Knechtel of Kitchener in 1921.
PRESTON, ONT., a large residence for F.H. Patterson, costing $30,000, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 23 May 1923, 51)