HOREL, George Albert (1876-1929) was active in Vancouver during the period from 1910 to 1912. Born in Victoria, B.C. on 29 February 1876, he learned the building trades and was recorded as a carpenter in Vancouver in 1901 . By 1910 he began to style himself as an architect, and he completed several commissions for ecclesiastical and commercial buildings in the Vancouver area. In 1913 he was in partnership with Orlando D. Roberts (1888-1958). Horel left Vancouver in 1913 or 1914 and later appeared in Saskatoon, Sask. in 1921 where he was listed as an architect, but only a few references to his work there have been found. During the period from 1926 to 1929 he worked as an assistant to J. Melrose Morrison. Horel died in Saskatoon, Sask. on 12 July 1929, and was later buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in that city (obituary Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 13 July 1929, 3; 19 July 1929, 6; inf. Donald Luxton, Vancouver).
G.A. HOREL (works in Vancouver unless noted)
METHODIST CHURCH, Ferris Road at Fraser Street, 1910 (Vancouver Daily World, 25 Jan. 1910, 5, t.c.)
VENDOME HOTEL, Nelson Street near Thurlow Street, for J.A. Bealey, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 21 Sept. 1910, 26; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
JACKSON AVENUE, rooming house, 1910 ( dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
SOUTH VANCOUVER, residence for William Middler, East 29th Avenue, 1910 (Vancouver Daily World, 4 Oct. 1910, 10)
SOUTH VANCOUVER, residence for Mr. James, Godfrey Road, 1910 (Vancouver Daily World, 4 Oct. 1910, 10)
SOUTH VANCOUVER, residence for Mr. Lamond, Tyson Road at East 37th Avenue, 1910 (Vancouver Daily World, 4 Oct. 1910, 10)
SOUTH HILL DISTRICT, residence for Mr. Goodman, near Ferris Avenue and Fraser Street, 1910 (Vancouver Daily World, 4 Oct. 1910, 10)
MOUNTAIN VIEW METHODIST CHURCH, East 28th Avenue at Sophia Street, 1910; burned Feb. 1911; rebuilt and re-opened Nov. 1911 (Province [Vancouver], 17 Dec. 1910, 22, descrip.; C.R., xxv, 26 April 1911, 53)
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, East 7th Avenue near Victoria Drive, 1910 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
WEBB & YOUNG BLOCK, Main Street, between 22nd Avenue and 23rd Avenue, a three storey commercial block, 1910-11 (Vancouver Daily World, 3 Dec. 1910, 9, descrip.)
KAMLOOPS, B.C., Methodist Church, St. Paul Street at Fourth Avenue, 1911-12; demol. (Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 18 Sept. 1911, 4, t.c.; Vancouver Building Record, 26 Oct. 1911, 1; C.R., xxv, 8 Nov. 1911, 58)
SOUTH VANCOUVER, Wilson Heights Methodist Church, on Wilson Road [now West 41st Avenue], 1911-12 (Vancouver Building Record, 26 Oct. 1911, 1)
PINE CRESCENT, near Hosmer Avenue, residence for Albert Cotton, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 15 Nov. 1911, 60)
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C., Webster's Corners Methodist Church, Dewdney Trunk Road near 250th Street, 1911-12; still standing in 2022 (inf. Donald Luxton, Vancouver)
SOUTH HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Frederick Street at East 50th Avenue, 1912; still standing in 2022, but exterior altered (C.R., xxvi, 3 Jan. 1912, 64; Province [Vancouver], 27 April 1912, 29, illus.)
HOREL & ROBERTS (works in Vancouver)
ARMSTRONG FUNERAL PARLOUR, Cordova Street at Dunlevy Avenue, for A. Armstrong, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 31 Aug. 1912, 23, descrip.; The Sun [Vancouver], 2 Sept. 1912, 27, descrip.)
BRENT APARTMENTS, West Broadway, 1912 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
GRANDVIEW METHODIST CHURCH, Venables Street, parsonage for the church, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 28 Sept. 1912, 28; The Sun [Vancouver], 30 Sept. 1912, 15)
BEACONSFIELD METHODIST CHURCH, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 28 Sept. 1912, 28, t.c.; The Sun [Vancouver], 30 Sept. 1912, 15, descrip.)
G.A. HOREL (works in Saskatchewan)
(with J. Melrose Morrison) SMILEY, SASK., public school, 1929 (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 24 Jan. 1929, 13, t.c.)