PITT, E.W. [or E.D. PITT ], an architect who lived and worked in Niagara Falls, Ont. from c. 1904 until after 1906, and he was among the first innovators to use reinforced concrete technology for industrial, commercial and institutional buildings in the Niagara Peninsula. In 1907 he formed a partnership in Niagara Falls with T.G, Robinson, a civil engineer (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 27 May 1907, 5). At this time, it was reported that Pitt was working on a major commission in Toronto for the largest reinforced concrete industrial building in the city, for Clarke & Clarke, Leather Tanners, Christie Street, north of Dupont Street, Toronto, 1907; demol. (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 27 May 1907, 5). No biographical information has been found on this architect.
(works in Niagara Falls unless noted)
HIRAM STREET, at Falls Avenue, residence for Bella M. Benson, 1904 (Semi-Weekly Standard (St. Catharines), 18 July 1904, 5)
SIMCOE STREET, at Welland Avenue, residence for A.S. Buckley, 1904 (Daily Standard ( St. Catharines), 11 Aug. 1904, 6, descrip.)
INDOOR ICE RINK, 1904 (Daily Standard (St. Catharines), 3 Sept. 1904, 8)
JOHN STREET, residence for Frank Leblond, 1904 (Daily Standard (St. Catharines), 3 Oct. 1904, 6)
PIER STREET, residence for Herman R. Misener, 1904-05 (Daily Standard (St. Catharines), 30 Nov. 1904, 6; and 21 March 1905, 6)
NIAGARA FALLS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Jepson Street, 1905 (Daily Standard (St. Catharines), 10 May 1905, 6; and 5 Aug. 1905, 6, detailed descript.; and 6 Oct. 1905, 8, descrip.; and 19 Oct. 1905, 2, t.c.; and 22 Jan. 1907, 5, detailed descrip.)
STAMFORD TOWNSHIP, Canadian Ramapo Iron Works Ltd., at the junction of the Wabash R.R. and the North St. Clair Railways, several large new industrial buildings, 1906 (Daily Standard (St. Catharines), 7 Aug. 1906, 8; and 20 Aug. 1906, 5, detailed descrip.; and 5 Sept. 1906, 5, detailed descrip.)
WELLAND, ONT, Iroquois Motor Car Manufacturing Co., auto assembly plant, 1906 (Daily Standard (St. Catharines), 15 Aug. 1906, 5, descrip.; and 20 Aug. 1906, 5, descrip.)
C.S. PEASLIE & SON SHOE CO., large factory, 1906-07 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 21 Nov. 1906, 3, t.c.)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., The Yale & Towne Lock Co., Vine Street South, new factory, 1911; still standing in 2023, but altered beyond recognition (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 11 July 1911, 4; and 11 Sept. 1911, 1)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Steel & Radiation Co Ltd., Erie Street, large factory of three buildings, 1911 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 11 Sept. 1911, 1)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Canadian Crocker-Wheeler Co., large factory, 1912 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 30 March 1912, 1, descrip.)