SMITH, Wilfrid F. (1886-1947) spent his entire career in Midland, Ont. Born there on 28 September 1886 he was educated as public schools in the town but he had no formal education in architecture. Nothing is known of his early training or apprenticeship, but he may have learned the building trades under his father William Smith, a master carpenter who settled in Midland in 1880. W.F. Smith opened his own office in 1922 and completed several works in Midland and in other towns throughout Simcoe County. His career suffered a setback in 1934 when he was seriously injured in an automobile accident near Elmvale (Const., xxvii, July-Aug. 1934, 114), and only a few commissions can be attributed to him after this time. Smith died in Midland on 3 August 1947 (obit. & port. Free Press-Herald [Midland], 6 Aug. 1947, 11; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, Aug. 1947, 292; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects). His youngest brother was the architect Harry P. Smith of Kingston.
HONEY HARBOUR, ONT., near Tomahawk Point, a large summer residence for J.B. Webber, of the J.L. Hudson Department Store in Detroit, Mich. 1925 (Daily Sun-Times [Owen Sound], 20 April 1925, 5)
MIDLAND, ONT., Young Men's Christian Association, Hugel Avenue West, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 27 June 1928, 62)
MIDLAND, ONT., auto showroom and garage for William Kellar, Dominion Street East, 1928 (Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 14 Sept. 1928, 9, descrip.)
BARRIE, ONT., Registry Office, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 16 Jan. 1929, 50)
MIDLAND, ONT., Tanner Apartments, Elizabeth Street at Queen Street, c. 1929; still standing in 2023 (list of works in obituary)
MIDLAND, ONT., a Sunday School for Knox Presbyterian Church, Hugel Avenue West at First Street, c. 1930; still standing in 2023 (list of works in obituary)
MIDLAND, ONT., parish hall for St. Mark's Anglican Church, Third Street at Easy Street, c. 1930 (list of works in obituary)
MIDLAND, ONT., High School, Sixth Street at Yonge Street West, c. 1930 (list of works in obituary)
WAUBAUSHENE, ONT. public school, c. 1930 (list of works in obituary)
WYEVALE, ONT., public school, c. 1930 (list of works in obituary)
PENETANGUISHINE, ONT., Hotel Brule, Main Street at Shanahan Road, 1937; still standing in 2023 (list of works in obituary)
MIDLAND, ONT., major addition to St. Andrew's Hospital, 1938 (Globe & Mail [Toronto], 6 June 1938, 4)