Spencer, Freeman W.

SPENCER, Freeman W. (1869-1916) was active in Glace Bay and Sydney, N.S. from 1903. Born in Mira, N.S., son of Edward Spencer, he likely trained in Halifax and established his own practise in Cape Breton after 1900 (McAlpine's Directory of Sydney, North Sydney, Sydney Mines and Glace Bay, 1905-06, 291). Although other architects had opened offices in nearby Sydney, Spencer appears to have been the only resident architect in Glace Bay and he likely could have sustained a successful practise had it not been for his untimely death in Sydney on 9 February 1916 (obit. Sydney Record, 9 Feb. 1916, 1; Sydney Daily Post, 12 Feb. 1916, 3; C.R., xxx, 23 Feb. 1916, 186; biog. M. Rosinski, Architects of Nova Scotia, 1994, 219).

GLACE BAY, N.S., Masonic Hall, 1903 (Sydney Record, 5 Sept. 1903, 6)
SYDNEY MINES, N.S., Methodist Church, 1905 (M. Rosinski, Architects of Nova Scotia, 1994, 219)
GLACE BAY, N.S., residence for W.R. Tobin, West Main Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 2, t.c.)
NEW ABERDEEN, N.S., manse for the Presbyterian Church, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 10 June 1908, 28, t.c.)
SYDNEY, N.S., commercial block with apartments, for Bernard Green, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 21 Feb. 1912, 66, t.c.)
SYDNEY, N.S., skating arena for A.N. McLennan, Inglis Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 13 March 1912, 67)
SYDNEY, N.S., commercial block for M. Lubchanski, Charlotte Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 73)