THOMAS, John Lewis (1871- c. 1912) was born at Hay, Wales and arrived in Canada after 1892. He opened an office in London in October 1906, and was active there, and in nearby St. Thomas where he opened a branch office (C.R., xviii, 1 May 1907, 10). In 1908 he was one of several competitors who submitted designs for the Paardeberg Monument in Victoria Park, London (Free Press [London], 16 May 1908, 1). He then moved to Montreal where he was supervising engineer for the C.P.R. on the new Windsor Station. By 1912 he had relocated to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan where he was listed as Thomas & Co., Consulting Engineers, Architects, Financial Agents & Real Estate. His designed the Snell Department Store in that city, but was dismissed from the job while it was under construction. In 1913 he was also discharged from the commission to design the Saskatchewan Creamery Co. there, no doubt precipitated by the sudden downturn in construction in Moose Jaw. No information can be found on his activity after 1913 (inf. Sask. Assoc. of Architects; inf. Gordon Fulton, Moose Jaw)
LONDON, ONT., five stores for W.E. Bourne, Hamilton Road at Rectory Street, 1907 (Free Press [London], 5 March 1907, 10)
LONDON, ONT., residence for John Croden, Central Avenue, 1907 (London Advertiser, 7 March 1907, 3, t.c.)
LONDON, ONT., Tuberculosis Hospital, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 24 April 1907, 6)
WATFORD, ONT., Trinity Anglican Church, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 24 April 1907, 2)
LONDON, ONT., Hamilton Road Methodist Church, 1907 (Free Press [London], 16 May 1907, 3, illus. & descrip.)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., St. John's Anglican Church, Balaclava Street, 1907 (Free Press [London], 24 Aug. 1907, 2, descrip.; Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 5 Sept. 1907, 575)
ST. THOMAS, ONT., Masonic Hall, Talbot Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 18 Sept. 1907, 1)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., Herbert Snell Department Store, Main Street North at Hochelaga Street, 1912 (Moose Jaw Semi-Weekly Times, 20 Aug. 1912, 6, descrip.)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., Saskatchewan Creamery Co. Block, 2nd Avenue N.W. at Caribou Street, 1912 (Moose Jaw Evening Times, 30 Sept.1912, 9)