TRIPP, Sydney John (1869-1941) was born in Spencerville, Ont. on 3 October 1869 and trained as a millwright, then studied architecture through correspondence school. He worked in North Bay, Ont. c. 1902-06, and moved to western Canada in 1906 and where he was employed by a manufacturer of flour milling equipment for whom he drew plans for flour mills and elevators. He opened an architectural office in Regina in 1909 and the following year joined in a short-lived partnership with Maurice Sharon (see list of works under Sharon & Tripp). Another brief partnership was recorded in 1911 with Norman Alpaugh, but this appears to have lasted for only 2 months. Tripp worked as a sole practitioner until early 1914 when he entered a partnership with A.J. Rowley. The outbreak of WWI in September of that year prompted them to close the office; Tripp continued to work alone until c. 1918, and he appears to have moved back to Ontario after this date. He died at Spencerville, Ont. on 27 September 1941 (obit. Evening Journal [Ottawa], 3 Oct. 1941, 5; Ottawa Citizen, 3 Oct. 1941, 12; biog. E.J. Gilbert, Up the Years with the Saskatchewan Assoc. of Architects, 1969, 20-1; inf. Sask. Assoc. of Architects; inf. Ross Herrington, Regina).
S.J. TRIPP (works in Regina)
PRINCESS THEATRE, major addition, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 11 April 1911, 11, t.c.)
SMITH STREET, residence for E.M. Gardner, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 3 May 1911, 11)
LORNE STREET, residence for Dr. Stevens, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 3 May 1911, 11)
McINTYRE STREET, three houses for C.E. Tanner, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 3 May 1911, 11)
RETALLACK STREET, at 14th Avenue, residence for Grant & Lounsborough, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 3 May 1911, 11)
SMITH STREET, near 16th Avenue, residence for A.H. Walsh, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 3 May 1911, 11)
SMITH STREET, near 16th Avenue, residence for T.A. James, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 3 May 1911, 11)
PRAIRIE BISCUIT CO., Rose Street at 7th Avenue, warehouse, c. 1911; still standing as of 2019 and now called The Antique Mall (dwgs. at SAB, Henry Black Fonds, Acc. R2004-312)
TRIPP & ALPAUGH (works in Regina)
LORNE STREET, residence for Dr. H.M. Stephens, 1911 (Regina Leader, 5 June 1911, 11, t.c.; inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina)
S.J. TRIPP (works in Regina)
WILKINSON APARTMENTS, Angus Street at Victoria Avenue, for Thomas Wilkinson, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], 11 Sept. 1911, 11, t.c.; Morning Leader Building Number, 30 Nov. 1911, illus. & descrip.)
CRESCENT ANNEX APARTMENTS, Halifax Street at 14th Avenue, for Black & Carmichael, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], Building Number, 30 Nov. 1911, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at SAB, Henry Black Fonds, Acc. R 2004-312)
McGREGOR TERRACE, Angus Street at 13th Avenue, 1911 (Morning Leader [Regina], Building Number, 30 Nov. 1911, descrip.)
VICTORIA AVENUE, at Argyle Street, apartment block for David D. Bennett, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 23 July 1913, 75)
ELPHINSTONE STREET, between 14th Avenue and 15th Avenue, residence for S.J. Tripp, architect, 1913 (inf. Frank Korvemaker, Regina)
BROAD STREET, hotel for George Broder, 1913-14 (C.R., xxvii, 19 Nov. 1913, 69)
TRIPP & ROWLEY (works in Regina)
ROSE THEATRE, 11th Avenue at Rose Street, moving picture theatre for D.M. Hackney, 1914; demol. 1929 (Morning Leader [Regina], 4 April 1914, 2, detailed architectural descrip.; and 18 April 1914, 15, descrip.; dwgs. OA, Wm. Blackwell Coll.)
BROAD STREET, at 11th Avenue, a 6 storey hotel, 1914 (Morning Leader [Regina], 18 April 1914, 15, descrip.)
BENNETT APARTMENTS, Victoria Avenue at Argyle Street, a 3 storey apartment block for D.D. Bennett, 1914 (Morning Leader [Regina], 18 April 1914, 15, descrip.)
POWELL APARTMENTS, a 3 storey apartment block for S.C. Powell, 1914 (Morning Leader [Regina], 18 April 1914, 15)
METAL SHINGLE & SIDING CO., 15th Avenue at McTavish Street, factory, 1914 (Morning Leader [Regina], 1 May 1914, 17, t.c.)
EMPRESS THEATRE, Rose Street, for William Milne, begun in 1914 by Tripp & Rowley; completed by A.J. Rowley in 1918 (Morning Leader [Regina], 29 May 1914, 35, t.c.; and 20 June 1918, 9, descrip.; C.R., xxvii, 1 July 1914, 75)