Riddell, Andrew Johnston | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

RIDDELL, Andrew Johnston (1862-1924), active in Windsor, Ont., was born in Rutherglen, a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland and obtained his architectural education there. He emigrated to Canada in June 1906 and worked as a civil engineer in Winnipeg for over twelve years. He was invited to form a partnership with Herbert B. Rugh in early 1908 (Winnipeg Tribune, 3 Jan. 1908, 8), but their collaboration lasted less than a year. One of his engineering commissions was the design of a water dam across the Old Man River in Alberta. He moved to Windsor, Ont. in 1918 but only one of his architectural works has been located there, that for the General Byng Public School, Felix Avenue, SANDWICH, ONT. (C.R., xxxvi, 27 Sept. 1922, 47-8, t.c.; Const., xvii, Feb. 1924, 62-6, illus. & descrip.). Riddell died in Windsor on 21 April 1924 (obit. & port. Windsor Star, 21 April 1924, 3; obit. and port. Detroit Free Press, 22 April 1924, 11; obit. Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 22 April 1924, 6; 29 April 1924, 3)