ARNOLDI, Evelyn Telfer (1881-1975) practised in Toronto from 1920 until after 1950. Born in England on 31 July 1881 he came to Toronto as a youth and was educated at Toronto public schools and at the Ontario School of Art (a forerunner of the Ont. College of Art). He worked as an apprentice and draftsman in the office of Langley & Howland from 1907 until 1919, and in 1920 opened his own office where he specialized in plain and unexceptional residential commissions (C.R., xxxvi, 23 Aug. 1922, 851, illus. & descrip.). From 1924 until 1930 he was in partnership with A.T.C. McMaster, an engineer by training, and together they completed the design for St. Mark's Anglican Church, Blackthorn Avenue at St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, 1929-30. After 1931 he maintained an independent practice and retired in 1971. He died in Toronto on 12 May 1975 (obituary in the Toronto Star, 13 May 1975, A3; inf. from Ontario Association of Architects)
(with John J. Beck) KITCHENER, ONT., Carnegie Library, Queen Street at Weber Street, major addition of new reading room, and Children’s Wing, 1915-16 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 27 Jan. 1916, 1 and 2, detailed architectural descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., Missionary Society of the Church of England, at 604 Jarvis Street at Charles Street East, 1922; additions, 1927; demol. 2018 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects, application form dated 1931)
TORONTO, ONT., House of Industry, Elm Street, west of Bay Street, additions and alterations, 1923, and 1931 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects, application form dated 1931)
TORONTO, ONT., a two storey residence, "...in the Colonial style", for an unnamed client, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 23 August 1922, 851, illus. & detailed descrip.)
WIARTON, ONT., a two storey residence, in the Craftsman style, for an unnamed client, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 24 Jan. 1923, 86, illus. & detailed descrip.)
near TORONTO, ONT., "overlooking a ravine, just outside Toronto", a two storey residence, with gambrel roof and half-timber framing, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 11 April 1923, 355, illus. & detailed descrip.)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., residence for Charles P. Angus, Pinetree Crescent near Stavebank Road, overlooking the Credit River, 1925; still standing in 2022 (inf. Paula Wubbenhorst, City of Mississauga)
TORONTO, ONT., St. Mark's Anglican Church, Blackthorn Avenue at St. Clair Avenue West, 1929-30 (Toronto Star, 27 Dec. 1929, 10, illus. & 27, detailed descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., row of stores for A. Levy, St. Clair Avenue West, 1932 (Ontario Jewish Archives, Toronto, Fonds 49, Series 5, File 10)