PATTERSON, Edmund Brown (1866-1946) of Hamilton, Ont. was active there from 1895 until 1930. Born in Ireland on 17 September 1866 he came to Canada at a young age and was educated at Central Collegiate and the Art School in Hamilton. He articled with William A. Edwards and opened his own office in 1896 specializing in the design of industrial buildings, private residences and walk-up apartment blocks. In 1897 John Patterson, the brother of Edmund B., was one of five Hamilton businessmen who established the Cataract Electric Power Company in a effort to bring low cost electricity to the population of Hamilton, Ont. It was logical that John Patterson would hire his brother Edmund to design the large brick Turbine Hall at Decew Falls, atop the Niagara Escarpment near St. Catharines, in 1898, and to also design the Transformer Station for the same power company, located on Victoria Avenue North in Hamilton. The power station at DeCew Falls still stands in 2022, and it is now the oldest continually running hydroelectric power generating station in Canada. Patterson also earned the distinction of planning one of the first units of the International Harvester Co. factory complex in Hamilton in 1902. He later died in Hamilton on 1 May 1946 (obituary in The Spectator [Hamilton], 2 May 1946, 7; OA, Wentworth Co., Wills 11594)
E.B. PATTERSON (Residential works in Hamilton unless noted)
ROBERT STREET, near Victoria Avenue North, two houses for an unnamed client, 1895; demol. (Hamilton Evening Times, 25 May 1895, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EAST AVENUE SOUTH, residence for A.W. Gage, 1896, still standing at 66 East Avenue South in 2023 (Hamilton Evening Times, 28 Feb. 1896, 8; C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 3; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EMERALD STREET NORTH, residence for Harman B. Vaughan, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 3)
BARTONVILLE, in East Hamilton, residence for William Syer, 1896 (C.R., vii, 4 June 1896, 2)
PETER STREET, between Queen Street North and Hess Street North, a pair of attached houses, likely the pair at 20-22 Peter Street, or at 24-26 Peter Street, for an unnamed client, 1896; still standing in 2023 (Hamilton Evening Times, 16 June 1896, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HESS STREET, pair of houses for C.S. Cochrane, 1896 (C.R., vii, 16 July 1896, 2)
WEST AVENUE, residence for Jacob Voelker, 1896 (C.R., vii, 30 July 1896, 2)
EAST AVENUE SOUTH, residence for George McGregor, 1896 (C.R., vii, 20 Aug. 1896, 2)
KING STREET WEST, residence for A.H. Taylor, 1896 (C.R., vii, 3 Sept. 1896, 2)
HESS STREET SOUTH, residence for J. McWalter, 1896 (C.R., vii, 19 Nov. 1896, 2)
HANNAH STREET WEST, residence for James Hull, 1897 (C.R., viii, 11 Feb. 1897, 2)
CATHARINE STREET NORTH, near Cannon Street East, a 3 storey residence for Richard Butler, 1897; still standing in 2022 (Hamilton Evening Times, 13 May 1897, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WENTWORTH STREET NORTH, residence for Harley Sherk, 1897 (C.R., viii, 8 July 1897, 2)
CANNON STREET EAST, near Clyde Street, store and residence for William S.C. Hazel, 1897: still standing in 2023 (Hamilton Evening Times, 5 Aug 1897, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HUNTER STREET, pair of houses for John Jones, 1897 (C.R., viii, 5 Aug. 1897, 2)
KING STREET WEST, near Caroline Street South, residence for Dr. John A. Langrill, 1897; demol. (Hamilton Evening Times, 27 Aug. 1897, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
JAMES STREET NORTH, at Macauley Street, pair of houses for Mrs. Hardy, 1897 (C.R., viii, 16 Sept. 1897, 2)
VICTORIA AVENUE, residence for Walter Holt, 1897 (C.R., viii, 28 Oct. 1897, 2)
WENTWORTH STREET NORTH, at Land street, small cottage for John Morris, boat builder, 1897; demol. (Hamilton Evening Times, 1 Nov. 1897, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EAST AVENUE NORTH, pair of houses for Mrs. Robert Holmes, 1898 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 8 March 1898, 8; C.R., ix, 16 March 1898, 3; inf. Robert Hamilton) )
STEVEN STREET, at Wilson Street, two pairs of semi-detached houses 78-80 and 82-84 Steven Street, for J. Page, 1898; still standing in 2022 (Hamilton Evening Times, 25 March 1898, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
MacNAB STREET NORTH, at Murray Street West, four houses for Daniel Sullivan, 1898 (C.R., ix, 6 April 1898, 3)
ASHLEY STREET, near Cannon Street East, résidence for H.G. Little, 1898; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 5 Nov. 1898, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
VICTORIA AVENUE NORTH, at Robert Street, large residence for Charles G. Kelly, 1899; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 4 Feb. 1899, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ROBERT STREET, near Victoria Avenue North, residence for James Barron, 1899; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 4 March 1899, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HUGHSON STREET NORTH, at Barton Street East, three houses at 244, 246 and 248 Hughson Street North, for Mrs. Thomas Hutchinson, 1899; still standing in 2022 (C.R., x, 5 April 1899, 3; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WENTWORTH STREET NORTH, at Land Street, residence for William F. Webster, 1899 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 1 May 1899, 8; C.R., x, 3 May 1899, 3; inf. Robert Hamilton)
DUNDAS, ONT., residence for H. Angold, 1899 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 9 Aug. 1899, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
MAIN STREET EAST, at Victoria Avenue South, residence for Dr. Day Smith, 1899; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 9 Aug. 1899, 8; and 23 Aug. 1899, 8; C.R., x, 30 Aug. 1899, 3)
KING WILLIAM STREET, at Walnut Street North, residence for Robert A. Gibb, 1899; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 2 Sept. 1899, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
JOHN STREET NORTH, north of Burlington Street East, residence for Otto W. Gibb, 1899; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 26 Sept. 1899, 8; C.R., x, 4 Oct. 1899, 2; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HUGHSON STREET NORTH, at Robert Street, three houses for Robert Kirkpatrick, 1900 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 16 Feb. 1900, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HUGHSON STREET NORTH, at Murray Street East, residence for Mrs. Mary A. Hutchinson, 1900 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 20 April 1900, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HERKIMER STREET, at Hess Street, residence for Thomas Ramsay, 1900; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 16 May 1900, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BARTON STREET EAST, at Earl Street, residence for A.W. Swazie, 1901; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 30 Jan. 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
NIGHTINGALE STREET, near Steven Street, two houses for William Syer, 1901 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 30 Jan. 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
NAPIER STREET,
WEST AVENUE NORTH, near Robert Street, residence for George T. Moss, 1901; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 16 April 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
PEARL STREET NORTH, near Peter Street, residence for John E. Board, 1901; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 22 May 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WEST AVENUE NORTH, near Cannon Street East, residence for Hiram Walsh, 1901; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 6 July 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WEST AVENUE NORTH, between Wilson Street and Evans Street, residence for James B. Dodson, 1902; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 13 March 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
MARY STREET, residence for William McKay, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 26 March 1902, 2)
WESTWORTH STREET NORTH, near Cannon Street, residence for William Coffee, 1902 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 1 May 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EMERALD STREET NORTH, at King William Street, residence for William Carroll, 1902; still standing in 2023; with brick stable adjacent, 1902 ( (Evening Times (Hamilton), 2 May 1902, 7; and 9 May 1902, 1; C.R., xiii, 7 May 1902, 2; inf. Robert Hamilton)
STRACHAN STREET EAST, between Mary Street and Ferguson Avenue, row of six houses for Alexander Main, 1902; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 14 May 1902, 8; C.R., xiii, 21 May 1902, 2; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WEST AVENUE NORTH, residence for John McMurray, at 177 West Avenue North, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 18 June 1902, 3), and identical to house at 175 West Avenue North, built in 1906 [se entry below]
FULLERTON AVENUE, near Barton Street East, a tract of forty brick houses, including detached, semi-detached and row houses, for the Barton Building Co., 1902-03; all houses still standing in 2022 (C.R., xiii, 19 Nov. 1902, 2; and 21 Jan. 1903, 4; Hamilton Evening Times, 2 Jan. 1903, 1; The Globe [Toronto], 20 Jan. 1903, 2; Clinton New Era, 30 Jan. 1903, 7; Vancouver Daily World, 4 Feb. 1903, 2; Evening Times [Hamilton], 9 Oct. 1903, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EMERALD STREET NORTH, at Wilson Street, residence and stable for W. Carroll, 1902 (Hamilton Evening Times, 2 Jan. 1903, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
NIGHTNGALE STREET, near Ashley Street, residence for William J. McAndrew, 1904, still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 2 May 1904, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WENTWORTH STREET SOUTH, near Main Street East, residence for James Shoots, 1904; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 2 May 1904, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
MURRAY STREET, near MacNab Street North, two houses for Daniel Sullivan, 1905; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 15 Aug. 1905, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HANNAH STREET (now Charlton Street West), near Reginald Street, residence for Daniel Sullivan, 1905; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 15 Aug. 1905, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
MAIN STREET WEST, at Pearl Street South, residence for Thomas L. Kinrade, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 27 Sept. 1905, 4)
BAY STREET SOUTH, at Duke Street, large residence for William Fitch, 1906; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 24 March 1906, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
PARK STREET SOUTH, near Herkimer Street, residence for William Walker, 1906; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 30 March 1906, 5; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WEST AVENUE NORTH, residence for J. W. Stewart, at 175 West Avenue North, 1902; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 2 April 1906, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton), and identical to house at 177 West Avenue North, built in 1902 [see entry above]
RADIGAN BROS. BUILDING, Ferguson Avenue South near Jackson Street East, factory, 1906; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 3 May 1906, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
RAY STREET SOUTH, at King Street West, large residence for Samuel B. Cunningham, 1906; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 19 Sept. 1906, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WILSON STREET [now Century Street], two detached houses at 69 and 73 Century Street near Wentworth Street, for John McRoberts, 1907; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 8 June 1907, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
OAK AVENUE, north of Barton Street East, residence for Robert Stewart, 1907; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 6 Aug. 1907, 8)
ABERDEEN AVENUE, at Cottage Avenue, residence for William McGrath, 1908 (Spectator [Hamilton], 14 March 1908, 4; inf. Robert Hamilton )
CAROLINE STREET NORTH, near Market Street, two pairs of semi-detached houses at 31-37 Caroline Street North, 1909; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 24 June 1909, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
GLADSTONE APARTMENTS, Main Street East near Gladstone Avenue, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 4 Jan. 1928, 48-9)
KINGSDALE APARTMENTS, King Street East at Connaught Avenue, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 22 Feb. 1928, 142)
KING STREET EAST, near Sanford Avenue North, stores, apartments and dance hall for C.F. Roberts, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 4 April 1928, 54)
WENTWORTH STREET SOUTH, near Main Street East, apartment block for Mrs. E.A. Cooper, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 11 April 1928, 59)
DUNEIDEN APARTMENTS, Caroline Street South, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 5 Sept. 1928, 98, illus. in advert.)
JUBILEE APARTMENTS, Balsam Avenue South, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 5 Sept. 1928, 98, illus. in advert.)
E.B. PATTERSON (Commercial & Industrial works in Hamilton unless noted)
YORK STREET, at Hess Street, stores for C.S. Cochrane, 1896 (C.R., vii, 30 July 1896, 2)
DOWSWELL BROTHERS LTD., Murray Street West, addition to factory, 1897 (C.R., viii, 11 March 1897, 2)
HAMILTON ELECTRIC LIGHT & CATARACT POWER CO., Victoria Avenue North at Shaw Street, transformer station, 1898; with major addition, 1900; all still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 8 March 1898, 8; and 17 July 1900, 8; C.R., ix, 16 March 1898, 3; and x, 13 Dec. 1899, 3; inf. Robert Hamilton)
POWER GLEN, ONT. near St. Catharines, Ont, Cataract Power Co. Hydro Station, Lockhart Drive near Power Glen Road, at Decew Falls, 1898; still standing in 2022 (Globe [Toronto], 14 Nov. 1898, 4, descrip.)
JAMES STREET SOUTH, near Hunter Street, conversion of building into music hall and stores, 1899 (C.R., x, 8 March 1899, 3)
HOEPFNER REFINING CO., Biggar Avenue near Sherman Avenue North, factory, 1899; with addition, 1900; still standing in 2023 (C.R., x, 19 July 1899, 3; Spectator [Hamilton], 16 May 1901, 1)
KING STREET EAST, at Mary Street, a 3 storey block of two stores and apartments, for Dr. Edward B. Reilly, 1899; still standing in 2023 at 161-163 King Street East (Spectator [Hamilton], 30 Aug. 1899, 8; C.R., x, 11 Oct. 1899, 2; Evening Times [Hamilton], 30 Aug. 1899, 8; and 7 Oct. 1899, 6; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ONTARIO LANTERN & LAMP CO., Cannon Street East at Ashley Street, major 3 storey addition to factory, 1899-1900; with 3 storey addition to factory, 1901-02; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 11 Nov. 1899, 1; The Globe (Toronto), 13 Nov. 1899, 5; C.R., x, 22 Nov. 1899, 3; Spectator [Hamilton], 11 Jan 1900, 4, descrip., and 16 Nov. 1901, 1, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON WHIP CO., Mary Street near Wilson Street, major addition to existing factory, 1899-1900; and a large 2 storey factory, 1902; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 11 Dec. 1899, 1; and 19 Sept. 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
NATIONAL CYCLE & AUTOMOBILE CO., Emerald Street North, factory, 1900 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 10 March 1900, 8, t.c.; C.R., xi, 18 April 1900, 3; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON COTTON CO., Mary Street, factory, 1900 (C.R., xi, 2 May 1900, 3)
CATARACT POWER CO., Gore Street, a brick freight house, 1900 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 4 May 1900, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
IMPERIAL COTTON CO., Sherman Avenue North at Landway Avenue, factory, 1900; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 4 July 1900, 8, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO., [a.k.a. Deering Harvester Works], Sherman Avenue North at Burlington Street, factory, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 25 June 1902, 2, t.c.; Evening Times [Hamilton], 21 June 1902, 5, t.c.; and 3 July 1902, 8; and 19 July 1902, 8; and 2 Jan. 1903, 1; Canadian Champion [Milton], 24 July 1902, 2; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ELECTRIC PARCEL DELIVERY CO., Walnut Street North, near King William Street, large stable block, 1902-03; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 14 Nov. 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EWING BAKERY CO., Ashley Street near Century Street, for Alex M. Ewing, 1902; still standing in 2022, but extensively altered with new cladding (Hamilton Evening Times,2 Jan. 1903, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
DOMINION COTTON BELTING CO., Sherman Avenue North, 1903 (Hamilton Evening Times, 2 Jan. 1903, 1; C.R., xiii, 28 Jan. 1903, 6)
HAWKINS LTD., Barton Street East at East Avenue North, drug store, 1905; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 15 Aug. 1905, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
GOLDBERG BLOCK, York Boulevard at Locke Street North, store and dwelling for William Goldberg, 1906; demol. (Evening Times (Hamilton), 15 June 1906, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ELGIN STREET, at Robert Street, warehouse for Thomas Ramsay, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 25 Oct. 1911, 63)
(with A.E. Nicholson of St. Catharines) ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Lyons Tailoring Co., St. Paul Street opposite Queen Street, new facade and extensive interior alterations to retail store at 94 St. Paul Street, 1913; still standing in 2023, but ground floor altered (St. Catharines Standard, 30 Aug. 1913, 2, detailed architectural descrip.)
E.B. PATTERSON (Ecclesiastical & Institutional works in Hamilton unless noted)
BAPTIST CHURCH, Herkimer Street, large addition, 1897 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 23 April 1897, 8; C.R., viii, 29 April 1897, 2; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON FAIR GROUNDS, a wood frame exhibition building, 1902; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 21 June 1902, 5, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BARTON STREET BAPTIST MISSION CHURCH, Barton Street East near Earl Street, 1902; later converted to Polish Alliance Dance Hall, with new facade added c. 1938; converted to Our Lady of Vietnam R.C. Church in 1998; still standing in 2022 (Hamilton Evening Times, 7 Nov. 1902, 8; C.R., xiii, 12 Nov. 1902, 4; inf. Robert Hamilton; inf. Alissa Golden, City of Hamilton)
MOUNT HOPE, ONT., Town Hall, Homestead Drive near Airport Road East, 1904; still standing in 2022 and now The Mount Hope Public Library (Evening Times [Hamilton], 4 May 1904, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BARTON TOWNSHIP, a public school for S.S. No 1, 1907 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 16 Sept. 1907, 10, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH, King Street East at Wellington Street, 1911; burned 1969 (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 59)
DUNDURN CASTLE, York Boulevard at Dundurn Street North, an outdoor Pavilion & Band Stand, 1913; band stand demol. 2004 (C.R., xxviii, 26 Feb 1913, 67; inf. Robert Hamilton)
COMPETITIONS
HAMILTON, ONT., House of Refuge, 1894. Patterson was one of four architects who sent in plans, and he offered two alternative designs (Evening Times [Hamilton], 25 July 1894, 8). He was paid $30. for his effort, but Hiram R. Barber was declared the winner. A detailed architectural description of the design by Patterson was published in the Evening Times [Hamilton], 16 Aug. 1894, 8, in a Letter to the Editor written by Patterson (inf. Robert Hamilton)