PHILLIPS, Henry George (1854-1898) was active in Sarnia, Ont. from 1890 where he offered 'Designs, Plans and Specifications for all classes of buildings'. Born in Strathroy, Ont. on 6 July 1854, he learned the building trades and after 1888 he began to style himself as an architect. He claimed to have had '.....experience in superintending and construction of buildings of all kinds, and I am in a position to supply working plans for the alteration and remodeling of existing structures into the most improved styles' (Union Pub. Co. Directory of Essex, Kent & Lambton, 1895, 73, advert.). He solicited commissions in Sarnia and in the Lambton County area, and was the leading practitioner in that town during the last decade of the nineteenth century. He died unexpectedly at the age of 44 years in Sarnia on 26 January 1898 (obituary in the Sarnia Observer, 28 Jan. 1898, 1; inf. Ian Mason, Sarnia, Ont.)
Henry G. PHILLIPS (works in Sarnia)
MISSION SCHOOL, Albert Street, an outreach church of the nearby St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1890; renamed Albert Street Presbyterian Church in 1893; mission church sold in 1904 to become St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church until 1928; later demol. in 1969 (Sarnia Observer, 4 April 1890, 5)
SARNIA PARK, casino and park pavilion, 1890 (Sarnia Observer, 9 May 1890, 5, t.c.)
BROCK STREET NORTH, at Maria Street, residence for George Wenino, 1890-91; still standing in 2023 (inf. Lambton Co. Archives; inf. Ian Mason, Sarnia; Register of Sarnia Heritage Property, 2010, illus. & descrip.)
LOCHIEL STREET, commercial block for M. Fleming '....east of the Ireland Block', 1891 (Sarnia Observer, 27 Feb. 1891, 5)
BAPTIST CHURCH, Lochiel Street at Vidal Street, addition of tower, spire and new galleries, 1891; damaged by tornado in May 1953 and subsequently demol. in July 1953 (Sarnia Observer, 29 May 1891, 5, descrip.)
ALBERT STREET, residence for Joseph Peterson, 1891 (Sarnia Observer, 5 June 1891, 5)
LONDON ROAD, residence for James Carr, 1892 (Sarnia Observer, 18 March 1892, 5)
CHRISTINA STREET, residence for George A. Samis, 1892 (Sarnia Observer, 18 March 1892, 5)
QUEEN STREET, residence for Daniel Mackenzie 'adjoining the McGibbons property', 1892 (Sarnia Observer, 29 April 1892, 5)
unnamed street, pair of houses for William Tancock of Point Edward, to be built 'near the tunnel station', 1892 (Sarnia Observer, 6 May 1892, 5; 17 June 1892, 5)
CHRISTINA STREET NORTH, residence for Judge John A. Mackenzie, 1892; still standing in 2023 (Sarnia Observer, 3 June 1892, 5; Register of Sarnia Heritage Property, 2010, illus. & descrip.)
unnamed street, residence for A. Alexander 'north of the Alpha Bank', 1892 (Sarnia Observer, 2 Sept. 1892, 5)
WEES BEACH, summer residence for Charles E. Ware of St. Louis, 1892 (Sarnia Observer, 2 Sept. 1892, 5)
SARNIA SKATING & CURLING RINK, Christina Street, 1892; demol. c. 1970 (Sarnia Observer, 16 Dec. 1892, 1, illus. & descrip.)
SARNIA STREET RAILWAY, Front Street at Cromwell Street, waiting room, ticket office and baggage room, 1893; demol. c. 1975 (Sarnia Observer, 10 March 1893, 5, descrip.)
BOY'S BRIGADE GYMNASIUM, Christina Street near George Street, for T.W. Nisbet, 1893-94; demol. c. 1960 (Sarnia Observer, 3 Nov. 1893, 5, descrip.; 8 June 1894, 4, descrip.)
BROCK STREET NORTH, at Charlotte Street, reconstruction of residence for Robert MacAdams, 1893-94; still standing in 2023 (Sarnia Observer, 8 Dec. 1893, 5; Register of Sarnia Heritage Property, 2010, illus. & descrip.)
CHRISTINA STREET, hotel for Joseph Peterson on the Lambton House Hotel property, 1894 (C.R., v, 1 March 1894, 1; Sarnia Observer, 27 April 1894, 8, t.c.)
LONDON ROAD, residence for W.B.J. Williams, 1894 (Sarnia Observer, 30 March 1894, 5)
FRONT STREET, commercial block for Mrs. Baker, 1894 (Sarnia Observer, 18 May 1894, 5)
COLLEGE AVENUE NORTH, at London Road, residence for Elgin Wood, 1894; still standing in 2023 (Sarnia Observer, 8 June 1894, 5; Register of Sarnia Heritage Property, 2010, illus. & descrip.)
SARNIA GENERAL HOSPITAL, Mitton Street, 1895; demol. 1954 (Sarnia Observer, 19 April 1895, 4, descrip.)
FRONT STREET, residence for David Milne, 1897 (Sarnia Observer, 7 May 1897, 5)
VIDAL STREET NORTH, near Maria Street, large residence for Gordon MacKenzie, 1897-98; still standing in 2023 (Register of Sarnia Heritage Property, 2010, illus. & descrip.)
Henry G. PHILLIPS (works elsewhere)
OIL SPRINGS, ONT., Masonic Hall Block, Oil Springs Line at Kelly Road, a two storey block with three retail stores, 1890; still standing in 2023 (Sarnia Observer, 4 April 1890, 5; inf. Ian Mason, Sarnia)
COURTRIGHT, ONT., new hotel to replace the McGregor House, 1891 (Sarnia Observer, 28 Aug. 1891, 5)
FOREST, ONT., residence for William Lemon, 1893 (Sarnia Observer, 12 May 1893, 5)
SARNIA TOWNSHIP, major additions to "Dunkeld", a summer residence for Charles Mackenzie, about five miles north of Sarnia, overlooking Lake Huron, 1893 (Sarnia Observer, 19 May 1893, 5)
AURORA, ONT., residence for J.H. Foulds, Wellington Street, 1894 (C.R., v, 17 May 1894, 1)
WALPOLE ISLAND, ONT., St. John's Anglican Church and Parish Hall, Tecumseh Road opposite Library Road, 1894; still standing in 2023 (Sarnia Observer, 18 May 1894, 5; Free Press [London], 27 Aug. 1894, 3)
STRATHROY, ONT., residence for W.H. Stepler, 1894 (Sarnia Observer, 17 Aug. 1894, 5)
OIL SPRINGS, ONT., Presbyterian Church, 1895; demol. 1984 (Sarnia Observer, 14 June 1895, 5)
MOORE TOWNSHIP, country house for T.K. Johnston 'on the townline of Moore Twp. and Sombra Twp', 1895 (Guide-Advocate [Watford], 5 July 1895, 5)
COURTRIGHT, ONT., Anglican Church, Milton Street at Fourth Street, 1897; still standing in 2023 (C.R., viii, 17 June 1897, 3)