MOREHOUSE, Ernest William (1871-1937), a native of Chatsworth, Ontario, was born there on 21 August 1871 and was active in Chatham and in Detroit, Mich. before he moved to Alberta in 1910. He was likely educated and trained in Ontario, but he moved to nearby Detroit, Mich. after 1900 and was recorded as a foreman with the W.F. Hurd Co., a manufacturer of doors and windows, in 1908 (City of Detroit Directory, 1908, p. 1607). In 1909 and 1910 he was living and working in Detroit as a building contractor, but moved to Alberta in early 1911. In Edmonton he '...made a speciality study of factories and manufacturing plants', but his best known works are for opulent residences in the Highlands neighbourhood including the sprawling Georgian Revival mansion for real estate developer William J. Magrath. In 1912 he was briefly in partnership with Arthur Nesbitt (see list of works under Nesbitt & Morehouse). No references to Morehouse can be found after 1922 (biog. and list works Edmonton Capital, Progress Number, 25 Sept. 1912). He left Alberta in 1921 or 1922 and moved back to Detroit to continue his career as an architect, and his name appears in city directories there until after 1930 (City of Detroit Directory, 1928, p. 1510). He died in Detroit on 21 April 1937 (obituary Edmonton Journal, 21 April 1937, 9; obituary Detroit Free Press, 22 April 1937, 26).
EDMONTON
CUSHING BROS. LTD., Elizabeth Street at Namayo Avenue, factory, c. 1911 (Edmonton Capital, 25 Sept. 1912, list of works)
ADA BOULEVARD, at Grace Street, mansion for Bidwell A. Holgate, c. 1912 (Edmonton Capital, 25 Sept. 1912, list of works); and addition of garage and chauffeur's residence, 1913 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 10 May 1913, 5)
ADA BOULEVARD, near Houston Street, mansion for William J. Magrath, c. 1912; and addition of garage and chauffeur's residence, 1913 (Edmonton Capital, 25 Sept. 1912, list of works; Edmonton b.p. 857, 1913; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 10 May 1913, 5; Canadian Collector, Jan./Feb. 1976, 58-9, illus. & descrip.)
64th STREET, near 111th Avenue, residence for the architect, 1912 (inf. Donald Luxton, Edmonton)
McDOUGALL METHODIST CHURCH, 1st Street at College Avenue, addition of a Sunday School and gymnasium for the church, 1913 (Edmonton Journal, 10 April 1913, 15; C.R., xxvii, 30 April 1913, 175)
THE HIGHLANDS NEIGHBOURHOOD, a new brick Methodist Church, seating 750 parishioners, 1913 (Edmonton Journal, 10 April 1913, 15)
91st AVENUE, near 111th Street, residence for Horace A. Dickey, in the Garneau subdivision, 1913 (Edmonton Journal, 10 April 1913, 15; C.R., xxvii, 18 June 1913, 71)
BARTON BLOCK, 95th Street, 1913 (Edmonton b.p. 1717, 1913; dwgs. Edmonton City Archives)
ST. LAURENCE APARTMENTS, 112th Street near 102nd Avenue, 1913 (Edmonton b.p. 2139, 1913; dwgs. Edmonton City Archives)
111th AVENUE, at 61st Street, residence for Carleton G. Sheldon, 1914 (inf. Donald Luxton, Edmonton)
ADA BOULEVARD, residence for William Ash, 1914 (Edmonton Journal, 22 Nov. 1985, p. E 1, illus. & descrip.)
WILLIAMSON BROS. BLOCK, Jasper Avenue East near Fraser Avenue, a 4 storey commercial block for S.W. & R.T. Williamson, 1914 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 28 March 1914, 8, illus. & descrip.; Edmonton Capital, 2 April 1914, 10, descrip.; Edmonton Journal, 5 Dec. 1914, 3, illus. & detailed descrip.; C.R., xxviii, 12 Aug. 1914, 75; xxix, 10 Feb. 1915, 151-2, illus. & descrip.)
McPHEE BUILDING, Jasper Avenue at 6th Street, commercial block, 1914-15 (Edmonton Journal, 1 Aug. 1914, 16, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
CRAFTS & LEE STORE, 101st Street at 103rd Avenue, 1917 (Edmonton b.p. 87, 1917; dwgs. Edmonton City Archives)
HAYWARD LUMBER CO., 73rd Street at 119th Avenue, 1920 (Edmonton b.p. 108, 1920; dwgs. Edmonton City Archives)
INDIAN SCHOOL, for the Federal Dept. of Indian Affairs, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 28 April 1920, 68)
NEW WESTMINSTER ROOMS, 101st Street near 106th Street, 1921 (Edmonton b.p. 511, 1921; dwgs. Edmonton City Archives)
100th AVENUE, near 119th Street, large residence for John A. Collins, 1922 (Edmonton Bulletin, 25 Nov. 1922, 8, descrip.)
100th AVENUE, at 119th Street, large residence Dr. Roger F. Nicholls, 1922 (Edmonton Bulletin, 25 Nov. 1922, 8, descrip.)
ELSEWHERE
ATHABASKA LANDING, ALTA., Methodist Church, 1913 (Edmonton Bulletin, 17 May 1913, 1, illus.)
LAMONT, ALTA., major addition to the hospital, 1917 (Edmonton Bulletin, 8 Oct. 1917, 9, t.c.)
VERMILION, ALTA., municipal hospital, 1920 (Calgary Herald, 28 Aug. 1920, 20, illus.)
HIGH RIVER, ALTA., municipal hospital, 1920-21 (C.R., xxxiv, 22 Dec. 1920, 54)