Fowler, Halstead Parker | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

FOWLER, Halstead Parker (1859-1911) of Brooklyn, N.Y. was one of many architects who moved to Saint John, N.B. after the Great Fire of June 1877 in order to capitalise on opportunities for rebuilding the city. Only one significant commission can be linked to his name, that for the Oddfellow's Hall, Union Street at Hazen Street, SAINT JOHN, N.B., 1878, a mannered Italianate design faced with Philadephia brick and topped by a distinctive mansard roof. In plan, it contained 'arrangements both for lighting the building and for conveniency of entrance (which) are admirable' (Daily News [Saint John], 20 June 1878, 3, descrip.; 6 Nov. 1878, 3, descrip.). Fowler left Saint John John in 1879 and began practise in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1880. By 1885 he had moved to Manhattan to work under his own name (in 1885-90), then in partnership with Willian C. Hough (in 1890-97). His best known work there is the 23rd Regiment Armoury, Brooklyn, 1892 (A.I.A. Guide to New York City, 1988, 669). Fowler died in Brooklyn on 10 March 1911 (obit. New York Times, 12 March 1911, 13; biog. H. Withey, Biographical Dictionary of American Architects, 1956, 217)