Eade, Hugh Rotherham

EADE, Hugh Rotherham (1882-1976) was born at Ipswich, England in December 1882 and emigrated to Canada in 1902. He was active in Winnipeg where he practised in partnership with his older brother Wallace Cotman Eade (1871-1916) from 1905 to 1910. Wallace C. was born in Ipswich, Co. Suffolk, England on 16 July 1871 and emigrated to Canada in 1892. It is likely that Wallace encouraged his younger brother Hugh to join him in Winnipeg in 1902. From 1898 to 1906 Wallace C. was employed as Chief Draftsman in the City Engineer's Department, where he designed The Colonnade, a Doric pavilion with a vast arcaded facade linking all the isolated buildings at the Dominion Fairgrounds in Winnipeg (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 23 June 1904, 8, descrip.; 16 July 1904, 10, illus. & descrip.; Manitoba, Display Building No. Two, Brandon, 1984, 7-8, illus.). In 1905 the Eade Brothers submitted an entry in the competition for the St. Boniface Town Hall, but were unsuccessful as Victor Horwood was declared the winner. Undeterred by this loss, the Eade Brothers were one of 8 firms who submitted designs in the competition for the City Hall in Calgary, Alta. in 1907 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 6 May 1907, 6, report; Morning Albertan [Calgary], 7 May 1907, 4, list of entrants). The First Premium was later awarded to William Dodd.

The partnership of the Eade Brothers was formally announced in May 1906 after Wallace C. had resigned from his post with the City of Winnipeg (Winnipeg Tribune, 18 May 1906, 1). Hugh R. Eade remained active in Winnipeg until after 1950 and resigned from the Manitoba Assoc. of Architects in 1965. He died in Winnipeg on 8 May 1976 (obituary Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1976, 19). His brother Wallace C. died in Vancouver on 12 July 1916 (obituary The Sun [Vancouver], 13 July 1916, 4). .

EADE BROTHERS (works in Manitoba and elsewhere)

HARTNEY, MAN., Town Hall, 1905-06 (Winnipeg Tribune, 23 Sept. 1905, 16; C.R., xvi, 4 Oct. 1905, 1; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 28 Sept. 1906, 12, illus.)
LACOMBE, ALTA., Nelson Public School, designed 1906; built 1907-08 (C.R., xvii, 25 July 1906, 2; Edmonton Journal, 26 Sept. 1906, 10, descrip.; Western Globe [Lacombe], 30 April 1931, 3, historical article)
WINNIPEG, MAN., City Electric Light Plant, including Transformer Station, warehouse and repair shop, for the Winnipeg Fire, Water & Light Committee, McDonald Street at May Street, 1906 (Winnipeg Tribune, 18 Aug. 1906, 16, descrip.; C.R., xvii, 22 Aug. 1906, 5, t.c.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Jewish Synagogue for the Shaary Shomayin Congregation, Dagmar Street at William Avenue, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 6 March 1907, 6, t.c.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 16 March 1907, 14, illus. & descrip.; 21 Nov. 1907, 22, illus. & descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., residence for Roland O. Taylor, Jessie Avenue at Helen Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 3 April 1907, 7)
WINNIPEG, MAN., residence for George A. Metcalfe, Spadina Avenue, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 24 April 1907, 8, t.c.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., major alterations to the Windsor Hotel, Main Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 19 June 1907, 4, t.c.; Const., i, Oct. 1907, 66; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 21 Nov. 1907, 28)

W. C. EADE (works in Manitoba)

WINNIPEG, MAN., public school for the Woodlawn School District, 1909 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 24 July 1909, 2, t.c.)

H.R. EADE (works in Manitoba and elsewhere)

GRETNA, MAN., public school, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 2 March 1910, 24)
TEULON, MAN., Consolidated School, 1917 (inf. Manitoba Assoc. of Architects)
KENORA, ONT., North Star Oil Co., new buildings including storage tanks and other buildings on the waterfront, and a new auto service station at Chipman Avenue and 2nd Street, 1935 (Winnipeg Tribune, 3 Aug. 1935, 24)
INDIAN HEAD, SASK., North Star Oil Co., garage and gas station, 1937 (Winnipeg Tribune, 22 May 1937, 9)

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CALGARY, ALTA., City Hall, 1907. This architect was one of nine Canadian competitors for this major commission. His plans were set aside and W.M. Dodd was declared the winner (Daily Herald [Calgary], 7 May 1907, 9, list of competitors).