EVANS, George Thomas (1889-1969) specialised in the design of churches and schools in the Hamilton-Wentworth region of Ontario. Born there on 30 September 1889 he worked as a student for Stewart McPhie and studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 1910 to 1913. He joined the Montreal office of Ross & MacFarlane and returned to Hamilton in September 1914 to open an office under his own name. He advocated a practical approach to the problems of ecclesiastical design and wrote at length on the subject in an essay entitled 'Planning a New Church' (Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 22 Jan. 1925, 3). His designs were inspired by Gothic precedent, but were often modest in size and scale in conformance with strict budgets imposed on him by many Baptist, Anglican and United Church congregations. At the time of his death on 22 November 1969 he had completed the design of more than thirty post-war schools in Hamilton, Burlington, Aldershot, Dunnville and Ancaster, executed in a modernist style and erected between 1945 and 1960 (obituary in The Spectator [Hamilton], 24 Nov. 1969, 10; inf. from Ont. Association of Architects; inf. Robert Hamilton)
George T. EVANS (works in Hamilton)
GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH, King Street East at Grosvenor Avenue, 1923-26 (Canadian Churchman, 15 April 1926, 238; Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 26 Feb. 1931, 2, illus.; Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ST. ALBAN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Cope Street North at Britannia Avenue, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 20 Aug. 1924, 844; Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
STANLEY AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH, Stanley Avenue at Locke Street, 1924 (Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 27 Nov. 1924, 4-5, illus. & descrip.; Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, Barton Street at Victoria Avenue, addition of Children's Wing, 1927 (Const., xx, May 1927, 158)
ABERDEEN APARTMENTS, Aberdeen Street at Queen Street South, for William Theaker, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 11 Jan. 1928, 52)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE, near Main Street, residence for James S. McCaughey, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 11 April 1928, 59, t.c.; Globe & Mail (Toronto). 4 Nov. 2022, H 4 & H 5, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect)
HAMILTON RAMP GARAGE LTD., Rebecca Street near James Street North, car parking garage, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 6 June 1928, 57)
DELTA UNITED CHURCH, Ottawa Street South at Maple Avenue, 1928-29 (C.R., xliii, 3 April 1929, 363, illus.; Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton; dwgs. at United Church Archives, Toronto, Acc. 1990 162 P/2192; )
ZION TABERNACLE, Napier Street, east of Pearl Street North, addition of a new Sunday School wing for the church, 1930; still standing in 2023 and now occupied by the Korean United Church (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works; and 13 Sept. 1930, 11, illus. & descrip.; City of Hamilton, Inventory of Significant Places of Worship in The City of Hamilton 1801-2001, pub. 2012, 63)
ANSHE SFRAD SYNAGOGUE, Hughson Street South, 1929 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
LIVINGSTON UNITED CHURCH, Barton Street at Sanford Avenue, 1929 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
MOUNT HAMILTON UNITED CHURCH, Summit Avenue, a new Sunday School for the church, 1929 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
FIRST UNITED CHURCH, King Street at Wellington Street, a new Sunday School for the church, 1929 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
HAMILTON HYDRO ELECTRIC LTD., a new substation, King Street East at Spadina Avenue, 1929 (Hamilton Herald, 14 Dec, 1929, 11, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
JACKSON BREAD CO., Leeming Street, a large 2 storey bakery factory, 1929-30; still standing in 2024 (Spectator [Hamilton], 10 April 1930, 26 and 31, illus. & detailed descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ITALIAN UNITED CHURCH, Sherman Avenue North, c. 1930 (Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 26 Feb. 1931, 2, illus.)
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER, Park Street North at Murray Street West, 1930 (Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 26 Feb. 1931, 2, illus.)
ST. PAUL'S UNITED CHURCH, Tragina Avenue at Dunsmuir Road, c. 1930 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton; Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 26 Feb. 1931, 2, illus.)
KENILWORTH AVENUE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Kenilworth Avenue North at Roxborough Avenue, 1930-31 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 Dec. 1931, 51, illus. and detailed architectural descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON COOPERATIVE CREAMERIES, Main Street East at Garside Avenue, dairy plant, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 30 March 1932, 47-8)
QUEENSDALE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Queensdale Avenue at Prince George Street, 1946-48; addition, 1950-51 (C.R., lx, Feb. 1947, 146; inf. from the Hamilton Public School Board)
APPLEFORD PAPER PRODUCTS LTD., Stirton Street, factory, 1948 (C.R., lxi, Jan. 1948, 180)
HAMILTON HYDRO ELECTRIC LTD., John Street North at Rebecca Street, offices and service building, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Jan. 1950, 150)
VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY PUBLIC SCHOOL, Lucerne Avenue at Walter Avenue South, 1950-51 (C.R., lxiii, Nov. 1950, 118)
HAMILTON CIVIC CENTRE., at Scott Park, 1950, but not built (Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Hamilton, 2016, 180, illus. & descrip.)
George T. EVANS (works elsewhere)
TORONTO, ONT., Temple Baptist Church, Dewhurst Boulevard near Danforth Avenue, 1925; altered 2016-17 (Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 20 Aug. 1925, 2, descrip.; Globe & Mail [Toronto], 9 Sept. 2016, G4, illus. & descrip.)
SUDBURY, ONT., major addition to King Edward Hotel, Elgin Street at Larch Street, 1926 (C.R., xl, 26 May 1926, 176, t.c.)
BURLINGTON, ONT., residence for George T. Evans, architect, on the Toronto-Hamilton Highway, 1928 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, July 1928, 261, illus.)
BURLINGTON, ONT., major addition to the High School, Brant Street, 1929 (Spectator [Hamilton], 10 May 1929, 26, descrip.; C.R., xliii, 10 April 1929, 60)
DELHI, ONT., United Church, Church Street West near Queen Street, a new Sunday School for the Church, 1930 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
ROCKTON, ONT., United Church, Rockton Road opposite Carruthers Lane, 1930 (Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, list of works)
BURLINGTON, ONT., West Plains United Church, 550 Plains Road West, 1930, still standing in 2024 (Canadian Baptist [Toronto], 26 Feb. 1931, 2, illus.; Spectator [Hamilton], 19 April 1930, 15, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BURLINGTON, ONT., The Hume Movie Theatre, Water Street, for Rex Hume, 1931 (The Film Daily Newspaper [New York City], lv, 18 Jan. 1931, 6; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BRONTE, ONT., Church of the Epiphany [Anglican], Bronte Road at Soverign Street, 1931; still standing in 2024, with later additions built c. 1970 by others (The Aldernews [Etobicoke Historical Society], xviii, No. 2, Oct. 2011, 4-5, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)