EVANS, John (1872-1944) spent his entire professional career in Galt, Ont. where he practised from 1910 onward. Born in York County near Toronto on 15 September 1872, he '....made a study of architecture in the early years while engaged in the building trade' and moved to the Galt area after 1900. He worked as a sole practitioner except during 1914 when he collaborated with Henry G. Fulford on a competent Beaux-Arts design for the Town Hall at Hespeler. Evans died in Galt on 17 February 1944 (obit. Contract Record [Toronto], 8 March 1944, 28; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)
GALT, ONT., residence for H. Willard, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 22 March 1911, 54, t.c.)
AYR, ONT., Presbyterian Church, 1912 (Free Press [London], 25 May 1912, 5)
(with Henry G. Fulford) HESPELER, ONT., Town Hall & Fire Hall, Tannery Street East near Queen Street East, 1914-15; still standing in 2023 (C.R., xxviii, 29 April 1914, 77; Acton Free Press, 18 Nov. 1915, 3, descrip.; Parks Canada, Canada,s Historic Places, designation statement 13 Jan. 2001)
BRANTFORD, ONT., factory for Hampel Paper Box Co., 1916 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 31 May 1916, 10)
GALT, ONT., factory for Dodge Metal Hose Co., Beverly Street, 1916 (C.R., xxx, 18 Oct. 1916, 42)
GALT, ONT., Manchester Public School, Dundas Street North at Roxboro Street, 1916-17 (C.R., xxx, 28 June 1916, 42, t.c.; and xxxi, 21 Feb. 1917, 165-6, illus. & descrip.; Const., x, July 1917, 236-7, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ELMIRA, ONT., Great West Felt Co., additions and alterations to factory buildings for Great West Felt Co., 1917, and new warehouse and addition to factory, 1919 (News Record [Kitchener], 23 Aug. 1917, 6, t.c.; and 8 May 1919, 8, t.c.)
GALT, ONT., Galt Brass Co., Dundas Street, a new foundry building, and large addition to the Vitrol plant, 1920 (News Record [Kitchener], 4 Feb. 1920, 9)
(with Ray Hall) GALT, ONT., Post Office, North Water Street at Dickson Street, 1934 (C.R., xlviii, 8 Aug. 1934, 28-9)
SOUTHAMPTON, ONT., major addition to the Continuation School, 1938-39 (Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 4 Nov. 1938, 2; and 14 Jan. 1939, 13)