CHADNEY, Robert William Stonnell (1869-1947) was born at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire. England on 6 February 1869 and trained in Birmingham with J. Burrall until August 1890. He later entered into a partnership with Burrall in 1902-04, then emigrated to Canada in 1905. He opened an office in Toronto under his own name in March 1906 and remained active there until 1910 when he moved to Victoria, B.C. and found work as a draftsman with Thomas Hooper from Oct. 1911 to January 1912. In early 1912 Chadney relocated to Vancouver where he worked in Hooper's branch office while undertaking commissions on his own account. He joined the Architectural Inst. of British Columbia in 1921 and his last known commission was a collaborative effort with McCarter & Nairne on their competition-winning design for the Canadian Memorial Church and Parish Hall. Chadney moved to Los Angeles, Calif. in July 1924 and died there on 7 March 1947 (inf. A.I.B.C., Vancouver)
TORONTO
QUEEN STREET EAST, near Lee Avenue, store for Thomas C. Lobb, c. 1908 (inf. A.I.B.C.)
BELLEFAIR AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH, Bellefair Avenue at Queen Street East, a Sunday School for the church, c. 1908 (inf. A.I.B.C.)
QUEEN STREET METHODIST CHURCH, Queen Street West near Spadina Avenue, a Sunday School for the church, c. 1908 (inf. A.I.B.C.)
STENNETT BROS., Queen Street East at Kippendavie Avenue, store, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 12817, 6 Oct. 1908)
QUEEN STREET EAST, near Ashdale Avenue, factory for Joseph Price, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 25 Nov. 1908, 28)
WOODGREEN METHODIST CHURCH, Queen Street East at Strange Street, a Sunday School for the church, 1908-09 (Const., ii, Dec. 1908, 67)
JACKES AVENUE, residence for Armand N. Heintzman, 1909-10 (Toronto b.p. 18129, 10 Nov. 1909)
KINGSTON ROAD, near Main Street, store and dwelling for Frederick Kingsmill, 1909-10 (Toronto b.p. 18456, 2 Dec. 1909)
VANCOUVER
CROSS & CO., East 4th Avenue, factory, 1911 (dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
WEST 13th AVENUE, at Maple Street, residence for Dr. James E. Black, 1913 (inf. A.I.B.C.)
WEST 13th AVENUE, at Maple Street, residence for Thomas McLarty, 1913 (inf. A.I.B.C.)
WEST 15th AVENUE, several houses in Talton Place for T. Talton Langlois, c. 1913-14 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1978, 221, illus.)
BRITANNIA BEACH, B.C., twelve houses for Brittania Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd., 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 10 May 1922, 53)
(with McCarter & Nairne) CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHURCH & COMMUNITY HALL, West 16th Avenue at Cedar Street, 1922-23 (Vancouver Daily World, 4 July 1922, 9; 16 Sept. 1922, 14, descrip. of Community Hall; C.R., xxxvi, 4 Oct. 1922, 50; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)