CHUBB, Frederick John (1846- c 1902) was active in Brandon, Man. as an architect and builder, and he can be credited with the design of several commercial blocks during the building boom in that town in the early 1890's. By 1895 he had left Brandon and moved to Winnipeg where he opened a new office as an architect (Manitoba Morning Free Press [Winnipeg], 21 March 1895, 6). He may be the same 'F.J. Chubb' listed as an architect in Niagara Falls, Ont. in 1896 (Union Pub. Co. Directory for Haldimand, Halton, Lincoln, Welland & Wentworth, 1896). In 1897-99 another person named "Frederick J. Chubb , contractor" appears nearby in Niagara Falls, New York State (City of Niagara Falls New York Directory, 1897, 96).
Chubb was born in Warminster, Co. Wiltshire, England in 1846 and emigrated to the United States in 1870, settling in Litchfield, Michigan where he was listed as a brick mason. By 1875 he had moved to Guelph, Ontario and became a successful builder there (City of Guelph Directory, 1875-77, p. 70). By 1881, he had moved to nearby Woodstock, Ont. to continue his career as a builder, but it is unclear why he decided to move west to the Prairies and settle in Manitoba after 1890. No information has been found on his activity in upstate New York after 1900.
F.J. CHUBB (works in Brandon)
15th Street, a group of four new cottages, for an unnamed client, 1891 (Winnipeg Tribune, 9 Sept. 1891, 1; inf. Dr. Gordon Goldsborough, Winnipeg)
(all references below from the Brandon Mail, 8 Sept. 1892, 3)
SYNDICATE BLOCK, Rosser Avenue, for Messrs. Adams, Reeser, Wilson & Smyth, 1892
LAPLONT BLOCK, 924-926 Rosser Avenue near 9th Avenue, for Jack Laplont, 1892; still standing in 2023
HALPIN BLOCK, Rosser Avenue, for N.J. Halpin, 1892
DALY & COLDWELL BLOCK, Rosser Avenue, 1892
ROSSER AVENUE, commercial block for C.A. Miller, 1892
MacDONALD BLOCK, Rosser Avenue, for W.A. MacDonald, 1892
13th STREET, residence for John M. Robinson, 1892
15th STREET, residence for Robert G. MacDonald, 1892
15th STREET, residence for the architect, 1892
19TH STREET, residence for Frederick H. Hesson, 1892
F.J. CHUBB (works elsewhere in Manitoba)
ALEXANDER, MAN., public school, 1892; demol. c. 1902 (Brandon Sun, 25 Aug. 1892, 5, t.c.)