COWAN, William C. (1863-1926), brother of Charles E. Cowan, was born in Bridgeport, Ont. on 20 February 1863 and articled with Jonas Knechtel in 1886-88 before moving to Australia to work in construction until 1893. He went to South Africa and commenced his own practise in Durban in 1902. After returning to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1908 he became associated with his brother and assisted him with designs for domestic and institutional buildings until 1924. Cowan died in Kitchener on 11 June 1926 (obit. Daily Record [Kitchener], 12 June 1926, 1; obit. Waterloo Chronicle, 17 June 1926; biog. R.I.B.A., Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, 2001, i, 447)
(works in Kitchener unless noted)
(with Charles E. Cowan) ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Charon Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 20 March 1912, 66)
CARNEGIE LIBRARY, addition of two new wings, one facing Queen Street, and one facing Weber Street, 1913 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 3 April 1913, 1, descrip.)
FREEPORT, ONT., new pavilion at the Tuberculosis Sanatorium, 1914 (Berlin News Record, 4 April 1914, 1, and 27 July 1915, 1, descrip.)
METCALFE BROS. CANDY CO., Cameron Street at Weber Street, a large 2 storey factory, 1915 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 10 Aug. 1915, 1, descrip.)
FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AUTO CO., York Street at Union Street, or Cedar Grove Avenue, 24 July 1919, 1; truck assembly factory, 1919 (News Record [Kitchener], 29 March 1919, 1, descrip.; and 24 July 1919, 1; C.R., xxxiii, 23 April 1919, 43)
CENTREVILLE ONT., a 2 storey public school, 1921 (Daily Record [Kitchener], 19 Jan. 1921, 1, descrip.)
KING STREET, commercial block for Philip K. Weber and J. Fehrenbach, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 25 Oct. 1922, 50)
KITCHENER STREET RAILWAY, large indoor streetcar barns, King Street East, 1923 (Daily Record [Kitchener], 10 March 1923, 1, descrip.; and 19 Dec. 1923, 1, detailed architectural descrip., and 20 Dec. 1923, 15)
HOUSE OF REFUGE, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 8 Aug. 1923, 53)