Mulligan, Charles Willer
MULLIGAN, Charles Willer (1846-1908)
(biography in preparation)
HAMILTON
HAMILTON CRICKET CLUB, pavilion and grand stand, 1875 (Spectator [Hamilton], 22 May 1875, 2, t.c.)
CANNON STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1876 (Spectator [Hamilton], 12 June 1876, 2, t.c.)
ORPHAN ASYLUM & AGED WOMEN’S HOME, Wellington Street South at Hannah Street, addition, 1876; demol. 1959 (Hamilton Public Library, Minute Book of the Orphans & Aged Women’s Home)
WENTWORTH COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Main Street East at John Street South, with laying out of Prince’s Square around the Court House, 1878-79 (Spectator [Hamilton], 26 March 1877, 3, t.c.; 19 Aug. 1879, 1, t.c.; Illustrated London News, 1 Nov. 1879, 417-18, illus.; Mail [Toronto], 18 Nov. 1880, 8, descrip.)
McNAB STREET PREBYTERIAN CHURCH, addition of a Sunday School, 1878 (Spectator [Hamilton], 1 April 1878, 1, t.c.; 9 Oct. 1878, 1, descrip.)
J. MOODIE CO., King Street West, large store, 1879 (Spectator [Hamilton], 29 March 1879, 4, descrip.)
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION [Anglican], John Street, gallery for the church and additions to the Sunday School, 1880 (Spectator [Hamilton], 30 April 1880, 1, t.c.; 18 May 1880, 4, descrip.)
JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, Hughson Street at Augusta Street, 1880-81 (Spectator [Hamilton], 4 Sept. 1880, 4; 9 Aug. 1881, 1, t.c.)
HESS STREET SCHOOL, Hess Street facing Cannon Street, 1881-82 (Spectator [Hamilton], 8 June 1881, 4, descrip.; Hess Street School 1882-1974: A Pictorial History, 1974, 8, 10-12, illus.)
ST. JAMES REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Hunter Street at Park Street, restoration, 1883 (Spectator [Hamilton], 2 April 1883, 1, t.c.)
ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Main Street East at West Avenue, additions, 1883 (Spectator [Hamilton], 9 April 1883, 4, t.c.)
PRATT & WATKINS LTD., James Street North, additions and alterations to store, 1884 (Spectator [Hamilton], 6 June 1884, 1, t.c.)
LORETTO CONVENT, King Street West at Ray Street, addition and alterations, 1885 (Spectator [Hamilton], 17 Aug. 1885, 4, t.c.)
HAMILTON CLUB, Main Street East near James Street, additions and alterations, 1886 (Spectator [Hamilton], 16 Sept. 1886, 4, t.c.)
PICTON STREET SCHOOL, 1888; facade demol. in 1960 (inf. from the Hamilton Public School Board)
WENTWORTH STREET SCHOOL, 1889 (inf. from the Hamilton Public School Board)
HAMILTON BICYCLE TRACK & ATHLETIC CLUB, grandstand, 1889 (Spectator [Hamilton], 26 July 1889, 4, t.c.)
ELSEWHERE
WHITBY, ONT., St. Mark’s Methodist Church, Centre Street at Colborne Street, 1875-76 (Globe [Toronto], 10 June 1875, 4, t.c.; Whitby Chronicle, 12 Aug. 1875, 2, descrip.; 7 Sept. 1876, 2, descrip.)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Methodist Episcopal Tabernacle, 1875-77 (Ontario Chronicle [Belleville], 26 Nov. 1875, 1; A. MacLean, Tabernacle Church-The First Hundred Years, 1977, 28-9, 38)
BARTONVILLE, ONT., St. Mary’s Anglican Church, 1880 (Spectator [Hamilton], 24 June 1880, 4, descrip.; 10 Nov. 1881, 4, descrip.)
BURLINGTON, ONT., cottage for John Billings, 1883 (Spectator [Hamilton], 3 Oct. 1883, 1, t.c.)
BURLINGTON BEACH, ONT., additions and alterations to New York Skating Rink at the Ocean House Hotel, 1885 (Spectator [Hamilton], 24 Feb. 1885, 1, t.c.)
THOROLD, ONT., mansion for Hugh Keefer, 1886 (Thorold Post, 28 May 1886, 3, descrip.)
GALT, ONT., Opera House Block, Queen’s Square, 1887 (Dumfries Reporter [Galt], 24 March 1887, 1, but incorrectly attributed to ‘Mr. Milligan [sic] of Hamilton’)
COMPETITIONS
STRATFORD, ONT., High School, 1877. Mulligan was among thirty-four architects from the United States and Canada who sent in plans for this commission (Stratford Beacon, 5 Oct. 1877, 2). Mulligan’s proposal was not a finalist, and the design by McCaw & Lennox was later declared winner.
ORANGEVILLE, ONT., Dufferin County Court House, 1879. Mulligan was one of several architects to submit plans but his scheme proved more costly than that of the winner Cornelius J. Soule (The Sun [Orangeville], 2 Oct. 1879, 2)
HAMILTON, ONT., Opera House, 1880. Three designs were sent in but the proposal by Mulligan was set aside in favour of the scheme by George H. Lalor (Spectator [Hamilton], 26 April 1880, 4)
HAMILTON, ONT., City Hall, 1886. In January 1886 a committee of Hamilton City Council examined six sets of plans for the new City Hall and awarded the First Premium of $250 to Mulligan (Inland Architect [Chicago], vii, July 1886, illus. plate; Spectator [Hamilton], 19 July 1888, 4). His scheme was then shelved and another competition was held in July 1887 in which Mulligan collaborated with William Stewart on another design ‘in the classic style of architecture’ (Spectator [Hamilton], 13 Aug. 1887, 4, descrip.). They obtained 2nd Prize of $300 and James Balfour was awarded the commission.