Edgar Lewis Horwood (1868–1957) was a

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who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1915 to 1917. As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period. Drawings for public buildings designed by Horwood and his staff during his tenure as Chief Architect of the Department of Public Works are held at the

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. He worked as an architect in private practice in Ottawa and the National Capital Region as E.L. Horwood (1895–1912); Horwood & Taylor (1907–10); Horwood, Taylor & Horwood (1911–1912); E.L. Horwood (1918–1929); Horwood & Horwood (1929–1937). In 1891, Edgar Lewis Horwood designed the Britannia Nautical Club’s first clubhouse; the Club is celebrating is 125th anniversary in 2012.

Works as Dominion Architect

As Dominion Architect, his most important building was the

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and residence,

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, West Saanich Road (1915–16), which is a

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. Other buildings he designed include a drill hall in

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in 1916–17, two buildings at the

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: the Cereal and Agrostology Building, (1915–16) and the Agricultural Building (1915). He also designed buildings for an Experimental Farm in

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. These included a utility building (1917); two large barns (1917). Other designs include an addition to the Royal Canadian Mint refinery on Sussex Drive (1916) and a number of post offices across Canada:

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(1915);

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(1914–15);

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(1915);

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(1914–15);

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, King Street (1914–15);

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(1916); Milverton, Ontario (1914–15); Palmerston, Ontario, William Street at Bell Street, (1915);

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(1915–16)

Works in private practice

*Trinity Methodist Church, 1896 Wellington, Ontario * Ottawa City Hall, Elgin Street, addition and alterations, 1899; burned 1931 * Canadian Conservatory of Music, Bay Street at Slater Street, 1902 *

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Building, Sparks Street, 1902–03 * Ottawa Public Library, Metcalfe Street at Laurier Avenue, 1903–05 *

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Methodist Church, 1904 *Masonic Temple, Bank Street at Wellington Street, 1907 * Ottawa Collegiate Institute, Lisgar Street near Elgin Street, addition of West Wing, 1907 *

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, Methodist Church, 1912 *

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Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Renfrew Street, 1925 * Gatineau, Québec Château Monsarrat, AKA Stoneleigh, 100, rue du Château, 1930 *

, Carling Avenue, records storage building, 1937

External links

Edgar Lewis Horwood, Chief Dominion Architect

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horwood, Edgar Lewis 1868 births 1957 deaths Architects from Ottawa Chief Dominion Architects, Canada