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Watson Elkinah Reid (1858–1944) was a Canadian architect, a one time member of the California architectural firm,
In 1890, he married Janie R. Turner of Harvey. They had five children, all born before 1901.
In his later years he moved to Vancouver where he died in 1944.
Citation
Victoria Manor
a Reid-designed residence in New Brunswick {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Watson E. 1858 births 1944 deaths Architects from California People from Albert County, New Brunswick Mount Allison University alumni
Reid & Reid
Reid & Reid, also known as Reid Brothers, was an American architectural and engineering firm that was active from 1880 to 1932. Established in Indiana by Canadians, Canadian immigrants, the firm moved to the West Coast of the United States, West ...
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Early life
Reid was born in Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick to William J. Reid and Lucinda Robinson. He was the youngest of three sons who all followed the same profession. He studied atMount Allison University
Mount Allison University (also Mount A or MtA) is a Canadian primarily undergraduate liberal arts university located in Sackville, New Brunswick, founded in 1839.
Mount Allison was the first university in the British Empire to award a baccal ...
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Career
About 1888, he joined his brothers James W. and Merritt in California, where he ran their San Diego office of Reid & Reid, overseeing construction of the massiveHotel del Coronado
The Hotel del Coronado, also known as The Del and Hotel Del, is a historic beachfront hotel in Coronado, California, just across San Diego Bay from San Diego. A rare surviving example of an American architectural genre—the wooden Victorian be ...
to his brother's designs. He returned to Canada in 1892 and had a few commissions there under the auspices of Senator Abner Reid McClelan such as Senator McClelan's home built in 1893 called Victoria Manor, the Riverside-Albert Consolidated School and the Albert County Court House.
Personal life
In 1890, he married Janie R. Turner of Harvey. They had five children, all born before 1901.
In his later years he moved to Vancouver where he died in 1944.
References
* Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–195Citation
External links
Victoria Manor
a Reid-designed residence in New Brunswick {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Watson E. 1858 births 1944 deaths Architects from California People from Albert County, New Brunswick Mount Allison University alumni