Edgar Lewis Horwood

In 1891, Edgar Lewis Horwood designed the Britannia Nautical Club’s first clubhouse; the Club is celebrating is 125th anniversary in 2012.

• Name — Edgar Lewis Horwood • Born — 1868 • Birthplace — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Died — 1957 • Place of death — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Practice — E.L. Horwood (1895-1912); Horwood & Taylor (1907-10); Horwood, Taylor & Horwood (1911-1912); E.L. Horwood (1918–1929); Horwood & Horwood (1929-1937)

As Dominion Architect, his most important building was the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and residence, Victoria, British Columbia, West Saanich Road (1915–16), which is a National Historic Site of Canada. Other buildings he designed include a drill hall in Calgary, Alberta in 1916–17, two buildings at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa, Ontario: the Cereal and Agrostology Building, (1915–16) and the Agricultural Building (1915). He also designed buildings for an Experimental Farm in Brandon, Manitoba. 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: Summerside, Prince Edward Island (1915); Hampton, New Brunswick (1914–15); Chester, Nova Scotia (1915); Almonte, Ontario (1914–15); Burford, Ontario, King Street (1914–15); Fort Frances, Ontario (1916); Milverton, Ontario (1914–15); Palmerston, Ontario, William Street at Bell Street, (1915); Shawville, Quebec (1915–16) • Building — Year Completed — Builder — Style — Location — Image • St. Stephen's Anglican Church (Ottawa) — 1893 — Edgar Lewis Horwood — Britannia, Ottawa now Ottawa, Ontario • *Britannia Nautical Club's clubhouse — 1891 — Edgar Lewis Horwood — Tudorbethian — Britannia, Ottawa now Ottawa, Ontario — • *Royal Military College of Canada Workshop, former Riding School, Barriefield Road, Building R3; *Recognized - 1984 Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings; — 1916 — Edgar Lewis Horwood — Tudorbethian — Kingston, Ontario • *Mewata Drill Hall / Calgary Drill Hall 1989 National Historic Sites of Canada; Recognized - 1984 Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings; — 1916-17 — Edgar Lewis Horwood — Tudorbethian — Calgary — • Dominion Astrophysical Observatory National Historic Site of Canada. — 1915-0906 — Edgar Lewis Horwood — Victoria, British Columbia — • *Original Ottawa Public Library *Metcalfe Street at Laurier Avenue — 1903-5 — Edgar Lewis Horwood — Ottawa, Ontario —