Frederick Preston Rubidge
Frederick Preston Rubidge (10 March 1806 – 16 August 1897) was a surveyor and an architect. He was born in England and emigrated to Upper Canada around 1825 where he took his training. Rubidge first qualified as a provincial surveyor in 1831 and completed important surveys over the next few years.
Also recorded as F. P. Rubidge
Frederick Preston Rubidge
- Name
- Frederick Preston Rubidge
- Born
- 10 March 1806
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Died
- 16 August 1897
- Place of death
- Montreal, Quebec
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- engineer · architect
- Known for
- Rideau Hall
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Frederick Preston Rubidge (10 March 1806 – 16 August 1897) was a surveyor and an architect. He was born in England and emigrated to Upper Canada around 1825 where he took his training. Rubidge first qualified as a provincial surveyor in 1831 and completed important surveys over the next few years.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Frederick Preston Rubidge. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5498584 · wikipedia · Frederick Preston Rubidge
In this article
Biography
Biography
In 1841, the Board of Works of the Province of Canada (Public Works after 1846) was formed and he was among the initial employees. Much of his work involved design for public buildings. He held the title of assistant engineer but became known as architect for the department. He had various roles associated with the parliament and department buildings in Ottawa. One of the more intriguing projects concerned Rideau Hall, the former home of Thomas McKay, and its conversion to the official residence of the governor general of Canada. Rubidge was retired in 1872 at the age of sixty five. This unhappy event ended his public career and died in Montreal in 1897.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Frederick Preston Rubidge • Born — 10 March 1806 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 16 August 1897 • Place of death — Montreal, Quebec • Practice — 1831-1872 • Significant Buildings — Rideau Hall, Rideau Cottage
Works
Works
• Illustration — Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario designed by Frederick Preston Rubidge • Illustration — Union Suspension Bridge, Ottawa River, Bytown designed by Frederick Preston Rubidge, 1843 • Montreal court-house (1855–57), • custom-house in Quebec City, Quebec 1856–58 • custom-house in Kingston, Ontario 1856–58 • custom-house in Hamilton, Ontario 1858 • Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Courthouse, Quebec, 1859-1862 • Joliette Courthouse, Québec, 1860-62 • Rideau Cottage, Ottawa, Ontario 1866–1867 with Stewart Taylor and Company
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1806
Frederick Preston Rubidge born at London.
1897
Frederick Preston Rubidge died at Montreal.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
London.
Birth place
Montreal.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5498584: Frederick Preston Rubidge
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Frederick Preston Rubidge”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q5498584: Frederick Preston RubidgeWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Design
11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Frederick MonhoffDesigner
- Frederick P. DinkelbergDesigner
- Frederick Pepys CockerellDesigner
- Frederick PreedyDesigner
- Frederick Rice DornDesigner
- Frederick RoehrigDesigner
- Frederick RombergDesigner
- Frederick Russell JohnsonDesigner
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Frederick Preston Rubidge?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.