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Paul Baldwin research files - Legacy Column in Community News
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Paul Baldwin fonds
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1992-1993
- Accession Number
- 2013-21
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B2 F6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- Paul Baldwin fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Accession Number
- 2013-21
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C4 Sh4 B2 F6
- GMD
- textual records
- Date Range
- 1992-1993
- Series
- Paul Baldwin fonds - Miscellaneous research files series
- Physical Description
- 0.3 cm of textual records
- History / Biographical
- David Kilpatrick was born in Ireland in 1852 and emigrated to Canada some time before 1870. According to the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, he was the first architect to establish an office in Elgin County. He maintained an architectural office in St. Thomas, Ontario from 1872 to circa 1882, and designed many of the gothic style churches in Elgin County, including the Methodist Church in Union, Ontario. Of note, Kilpatrick designed the original Balaclava Street Public School, Central School on Wellington Street in St. Thomas, the Elgin County House of Industry, and several private residences including the homes of William McKay and George Kains. In 1882, Kilpatrick relocated to Winnipeg and later practiced in the United States.
- Scope and Content
- File contains research material collected by Paul Baldwin to inform his column in Community News titled "Legacy", in which Baldwin discusses the architecture of local buildings. Includes information on the following properties:
- -Moore House, Sparta
- -William Safford House, North Talbot Road
- -Col John Bostwick House, Port Stanley
- -Residence and scotch store of John McKay, King and Talbot Streets, St. Thomas
- -George Elliott Casey house, Fingal
- -Morley Page home, Tyrconnel (Backus-Page House)
- -St. Thomas YWCA
- -Memorial Hospital, St. Thomas
- -35 William Street, St. Thomas
- -29 Rosebery Place, St. Thomas
- -Noble Manufacturing Company / Sutherland Press building
- -Old English Church, St. Thomas
- -28 Rosebery Place, St. Thomas
- -St. Thomas City Hall and Carnegie Library
- -House at corner of Rosbery Place and Elgin Street
- -Yarmouth Township Hall, designed by Neil R. Darrach
- -69 Gladstone Avenue
- -Water tower on Amelia Street
- -Elgin Theatre Guild, Princess and Elizabeth Streets
- -Chase House, Elgin Road 36, north of Sparta
- -Elgin County Courthouse
- Name Access
- Baldwin, Paul
- St. Thomas (Ont.)
- Subject Access
- Architecture
- Architects
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