[[ARCHITECTURE]] [[Allen]] [[Buildings and [[Structures]]]] [[Charles]] [[Pembroke]] [[Residence]] [[Robertson]] [[colborne]] [[meredith]] [[wiki-architecture]] # Colborne Meredith Lt.-Colonel Colborne Powell Meredith (September 15, 1874 – January 29, 1967) was a Canadian architect. Biography Colborne Meredith was born in St. Andrews, New Brunswick on September 15, 1874, the son of Edmund Allen Meredith, CMG. He studied architecture at the University of Toronto in the early 1890s. He married Alden Griffien in September 1901. He was Commissioner of the Ottawa Improvement Commission (1908), President of the Ontario Architects Association (1912), and Councillor of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He designed many of the principal buildings and residences in Ottawa, including the Château Laurier Hotel, as well as a number of schools and convents throughout Canada. Meredith chaired the conference of the Ontario Association of Architects in Ottawa 1911 and also chaired the 1912 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada convention in Ottawa. Meredith joined the Militia in 1892, and from 1915 to 1918 was camp engineer and later camp commandant of Camp Petawawa. From 1925 to 1934 he served as General-Secretary to the League of Nations Society in Canada. He died at his home in Ottawa on January 29, 1967. Architectural works Rockcliffe Park, Residence For Miss Annie Mcleod-Clark, Lisgar Road, 1908 Wurtemberg Street, Residence For F.C. Trench O'hara, 1908 Wilbrod Street, At Augusta Street, Residence For John S. Ewart, 1908 Belleville, Ont., St. Michael's Roman Catholic Separate School, Church Street, 1908 Pembroke, Ont., Rectory For Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1909 Pembroke, Ont., Munro Block, Pembroke Street West Near Albert Street, C. 1910 Pembroke, Ont., Dunlop & Co. Warehouse, Pembroke Street West Near Moffat Street, C. 1910 Laurier Avenue West, Near Elgin Street, Residence For Dr. John Robertson, 1909–10 The Driveway, At Delaware Avenue, Residence For Joseph A. Thibodeau, 1909–10 Fotheringham & Popham Co., Queen Street, Warehouse, 1909–10 Carling Building, For The Murphy-Gamble Department Store, Sparks Street, 1909–10) Clemow Avenue, Residence For George A. Crain, 1910 Blackburn & Bryson, Bank Street Near Sparks Street, 1910 Salisbury Avenue, Residence For Hon. Sidney Fisher, 1910 Goulburn Avenue, Residence For Justice Lyman P. Duff, 1910–11 Queen Street, Warehouse For The Dominion Analyst, 1910) Renfrew, Ont., Roman Catholic Separate School, And Addition To Roman Catholic Convent, 1911 Morewood, Ont., Continuation School, 1911 Hugh M. Carson Co., Sparks Street Near Lyon Street, Addition, 1911 Carling Avenue, Residence For Ernest M. Barrett, 1911 Marlborough Avenue, Residence For T. D'arcy Mcgee, 1911 Range Road, Residence For The Architect, 1911 Quebec City, Que., Residence For Georges A. Parent, Grand Allee, 1912 Parish Hall, For The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp., 1912 Marlborough Avenue, Residence For Thomas A. Beament, 1912 Laurier Avenue East, Residence For Dr. Frederick W.C. Mohr, 1913 York Street, Warehouse For S.J. Major & Co., 1913 Carling Building, Bank Street, For F.W. Carling, 1913 Albert Street, Business Block For Mrs. Cowie, 1913 University Of Ottawa, Laurier Avenue At Cumberland Street, Additions, 1914 Ottawa Canoe Club, A Clubhouse On The Ottawa River At Rockcliffe, 1914 Norlite Building, Wellington Street, C. 1916 (With Richards & Abra) Range Road, Residence For The Architect, C. 1920 Meredith & Belfrey Lambton Avenue, Residence For Charles B. Topp, C. 1921 Lambton Avenue, Residence For A. Gladstone Ghent, C. 1921 Rideau Terrace, Residence For William D. Headley, C. 1921 Rockcliffe Way, Residence For Joseph Stotesbury, C. 1921 Rockcliffe Way, Residence For Archibald N. Fraser, C. 1921 == References ==