Noffke, Werner Edgar
NOFFKE, Werner Ernst (1878-1964)
(biography in preparation)
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An extensive collection of architectural drawings prepared by W.E. Noffke, and by the firms of Northwood & Noffke and Noffke, Morin & Sylvester can be found in the Noffke Collection held by the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa (Acc.77803/7). Virtually all projects listed below are represented by drawings in this collection.
W.E. NOFFKE
(Residential Works)
WESTBORO, ONT., cottage for Charles Ogilvie, 1907 (Const., i, Nov. 1907, 72)
HULL, QUE., residence for George Mathews, 1907 (Const., i, Nov. 1907, 72)
GATINEAU PARK, QUE., cottage at Kingsmere for R.J. Devlin, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 15 Dec. 1909, 22, t.c.)
DALY AVENUE, residence for David V. Ranger, 1909 (Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 12)
LAURIER AVENUE EAST, additions to residence for Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, garage, 1909; verandah, 1913 (dwgs. at NAC)
WILBROD STREET, near Nelson Street, residence for Achille J. Hamel, 1909 (dwgs. at NAC)
QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE, residence for Andrew Haydon, 1910 (Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 12)
GOLF LINKS, country house for George L. Orme, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 27 July 1910, 25-6, t.c.)
METCALFE STREET, at Nepean Street, residence for William H.A. Fraser, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 2 Aug. 1911, 62)
DALY AVENUE, residence for T. Frank Ahearn, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 68; dwgs. at NAC)
SALISBURY AVENUE, residence for Hon. Francis A. Anglin, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 69)
MARLBOROUGH AVENUE, residence for Charles E. Mortureux, 1912 (dwgs. at NAC)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for the architect, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 12 Nov. 1913, 72)
O’CONNOR STREET, residence for Austin E. Blount, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 3 Dec. 1913, 67)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for William F. Powell, 1913 (Ottawa Journal, 20 Sept. 1913, 17, illus.; C.R., xxvii, 3 Dec. 1913, 67)
ALLEN PLACE, residence for Ernest C. Powell, 1913 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iv, May 1914, 34-5, illus. & descrip.; Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 13)
LAURIER AVENUE WEST, at Bronson Avenue, residence for H. Adelaide Clemow, 1913 (dwgs. at NAC)
O’CONNOR STREET, at Linden Street, residence for George F. Hodgins, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 18 Feb. 1914, 80)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for Benson C. Beach, 1915 (Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 14)
HOLBROOK APARTMENTS, Elgin Street, for James & Charles Holbrook, 1915 (H. Kalman, Exploring Ottawa, 1983, 51)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for Francis X. Plaunt, 1921 (dwgs. at NAC)
(Commercial & Industrial Works)
(with J.O. Turgeon) UNION ST. JOSEPH BLOCK, for the Union St. Joseph du Canada, Dalhousie Street at York Street, 1907; demol. (C.R., xvii, 30 Jan. 1907, 6; dwgs. at NAC)
GATINEAU PARK, QUE., the Chateau Gatineau Hotel, for Walter B. Walby, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 30 Sept. 1908, 24)
GENERAL SUPPLY CO., Sparks Street near Bay Street, 1909 (dwgs. at NAC)
JAMES HOPE & SONS, Sparks Street, office building, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 11 May 1910, 27; xxv, 20 Sept. 1911, 44, illus. & descrip.; Const., vi, June 1913, 236-7, illus. & descrip.; J. Weir, Lost Craft of Ornamented Architecture, 1983, 76, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
RIDEAU STREET, four stores for Jacob Freedman, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 27 July 1910, 26)
GEORGE MATTHEWS CO., Rideau Street at Mosgrove Street, commercial block, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 5 Oct. 1910, 28)
BARRETT BROS., Main Street, commercial block of five stores, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 2 Nov. 1910, 27, t.c.)
UNION BANK (also called the Blackburn Building), Sparks Street at Metcalfe Street, 1909-13 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 43; xxvi, 28 Aug. 1912, 52, illus. & descrip.; Const., xii, Aug. 1919, 229-32, illus. & descrip.; J. Weir, Lost Craft of Ornamented Architecture, 1983, 77, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
YORK STREET, at Market Square, commercial block for Kabil Farrah, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 19 April 1911, 58; dwgs. at NAC)
BRONSON STREET, at Somerset Street, commercial building for F.W. Burns, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 3 May 1911, 56; dwgs. at NAC)
WELLINGTON STREET, stores for Donald H. MacLean, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 30 Aug. 1911, 63; dwgs. at NAC)
ROBERTSON BROS., Queen Street, warehouse, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 4 Oct. 1911, 61, t.c.)
OTTAWA WINE VAULT CO., George Street, bottling factory, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Nov. 1911, 62)
TORONTO, ONT., O’Brien’s Store, for William E. McAuliffe, King Street West near Simcoe Street, 1912; demol. 1932 (Toronto b.p. 32171, 26 Dec. 1911; Toronto Region Architectural Conservancy, Terra Cotta-Artful Deceivers, 1990, 64-5, illus.)
PLAZA BUILDING, Rideau Street at Sussex Street, stores and office for the Blackburn Bros., 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 23 July 1913, 74; dwgs. at NAC)
CHARLES OGILVY LTD., Rideau Street at Nicholas Street, major addition to department store, 1913-14; major addition facing Besserer Street, 1917 (C.R., xxvii, 3 Dec. 1913, 65; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 25 July 1914, 9, illus. & descrip.; 10 May 1917, 5, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
LOUIS N. POULIN LTD., Sparks Street, store, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 1 April 1914, 80)
RENFREW, ONT., Hotel Renfrew, Main Street at Renfrew Street, 1914 (Ottawa Journal, 18 April 1914, Saturday Magazine, 15, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at NAC)
SLATER STREET, addition to warehouse and office block for Bate Realty Co., 1915 (C.R., xxix, 25 Aug. 1915, 49)
BANK OF OTTAWA, Somerset Street at Bronson Avenue, major alterations, 1917 (inf. from Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto; dwgs. at NAC)
OTTAWA CAR GARAGE CO., Albert Street at Kent Street, showroom and garage, 1917 (Const., xi, Sept. 1918, 294-6, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at NAC)
(Ecclesiastical & Institutional Works)
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, Sunday School, Nelson Street, 1898; parsonage, Wilbrod Street at King Street, 1899 (Ottawa Journal, 20 Dec. 1913, 25; St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Ottawa 1874-1934, 8, 12-13, illus.)
CITY HALL, Elgin Street, reconstruction of the building, 1906-07 (C.R., xvii, 19 Dec. 1906, 4)
LANSDOWNE PARK, buildings for the Central Canada Exhibition including Fine Arts Building, 1908; Grand Stand, 1909; Women’s Lavatories, 1911; Machinery & Agricultural Hall, 1912, demol.; (C.R., xxii, 22 April 1908, 18, t.c.; 1 July 1908, 28; xxvi, 10 April 1912, 1; dwgs. at NAC)
KING EDWARD HEBREW SCHOOL, King Edward Avenue, 1910 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 23 June 1910, 1, descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., St. John Evangelist Lutheran Church, Shaw Street at Irene Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 9 Aug. 1911, 61)
ST. LUCAS EVANGELICAL CHURCH, MacKay Street at Noel Street, 1914-15 (Evening Citizen [Ottawa], 18 May 1914, 1, descrip.; St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Ottawa 1874-1934, 24, illus.)
PEMBROKE, ONT., St. John’s Lutheran Church, Miller Street, 1919 (dwgs. at NAC)
FIRE HALL NO. 10, Sunnyside Avenue at Fairbairn Street, 1920 (Municipal Review of Canada [Montreal], xviii, Dec. 1922, 266, illus. & descrip.; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 189, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
NURSE’S HOME, Water Street, opposite the Ottawa General Hospital, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 22 Sept. 1920, 51-2; dwgs. at NAC)
NOFFKE, MORIN & SYLVESTER
(Residential Works)
HULL, QUE., apartment house for George E. Hanson, possibly Hanson Court Apartments, Aylmer Road, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 29 March 1922, 54)
RANGE ROAD, residence for Col. Douglas R. Street, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 19 July 1922, 56-8; dwgs. at NAC)
HULL, QUE., ‘Shadowbrook’, a residence for John N. Rougvie, Aylmer Road, 1922 (Le Prix Courant, lv, 6 Oct. 1922, 53; C.H.G., iii, Dec. 1926, 26-7, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
ACACIA AVENUE, residence for Edith Wilson, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 22 Nov. 1922, 49)
WILBROD STREET, residence for W.E. Noffke, Architect, 1922 (dwgs. at NAC)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for James J. Leddy, 1922 (dwgs. at NAC)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for Ethel Chamberlain, 1923 (dwgs. at NAC)
McARTHUR AVENUE, at Third Avenue, residence for William Elmitt, 1923 (dwgs. at NAC)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for Levi W. Crannell, 1926 (dwgs. at NAC)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for Herbert A. Plant, 1927 (C.R., xli, 1 June 1927, 51; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, July 1928, 254, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
CHAPEL STREET, at Besserer Street, residence for Dr. Albert Charlebois, 1927 (Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 17)
QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE, residence for Chauncey R. Bangs, 1927 (Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 17)
MacLAREN STREET, residence for Robert K. Paterson, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 5 Sept. 1928, 63)
LAURIER AVENUE EAST, major alterations to mansion for J. Ambrose O’Brien, 1928 (B. Corber, ‘Munross and Le Circle Universitaire d’Ottawa’, in the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, xv, Dec. 1990, 105-06, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
ISLAND PARK DRIVE, residence for Stafford F. Kirkpatrick, 1928 (H. Kalman, Exploring Ottawa, 1983, 163)
PARK VIEW APARTMENTS, Cobourg Street, for James Maloney, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 22 Feb. 1928, 139, t.c.)
AMBASSADOR COURT APARTMENTS, Bank Street, 1928 (Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 19)
PARK ROAD, residence for Col. Harold R. Hamilton, Rockcliffe Park, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 22 Feb. 1928, 139)
HOPEWORTH COURT APARTMENTS, Laurier Avenue East at College Avenue, for Hon. John L. Chabot, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 2 May 1928, 58; dwgs. at NAC)
GATINEAU PARK, QUE., country residence at Meach Lake for J. Ambrose O’Brien, 1929 (dwgs. at NAC)
ACACIA AVENUE, residence for Dr. Frederick W.C. Mohr, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 30 Jan. 1929, 50, t.c.; dwgs. at NAC)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for William F. Powell, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 10 April 1929, 66)
RANGE ROAD, residence for Gerald Bate, 1930 (dwgs. at NAC)
(Commercial & Industrial Works)
CRANE LTD., Bank Street near Laurier Avenue, showroom and store, 1925 (dwgs. at NAC)
McCORD FUNERAL HOME, Somerset Street West at Bank Street, for Russell R. McCord, 1927 (dwgs. at NAC)
LAROCQUE REGISTERED LTD., Rideau Street at Dalhousie Street, department store, 1927 (dwgs. at NAC)
MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING, Metcalfe Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 12 Sept. 1928, 965, illus. & descrip.; xliii, 17 July 1929, 839-40, illus. & descrip.)
RENFREW, ONT., O’Brien’s Theatre, Raglan Street, 1929 (dwgs. at NAC)
CAPITAL BREWING CO., Wellington Street, brewing plant, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 2 April 1930, 66, t.c.)
HULSE BROS. FUNERAL HOME, McLeod Street near O’Connor Street, 1932 (dwgs. at NAC)
(Ecclesiastical & Institutional Works)
MYRAND AVENUE, rectory for Ste. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 29 March 1922, 56; dwgs. at NAC)
CHAMPAGNE PUBLIC BATHS, King Edward Avenue at York Street, 1922-23 (C.R., xxxvi, 16 Aug. 1922, 54; xxxvii, 28 Nov. 1923, 1128-30, illus. & descrip.; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 40, illus.)
ICE PALACE, Cartier Square, 1922 (F. Anderes & A. Agranoff, Ice Palaces, 1983, 76-7, illus. & descrip.)
GERMANICUS, ONT., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1923 (dwgs. at NAC)
ST. GEORGE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Piccadilly Avenue, church, parish hall and rectory, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 15 Oct. 1924, 1027, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at NAC)
CORPUS CHRISTI ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Lyon Street at 4th Avenue, 1926 (C.R., xli, 2 Feb. 1927, 108, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at NAC)
MACHZIKEY HADAS JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, King Edward Avenue at Murray Street, 1926-27 (H. Hadaya, ‘The First Synagogues of Ottawa’, in the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Bulletin, xix, Sept. 1994, 80-1, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at NAC)
OTTAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL, Bruyere Street, major additions, 1927, 1929 (C.R., xli, 21 Sept. 1927, 955, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Nov. 1927, ix, illus. in advert.; xliii, 17 April 1929, 395-6, illus. & descrip.; 6 Nov. 1929, 56; dwgs. at NAC)
IMMACULATA ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, Bronson Avenue, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 20 Feb. 1929, 58; dwgs. at NAC)
ST. THERESA’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Somerset Street at Cartier Street, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 26 June 1929, 60; dwgs. at NAC)
CARP, ONT., St. Paul’s United Church, 1929 (dwgs. at NAC)
TORONTO, ONT., St. John’s Lutheran Church, Concord Avenue at Bloor Street West, 1930 (dwgs. at NAC)
CHRIST THE KING ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Argyle Avenue, 1930 (dwgs. at NAC)
OSGOODE, ONT., St. John’s Roman Catholic Church, 1930 (dwgs. at NAC)
CERCLE SOCIAL STE. ANNE, St Patrick Street near Chapel Street, 1932 (dwgs. at NAC)
NOFFKE & SYLVESTER
GLENORA AVENUE, residence for Richard J. Noffke, 1933 (dwgs. at NAC)
LAURIER AVENUE WEST, residence for David Epstein, 1933 (dwgs. at NAC)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 1934 (dwgs. at NAC)
LISGAR STREET, residence for S. Miller, 1935 (dwgs. at NAC)
W.E. NOFFKE
RUSKIN STREET, residences for Archibald W. Peterson, Moses Greenberg and Morris Goldberg, 1935 (Heritage Ottawa, The Architecture of W.E. Noffke, 1976, 18)
SOEURS GRISES DE LA CROIX, Mother House, Bruyere Street, 1935 (C.R., xlix, 11 Sept. 1935, 31, t.c.; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 147, illus.;dwgs. at NAC)
NORTH BAY, ONT., Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1937 (dwgs. at NAC)
DEPT. OF MINES OFFICES, Booth Street, six laboratory buildings, 1937-44 (C.R., l, 23 June 1937, 47; dwgs. at NAC)
CENTRAL POST OFFICE, Sparks Street at Elgin Street, 1938-39 (C.R., li, 8 June 1938, 35; liii, 13 March 1940, 9-11, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xvii, Sept. 1940, 162-4, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
GILBERT APARTMENTS, Lisgar Street near O’Connor Street, for Maude Thoburn, 1939 (C.R., lii, 8 Feb. 1939, 30; dwgs. at NAC)
PEMBROKE, ONT., residence for the Roman Catholic Bishop, 1939 (dwgs. at NAC)
HARMER AVENUE, residence for the architect, 1939 (dwgs. at NAC)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Lutheran Church, Geneva Street at Junkin Street, 1940 (City of St. Catharines, building permit records)
WESTBORO THEATRE, Richmond Road, 1941 (C.R., liv, 2 April 1941, 30)
CHURCHILL APARTMENTS, Friel Street at Besserer Street, for Leon Petergorsky, 1941 (C.R., liv, 28 May 1941, 31)
ATHALONE APARTMENTS, MacLaren Street, for Louis Baker, 1941 (C.R., liv, 7 May 1941, 32)
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL, Field Station, 1941 (C.R., liv, 11 June 1941, 31; dwgs. at NAC)
PEMBROKE, ONT., St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, 1941 (C.R., liv, 23 July 1941, 84; dwgs. at NAC)
GOULBURN AVENUE, at Laurier Avenue East, residence for Louis Archbar, 1942 (dwgs. at NAC)
EGANVILLE, ONT., Convent for the Sisters of Immaculate Conception, 1943 (dwgs. at NAC)
IVY AVENUE, residence for Charles H. Kritsch, 1944 (dwgs. at NAC)
TORONTO, ONT., Trinity Lutheran Church, Sherbourne Street near Bloor Street East, 1944 (dwgs. at NAC)
SARNIA, ONT., Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, College Street North, 1944 (dwgs. at NAC)
BY TOWN INN, O’Connor Street at Albert Street, 1946 (dwgs. at NAC)
HULL, QUE., Chez Henri Hotel, Main Street, 1947 (dwgs. at NAC)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Grey Nuns Mother House, Mackay Street, additions to Main Wing of the Mother House, heating plant and Chapel at the Home for Incurables, 1947 (C.R., lx, Sept. 1947, 173; dwgs. at NAC)
ACACIA AVENUE, residence for John A. Collins, 1947 (dwgs. at NAC)
GUARANTY TRUST, Metcalfe Street at Wellington Street, 1948 (dwgs. at NAC)
ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH, Wilbrod Street at King Street, 1948 (dwgs. at NAC)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Zion Lutheran Church, Miller Street, 1948 (dwgs. at NAC)
TORONTO, ONT., St. Ansgar Lutheran Church, Lawrence Avenue West at Avenue Road, 1948 (C.R., xli, May 1948, 175; dwgs. at NAC)
THE DRIVEWAY, residence for J. Ambrose O’Brien, 1948 (dwgs. at NAC)
LONDON, ONT., Trinity Lutheran Church, Oxford Street at Colborne Street, 1949 (C.R., lxii, May 1949, 158, t.c.; dwgs. at NAC)
CRANE PLUMBING LTD., Catherine Street at Lyon Street, warehouse and office, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Sept. 1949, 162; dwgs. at NAC)
COMPETITIONS
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental Buildings, 1914. Noffke was one of 62 architects from North America and Europe who submitted entries in this major competition. His design, listed as ‘No. 7’, was one of six finalists selected by the jurors. The project was cancelled due to the outbreak of WW1 and the federal government waited until 1923 before compensating the winners with an award of $5,000 each (NAC, RG11, Vol 2951, File 5307-1-C, 14 July 1923)
OTTAWA, ONT., Prototype for an Air Raid Shelter, 1941. Noffke was awarded First Prize of $200 for his plan for a brick shelter to be used by Canadians in the event of enemy air raids (R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, July 1941, 119, illus.)