ARNOLDI, King McCord (1843-1904), a leading architect in Ottawa, Ont. in the late 19th C. and active there for over 30 years. He was a member of the following offices:
King M. Arnoldi, Ottawa, Ont. 1867-1877
Arnoldi & Calderon, Ottawa, Ont. 1889-1894 (with Alfred M. Calderon)
Arnoldi & Ewart, Ottawa, Ont. 1895-1903 (with J. Albert Ewart)
(biography in preparation)
King M. ARNOLDI (works in Ottawa unless otherwise noted)
ST. ALBAN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Daly Street at King Street, 1867-68; with chancel and vestry completed later in 1876-77 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 13 May 1867, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Citizen, 17 May 1867, 4; and 8 Nov. 1867, 3, descrip.; and 18 June 1872, 4; and 17 July 1876, 1, t.c.; Free Press [Ottawa], 9 Feb. 1877, 4, descrip.; A. Davidson, Annals of the Parish of St. Alban the Martyr, Ottawa 1865-1942, 8-9; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 76-7, illus. & descrip.)
PEMBROKE, ONT., block for Herrick & Crombie, 1869 (Ottawa Citizen, 26 June 1869, 3, t.c.)
BELL'S CORNERS, ONT., Anglican Church, 1869 (Ottawa Citizen, 24 Sept. 1869, 2, descrip.)
GLOUCESTER STREET, three brick houses, for an unnamed client, 1870 (Ottawa Citizen, 14 March 1870, 3, t.c.)
MARIA STREET, near Elgin Street, residence for Dennis Murphy, 1870 (Ottawa Citizen, 8 April 1870, 2, t.c.)
MERCHANTS BANK BLOCK, built for the Montreal Telegraph Co., Sparks Street at Metcalfe Street, 1870-72 (American Architect & Builders Monthly [New York], i, Nov. 1870, 137; Free Press [Ottawa], 1 April 1872, 2, descrip.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 20-21, illus. & descrip.)
CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, Sparks Street near Bay Street, 1872-73 (Free Press [Ottawa], 5 March 1872, 3, descrip.; Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 24 Oct. 1872, 4, descrip; Daily News [Kingston], 30 Sept. 1873, 4, extensive descrip.; H.P. Hill, History of Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa 1832-1932, 58, illus.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 15, illus. & descrip.)
KEMPTVILLE, ONT., store and residence for A. Blackburn, 1872 (Free Press [Ottawa], 14 June 1872, 3, t.c.)
ALBERT STREET, building for Henry Chepmell, 1872 (Free Press [Ottawa], 27 July 1872, 2, t.c.)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Kent Street, 1874-75, completion of the church originally designed in 1869 by Augustus Laver (Free Press [Ottawa], 20 July 1874, 2, t.c.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 66-7, illus. & descrip.)
PERTH, ONT., rectory for St. James Anglican Church, 1874-75 (Perth Courier, 24 April 1874, 3; 9 April 1875, 2, descrip.)
ALMONTE, ONT., St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, completion of the church originally begun in 1869 by Andrew Bell, 1875 (Free Press [Ottawa], 9 Oct. 1875, 3, descrip.)
CALEDONIA SPRINGS, ONT., Caledonia Springs Hotel, 1875 (Free Press [Ottawa], 8 March 1875, 4, descrip.; Ottawa Times, 22 June 1875, 4, descrip.)
METCALFE STREET, at Queen Street, studio and residence for William J. Topley, Photographer (Ottawa Citizen, 6 Dec. 1875, 4, descrip.; Free Press [Ottawa] 19 Jan. 1876, 3, descrip; Canadian Illustrated News, xxiv, 11 Nov. 1876, 277, illus. & descrip.)
METCALFE STREET, at Cobourg Street, residence for James Adamson, 1875 (Ottawa Citizen, 6 Dec. 1875, 4, descrip.)
KING STREET, at Theodore Street, residence for Col. C. Eugene Panet, 1876 (Free Press [Ottawa], 22 Nov. 1876, 4)
AUGUSTA STREET, at Wilbrod Street, residence for Kingsforth Graburn, 1876 (Free Press [Ottawa], 22 Nov. 1876, 4)
MARIA STREET, residence of Francis Clemow, addition of a glass conservatory to the residence originally designed and occupied by Thomas Stent c. 1863, and later called "Hill and Dale", 1876 (Free Press [Ottawa], 22 Nov. 1876, 4; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 28 May 1921, 20)
BANK STREET ROAD, residence for Henry J. Morgan, 1876 (Free Press [Ottawa], 22 Nov. 1876, 4)
ARCHIVILLE, ONT., Trinity Anglican Church, 1877 (Free Press [Ottawa], 5 April 1877, 4, descrip.)
ARNOLDI & CALDERON (works in Ottawa unless noted)
CARLETON PLACE, ONT., Bank of Ottawa, 1889 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 23 Nov. 1889, 5, descrip.; C.A.B., ii, March 1889, 32)
CLIFF STREET, residence for R.J. Devlin, 1890 (Ottawa Free Press, 27 Jan. 1890, 4, t.c.)
METCALFE STREET, near Queen Street, block for Dr. Alexander Martin, 1890 (Ottawa Free Press, 1 Feb. 1890, 5)
CARLETON CHAMBERS, Sparks Street, for R.J. Devlin, 1890-91 (Ottawa Free Press, 1 Feb. 1890, 5, descrip.; 17 Feb 1891, 4, descrip.; Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 26 March 1891, 1, descrip.)
LADY STANLEY TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES, Rideau Street at Wurtemburg Street, 1890-91 (Ottawa Free Press, 9 Sept. 1890, 1, descrip.; 22 Jan. 1891, 1, descrip.;Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 29 Jan. 1891, 4, descrip.)
CARLETON COUNTY GAOL, Daly Avenue at Nicholas Street, addition and major alterations, 1890-92 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 15 May 1889, 4, descrip.; Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 7 Oct. 1889, 4, descrip.; Ottawa Free Press, 26 July 1892, 8, descrip.)
ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Gloucester Street at Metcalfe Street, major additions and alterations, 1891 (Ottawa Free Press, 14 Jan. 1891, 4; 17 March 1891, 4)
MERCHANTS BANK, Metcalfe Street, extensive alterations, 1891 (Ottawa Free Press, 28 Aug. 1891, 1, descrip.)
PIERCE'S CORNERS, ONT., in North Gower Township, a church for the English Protestants, 1891 (Ottawa Free Press, 19 Oct. 1891, 4)
BELL TELEPHONE BUILDING, Queen Street, 1892 (Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 3 March 1892, 4, descrip.)
ELGIN STREET, at MacLaren Street, private school for Miss Harmon, 1892 (Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 15 March 1892, 1)
VANKLEEK HILL, ONT., a School, likely the Collegiate Institute, Higginson Street, 1892; demol. (C.A.B., v, April 1892, 39)
ELGIN STREET, at Lisgar Street, residence for John W. McRae, 1893 (C.R., iv, 16 March 1893, 2)
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Metcalfe Street at Maria Street, 1893 (Ottawa Free Press, 30 March 1893, 7, descrip.; C.R., iv, 6 April 1893, 2)
CHAUDIERE ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO., power house, 1893 (C.R., iv, 17 Aug. 1893, 2)
MATERNITY HOSPITAL, Rideau Street, 1894 (C.R., iv, 11 Jan 1894, 1)
OTTAWA CANOE CLUB HOUSE, at Governor's Bay, overlooking the Ottawa River, near Sussex Drive and Mackay Street, 1894 (Ottawa Journal, 14 April 1894, 1; inf. Leslie Maitland, Ottawa; inf. Alan McCullough, Ottawa)
ICE PALACE, Nepean Point, for the annual Winter Carnival, 1894-95 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 31 Dec. 1894, 7, t.c.; Montreal Daily Star, 3 Jan. 1895, 2; F. Anderes & A. Agranoff, Ice Palaces, 1983, 74-5, illus. & descrip.)
ARNOLDI & EWART (works in Ottawa unless noted)
PROTESTANT GENERAL HOSPITAL, Rideau Street at Charlotte Street, major addition of two new wings, 1895-96; but job taken over by the Montreal architect Alexander C. Hutchison in April 1896 (C.R., vi, 28 Nov. 1895, 2; 30 Jan 1896, 2; Ottawa Citizen, 6 Oct. 1897, 7)
ORME & SON MUSIC STORE, Sparks Street, part of a commercial block of five stores, with similar buildings adjacent for A.J. Stevens, Mr. Sherwood, and Messrs. Slater, 1896; burned November 1902, and completely rebuilt in 1903 by Arnoldi & Ewart (C.R., vii, 13 Feb. 1896, 3; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 14 March 1896, 7, descrip.; 19 Dec. 1896, 3, illus. & descrip.; 23 April 1903, 3, illus. & descrip.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 18-19, illus. & descrip.)
(with Louis De C. Bergh, New York) AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, Wellington Street, office building, 1897; addition 1901 (C.R., viii, 11 March 1897, 2; xii, 18 Sept. 1901, 4; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 2 March 1897, descrip.; 13 April 1897, 6, descrip.)
BUTTERWORTH BUILDING, Sparks Street, for Enoch B. Butterworth and Charles A. Butterworth, 1897 (Ottawa Citizen, 13 Jan. 1897, 7, descrip.; C.R., viii, 15 April 1897, 2)
FORT WILLIAM, ONT., block of stores for an unidentified client, 1897 (C.A.B., x, May 1897, 104)
BESSERER STREET, warehouse for William Borthwick, 1898 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 28 May 1898, 8)
CHURCH OF OUR FATHER, Elgin Street at Lewis Street, 1900 (H. Kalman, Exploring Ottawa, 1983, 50, illus.)
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL, for the Ottawa Board of Health, Cobourg Street, 1901; kitchen and laundry plant, 1902 (C.R., xii, 13 Feb. 1901, 3, t.c.; xiii, 6 Aug. 1902, 2, t.c.)
SURVEYOR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENTAL OFFICE BUILDING, Wellington Street, 1901 (C.R., xii, 27 March 1901, 3)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC HALL, Maria Street, 1901 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 10 June 1901, 3; dwgs. at NAC)
QUEEN STREET, warehouse for F.J. Castle Co., 1903 (C.R., xiv, 25 Feb. 1903, 4)
COMPETITIONS
OTTAWA, ONT., major additions to the Carleton County Protestant Hospital, 1896. Arnoldi & Ewart were one of two firms who submitted elaborate drawings for the commission, and their design was described in detail in The Evening Journal [Ottawa], 26 Feb. 1896, 6. The competition was won by A.M. Calderon.
HULL, QUE., City Hall, 1901. The office of Arnoldi & Ewart were one of seven firms who submitted designs for this public building (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 16 May 1901, 9). The competition was later won by Charles Brodeur of Hull, Que.