RUBIDGE, Frederick Preston (1806-1897)
(biography in preparation)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Parliament Buildings, Mountain Street, major additions, 1850; burned 1854 (Montreal Transcript, 16 Nov. 1850, 2, descrip.; Examiner [Toronto], 20 Nov. 1850, 3)
QUEBEC CITY, major addition to 'Spencer Wood', St. Louis Road, fitted up as a residence for the Governor General, 1851 (F. Gagnon-Pratte, Les Villas, 1980, 53, illus.; dwgs. at NAC)
BROCKVILLE, ONT., steeple for the Free Presbyterian Church, 1857 (Brockville Recorder, 2 April 1857, 3, t.c.)
Frederick P. RUBIDGE (Court Houses in Quebec province)
(inf. extracted from Lower Canada, Sessional Papers, 1859 to 1863)
ARTHABASKA, QUE., Court House, 1859-60
ST. JOSEPH-DE-BEAUCE, QUE., Court House, Palace Avenue, 1859-62 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 214, illus.)
BEAUHARNOIS, QUE., Court House, 1859-60
BEDFORD, QUE. (now called KNOWLTON), Brome County Court House, St Paul Street at Lakeside Street, 1859-60; still standing in 2023 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 86, 209, illus.). Rubidge is said to have revised the plans which were originally prepared by James Ball.
CHICOUTIMI, QUE., Court House, 1859-60
COWANSVILLE, QUE., Court House, Principal Street, 1859-62 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 86, 209, illus.)
GASPE, QUE., Court House, 1860-61
IBERVILLE, QUE., Court House, 1860-61
JOLIETTE, QUE., Court House, St. Louis Street, 1860-62 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 85, 210, illus.)
LA MALBAIE, QUE., Court House, La Vallee Road, 1859-63 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 211, illus.)
MONTMAGNY, QUE., Court House, Palace of Justice Street, 1859-62; addition, 1919 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 18-19, and 212, illus.)
RIMOUSKI, QUE., Court House, 1860-61
SAGUENAY, QUE., Court House, 1860-61
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Court House, 1860 (L. Voyer, St. Hyacinthe, 1980, 103-05, illus.)
ST. JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUE., Court House, St. Charles Street, 1859-61; addition, 1883 (M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 85, 213, illus.)
TERREBONNE, QUE., Court House, 1860-61
Frederick P. RUBIDGE (Other Works in Quebec and Ontario)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Parliament Buildings, 1859-60 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1867, Dept. of Public Works Report, Appendix 8, 248; Luc Noppen et al, Quebec - trois siecles d'architecture, 1979, 92, 267, illus.)
HAMILTON, ONT., Custom House, Stuart Street, 1860 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1867, Dept. of Public Works Report, Appendix 8, 261)
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT., Court House and Jail, 1860 (dwgs. at NAC, National Map Collection, RG13M)
OTTAWA, ONT., major addition and alterations to Rideau Hall, Sussex Drive, the residence of the Governor General, 1865; Gate House, 1868 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1867, Dept. of Public Works Report, Appendix 8, 256; C.C.J. Bond, City on the Ottawa, 1967, 42-3, illus.; R.H. Hubbard, Rideau Hall: An Illustrated History of Government House, 1967, 18-20, illus.; Martha Edmond, Rockcliffe Park - A History of the Village, 2005, 16-17, illus.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 124-5, illus. & descrip.)
OTTAWA, ONT., public fountain at Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, 1870 (signed dwgs. at NAC, Picture Collection, C4665)
TORONTO, ONT. Emigrant Sheds, with an adjacent hospital for emigrants, 1870 (Globe [Toronto], 3 June 1870, 1)
OTTAWA, ONT., fences, railings, stone walls and gate lodges surrounding Parliament Hill, Wellington Street, 1871 (Ottawa Citizen, 27 May 1871, 2, descrip.; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1871, Appendix 4, 138)