MOORE, Oliver Roy (1890-1964), son of John M. Moore, a leading architect in London, Ont., was born there on 7 June 1889 and educated in public and high schools there. He had no formal education in architecture, choosing instead to serve an apprenticeship in his father's office, then called Moore & Henry, from c. 1907 until 1918 when he was made a full partner in the firm. When his father was elected Mayor of London in 1926 and again in 1927 much of the design work in the firm passed to his son. After the death of his father in June 1930, Roy Moore continued to operate the office under the name of J.M. Moore & Co., but the plans for virtually every commission after this date can be attributed to the younger Moore. He can be credited with several landmarks on the campus of the University of Western Ontario including the competent Collegiate Gothic designs for Lawson Memorial Library (1934), Thames Hall (1949) and for Huron College (1949-50). He retired from the profession in 1958 and died in London, Ont. on 11 March 1964 (obit. Free Press [London], 11 March 1964, 29; R.A.I.C. Journal, xli, April 1964, 10; biog. R. Hamilton, Prominent Men of Canada, 1931-32, 67; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects; inf. Charles Addington, London). The D.B. Weldon Library at the Univ. of Western Ontario holds an extensive collection of drawings by Roy Moore which form part of the John M. Moore Collection.
O. Roy MOORE (works in London, Ont.)
HOTEL LONDON, Wellington Street at Dundas Street, major addition, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 27 Feb. 1929, 145; 14 Aug. 1929, 64, t.c.; Canadian Hotel Review, viii, March 1930, 34)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, outdoor stadium, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 29 May 1929, 181, t.c.)
WRIGHT LITHOGRAPHY CO., Wellington Street, major alterations, 1930; addition, 1944 (dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
BELL TELEPHONE OFFICE, Dundas Street, adjacent to the Hotel London, 1930 (Free Press [London], 26 April 1930, 22)
COLLEGE AVENUE, 'Dalmagary', a residence for the architect, College Avenue, 1930 (dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
BROUGHDALE, residence for James E. McConnell, Richmond Street, major alterations, 1931 (dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
PARKWOOD HOSPITAL, Grand Avenue, major addition, 1931-33; Nurses Home, 1938 (C.R., xlv, 11 March 1931, 119, t.c.; xlviii, 21 March 1934, 237; li, 9 Feb. 1938, 25, t.c.)
KINGSMILL'S LTD., Dundas Street, major additions and rebuilding of retail store, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 17 Feb. 1932, 50, t.c.; 14 Sept. 1932, 1044)
WILLIAM R. PATERSON LTD., Dundas Street, rebuilding of automobile showroom, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 15 March 1933, 35)
(with Watt & Blackwell) VICTORIA HOSPITAL, South Street at Colborne Street, Cancer Clinic and research laboratory, 1933-34; addition, 1939 (C.R., xlvii, 26 July 1933, 35, t.c.; xlviii, 17 Jan. 1934, 27; C.R., lii, 1 Feb. 1939, 32; London Free Press, 27 May 1941, 5; R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, April 1942, 62-3, illus.; dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, Lawson Memorial Library, 1933-34 (C.R., xlvii, 8 Nov. 1933, 34; xlviii, 3 Jan. 1934, 29; Evening Advertiser [London], 29 Sept. 1934, 13, illus.)
WELLINGTON STREET, major alterations to residence for Philip Pocock, 1933 (dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
LAWSON & JONES LTD., Clarence Street, major addition, 1936 (dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
(with Watt & Blackwell) DOMINION PUBLIC BUILDING, Richmond Street at Queen's Avenue, 1936-37 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, Feb. 1936, 31, illus.; xiv, Jan. 1937, 2-4, illus. & descrip.)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, Huron College, Western Road, designed 1934-38; built 1949-50 (London Free Press, 15 May 1934, 1, illus.; 28 July 1938, Supplement, 5, illus.; C.R., lxii, April 1949, 153; June 1949, 114; Free Press [London], 6 March 1950, 48, illus.; 6 March 1951, 30-31, illus.; James Talman, Huron College 1863-1963, 89)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, Cronyn Observatory, 1939-40 (C.R., lii, 20 Dec. 1939, 28)
CHEAPSIDE STREET, residence for Thomas F. Walker, 1940-41 (C.H.G., xix, Jan./Feb 1942, 23, illus.)
HURON STREET, near Colborne Street, residence for Emerson Nichols, 1940-41 (C.H.G., xix, Jan./Feb. 1942, 22, illus.)
TALBOT STREET, Near St. James Street, residence for Thomas B. Escott, 1940-41 (C.H.G., xix, Jan./Feb. 1942, 18-19, illus.)
ST. DAVID'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Hyland Street at Hamilton Road, 1946-47 (dwgs. Huron College, London, V.P. Cronyn Memorial Archives)
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, Thames Hall Gymnasium & Field House, 1947-49 (C.R., lx, Dec. 1947, 136, t.c.; lxi, May 1948, 174, t.c.; Free Press [London], 19 Feb. 1949, 10, descrip.; 6 March 1950, 38, illus. & descrip.)
O. Roy MOORE (works elsewhere)
STRATFORD, ONT., major alterations to Merchants Bank of Canada for the British Mortgage & Trust Corp., 1930 (dwgs. Stratford-Perth Archives)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., McClary Mfr. Co., factory, 1931 (dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
PORT STANLEY, ONT., summer residence for J.B. Orr, 1933 (dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
CHIPPEWA, ONT., St. Andrew's Anglican Church, 1936 (Huron College, Anglican Diocese Archives, letter from O. Roy Moore to Bishop Seager dated 17 July 1935)
LOWER MUNCEY, ONT., St. Andrew's Anglican Church, on the Indian Reservation, 1936 (Huron College, Anglican Diocese Archives, letter from O. Roy Moore to Bishop Seager, 17 July 1935)
GRAND BEND, ONT., summer residence for J.E. McConnell, 1936 (C.H.G., xiv, Jan./Feb. 1937, 43, illus.; dwgs. UWO, Moore Coll.)
CHATHAM, ONT., major addition to St. Joseph's Hospital, King Street West, 1938 (C.R., li, 19 Oct. 1938, 54)
SARNIA, ONT., Our Lady of Mercy Roman Catholic Convent, with auditorium and chapel, for the Sisters of Saint Joseph, London Road, 1943-44 (C.R., lvi, 17 Feb. 1943, 27)
SARNIA, ONT., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Hospital, North Russell Street, near London Road, 1945-47 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxii, Nov. 1945, 233, illus.; xxvii, Oct. 1950, 53, illus. in advert.)
ST. MARYS, ONT., Memorial Hospital, 1947-48 (C.R., lx, Aug. 1947, 258; C.R., lxiii, Nov. 1950, 105, illus. in advert.)