PAINTER, Walter Scott (1877-1957)
(biography in preparation)
W.S. PAINTER (works in Ottawa)
(with Col. J.M. Wood) OTTAWA, ONT., Russell Theatre, Queen Street, between the Canal and Elgin Street, 1901 (Gazette [Montreal], 23 May 1901, 10, descrip.; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 19 Dec. 1905, 1; American Inst. of Architects, Washington, membership application for W.S. Painter, 9 Nov. 1908)
OTTAWA, ONT., The Russell Cafe, inside the Russell House Hotel, Sparks Street near Elgin Street, 1902 (American Inst. of Architects, Washington, membership application for W.S. Painter, 9 Nov. 1908)
(with Moses C. Edey) OTTAWA, ONT., rebuilding of the Hotel Cecil, Wellington Street near Kent Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 30 July 1902, 3)
MASON & PAINTER (works in Quebec and Ontario)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., The Auditorium Theatre, for Ambrose J. Small, 1902-03 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 24 Feb. 1902, 9, descrip.; C.R., xiii, 16 April 1902, 3, t.c.; Architect's & Builders Magazine [New York], v, Feb. 1904, 213-14, illus.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec: Trois siecles d'architecture, 1979, 92, 376, illus.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 23, illus. & descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., Majestic Theatre, for Samuel Perrin and Leonard Perrin, Adelaide Street West near Yonge Street, 1903; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 30 March 1903, 7; and 17 April 1903, 2, descrip.; and 2 May 1903, 3, illus. and descrip.; and 21 Oct. 1903, 7, detailed descrip.; Toronto b.p. 1221, 2 June 1903)
W.S. PAINTER (works in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia)
MIMICO, WEST TORONTO, Grand Trunk Railway round house, near Royal York Road at New Toronto Street, 1905 (American Inst. of Architects, Washington, membership application for W.S. Painter, 9 Nov. 1908)
LAKE LOUISE, ALTA., major alterations and addition to the Lake Louise Hotel for the C.P.R. Railway, 1906-11, including lengthening the wing originally designed by F.M. Rattenbury, refacing the lake front facade, and addition of a half-timbered wing at right angles to the original hotel (A. Barrett & R. Liscombe, Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia, 1983, 132, illus., 356, footnote No. 9)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., C.P.R. Station, 1907 (American Inst. of Architects, Washington, membership application for W.S. Painter, 9 Nov. 1908)
CHAPLEAU, ONT., C.P.R. Station, hotel and cottages, 1907 (American Inst. of Architects, Washington, membership application for W.S. Painter, 9 Nov. 1908)
SCHRIEBER, ONT., C.P.R. Station, hotel and cottages, 1907 (American Inst. of Architects, Washington, membership application for W.S. Painter, 9 Nov. 1908)
CALGARY, ALTA., C.P.R. Station, 9th Avenue West at Centre Street, 1907-08 (Daily Herald [Calgary], 21 July 1907, 1, descrip.; C.R., xviii, 3 July 1907, 6, t.c.)
WESTMOUNT, QUE., C.P.R. Station, Ste. Catherine Street West at Victoria Avenue, 1907 (American Inst. of Architects, Washington, membership application for W.S. Painter, 9 Nov. 1908; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 71-3, illus.)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., major addition of the Mont Carmel Wing to the Chateau Frontenac Hotel, 1907 (Const., i, Jan. 1908, 37, 44, illus. & descrip.; ii, Feb. 1909, 48-55, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. Canadian Architectural Archives, Univ. of Calgary)
MONTREAL, QUE., buildings for the C.P.R., Frontenac Street, 1908 (C.R., xix, 25 March 1908, 20; and 15 April 1908, 19)
VICTORIA, B.C., major additions to the Empress Hotel, including the North Wing, Humboldt Street, and the South Wing, facing Belleville Street, 1909-14; glass conservatory, facing Douglas Avenue, 1911; ballroom addition, 1912 (Evening Post (Victoria), 27 Sept. 1909, 3; Railway & Marine World [Montreal], xiii, May 1910, 361, descrip.; A. Barrett & R. Liscombe, Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia, 1983, 260, 300-01)
MONTREAL, QUE., major addition to Windsor Station, Windsor Street at St. Antoine Street, 1910-12 (Montreal Daily Star, 5 June 1910, 1, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; C.R., xxiv, 2 March 1910, 25, t.c.; and xxv, 9 Aug. 1911, 40, illus. & descrip.; Const., iv, March 1911, 58, illus.; and viii, Sept. 1915, 366, 368-78, illus. & descrip.; Canadian Engineer [Toronto], 18 Jan. 1912, 183-4, illus. & descrip.)
MONTREAL, QUE., C.P.R., Boiler House, Mountain Street at St. Antoine Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 7 Feb. 1912, 45, illus. & descrip.)
BANFF, ALTA., major addition to the Banff Springs Hotel for the C.P.R. Railway, including new tower block and three storey wing adjacent, 1913-14 (C.R., xxviii, 24 June 1914, 816-17, illus. & descrip.)
LAKE LOUISE, ALTA., Lake Louise Hotel, addition of a five storey wing with 120 guest rooms, a water power plant, and laundry and steam plant, 1912-13 (C.R., xxix, 15 Dec. 1915, 1266-69, 1288, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. Glenbow Museum, Calgary, R. Millar Papers, M848, Item 1)
VANCOUVER, B.C., demolition of the old Hotel Vancouver, with interior alterations to portions of existing building, Georgia Street, in preparation for the construction of the new addition adjacent [see item below], 1912 (The Sun [Vancouver], 14 Nov. 1912, 5, descrip.)
PAINTER & SWALES (works in British Columbia and Alberta)
VANCOUVER, B.C., major addition to the Hotel Vancouver, Georgia Street, designed in 1910; built 1911-12; addition of six storey Power House and Laundry building for the Hotel, facing Howe Street, 1912; all demol. 1949 (Evening Post (Victoria), 27 Sept. 1909, 3; Montreal Daily Star, 28 Sept. 1910, 9, and interview with W.S. Painter, architect; Province [Vancouver], 4 Aug. 1911, 2, descrip.; and 23 Nov. 1912, 30, descrip.; Vancouver Daily World, 25 March 1912, 18, descrip.; C.R., xxv, 8 Nov. 1911, 64; and 13 Dec. 1911, 121; and xxvii, 24 Sept. 1913, 73; The Sun [Vancouver], 4 April 1913, 1)
BANFF, ALTA., Sulphur Springs, outdoor swimming pool and bathhouse, 1913-14 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 21 Aug. 1912, 11, illus.; C.R., xxvii, 9 July 1913, 68; and xxix, 20 Jan. 1915, 602, illus. & descrip.)
GLACIER, B.C., a large construction camp and village at the C.P.R. Tunnel, 1913 (Vernon News, 4 Sept. 1913, 10, descrip.; Canadian Railway & Marine World [Montreal], Nov. 1913, 524, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxvii, 3 Dec. 1913, 50-1, illus. & descrip.)