TIEDEMANN, Herman Otto (1821-1891)
(biography in preparation)
(works in Victoria unless noted)
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY & SUPREME COURT, also called 'The Birdcages', 1859; burned 1957 (dwgs. at BCPA, PDP 457; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 39, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 389-91, illus. & descrip.)
FISGUARD ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, designed in collaboration with John Wright, 1860 (Colonist [Victoria], 9 June 1860, 2, descrip.)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1867; burned 1898 (British Columbian [New Westminster], 13 April 1867, 3, descrip.; Memoirs of a Cathedral - Holy Trinity Church, New Westminster 1859-1959, 23-4, illus.)
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Courtenay Street at Gordon Street, 1868-69 (British Columbian [New Westminster], 21 March 1869, 3, descrip.; Colonist [Victoria], 5 April 1869, 3, descrip.; The Presbyterian [Montreal], May 1869, 145, descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 7 March 1889, 4, descrip. in historical article)
VICTORIA HOUSE, a retail store for Mifflin W. Gibbs, 1869 (Colonist [Victoria], 23 March 1869, 2, descrip.)
CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, Humboldt Street, 1872 (Colonist [Victoria], 6 Feb. 1872, 2, t.c.; and 20 Oct. 1872, 3, descrip.)
SEHL'S BLOCK, Government Street, a commercial block for Jacob Sehl, 1874 (Colonist [Victoria], 4 Aug. 1874, 3, descrip.)
GOVERNMENT STREET, at Trounce Alley, commercial block of 3 stores facing Government Street, for Willam McNiffe, and The Grotto Saloon, facing onto Trounce Alley, 1875 (Colonist [Victoria], 6 March 1875, 2, t.c.; 11 July 1875, 2)
BOSSI & GIESSELMANN STORE, Broad Street at Yates Street, 1878 (Colonist [Victoria], 21 May 1878, 3, t.c.)
BASTION STREET, at Government Street, commercial building for John Wilson, probably Garricks Head Saloon, 1878 (Colonist [Victoria], 1 Aug. 1878, 3)
(with Thomas S. Scott) POST OFFICE, Government Street near Yates Street, rebuilding of the facade and alterations, 1881 (Canada, Sessional Papers, No. 7, 1882, Appendix 3, 26, descrip.; dwgs. at BCPA)
FINLAYSON BUILDING, Cormorant Street, for Roderick Finlayson, 1882; restored 2014 (John Adams, Chinese Victoria, 2022, 106-07, illus.)
YATES STREET, at Waddington Alley, store for S.J. Pitts, 1882 (Colonist [Victoria], 17 Aug. 1882, 3, descrip.; 11 Jan. 1883, 3, descrip.)
INDIAN DEPARTMENT OFFICE, Douglas Street at Courtney Street, 1882 (Colonist [Victoria], 24 Oct. 1882, 3, descrip.)
DRIARD HOUSE HOTEL, View Street near Broad Street, new additions, 1883 (Colonist [Victoria], 6 Jan. 1884, 3, descrip.)
CORMORANT STREET, store for Sing Kee, 1883 (Colonist [Victoria], 19 Jan. 1884, 1)
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, Wharf Street, large 4 storey warehouse, 1884 (Colonist [Victoria], 5 Jan. 1884, 3, descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 9 June 1884, 1, descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 33-4, illus.)
BELLEVILLE STREET, near Oswego Street, a large residence fronting on James Bay, for the late Capt. William Spring, 1884; demol. (Victoria Daily Times, 9 June 1884, 1, descrip.)
VICTORIA WHARF BUILDING, at Shoal Point, Outer Harbour, erected for Welch, Rithet & Co., 1884 (Colonist [Victoria], 5 Jan. 1884, 3, descrip.)
DALLAS ROAD, a large commercial block for the late Capt. William Spring, "....with spacious rooms and halls", 1884 (Victoria Daily Times, 15 Nov. 1884, 3)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., Asylum for the Insane, new wing and alterations to main building, 1884 (B.C., Sessional Papers, 1885, Public Accounts, 90, 253, descrip.)
PROVINCIAL LAW COURTS, Bastion Square, 1888 (Colonist [Victoria], 28 Oct. 1888, 4, descrip.; B.C., Sessional Papers, 1888, Public Accounts, 78; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 102-05, illus.)
COMPETITIONS
VICTORIA, B.C., Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, 1871. Tiedemann was one of five architects invited to submit a design for this project, including 4 architects from Victoria, and a design from the leading British architect Benjamin Ferrey (1810-1880), of London, England. John Teague was awarded First Premium for his proposal (Victoria Daily Standard, 22 April 1871, 3). However, his scheme was later shelved, and the following year a new design by H.O. Tiedemann was accepted in January 1872 and completed by October of that year (see list of built works above).