MacLAREN, John Pritchard (1865-1951) was born in Wakefield, Que. on 21 January 1865, son of Alexander MacLaren and Ann Pritchard. He was educated as public school in Almonte, Ont. then moved to Toronto where he graduated from the University of Toronto in 1893. While there he apprenticed with Strickland & Symons (in 1891-93) and with Eden Smith (in 1893-94). He formed a partnership with David A. Hewitt in Brantford in 1895 (see list of works under Hewitt & MacLaren) but remained there only one year before moving to Buckingham, Que. in 1896 to become the local partner of that firm while Hewitt remained in Brantford. The partnership of Hewitt & MacLaren was dissolved in November 1898 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 26 Nov. 1898, 7). In December 1898 MacLaren commenced practice under his own name in Ottawa and is best known for several robust Gothic designs for churches in eastern Ontario and for several branches of the Union Bank and for the Bank of Ottawa, executed in a Beaux-Arts style. MacLaren retired in 1945 and died in Ottawa on 8 May 1951 (obituary in Daily Citizen [Ottawa], 10 May 1951, 17; biog. in R. Hamilton, Prominent Men of Canada, 1931-32, 592; inf. from Ontario Assoc. of Architects Application, 26 Aug. 1931)
OTTAWA
ERSKINE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH & SUNDAY SCHOOL, Concession Street at Gilmour Street, 1901; with a new Church and conversion of the existing church into a Sunday School, 1905-06 (C.R., xii, 17 April 1901, 2; xvi, 5 April 1905, 10; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 10 July 1901, 3, illus.; 2 Feb. 1905, 11, descrip.; 19 Feb. 1906, 11, descrip.; 24 Feb. 1906, 16, illus.)
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO., factory, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 4 Nov. 1903, 3)
STEWARTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Bank Street at Argyle Avenue, 1906-07 (C.R., xvii, 4 April 1906, 4, t.c.; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 21 April 1906, 1, illus. & descrip.; 23 April 1906, 1, illus.)
W.D. MORRIS LTD., Sparks Street, show room and garage, 1908-09 (Const., ii, Dec. 1908, 63)
SOMERSET STREET, residence for Samuel Gamble, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 22 Dec. 1909, 23, t.c.)
CLEMOW AVENUE, residence for William E. Matthews, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 22 Dec. 1909, 23; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 97, illus. & descrip.)
BELL STREET METHODIST CHURCH, Bell Street at Arlington Avenue, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 20 July 1910, 25; Ottawa Journal, 28 July 1910, 9)
DIVISION STREET, at Somerset Street, annex to store for Samuel G. McClenahan, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 March 1911, 28)
PINK, McVEITY & BLACKBURN CO., Sparks Street, rebuilding of industrial garage with addition of third floor, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 13 Dec. 1911, 120)
WESTBORO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Main Street, in Highland Park, 1913 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 27 March 1913, 1)
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST, Metcalfe Street, 1913-14 (C.R., xxvii, 12 Nov. 1913, 69)
WEST END PUBLIC LIBRARY, Rosemont Avenue, 1917-18; with addition of a stack room, 1932 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 22 Oct. 1917, 12, t.c.; 11 May 1932, 4)
ROCKCLIFFE WAY, residence for Cecil C. Pearson, 1921 (dwgs. at Ottawa City Archives, RG1, Ottawa Housing Commission Papers)
ROCKCLIFFE PARK, reconstruction of the Keefer farmhouse for the new Elmwood School, Buena Vista Road at Springfield Road, 1925 (Martha Edmond, Rockcliffe Park - A History of the Village, 2005, 225, illus.)
ST. GILES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Bank Street at First Avenue, 1927-29 (Ottawa Journal, 8 March 1927, 1, illus. & descrip.; 22 Sept. 1928, 9, illus. & descrip.; 4 May 1929, 14, illus. & descrip.; J. Logan-Vencta, St. Giles of Ottawa 1925-1975, 36-7, illus.)
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, Bank Street at Gloucester Street, new stone facade and major addition at rear, 1929-30 (Ottawa Journal, 7 Aug. 1929, 10, descrip.; 11 Feb. 1930, 2, descrip.; dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
ROCKCLIFFE PARK, residence for Dr. P.H. Bryce, Buena Vista Road at Elmwood Avenue, 1931 (Ottawa Journal, 10 Sept. 1931, 10, descrip.)
ROCKCLIFFE PARK, a residence for the Principal of Elmwood School, Buena Vista Road, 1932 (Ottawa Journal, 25 April 1932, 23, descrip.)
MAYFAIR THEATRE, Bank Street at Euclid Avenue, a movie theatre with three retail stores on the ground floor, for T.C. James, 1932 (Ottawa Journal, 13 June 1932, 1, descrip.; C.R., xlvi, 22 June 1932, 44; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 104-05, illus. & descrip.)
RIDEAU BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, Rideau Street near Friel Street, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 17 May 1933, 489; Ottawa Journal, 23 Jan. 1934, 4, descrip.; Ottawa: A Guide to Heritage Structures, 2000, 153, illus.)
CAPITOL STORAGE CO., The Driveway at Lewis Street, a new warehouse block, 1939-40 (Ottawa Journal, 27 April 1940, 11, illus. & descrip. in advert.)
ELSEWHERE
ARNPRIOR, ONT., skating & curling arena, 1899 (C.R., x, 5 July 1899, 2)
ROCKLAND, ONT., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1901-02 (C.R., xii, 21 Aug. 1901, 2)
CARP, ONT., a manse, stable and woodshed for J.W. McElroy, 1901 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 2 March 1901, 14, t.c.)
CARP, ONT., hotel for an unidentified client, 1901 (C.R., xii, 15 May 1901, 3)
ALMONTE, ONT., skating & curling arena, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 1 Oct. 1902, 1)
RUSSELL, ONT., a manse for the Presbyterian Church, 1904 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 6 July 1904, 2)
KEMPTVILLE, ONT., major addition and alterations to St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Prescott Street at Mary Street, 1904 (The Advance [Kemptville], 20 July 1904, 1, illus. & descrip.; 7 Dec. 1904, 1, illus. & descrip.)
CARP, ONT., school for S.S. No. 3, Huntley, 1905 (C.R., xv, 1 Feb. 1905, 2)
CARP, ONT., Public School, Church Street at Wilson Avenue, 1905-06 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 13 March 1906, 4, descrip.)
CHRYSLER, ONT., office and residence for Dr. W.E. Crane, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 5 April 1905, 2, t.c.)
MARTINTOWN, ONT., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, 1906-08 (R. Grant, Story of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Martintown, 1975, 23, illus.)
OSGOODE STATION, ONT., Union Bank, 1906 (dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal)
NEW LISKEARD, ONT., Union Bank, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 28 Sept. 1901, 25)
BUCKINGHAM, QUE., James MacLaren Lumber Co., office, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 25 Jan. 1911, 28)
CARLETON PLACE, ONT., Union Bank, Bridge Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 66; dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal)
WAKEFIELD, QUE., grain elevator and flour mill for Alexander MacLaren, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 62)
CARP, ONT., Methodist Church, 1912 (St. Paul's United Church Carp 1824-1974, 56-7, illus.)
SUDBURY, ONT., Bank of Ottawa, 1912 (dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
COBDEN, ONT., Bank of Ottawa, 1913 (dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
ALMONTE, ONT., residence for P. McCallum "...in the Springfield neighbourhood", 1915 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 28 April 1915, 9)
KINBURN, ONT., public school for S.S. No. 16, Fitzroy Township, 1916 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 1 April 1916, 22, t.c.)
MANOTICK, ONT., public school, 1917-18 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 9 Oct. 1917, 13, t.c.)
HULL, QUE., Zion Presbyterian Church, 1923 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 26 March 1923, 17, t.c.)
MANOTICK, ONT., Knox Presbyterian Church, Dickinson Street at Mill Street, 1926 (Ottawa Journal, 21 Aug. 1926, 7)
BUCKINGHAM, QUE., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Buckingham Avenue at Lamennais Street, 1931-32 (Ottawa Journal, 8 Feb. 1932, 3)
SIDNEY, B.C., Post Office, Beacon Street at 4th Street, 1936 (inf. Gregory Utas, Ottawa)