Colborne Meredith

Lt.-Colonel Colborne Powell Meredith (1874–1965) was a Canadian architect. He is the son of Edmund Allen Meredith, CMG was born at St. Andrews, N.B. He studied architecture at the University of Toronto in the early 1890s. He was Commissioner of the Ottawa Improvement Commission (1908), President of the Ontario Architects Association (1912), and Councillor of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He designed many of the principal buildings and residences in Ottawa, including the Château Laurier Hotel, as well as a number of schools and convents throughout Canada. Meredith chaired the conference of the Ontario Association of Architects in Ottawa 1911 and also chaired the 1912 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada convention in Ottawa

Meredith joined the Militia in 1892, and from 1915 to 1918 was camp engineer and later camp commandant of Camp Petawawa. From 1925 to 1934 he served as General-Secretary to the League of Nations Society in Canada.

Architectural Works

Rockcliffe Park, Residence For Miss Annie Mcleod-Clark, Lisgar Road, 1908

Wurtemberg Street, Residence For F.C. Trench O'hara, 1908

Wilbrod Street, At Augusta Street, Residence For John S. Ewart, 1908

Belleville, Ont., St. Michael's Roman Catholic Separate School, Church Street, 1908

Pembroke, Ont., Rectory For Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 1909

Pembroke, Ont., Munro Block, Pembroke Street West Near Albert Street, C. 1910

Pembroke, Ont., Dunlop & Co. Warehouse, Pembroke Street West Near Moffat Street, C. 1910

Laurier Avenue West, Near Elgin Street, Residence For Dr. John Robertson, 1909–10

The Driveway, At Delaware Avenue, Residence For Joseph A. Thibodeau, 1909–10

Fotheringham & Popham Co., Queen Street, Warehouse, 1909–10

Carling Building, For The Murphy-Gamble Department Store, Sparks Street, 1909–10)

Clemow Avenue, Residence For George A. Crain, 1910

Blackburn & Bryson, Bank Street Near Sparks Street, 1910

Salisbury Avenue, Residence For Hon. Sidney Fisher, 1910

Goulburn Avenue, Residence For Justice Lyman P. Duff, 1910–11

Queen Street, Warehouse For The Dominion Analyst, 1910)

Renfrew, Ont., Roman Catholic Separate School, And Addition To Roman Catholic Convent, 1911

Morewood, Ont., Continuation School, 1911

Hugh M. Carson Co., Sparks Street Near Lyon Street, Addition, 1911

Carling Avenue, Residence For Ernest M. Barrett, 1911

Marlborough Avenue, Residence For T. D'arcy Mcgee, 1911

Range Road, Residence For The Architect, 1911

Quebec City, Que., Residence For Georges A. Parent, Grand Allee, 1912

Parish Hall, For The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corp., 1912

Marlborough Avenue, Residence For Thomas A. Beament, 1912

Laurier Avenue East, Residence For Dr. Frederick W.C. Mohr, 1913

York Street, Warehouse For S.J. Major & Co., 1913

Carling Building, Bank Street, For F.W. Carling, 1913

Albert Street, Business Block For Mrs. Cowie, 1913

University Of Ottawa, Laurier Avenue At Cumberland Street, Additions, 1914

Ottawa Canoe Club, A Clubhouse On The Ottawa River At Rockcliffe, 1914

Norlite Building, Wellington Street, C. 1916 (With Richards & Abra)

Range Road, Residence For The Architect, C. 1920

Meredith & Belfrey

Lambton Avenue, Residence For Charles B. Topp, C. 1921

Lambton Avenue, Residence For A. Gladstone Ghent, C. 1921

Rideau Terrace, Residence For William D. Headley, C. 1921

Rockcliffe Way, Residence For Joseph Stotesbury, C. 1921

Rockcliffe Way, Residence For Archibald N. Fraser, C. 1921