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Nationality
  
Canadian

Name
  
Francis Sullivan

Occupation
  
Architect

Role
  
Architect

Francis Conroy Sullivan
Born
  
July 2, 1882
Kingston, Ontario

Projects
  
O'Connor Street Bridge; Banff National Park Pavilion,

Died
  
April 4, 1929, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Structures
  
Banff National Park Pavilion, 108 Acacia Avenue, St. Clare's Catholic Church

Francis Conroy Sullivan (July 2, 1882 – April 4, 1929) was a Canadian architect.

The only Canadian pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright,Sullivan worked in the Oak Park studio in 1907 but returned to Ottawa in 1908. Sullivan brought the modernist Prairie School style to Canada, building a number of prominent structures, often in the Prairie Style.

Sullivan was born in Kingston, Ontario. He was an architect for the Canadian Department of Public Works from 1908 to 1911, after which he had an independent practice in Ottawa until 1916. In this capacity he frequently designed schools for the Ottawa Catholic School Board. In 1920 he moved to Chicago and became the chief architect for the Chicago Public School Board.

Examples of Sullivan's work include:

  • The O'Connor Street Bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - 1907
  • 108 Acacia Avenue, Ottawa - 1908
  • The Banff National Park Pavilion, (with Frank Lloyd Wright), Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 1911.
  • No 7 Fire Station Arthur Street, Ottawa 1912
  • Apartment House 204 Laurier Ave East ottawa. 1913
  • Ecole du Sacre Coeur (now School House Lofts), 19 Melrose Ave, Ottawa – 1912
  • Pembroke Public Library, 237 Victoria Street, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada – 1913
  • Horticulture Building, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa – 1914
  • Francis C. Sullivan House, 346 Somerset Street East, Ottawa - 1914
  • Patrick J. Powers House, 178 James Street, Ottawa – 1915
  • Edward P. Connors House, 166 Huron Ave North, Ottawa – 1915
  • Ransome W.Dunning Residence 99 Acacia Ave. Ottawa
  • Stonewall Post Office (Now a prominent Antique Shop & Bookstore), 357 Main Street, Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada – 1915 [1]
  • Church of Ste. Claire de Goulbourne (now St. Clare’s Catholic Church), near Dwyer Hill, Ontario – 1915
  • The St. Martin of Tours Church, Glen Robinson Ont. (Destroyed by fire in the 1950s).
  • 6 Allan Place, Ottawa
  • Shawville Post Office, 100 Victoria Avenue, Shawville, Quebec, Canada – 1917
  • Orthoipedic Hospital, North Toronto Military Hospital 1917
  • Service Storehouse North Toronto Military Hospital 1917
  • Military convalscent Home Coberg, Ontario 1917
  • Sir Oliver Mowatt Sanatorium, Kingston Ontario 1917
  • Infirmary Building, Provincial Sanatorium Kentville N.S. 1917
  • Military Convelescent Home, Guelph, Ont. 1917
  • The Lindenlea Housing Project, Ottawa 1919-21
  • Bartholomew Armstrong Residence 8 McLeod St. Ottawa 1924
  • Steinmetz High School, N. Mobile St. Chicago 1925
  • Calumet High School. E. May Street, Chicago. 1925
  • Edward J. Kelly Estate, Vilas County, near Eagle River, Wisconsin, USA. – 1925

    • Although influenced by Wright, Sullivan's work diverged from Wright's in certain important ways. For example, whereas horizontals predominate in Wright's creations, Sullivan used strong verticals to create tension in his designs.

    Sullivan moved to the Wright home at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, at Wright's invitation, and died there on April 4, 1929.

    References

    Francis Conroy Sullivan Wikipedia
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