Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Watson Elkinah Reid

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Watson Reid

Role
  
Architect

Structures
  
Grand Lake Theatre


Watson Elkinah Reid

Siblings
  
James W. Reid, Merritt J. Reid

Watson Elkinah Reid (1858–1944) was a Canadian architect, a one time member of the California architectural firm, Reid & Reid.

Youngest of three sons who all followed the same profession, he was born in Harvey, New Brunswick to William J. Reid and Lucinda Robinson. He studied at Mount Allison University and about 1888, he joined his brothers James W. and Merritt in California, where he ran their San Diego office, overseeing construction of the massive Hotel del Coronado to his brother's designs. He returned to Canada in 1899 and had a few commissions there under the auspices of Senator Abner Reid McClelan. These included the Riverside-Albert Consolidated School and the Albert County Court House. In his later years he moved to Vancouver where he died.

In 1890, he married Janie R. Turner of Harvey. They had five children, all born before 1901.

References

Watson Elkinah Reid Wikipedia


Similar Topics