Watson Elkinah Reid
{{short description|American architect}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Watson Elkinah Reid
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1858}}
| birth_place = Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1944|1858}}
| death_place = Vancouver, Canada
| nationality = Canadian
| other_names =
| occupation = architect
| years_active =
| employer = Reid & Reid
| known_for =
| notable_works = construction of Hotel del Coronado
| education = Mount Allison University
| spouse = Janie R. Turner (m.1890)
| children = 5
| father = William J. Reid
| mother = Lucinda Robinson
| relatives = James, Merritt
(architect brothers)
}}
Watson Elkinah Reid (1858–1944) was a Canadian architect, a one time member of the California architectural firm, Reid & Reid.
Early life
Reid was born in Harvey, Albert County, New Brunswick to William J. Reid and Lucinda Robinson. He was the youngest of three sons who all followed the same profession. He studied at Mount Allison University.
Career
About 1888, he joined his brothers James W. and Merritt in California, where he ran their San Diego office of Reid & Reid, overseeing construction of the massive Hotel del Coronado to his brother's designs. He returned to Canada in 1892 and had a few commissions there under the auspices of Senator Abner Reid McClelan such as Senator McClelan's home built in 1893 called Victoria Manor, the Riverside-Albert Consolidated School and the Albert County Court House.
Personal life
File:AlbertCountyCourthouse 2011.jpg
In 1890, he married Janie R. Turner of Harvey.{{cite web|last=The Maple Leaf|title=Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics|url=http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=d0013b5c-e3f2-4222-a759-82351a08157a|work=|publisher=Province of New Brunswick|accessdate=19 December 2012|date=March 20, 1890}} They had five children, all born before 1901.{{cite web|title=Albert Census Records - Reid|url=http://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/canadian-census/Albert-Census-Records-Reid.html|work=Ancestry.ca|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=19 December 2012}}
In his later years he moved to Vancouver where he died in 1944.
References
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- Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950 [http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/551 Citation]
External links
- [http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3205 Victoria Manor], a Reid-designed residence in New Brunswick
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Category:Architects from California