Architect.
Born at Maidstone, England on 23 May 1881, he emigrated to Canada about 1907 and worked as an assistant to Winnipeg architect John Woodman, who in 1917 invited him to become a full partner in the practice. They specialized in the design of commercial and institional buildings, including schools in Winnipeg and its outlying suburbs. The partnership ended in 1924 after which Cubbidge practiced alone, designing a variety of homes in the prosperous suburbs of Crescentwood and Tuxedo. In 1932, he served as President of the Manitoba Association of Architects, and continued to practice until 1950. He died at his Winnipeg home, 12B Locarno Apartments on Roslyn Road, on 28 October 1952 and was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building |
Location |
Year |
Status |
Public Press Building |
290 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg |
1917 |
|
General Steele School |
757 Lyon Street, Winnipeg |
1921 |
|
Percy J. Rich House |
102 Handsart Blvd, Winnipeg |
1927 |
|
L. J. H. Redmond House |
101 Handsart Blvd, Winnipeg |
1927 |
|
Breen House |
25 Ruskin Row, Winnipeg |
1928 |
|
W. Cohen Fur Company Building |
Portage Avenue, Winnipeg |
1929 |
|
James D. Carruthers House |
Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg |
c1930 |
|
Eaton House |
Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg |
1932 |
|
St. Paul’s High School & College (expansion) |
Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg |
1932 |
Demolished (1964) |
Gilchrist House |
1015 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg |
1932 |
|
Leach House |
761 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg |
1935 |
|
International Harvester Company Warehouse |
Portage Avenue at Burnell, Winnipeg |
1937 |
|
Pointe du Bois School No. 1696 |
Pointe du Bois |
1942-1943 |
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Sources:
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 31 October 1952, page 33.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
Winnipeg Building Index.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 26 December 2019
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