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Eldred Dodsworth Tuttle
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Architect.
Born at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia in May 1878, son of carpenter George Wells Tuttle (1852-1912) and Ellen Jane Dodsworth (1855-1938), he began working in the building trade at the age of 15 then took a correspondence course in architecture. In 1899, he came to Winnipeg with his family and continued in construction, working as a building foreman for two years before becoming an architect. For a time, he worked at Souris with lumberman Thomas L. Arnett.
For about a year starting in June 1906, he worked in partnership with Albert S. Jewett in the firm of Jewett and Tuttle. Practicing alone as of late 1907, he began to specialize in the construction of schools and was responsible for designing buildings in towns around Manitoba.
On 25 June 1902, he married Evangeline Burman (1876-1959), daughter of Edward Burman, at Winnipeg. They had no children. The couple moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1924 where he died on 15 September 1965.
His architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building |
Location |
Year |
Status |
Emmanuel Baptist Church |
Bannatyne & Emily, Winnipeg |
1906 |
Demolished (?) |
Cumberland Court Apartments |
365 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg |
1907 |
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Gordon Methodist Church |
211 Poplar Avenue, Winnipeg |
1907 |
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Starbuck Consolidated School No. 1150 |
Starbuck, RM of Macdonald |
1910 |
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Britannia School |
361 Hampton Street, Winnipeg |
1910 |
Demolished (?) |
Methodist Fresh Air Home |
Gimli |
1910 |
Demolished (?) |
Gretna School No. 336 |
Gretna |
1911 |
Demolished (?) |
George Cram Residence |
65 Balmoral Place, Winnipeg |
1911 |
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Swan River School No. 1047 |
Swan River |
1912 |
Demolished (?) |
Transcona Municipal Building and Fire Hall |
Victoria Avenue West, Transcona |
1912 |
Demolished (?) |
Transcona Central School |
Oxford Street, Transcona |
1912-1913 |
Demolished (?) |
Brooklands School No. 1440 / Krawchyk School |
1921 Pacific Avenue West, Brooklands |
1912-1913 |
Demolished (?) |
Whitemouth School No. 139 |
Whitemouth, RM of Whitemouth |
1913 |
Demolished (?) |
Parkholme Apartments (with David A. Abramovitch) |
252 Home Street, Winnipeg |
1913-1914 |
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Roseisle Consolidated School No. 726 |
Roseisle, RM of Dufferin |
1914 |
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Benito Consolidated School No. 1408 |
Benito |
1914 |
Demolished (?) |
Oak Bluff Consolidated School No. 600 Teacherage |
Oak Bluff, RM of Macdonald |
1914 |
Demolished (?) |
Sanford Consolidated School No. 86 |
Sanford, RM of Macdonald |
1914 |
Demolished (?) |
Charleswood School No. 826 |
Roblin Boulevard, RM of Charleswood |
1914 |
Demolished (?) |
Calvary Evangelical Church |
590 Alverstone Street, Winnipeg |
1914 |
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Carroll Consolidated School No. 868 |
Carroll, RM of Oakland |
1915 |
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Cameron Consolidated School No. 406 |
RM of Minto |
1916 |
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Wentworth School No. 1801 |
RM of Rosser |
1916 |
Demolished (?) |
Happy Thought School No. 1452 |
East Selkirk, RM of St. Clements |
1917 |
Demolished (?) |
Rosery School No. 1907 |
RM of Armstrong |
1918 |
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Southfield School No. 1044 |
RM of Victoria |
1918 |
Demolished (?) |
Makaroff Consolidated School No. 1238 |
Makaroff, RM of Shell River |
1919 |
Demolished (?) |
Oakner Consolidated School No. 290 |
Oakner, RM of Hamiota |
1919-1920 |
Demolished (?) |
Arden Consolidated School No. 341 |
Arden, RM of Lansdowne |
1920 |
Demolished (?) |
Devonshire Collegiate Institute |
Main Street, Selkirk |
1920 |
Demolished (?) |
Reedy Creek School No. 1983 |
RM of Alonsa |
1920 |
Demolished (?) |
Goose Lake Consolidated School No. 1283 |
Roblin |
1920 |
Demolished (?) |
Graysville Consolidated School No. 1493 |
Graysville, RM of Dufferin |
1920 |
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Kenton Consolidated School No. 280 |
Kenton, RM of Woodworth |
1920 |
Demolished (?) |
Beulah School No. 162 |
Beulah, RM of Miniota |
1921 |
Demolished (?) |
Wingham Consolidated School No. 1921 |
RM of Grey |
1921 |
Destroyed by fire (1929) |
Lockport School No. 6 |
RM of St. Andrews |
1922-1923 |
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Sources:
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage and death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“New firm of architects,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 June 1906, page 10.
Local news, Souis Plaindealer, 6 July 1906, page 8.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
““Grandpa” Burman, pioneer of Maryland Methodists, is dead,” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 February 1923, page 2.
US Naturalization Records, Ancestry.
Obituary [Evangeline Tuttle], Winnipeg Free Press, 16 April 1959, page 33.
Obituary [Edna Blanche Tuttle], Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1961, page 26.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 16 September 1965, page 16.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950 by Robert G. Hill, Toronto.
We thank Randy Rostecki and Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 April 2021
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