Male, born 1867-06-01, died 1949-08-03

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Mallandaine, Edward, Jr., Architect


Professional History

Résumé

Mallandaine had a peripatetic life, particularly before World War I, when he changed jobs and places of residence frequently.

Partner, Mallandaine and [C. Wyndham H.] Sansom, Architects, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1886-1889. Mallandaine lived in Vancouver, BC, when it experienced its disastrous fire of 06/13/1886 and worked on his own during this period as well as will Sansom. Mallandaine was listed in the R.L. Polk & Company's Classified Business Directory of Seattle 1887, (p. 565), as being one of five architects working in Victoria, BC, Canada. Another architect listed as working in Victoria in 1887 was Elmer H. Fisher.

Principal, Edward Mallandaine, Jr., Architect, Victoria, BC, Canada, c. 1889, c. 1892-1893.

Principal, Edward Mallandaine, Jr., Architect, Seattle, WA, 1890-1891. Mallandaine had Office #354 in the Seattle Block, Seattle, WA, in 1890. In 1891, the architect lived and worked in Room #33 of the Boxwell Block in Seattle. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle City Directory, 1891, p. 552.)

Partner, Mallandaine and Mallandaine, Architects, Victoria, BC, Canada, c. 1894-1898.

Surveyor, Canadian Pacific Railway and the Great Northern Railway, East Kootenay region of the BC's Southern Interior, 1898.

Civil Engineer, Bedlington and Nelson Railway, Creston, BC, Canada, 1898. The railroad was incorporated by the Bedlington and Nelson Railway Act of 1897 and was affiliated with the Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company (founded in 1889). It operated a rail line from the Canada-US Border to Kuskonook, BC. Service ended in 1914.

Founder, Creston Board of Trade, Creston, BC, Canada, c. 1900-1910. He was one of the founders of Creston, BC.

Land Agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Cranbrook, BC, Canada, 1911.

Manager, Columbia Fruit Lands, Windermere, BC, Canada, 1911-c. 1914.

Colonel, Canadian Armed Forces, Kootenay Regiment, World War I.

Officer, Canadian Forestry Corps.

Real estate agent, farmer, community leader, and architect, Creston, BC, Canada, 1919-1948. According to the Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Architects, 1800-1950, "[Mallandaine] settled [in Creston] and made a major contribution to the development of the community, working as CPR land agent, irrigation engineer, townsite commissioner, postmaster, magistrate, councillor and later as Reeve of Creston. (See Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950.com, "Mallandaine, Edward, Jr.," accessed 10/11/2019.)

Education

High School

Coursework, Victoria Central School, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Graduate, Portland High School, Portland, OR, 1885.

Mallandaine did not attend college, and his architectural education most likely occurred in the office of his father.

Personal

Relocation

As was noted above, Mallandaine moved about frequently between the years 1885 and 1914, his prime years of professional practice. Born in Victoria, BC, his father worked in Portland, OR, by the early 1880s. He lived in Victoria and Seattle, WA, between 1886 and 1891.

Parents

His father, Edward Mallandaine, Sr., (1827-1905), worked as a surveyor and architect in British Columbia.


PCAD id: 3087