David Ewart was a Canadian architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.

As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period. He broke with the Neo-Gothic style

Gothic Revival architecture

The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

 adopted by his predecessors Thomas Seaton Scott

Thomas Seaton Scott

Thomas Seaton Scott was a Canadian architect. Born in Birkenhead, England he immigrated to Canada as a young man first settling in Montreal...

 and Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller (architect)

Thomas Fuller was a Canadian architect.He was born in Bath, Somerset , where he trained as an architect. Living in Bath and London he did a number of projects. In 1845 he left for Antigua, where he spent two years working on a new cathedral before emigrating to Canada in 1857...

; rather he embraced the Baronial style

Scottish baronial style

The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...

 exemplified in several important buildings including:

Works

Building	Year Completed	Builder	Style	Location	Image
Connaught Building Connaught Building The Connaught Building is a historic office building in Ottawa, Canada, owned by Public Works and Government Services Canada. It is located at 555 MacKenzie Street just south of the American Embassy...		David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Ottawa, Ontario
Victoria Memorial Building Canadian Museum of Nature The Canadian Museum of Nature is a natural history museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its collections, which were started by the Geological Survey of Canada in 1856, include all aspects of the intersection of human society and nature, from gardening to gene-splicing...		David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Ottawa, Ontario
Royal Canadian Mint Royal Canadian Mint The Royal Canadian Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactures circulation coins on behalf of other nations. The Mint also designs and manufactures: precious and base metal collector coins; gold, silver, palladium, and platinum bullion coins; medals, as well as medallions and...		David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Ottawa, Ontario
Mappin Wing (or front facade) of Rideau Hall Rideau Hall Rideau Hall is, since 1867, the official residence in Ottawa of both the Canadian monarch and the Governor General of Canada. It stands in Canada's capital on a 0.36 km2 estate at 1 Sussex Drive, with the main building consisting of 170 rooms across 9,500 m2 , and 24 outbuildings around the...		David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Ottawa, Ontario
Strathcona Public Building Strathcona Public Building The Strathcona Public Building or South Edmonton Post Office is an historic building in the Old Strathcona heritage district of Edmonton....		David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Edmonton, Alberta
Prince Edward Building Prince Edward Building (Regina) The Prince Edward Building is the current official name of the historic post office building in Regina, Saskatchewan, located at the corner of Scarth Street and 11th Avenue. The site had been occupied by Knox Presbyterian Church until it was demolished.The post office was designed in the...		David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Regina, Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
Bowmanville Post Office		David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Bowmanville, Ontario Bowmanville, Ontario Bowmanville is the largest community in the Municipality of Clarington in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario about 75 km east of Toronto and 15 km east of Oshawa along Highway 2...
Humboldt Post Office Humboldt Post Office The historic Humboldt Post Office building is located in the corned or Main Street and 6th Avenue in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building is 2 1/2 stores with a 4 story bell and clock tower. Designed by the chief architect of the Department of Public Works, David Ewart, the building is...	1911	David Ewart David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914.As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period...	Baronial style Scottish baronial style The Scottish Baronial style is part of the Gothic Revival architecture style, using stylistic elements and forms from castles, tower houses and mansions of the Gothic architecture period in Scotland, such as Craigievar Castle and Newark Castle, Port Glasgow. The revival style was popular from the...	Humboldt, Ontario	ile:Humboldt Post Office.jpg|100px

As federal architect he also oversaw the design and construction of numerous post offices (such as the Humboldt Post Office

Humboldt Post Office

The historic Humboldt Post Office building is located in the corned or Main Street and 6th Avenue in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. The building is 2 1/2 stores with a 4 story bell and clock tower. Designed by the chief architect of the Department of Public Works, David Ewart, the building is...

) across Canada. His son John Albert Ewart

John Albert Ewart

John Albert Ewart was a Canadian architect was an Ottawa architect and son of Chief Dominion Architect David Ewart.Ewart studied architecture at the University of Toronto in the 1890s and moved to Ottawa to practice with King Arnoldi in 1895 and Burritt & Meredith in 1904.Ewart died in 1964.List...

 was also a prominent Ottawa architect.

In 1903, he was awarded the Imperial Service Order

Imperial Service Order

The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a person must have served for 25 years to become...

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