Stalker, George Frederick, 1841-1895, Ottawa

• hosted meeting to form Ottawa Insitute of Architects, December 1888, (founded January 1889 with 18 mdembers)
• designed mansions in Ottawa, 1889
• submitted design for Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec City, 1890
• wrote a series of 11 teaching arcticles on architecture 1891-1895
• probably influenced Ottawa-born architects (Noffke, Keefer, Ewart)
• strongly versed in architectural styles, including classical
• designed Beaux-Arts Concert Hall and College of Music (1893)
• promoted idea of open goverment architectural competitions (1894)
• designed first Ottawa union Station for Rideau Street site (1895)
• died suddenly of apoplexy, 1895