List of works by W.E. Noffke

W.E. Noffke was an architect in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, best known for his residential works. His houses, some of the grandest in the city of the time, are designed in a large variety of styles, most in an eclectic style, often with Mediterranean influences. Most of his extant houses are in the Glebe neighbourhood, specifically the Clemow Development. The other major location for his residential buildings includes Sandy Hill with many others in smaller neighbourhoods around the city of Ottawa. Noffke also designed several high-profile Ottawa institutional buildings, including the Central Post Office, Blackburn Building, Hope Building and several embassies. Most of Noffke's projects are located in the greater Ottawa area; however, he has made contributions to communities all across the country. This list is a chronological list of selected residential, commercial buildings, government projects and other works by W.E. Noffke.

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  Demolished or destroyed   Regularly open to the public   Residential or Private Ownership

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Name Location (Street) City Province Year Built Other Information Image
W. E. Noffke House 209 Wilbrod Street Ottawa Ontario 1904 Noffke's first home built for him and his bride, Ida.
Bank of Ottawa 186 Bank Street Ottawa Ontario 1906 Classical Greek motifs including temple front facade
 
Union St. Joseph du Canada 325 Dalhousie St. Ottawa Ontario 1906 Stone and brick Richardsonian Romanesque commercial building built with above ground stores
Charles Ogilvy LTD. 126-132 Rideau St. Ottawa Ontario 1907 a Classical Revival commercial building
 
J.J. Cadville Residence 443 Daly Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1907 Now Embassy of the Polish Republic with a small edition added later
 
CCEA Grandstand Lansdowne Park Ottawa Ontario 1909 Included a fire station and sub police station, TD Place Stadium now sits on the lot
George J. Bryson House 207 MacLaren Street Ottawa Ontario 1909 A residence built in Centretown reminiscent of the Victorian era
David V. Ranger 395 Daly Avenue Ottawa Ontario 1909 Two-storey townhome in Sandy Hill
Laurier House Garage 335 Laurier Avenue East Ottawa Ontario 1909 An automobile garage built for Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Hope Building 61-63 Sparks St. Ottawa Ontario 1910 Classically influenced high-rise also nicknamed the "Bible House"
 
Clemow Development The Glebe Ottawa Ontario early 20th c. City beautification plan due to rise in population led to architecturally diverse upper-class neighbourhood in the Glebe. The land came from part of Miss H. Adelaide Clemow's property which gave the community its name
Hayden House 534 Queen Elizabeth Dr. Ottawa Ontario 1910 Currently the Greece Embassy just off the Rideau Canal
Blackburn Building 85 Sparks St. Ottawa Ontario 1912 A classically-influenced commercial building with early age fireproofing
 
Machinery Hall Lansdowne Park Ottawa Ontario 1912 Series of machinery structures built for Lansdowne Park
Charles Hopewell House 11 Clemow Avenue Ottawa Ontario 1912-1913 Yellow brick residence built for the mayor of Ottawa at the time, Charles Hopewell, in the new Clemow development
W.F. Powell House 85 Glebe Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1913 A Spanish Colonial residence now the Embassy of Vietnam
 
Plaza Building 45 Rideau St. Ottawa Ontario 1913 A commercial building in the heart of downtown with ornament on the upper storeys
Austin E. Blount House 515 O'Connor St. Ottawa Ontario 1913 Currently the Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia
G. Frederick Hodgins House 517 O'Connor St. Ottawa Ontario 1913 Residence built with Frank Lloyd Wright inspired features
W.E. Noffke House 20 Clemow Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1913 Noffke's first home he built for his family, based on Sticklet's Craftsman aesthetic
 
Ernst Powell House 12 Allen Place Ottawa Ontario 1913 Prairie School style residence with low-slung roofs and emphasis on horizontality
St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church 326 Mackay St. Ottawa Ontario 1914 A Tudor-Gothic church for the German congregation of New Edinburgh
Iona Mansions 1123-1131 Wellington St. Ottawa Ontario 1914 Tudor Gothic commercial property
Lansdowne Park Ottawa Ontario 1914 Lavatories for women that flank the Horticulture Building at Lansdowne Park
Francis X. Plaunt House 1 Clemow Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1915 Currently the Ghana High Commission
Holbrook Apartments 404 Elgin Street Ottawa Ontario 1915 Utilitarian apartment buildings built for builders and developers
Ottawa Car Garage 352 Albert St. Ottawa Ontario 1916 Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company garage and showroom
Vimy Apartments 244 Charlotte St. Ottawa Ontario 1919 The apartments were named in honour of the battle at Vimy Ridge
Fire Hall No. 10 260 Sunnyside Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1920 A low-slung fire hall in Spanish-Colonial Revival now a community centre
 
The Street House 18 Range Road Ottawa Ontario 1920 A Prairie-Style home, currently Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
St. Anne's Rectory 17 Myrand Ave., Anglesea Square Ottawa Ontario 1921 The Roman Catholic Church was built in Beaux-Art style
Champagne Public Baths 321 King Edwards Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1922 The public baths are one of two in the city, the pools front facade is classically ornamented
 
J. N. Rougvie House Alylmer Lucerne Quebec 1922 A Spanish-style residence built for John N. Rougvie
St. George's Parish Hall and Rectory 415 Piccadilly St. Ottawa Ontario 1923 Gothic Revival style Roman Catholic Church
Ethel Chamberlain House 18 Clemow Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1923 Tudor Revival home with bulging roofs
Project for Commercial Building Los Angeles California 1925 Project for a 14-storey building with a landing strip above an oval parking garage
Congregation Mackziky Adaths 239 King Edward Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1926 Romanesque style synagogue
Levi W. Crannell House 26 Clemow Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1926 A Mission-style residence built with inspiration from the Spanish Colonial Revival style
Corpus Christi School Fourth Ave. and Lyon St. Ottawa Ontario 1926 Roman Catholic elementary school built to serve the Roman Catholic population of the neighbourhood
Dr. Albert Charlebois House 203 Chapel Street Ottawa Ontario 1927 An L-shaped pediatrician office and residence
Chauncey R. Bangs House 236 Queen Elizabeth Dr. Ottawa Ontario 1927 A Modernist residence built on the Driveway with elements inspired by the Spanish and California
H. A. Plant House 245 Clemow Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1927 A Mediterranean-style home equipped with a sunroom and separate breakfast room
Kert Apartments 180 Augusta St. Ottawa Ontario 1927 A Sandy Hill apartment building for the middle-class
Ottawa General Hospital 25-43 Bruyere St. Ottawa Ontario 1927 Noffke added an addition to the 4th storey of the General Hospital. Today it goes by the name Elizabeth Bruyere Health Centre.
Medical Arts Building 180 Metcalfe St. Ottawa Ontario 1928 Art Deco high-rise with Spanish and Egyptian influences
F.W.G. Mohr Residence 540 Acacia Rd. Ottawa Ontario 1928 Nicknamed "Greystone" for its grey rusticated exterior. Current residence of the Korean Ambassador
 
Ambassador Court Apartments 612 Bank St. Ottawa Ontario 1928 Art Deco-inspired condo suites
 
J. Ambrose O'Brien Residence 453 Laurier Ave. E Ottawa Ontario 1928 Tudor Revival mansion, now currently Le Cordon Bleu. Noffke contributed Alterations to the residence
 
S.F. Kirkpatrick Residence 539 Island Park Drive Ottawa Ontario 1929 Tudor-Gothic style home, now residence to the Peruvian Ambassador
O'Brien Theatre 334 Raglan St. S Renfrew Ontario 1929 Was owned and operated by Ottawa Valley Amusement, part of a small chain with one other Theatre in Arnprior
W.F. Powell House 27 Clemow Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1929 Tudor style residence in Clemow Development
 
Immaculata High School 211 Bronson Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1929 Originally a catholic high school for girls run by the Grey Sisters, now the Bronson Centre
 
Ambrose O'Brien Country Residence 650 Chemin du Meech Lake Chelsea Quebec 1929 Locally resourced cottage with a picturesque lakeside view
 
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church 274 Concorde Ave. Toronto Ontario 1930
G. Bates Residence 32 Range Road Ottawa Ontario 1930 Classically inspired homestead, currently Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
St. Theresa Roman Catholic Church 95 Somerset St. E Ottawa Ontario 1930 Romanesque Revival with Mediterranean flavour
 
Christ the King Church and School 254 Argyle Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1930 intimate church with neo-classical references
Department of Mines Building Complex Booth and Rochester St. Ottawa Ontario 1930-1940 Complex of offices and laboratories with classical motifs
Chapel of Hulse Bros. Funeral Home 315 McLeod St Ottawa Ontario 1932 Tudor Revival style for anglophone patrons
Richard Noffke House 182 Glenora Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1933 Spanish Colonial Revival style home built for a relative of Noffke
Epstein Apartments 115-119 O'Connor St. and 151-55 Laurier Ave. W Ottawa Ontario 1933 Apartment with high classes finishings for middle-class tenants
Mother House, Soeur Grises del la Croix 9 Bruyere St. Ottawa Ontario 1935 Indication of Noffke's turn in practice following the Great Depression towards larger building projects
Archibald W. Peterson House 140 Ruskin St. Ottawa Ontario 1935 Tudor-inspired residence in newly developing neighbourhood of Westboro
Moses Greenberg and Morris Goldberg Houses 124 & 126 Ruskin Street Ottawa Ontario 1935 Pair of Tudor and Georgian Revival homes built adjacent to one another
Royal York Apartments 180 Lisgar St. Ottawa Ontario 1935 Neo-modernistic apartment building, originally connected to a similar apartment on the parallel street
Redeemer Lutheran Chapel 725 Ferguson St. North Bay Ontario 1935 Gothic-inspired church in a picturesque location
Department of Mines Complex Booth St. Ottawa Ontario 1937-1944 Complex built with six laboratories right before the second World War
Central Post Office 59 Sparks St. Ottawa Ontario 1938 Monumental building in the heart of Ottawa, Chateau style structure with Art Deco references
 
W. E. Noffke House 255 Harmer Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1939 Noffke’s third family home built in collaboration with his son and interior designer, W. Edgar Noffke
Churchill Apartments Friel and Besserer St. Ottawa Ontario 1941 Multi-storey apartment block built in Sandy Hill
St. Jean Baptist Roman Catholic Church 500 Isabella St. Pembroke Ontario 1941 Typical Roman Catholic Church design
Athlone Apartments Maclaren St. at Metcalfe Ottawa Ontario 1942 Centretown apartment block
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 619 Sherbourne St. Toronto Ontario 1944 Gothic Revival, traditionally for German Speaking audience
 
Salon D'Or 179 Prom. du Portage Gatineau Quebec 1947 banquet room located in Chez Henri Hotel, with Baroque inspiration
 
No. 5 Rideau Gate 15 Sussex Dr. Ottawa Ontario 1947 Stone cottage, current residence of South African Embassy
 
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church 746 Colborne St London Ontario 1949 Art Moderne
Crane Ltd. Office and Warehouse 288 Catherine St. Ottawa Ontario 1949 Brick and glass building built after the war with pre-war Art-Deco elements
C. P. Mahoney Residence 842 Tavistock Rd. Ottawa Ontario 1952 Britannia Heights bungalow demonstrates Noffke'e taste for warmth and protection of the home
Our Saviour Lutheran Church 715 Roosevelt Ave Ottawa Ontario 1954 Gothic Revival with International Style influence
Standish Hall Hotel 2 Rue Montcalm Gatineau Quebec 1954 Noffke restored this building after 1951 fire, now demolished after early 1970s
Embassy of Russia 285 Charlotte Street Ottawa Ontario 1956 Stalinesque, Soviets monitored design and construction closely
 
J. R. Linn Residence 303 Cunningham Ave. Ottawa Ontario 1956 Vernacular inspired war-time bungalow built in developing neighbourhood of Alta Vista
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church 933 Smyth Road Ottawa Ontario 1957 This structure acknowledges Noffke's shift in interest to Modernism

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List of Werner Ernst Noffke works

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References

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  1. ^ "Our History". Pye & Richards - Temprano & Young Architects.