Albert Asa Post, 1891
Description
- Creator
- Unknown, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- A black and white portrait photograph of Albert Asa Post, (1850-1926).
- Notes
- Albert Asa Post was born in Pickering Township on January 29, 1850. He attended St. Michael's College in Toronto and after graduation he studied architecture with the firm of Langley and Burke, Toronto. In 1879 he opened an architect's office in Whitby. In 1882 he remodelled the Court House at Whitby and from 1883 to 1896 was Architect for Ontario County. In 1891 Mr. Post opened an office in Toronto in association with A.W. Holmes of London, England. He developed a reputation for designing churches, schools and other buildings for Roman Catholic congregations in Ontario and New York State. He was a member of the High School Board and the organist of St. John's Roman Catholic Church in Whitby. In 1896 Albert A. Post moved to Buffalo where he remained the rest of his life. He died at Buffalo, New York, on June 28, 1926, and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Buffalo.
This photograph appeared in "The Canadian Album, Men of Canada, or Success by Example", Volume 1, edited by Rev. William Cochrane, D.D. - Inscriptions
- The bottom of the photograph reads:
"ASA POST, architect, ing, is not however, co
ng Arcade, Toronto, place, but extends over" - Date of Original
- 1891
- Dimensions
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Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 4 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 31-009-294
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from a copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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