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Moses Chamberlain Edey (1845–1919) was an Ottawa architect who designed the Aberdeen Pavilion at Lansdowne Park, a National Historic Site and the Daly Building (1905-1992) which was Ottawa's first department store. His architectural styles were Gothic, Romanesque, and Beaux Arts, with the Daly Building a Chicago style. Edey had worked with Ottawa architect W.E. Noffke and Ottawa architect Francis Conroy Sullivan had once worked as a draftsman for Edey. ==History== Moses Edey was born 1845 in the southwestern area of Quebec, of Pontiac County near Shawville. He was the second son of six children of Richard and Mary Edey, descendents of United Empire Loyalists. The Edey's had been part of Philemon Wright's party (the founder of Hull, Quebec when Moses Edey came to Hull, Quebec from Randolph, Vermont, in 1805. Moses' father, Richard had been born in 1812 in Aylmer, Quebec. Moses designed the red-brick Methodist chapel that still stands on Vanier Road, Aylmer. Artifacts from the Mayflower still exist, the possessions of the family of Moses' mother's, whose ancestors journeyed on that famous ship. Following some time with the Casey Tool Company of Auburn, New York, he later worked for ten years in design and construction in Ottawa under an A. Sparks. Since then he concentrated on architecture. By the 1860s Moses Edey had completed apprenticeships in architecture and construction of buildings as well as in carriage design and construction.〔 He had moved to Arnprior at 17, where he worked in carriage making for 2 years, and two more in Ottawa under that trade. He then studied under Thomas in Toronto and went to Moravia, New York and studied under Z. D. Stearns During this time, he spent five years at the Ottawa School of Arts and held diplomas from the Ontario School of Art. He joined the Ontario Society of Architects. After studying design at the Ottawa Art School he set up shop on Sparks Street〔 Moses Edey married Mary Whillans from Russell, Ontario and had two children, Mabel Gertrude Mary Edey, and Isabel Maude Edey. Edey had building plans for Lansdowne Park, a fairground in Ottawa, with the centrepiece the Aberdeen Pavilion, which came to affectionately be known as the “Cattle Castle”.〔 The building sustained years of suggestions of demolition, but it was rehabilitated. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moses Chamberlain Edey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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