Walter William LaChance
Walter William LaChance | |
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| Born | April 12, 1870 |
| Died | September 23, 1951 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Solo practitioner, also French and LaChance (Cleveland) Gregg and LaChance (Cleveland) LaChance and Howenstein (Saskatoon) White and LaChance (Niagara Falls, New York) LaChance and Kearns (Welland, Ontario) |
| Buildings | Flanagan House Hotel (1907) Now Hotel Senator Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Victoria Public School (1910) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
Walter William LaChance (April 12, 1870 – September 23, 1951) was a Canadian architect best known for his designs of rural schools, although he also designed numerous buildings of other types. His commissions were concentrated in Cleveland, Ohio, Hamilton, Ontario, Welland, Ontario, and various communities in Saskatchewan. Between 1906 and 1914, LaChance designed at least 16 schools in Saskatchewan communities, earning himself as a prominent figure in educational architecture during that period. He was also the author of two books: Modern Schoolhouses (Toronto, 1919) and Schoolhouses and Their Equipment (Niagara Falls, New York, 1925).
While LaChance received numerous commissions, some of them for large buildings, his career was marked by a lack of stability. He moved his architectural practice from city to city numerous times during his career, and was a partner in five different partnerships, all of them short-lived.