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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Gillespie, John
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Description area
Dates of existence
1858-1931
History
John Gillespie, 1858-1931, was born in Scotland. He came to Canada at age 23, and to Calgary, Alberta as a stone mason in 1893. He founded a contracting firm which built Central United Church, the Land Titles building and the Normal School. In 1910 he moved to Edmonton to take charge of the erection of the Legislature Buildings and was appointed the Chief Inspector of Masonry for the provincial Department of Public Works. He also worked on the Court House, Land Titles building and Government House in Edmonton. In 1915 he began working for the City of Calgary as head of maintenance for public buildings. In 1925 he was appointed the provincial Factories Inspector for Calgary.