OWEN EATON and MERRIFIELD

Architect

The partnership between Francis Owen EATON and Charles Henry Norman MERRIFIELD in Port Elizabeth from 1934 until 1949. Merrifield came to Port Elizabeth in about 1934, joining Owen Eaton in April 1934. The partners were responsible for the design of the Algoa Bay Hotel (SA Archt Feb 1940:415), Abbotsford in Mill Park (SA Archt May 1940:57) and some bachelor flats The Cloisters (SA Archt Dec 1940:327) and a number of other works.

(FRIBA nom papers - OE; ISAA mem list - OE; SAB Apr 1934:23; SAB Apr 1934:23)

Submitted an entry for the Competition for the new Prime Minister's Residence - unplaced.

Peter HEUGH joined the firm c1936. Duration of his employment as yet unknown.

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

List of projects

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Aegis Insurance and Trust Co Building, proposed: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Algoa House Hotel: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Anglican Church: 1936. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape - Architect

Armourplate Safety Glass Factory: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Cadbury-Fry (SA) factory: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Church Hall, South End: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Cloisters, The: c1940. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Colonial Mutual Life Building - Pleinhuis: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Project Architect

Dawson Court: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Eastern Province Rugby Union, pavilion, St George's Pk: 1937. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Flats EB Pagden: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Flats for Dr Leith: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Flats for Mr Harvey: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Flats, Robertson Rd, North End: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Frielinghaus Gate, St George's Park: 1938. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House L Harling: 1939. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

House Oosthuizen - 'Abbotsford': n.d.. Mill Park, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Murray Mansions: 1934. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Newton Primary School: 1930 : 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect 1935

Primary School: 1937. Langholm, Eastern Cape - Architect

Private Hotel for L Pryor: 1937. Humewood, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Pro Ecclesial: 1936. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape - Architect

Railway Hotel, add for Ohlsson's Cape Breweries: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Seamen's Institute: 1897-1900 : 1936. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect 1936

Shops: 1935. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Shops, for B Stein: 1938. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Southern Life Association: 1938. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

St Nicholas Church: 1939. Port Alfred, Eastern Cape - Architect

St Saviour's Anglican Church: 1942. Walmer, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Town Hall: 1934. KwaNojoli (Somerset East), Eastern Cape - Architect

Tuberculosis Sanatorium: 1939. Komani (Queenstown), Eastern Cape - Architect

Warehouse for Stefrac: 1936. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape - Architect

Whitehall Court: 1939. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect

Books citing OWEN EATON and MERRIFIELD

McLachlan, Gavin. 1993. The Dream Houses of Mill Park. Port Elizabeth: Department of Architecture, University of Port Elizabeth. pp 24, 104