Fair and Myer

Fair & Myer was an architectural practice established in London by John William Fair (1871-1915) and George Valentine Myer (1883-1959) in December 1905. The partnership was dissolved on 13 November 1914 after Val Myer had joimed the army. Best known for the design of medium-sized houses, their commissions included: 

Messrs. Fair & Myer were the architects of buildings in Lower Clapton-road, Hackney (west side) ; club premises, Swanley in the illustrated Builder, July 2, 1910—with concert-room, stage, dressing-rooms, etc. ; designs for a kinematographic theatre, rink and café in Holloway-road, London, for the Harper Electric Piano (1910) Company, Ltd. ; Finsbury Park Skating Rink ; premises, with Fenchurch-chambers, in Lime and Cullum streets, City, E.C. ; and the Premier Skating Rink, Hackney. At the Royal National Eisteddfod held in Wrexham in September 1912, the first premium of £50 for designs—out of twenty-nine sets submitted—for workmen’s dwellings was divided between Mr. W. Eaton, A.R.I.B.A., of Cardiff, and Messrs. Fair, Myer, & Jones, of London. Four years ago, Messrs. Fair & Myer were appointed to be the consulting architects for the Garden City, Woldsea, Lincolnshire, upon an area of 1,130 acres. [The Builder vol. 108, 15 May 1915 page 476]

In addition, residences at Gotham Wood, Bexhill, Darley Avenue, Manchester, Gerrald's Cross, Woking, Maidenhead; shops, etc, Market Square, Gidea Park. [Reference: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]

Royal Academy Exhibitions

1909        No 1618. Third Church of Christ Scientist
1910        No 1480. The Croft, Woodchurch
1910        No 1598. Residence, Wantage
1911        No 1650. 26 Kingly Street, Regent Street
1912        No 1582. Stonecrop. Matlock

Address
1907-1914        Fair and Myer, A.R.I.B.A., Furnival Street, London.

Reference           London Gazette 17 November 1914 page 9455 – dissolution of partnership