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Architects_Panels KIVAS TULLY 1840s-60s ARCHITECTS AND THEIR PATRONS Kivas Tully, the British-trained architect of Anglo-Irish descent, was Cobourg's best known architect in the 1850s. At thirty-two years old he won the competition to design Victoria Hall, the administrative seat for both the United Counties of Durham and Northumberland and the Town of Cobourg. Commissions followed from St. Peter's Church congregation (main building), Town of Cobourg (Market Hall) and from wealthy railway promoter, Henry Mason (Sidbrook House and Stables). After his triumphs in Cobourg Tully solidified his reputation, becoming Ontario's Chief Architect at the new Department of Public Works in 1868. Portrait of Kivas Tully painted in 1848 by B. F. H. Meyer. Tully furthered his connections in his adopted country by becoming an active freemason. He is shown here wearing a masonic pin. With permission of the Royal Ontario Museum © ROM.