Edward Lippert^[1]

1873 - 1935  (62 years)

• Name	Edward Lippert
  Born	16 Jun 1873	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor - Kitchener
  Interesting	politics, story, funeral, furniture
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Upholsterer
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1908	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	merchant and undertaker
  		Kitchener-EdwardLippert-0001-advert1907.JPG Twin-City Directory and Official Guide of the Towns of Berlin and Waterloo 1907
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Merchant, Furniture Factory
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Catholic
  Occupation	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Merchant Furniture
  Residence	1921	42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Roman Catholic
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-179615
  Died	11 Sep 1935	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7, 8]
  Buried	Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I179615	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	George Lippert,   b. 1 Oct 1851, Rainrod, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 29 Mar 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Rosalia "Rose" Kaiser,   b. 25 Nov 1850, , Germany ,   d. 12 Jul 1929, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	1872
  Family ID	F10281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Regina Angelika "Angelica" Noll,   b. 28 Nov 1878, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1971  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1902  [4]
  Children	1. Harold Jerome Lippert,   b. 24 Jan 1904, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States ,   d. 21 Oct 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   2. Edward William "Ed" Lippert, Jr.,   b. 21 Mar 1907, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 1952, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   3. Aunna Marie Lippert,   b. 12 Dec 1912, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jul 1982, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)   4. Anthony Lippert,   b. 1914, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Dr. Gerard George "Dick" Lippert,   b. 28 Jan 1918, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Oct 1998, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F176249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  EDWARD LIPPERT PASSES AT HOME Had Active Career As Manufacturer, Merchant, Hotelman, and City Builder Edward Lippert, 62, former alderman, senior member of the undertaking firm of Lippert and Hunter, and prominent Kitchener businessman, died at his home, 42 College Street, at 8: 30 o'clock last evening following an illness that set in early in the year. Mr. Lippert had been confined to his bed for about two months. Recently and up until yesterday there was a slight improvement in his condition but pneumonia set in. He was communicative and conscious until about 15 minutes before he passed away. The deceased was elected to the Kitchener City Council at the last municipal election, but owing to his illness he was able to attend only a few meetings. He resigned about two months ago, and was succeeded by C. C. Hahn, former mayor. Successful in Business Mr. Lippert's death means termination of a long and successful business career. The deceased was son of the late George Lippert Sr., founder and head of the former Lippert Furniture Company Ltd. and for many years, chairman of the Kitchener Public Utilities Commission. He was born in Preston but the family subsequently moved to Kitchener where he attended St Mary's school. Leaving school at 12 years, he learned the upholstering trade, working in various local shops. Subsequently he was employed in Grand Rapids, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Central City, Colorado. It was while he was working in a Central City furniture and undertaking establishment that he entered his first business venture. He wanted to quit his job, but the employer induced him to stay by taking him into partnership. This was successful. The second milestone of his business career was becoming financially interested in 1902 in the furniture factory started by his father, the late George Lippert, located on Louisa street. Mr. Lippert quit the Central City partnership in 1905 when he returned to Kitchener. In that year, he also undertook his first real estate enterprise. He built the first three stories of the block on the northeast corner of King and Young streets at that time and started a retail furniture and undertaking business. He conducted this business at this stand for many years. His faith in Kitchener and his aggressiveness resulted in him becoming interested in other real estate properties, which he owned or of which he was part owner, up until his death. Mr. Lippert's real estate purchases were always followed by improvements. It was his policy not to allow his buildings to become dilapidated. The deceased sold the furniture end of the business in 1920. In the same year he bought the Brunswick House, at the northwest corner of King and Young streets, then an apartment house. He changed the name to the Windsor House and again turned the place into an hotel. after completing refurnishing it. He operated this hotel until 1924, when he sold it to Charles Bruder, the present owner. Builds New Block Following his sale of the Windsor property, he built the block of stores on the north side of King street west between Water and Francis streets, in which he subsequently started up a new retail furniture business and which he later turned over to his sons, Harold and Edward Jr. and to Alexander Reinhart. the present owners. The modern funeral home, Lippert and Hunter, is located in this block He opened the Mayfair Hotel, King and Young streets, where the furniture and undertaking business was formerly located, on Sept. 11, 1929. By coincidence, his death occurred exactly on the sixth anniversary of the day on which he received his first hotel guests. Before opening this hotel, he put on three more storeys over the three old ones, and had the distinction of being the first owner of a six-storey building in Kitchener. Active in Texas Mr. Lippert's enterprise, however, was not confined to Kitchener, but extended far beyond the city and even out of Canada. In addition to owning Toronto and Calgary properties, he opened an entirely new business section in a Texas town. He built the first row of business buildings in the district, had the street widened and other improvements made. The deceased, in addition to being an enterprising and aggressive business man, was a citizen interested in his home city. Of late years, he was particularly interested in the improvement of municipal government. He fought for lower taxation and easing of the burden on the taxpayer, and it was largely through this activity that the Kitchener Taxpayers' Association was organized some years ago and that as a result a public forum from which municipal issues could be discussed was provided. He also believed in the necessity of Kitchener getting new industries. Elected to Council During the last municipal election held in December, Mr. Lippert was induced by a number of citizens to stand as a candidate for alderman, and he was returned to office. Mr. Lippert was a staunch Liberal, and during the 1924 provincial election, took the platform in support of the party and local candidate. and the Canadian Woodmen. He was a member of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, St. Boniface Society, The deceased was married in 1902 to Angelica Noll of this city, who with four sons and one daughter, all of Kitchener, survive. The children are Harold, Edward Jr., Anthony and Gerard and Aunna. The surviving brothers and sisters are Alfred, Oscar, and Herb Lippert. all of Kitchener, Mrs. L Cation, Galt. Mrs. William Roth, Louisa street, Kitchener, Mrs. G Denard [Daynard], Kitchener and Mrs. Otto Boltz, Chesley. One brother, George J. Lippert, founder and owner of George J. Lippert Table Company Ltd., city, died two years ago. The funeral will be held at 9 a.m.. Saturday from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church to the R.C. Mausoleum in Woodland cemetery. Kitchener Daily Record 12 Sep 1935 _________________________________________ Demolition order: historic Mayfair Hotel a danger, Kitchener says KITCHENER - The city is ordering the demolition of the historic Mayfair Hotel because the 110-year-old building poses a public safety risk, according to a decision made Thursday. Two independent engineers provided by the city and the property owner, Bernie Nimer, concluded the building had significant structural damage. Their report, submitted Thursday, prompted the city's chief building official, Mike Seiling, to issue an order to remedy an unsafe building. Nimer has until next Tuesday to apply for a demolition permit to take down the building at 11 Young St..... The Mayfair has been vacant since 2007. The city hoped to designate it as a heritage site under the Ontario Heritage Act, voting on the intent to designate in 2008. A pipe break on Saturday launched the investigation into the building's condition. Seiling found significant flooding and damage. He called engineers in to assess possible repairs but they said the building was too far gone.... The historic site was built in 1905 by Edward Lippert and operated as a furniture store until 1976. It has changed hands several times. The city bought the building in 2000 to serve as low-income housing for up to 55 men until 2007. It has sat empty since then.... https://www.therecord.com/news-story/5562590-demolition-order-historic-mayfair-hotel-a-danger-kitchener-says/ 2015 _______________________________ Former Mayfair Hotel and Hymmen Hardware in Kitchener's Centre Block are designated by Kitchener City Council December 15, 2008 Former Mayfair Hotel and Hymmen Hardware in Kitchener's Centre Block are designated by Kitchener City Council. On November 24, a representative of the North Waterloo Region Branch, made a brief presentation to Kitchener City Council in support of Heritage Kitchener's submission to designate 11 Young Street, the former Mayfair Hotel and 156-158 King Street West (P. Hymmen Hardware). Both buildings have cultural heritage significance. Happily, City Council passed a motion to designate these buiildings. In its statement of cultural heritage value, Heritage Kitchener stated that the exterior condition of both buildings is good. Concerning the former Mayfair Hotel, the report states that the building has an historic association with prominent Kitchener business man Edward Lippert,who in 1905 built a 3 storey structure for his furniture and undertaking business, as well as other buildings in the downtown. Lippert served as a city councilor in the 1930's. This building is of a Renaissance Revival Style, a relatively common style for commercial buildings of the period; in 1929, three storeys were added in art deco style which was popular in the 1930s. The two styles blend well. Here is a quote from the report:"contextually, the former Mayfair Hotel makes an important contribution to the downtown streetscape. Apart from the replacement of windows and minor alterations to the façade at street level, the building appears as much as it did in 1929, and adds to the visual and architectural continuity of the historic main street. It was the tallest building (at six storeys) in the downtown following the construction of the 1929 addition and continues to occupy a prominent location on King Street." Regarding , the former Hymmen Hardware Building the report states that it "makes an important contribution to the downtown streetscape. Apart from the replacement of windows and minor alterations to the façade at street level, the building appears much as it did in 1909, and adds to the visual and architectural continuity of the historic main street… the façade shares the same construction and architectural detailing as the original three storeys of the former Mayfair Hotel…." Congratulation to Heritage Kitchener and the Heritage Planning Department for your success! https://www.arconserv.ca/news_events/show.cfm?id=128 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . In Loving Memory Of/ Angelica Noll/ Beloved Wife Of/ Edward Lippert/ Nov. 28, 1877-Mar. 1, 1971/ "May Her Soul Rest In Peace." [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 75. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 28 Pg. 10. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Edward Lippert Passes at Home - 12 Sep 1935. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 24 Page 10. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 52. [S87] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Woodland CC#4510 Internet Link . In Loving Memory Of/ Edward Lippert/ June 16, 1873-Sept. 11, 1935/ "May His Soul Rest In Peace." [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207716237. [S655] z Vit - ON - Birth Registration, 47128 (1907), Edward William Lippert. Edward William Lippert Date of Birth: 21 Mar 1907 Gender: Male Birth Place: Berlin, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name: Edward Lippert (merchant) Mother's name: Angelica Noll

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jun 1873 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor - Kitchener - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Upholsterer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - merchant and undertaker - 1908 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant, Furniture Factory - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Catholic - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant Furniture - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1921 - 42 College St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 11 Sep 1935 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth