HUSBAND, Lester Birley (1893-1972), active in Hamilton, Ont., either in partnership with others, or under his own name, in the following firms:
Husband & Robertson (1921-25)
Lester B. Husband (1925- 1945)
Husband, Robertson & Wallace (1946-53)
Husband & Wallace (1954-c. 1960)
Husband, Wallace, Ellis & Garwood-Jones (c. 1964-69)
Born in Hamilton, Ont. on 30 October 1893, he graduated from Hamilton Collegiate Institute in 1909, and worked during the summer period of 1912 and 1913 for Mills & Hutton, a leading firm of architects in Hamilton. Husband studied architecture at the Univ. of Toronto in 1912-15, and after WWI he completed his education in Toronto, graduating from the Dept. of Architecture in 1920. He rejoined Mills & Hutton, this time as a draftsman in 1920-21, and in 1921 he invited Hugh D. Robertson to form a partnership. They collaborated together until 1925, then Husband worked under his own name until after WWII when both Husband and Robertson opened a new office in partnership with Arthur Wallace. Their largest and most significant commission was the Government of Canada Building (now Revenue Canada Building), Main Street West at Caroline Street North, HAMILTON, ONT., 1953-55. When Robertson retired in 1954, the firm continued with various partners until it was dissolved in 1969. Husband died in Hamilton on 12 October 1972 (death notice Spectator [Hamilton], 14 Oct. 1972, 33; inf. Ontario Association of Architects; inf. Arthur Wallace, Hamilton)
HUSBAND & ROBERTSON
ANCASTER, ONT., residence for W.F. McLaren, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 20 Sept. 1922, 56)
HAMILTON, ONT., residence for John D. Moodie, Aberdeen Avenue, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 20 Sept. 1922, 56)
GRAVENHURST, ONT., residence for William A. Holton, c. 1924 (inf. Arthur Wallace)
MARKLAND STREET, residence for George Hope, c. 1926 (C.H.G., x, Feb. 1933, 22, illus.; inf. Arthur Wallace)
L.B. HUSBAND
BURLINGTON, ONT., Parish Hall for St. Luke's Anglican Church, Ontario Street, c. 1926 (inf. Arthur Wallace)
FENNEL AVENUE WEST, 'Auchmar', a residence for Allan V. Young, c. 1927 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)
ALDERSHOT, ONT., residence for the Hendrie Farm, Unsworth Road, now the residence for the Director of the Royal Botanical Garden, c. 1928 (inf. Arthur Wallace)
HAMILTON, ONT., Hillcrest Private School for Boys, Main Street West opposite Paisley Avenue, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 1 May 1929, 67, t.c.)
HESS STREET SOUTH, near the Mountain, residence for William W. Osborne, c. 1933 (C.H.G., xiv, Nov. 1937, 48, illus.)
ANCASTER, ONT., residence for Yenner F. Dalley, c. 1935 (inf. Ancaster Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee)
NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS, 'Dale House', for F.F. Dalley, 1938 (C.H.G., xviii, Nov. 1941, 17-21, illus.)
(with H.E. Murton) HAMILTON, ONT., Nurse's Home and Reception Building at the Mountain Sanatorium, Sanatorium Road, 1937; Wilcox Pavilion, 1938 (C.R., l, 21 April 1937, 35; li, 9 Feb. 1938, 25)
HUSBAND, ROBERTSON & WALLACE
HAMILTON, ONT., Mountain Branch, Hamilton Public Library, Concession Street at Cliff Avenue, 1947-49 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, Feb. 1947, 49, illus.)
HAMILTON, ONT., clubhouse for the Chedoke Golf Club, Aberdeen Avenue, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, May 1950, 146)
HAMILTON, ONT., Holbrook Pavilion at the Mountain Sanatorium, Sanatorium Road, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, May 1950, 138)
HAMILTON, ONT., Hamilton Club, Main Street East at James Street South, new Women's Entrance facing James Street South, c. 1950 (NAC, Arthur Wallace Coll. Acc 81203/67, Project List, Items 143 and 144; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)