PORTE, Frederick Stewart (1887-1944) of Toronto, Ont. was born there on 15 August 1887 and educated in Owen Sound. He trained with G.M. Miller (in 1909) and with Symons & Rae (in 1910-11) in Toronto, then returned to Owen Sound where he was partner in the firm of Porte & Young in 1911-12. He moved to Welland, Ont. and opened an office there under his own name, but in Sept. 1913 he left Canada and relocated to Cleveland, Ohio where he became staff architect for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co., a position he held for nine years. From 1922 until early 1930 Porte worked as a designer and draftsman for some of the leading firms in Cleveland, including W.G. Caldwell, J.H. McDowell, for Bloodgood Tuttle, and for Fulton & Taylor. After returning to Toronto he worked briefly for Craig & Madill, and for Victor L Morgan, then opened an office in 1932 and designed several substantial private houses in a distinctive Tudor Revival style. After 1940 he joined de Havilland Aircraft Co. as a designer and draftsman. Porte died in Toronto on 25 November 1944 (obit. Telegram [Toronto], 27 Nov. 1944, 27; Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 29 Nov. 1944; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)
WELLAND, ONT., skating rink, 1910 (C.R, xxiv, 14 Sept. 1910, 25)
PORT COLBORNE, ONT., residence for J. Tuck, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Feb. 1911, 33)
WELLAND, ONT., extensive alterations to the Price Farm House, for J.C. Laughlin, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Feb. 1911, 33)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., Salvation Army Barracks, 3rd Avenue East, extensive renovations and alterations, 1913-14 (Owen Sound Sun, 4 Nov. 1913, 1, descrip.; and 10 April 1914, 6)
TORONTO, ONT., residence for Morden Neilson, Old Forest Hill Road at Vesta Drive, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 20 Jan. 1932, 47, t.c.)
TORONTO, ONT., residence for George W. Beatson, Old Forest Hill Road at Spadina Road, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 1 Feb. 1933, 39)
TORONTO, ONT., residence for John Brennan, Glenayr Road at Ava Road, 1933-34 (Building in Canada [Toronto], xiv, 29 Dec. 1934, 31, illus.)