Stewart, Hugh Cameron | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

STEWART, Hugh Cameron (1884-1951), active in Toronto, Ont. as the Architect-in-Charge of the Premises Dept. of the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1912 until his death in 1951. Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 30 July 1884, he studied architecture at the Glasgow School of Art where he was awarded the G.S.A. Haldane Trust Bursary, and received two First Class Certificates for his drawings. He articled with George S. Hill, ARIBA, from 1899 to 1904, then worked as an assistant for Syson & Midgley, civil engineers, from October 1904 to October 1906. In November 1906 he emigrated to Canada and settled in Toronto and joined the Architectural Bronze & Iron Works Co, where Melville P. White was architect-in-charge. Stewart was promoted to Chief Draftsman there, but left the company in December 1911 and joined the Premises Dept. of The Bank of Nova Scotia in early 1912. In his capacity of Staff Architect, he supervised the construction of, or alterations to, all bank branches for the company in Canada, working closely with design architects for each branch including John M. Lyle, Murray Brown, and Andrew Sharp. He devoted the rest of his career to the Bank, and died in Toronto on 1 January 1951 (obit. Toronto Star, 2 Jan. 1951, 24; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxviii, April 1951, 118; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects).