SCOTT, William (1838-1935) was recorded as an architect and builder in the town of Galt, Ontario (now part of Cambridge). His father was James Scott, who built a planing mill on Mill Creek, and William may have learned the building trades from his father. He appears to have prepared the plans for the stone rectory building adjacent to Trinity Anglican Church in Galt (1873), and just three years later he was described as “the architect” of Dickson Public School, St. Andrew's Street, Galt (1876-77), a significant landmark in the Italianate style which is still standing in 2022. It may be possible to link his name to the design and construction of many other buildings in the Galt area between 1870 and 1910. He was later listed as the owner and operator of Scott's Planing Mill, Mill Street in Galt in 1884-85 (Waterloo County Gazetteer & Directory, 1884-85, 192, advert.), where his company was listed as “Carpenters & Builders”, but he was credited as the architect of other works in Galt and Guelph as late as 1911.
Scott died in Galt on 13 February 1935 at the age of 97 years. His obituary, as published in the Border Cities Star [Windsor], 14 February, 1935, 15) described him as “....an architect as well as a builder, and he constructed many of Galt's fine buildings”
GALT, ONT., a new rectory for Trinity Anglican Church, Melville Street at Grand Avenue North, 1873 (Galt Reporter, 19 Dec. 1873, 2)
GALT, ONT., Dickson School, St. Andrews Street, near Fraser Street, 1876-77; still standing in 2022 (Dumfries Reformer [Galt], 26 Aug. 1876, 2, detailed descrip.)
GUELPH, ONT., a brick residence, for an unnamed client, 1891 (C.R., i, 7 Feb. 1891, 2, t.c.)
GALT, ONT., major addition to Galt Central School, Main Street, 1909; demol. 1968 (Galt Daily Reporter, 17 July 1909)
GALT, ONT., a Parish Hall & Sunday School House for Trinity Anglican Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 March 1911, 26, t.c.; Souvenir of Trinity Church Galt, Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Rev. Canon Ridley as Rector, and The Erection of the New Parish Hall, 1911, p. 19) .