HENDERSON, Dougald (1844-1910) lived and worked in Truro, Nova Scotia for more than twenty years, and appears to be the only resident architect to serve the town and surrounding Colchester County during the period after 1890. Born at River John, N.S. in 1844, he learned the building trades in the town of Old Barns, and was said to have also engaged in ship building. By 1890 he began to style himself as an architect, serving clients in Truro and in nearby towns, and his works included commissions for ecclesiastical, institutional and residential works. He continued to work in Truro up until late 1910. Henderson died in Truro on 20 September 1910 (obituary Truro Daily News, 20 Sept. 1910, 4; biog. M. Rosinski, Architects of Nova Scotia: A Biographical Dictionary, 1994, 206)
(works in Truro)
WILLOW STREET, residence for John Leck, 1891 (Truro Daily News, 3 Sept. 1891, 1)
QUEEN STREET, a double house for R.J. Turner, 1892 (Truro Daily News, 9 May 1892, 1)
T. PATILLO & CO., Prince Street, a 4 storey commercial block for showrooms and offices, 1896 (Truro Daily News, 26 Feb. 1896, 2, descrip.)
METHODIST CHURCH, Pleasant Street, major addition of a new Parish Hall, and alterations to the church, 1897 (Halifax Herald, 18 Oct. 1897, 5, illus. & descrip.; Evening Mail [Halifax], 18 Oct. 1897, 7, illus. & descrip.)
(with Elliot & Hopson, of Halifax) FIRE HALL, Queen Street, 1899 (Halifax Herald, 9 June 1898, 8; Truro Daily News, 27 March 1899, and 5 April 1899, 3; and 28 April 1899)
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Queen Street, a new Parish Hall for the church, 1899 (Truro Daily News, 11 April 1899, 3; and 17 Nov. 1899, 2, descrip.)
DOMINION STREET, residence for W.H. Crowe, 1899 (Truro Daily News, 16 Sept. 1899, 4)
QUEEN STREET, extensive remodelling and additions to residence for Capt. Vance, 1899 (Truro Daily News, 16 Sept. 1899, 4, descrip.)
PARK STREET, residence for Murray Crocket, c. 1900 (Truro Daily News, 20 Sept. 1910, 4, list of works in obituary; dwgs. at Colchester County Museum, Truro)
unnamed street, residence for Thomas S. Prince, 1900 (C.R., xi, 1 Aug. 1900, 3)
PRINCE STREET, Telephone Office & Exchange, for the Provincial Telephone Co., 1903 (C.R., xiv, 15 April 1903, 2)
POOR HOUSE [or House of Refuge], Revere Street, 1905 (C.R., xv, 8 Feb. 1905, 2, t.c.)
unnamed street, residence for Nathan Smith, c. 1909 (dwgs. at Colchester County Museum, Truro)
STANFIELD'S UNDERGARMENTS LTD., Logan Street at Bayview Street, extensive 4 storey brick factory of Stanfield's Ltd., 1910; still standing in 2022 (Amherst Daily News [Amherst, N.S.], 11 March 1910, 1, descrip.)
(works elsewhere)
BELMONT, N.S., Presbyterian Church, 1896 (Morning Chronicle [Halifax], 23 April 1896, 4, t.c.; C.R., vii, 30 April 1896, 2, t.c.)
ONSLOW, N.S., Presbyterian Church, 1901 (C.R., xii, 15 May 1901, 2, t.c.)
GREAT VILLAGE, N.S., public school, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 12 Aug. 1903, 1-2, t.c.)
PORT HOOD, N.S., Academy school, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 13 July 1910, 25, t.c.)