SAXTON, David Francis (1889-1962), active in Halifax, Nova Scotia, was a member of the Saxton family of builders who began work in the mid-19th. C. He was trained in the building trades, and went to the United States in 1909 to receive his education and architectural training. He returned in 1913 and later opened his own office in Halifax in 1920. However, by 1927 he had closed his office, choosing instead to join the staff of Charles A.D. Fowler, architect, yet the works which he completed during this period of 1928-30 are credited to Saxton, an indication that he, and not Fowler, prepared designs for these buildings. He later joined the N.S. Dept. of Highways & Public Works, and became a member of the Nova Scotia Society of Architects in 1941. Saxton retired in 1959 and later died in Halifax on 21 January 1962 (obituary Halifax Chronicle Herald, 22 Jan. 1962; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, biog. M. Rosinski, Architects of Nova Scotia: A Biographical Dictionary, 1994, 272; inf. from Garry Shutlak, Halifax)
(works in Nova Scotia)
LE MARCHANT STREET, between Coburg Street and Morris Street, residence for Mr. Payne, 1913 (inf. Garry Shutlak, PANS, Halifax)
PHILIP STREET, between Chebucto Road and a proposed new street, residence for Walter Webber and Joseph Bewes, 1916 (inf. Garry Shutlak, PANS, Halifax)
LOWER WATER STREET, between Sackville Street and Prince Street, retail store and dwelling for A.P. Calnen, 1917 (inf. Garry Shutlak, PANS, Halifax)
ST. MARYS HALL, interior decoration of the Hall for the reception of the Papal Delegate, 1920 (Evening Mail (Halifax), 15 Dec. 1920, 12, descrip.)
PROSPECT, N.S., Roman Catholic Church, 1923 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 3 April 1923, 5, descrip.)
HALIFAX, N.S., Nova Motors Ltd., Doyle Street, auto showroom and repair garage for F.J. Maher, 1926-27 (C.R., xl, 20 Oct. 1926, 49; Evening Mail [Halifax], 13 Nov. 1926, 13, illus. & detailed descrip)
HALIFAX, N.S., St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic church, new Glebe House or rectory for the church, Oxford Avenue, 1929 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 23 Jan. 1929, 3 and 14, illus. & descrip.)
BEDFORD, N.S., St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Bedford Highway at Rutledge Street, 1929 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 1 April 1929, 18)
ARMDALE, N.S., St. John The Baptist Church, 1929 (Silver Jubilee of St. John The Baptist Church, 1945, 6 and 10, illus.)