Huber, William H. | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

HUBER, William H. (1875-1960) was born in Londesborough, Ont. on 13 November 1875 and educated at public schools in Kitchener and Waterloo. He left Canada at age sixteen and moved to Chicago in 1892 to serve an apprenticeship with Mifflin E. Bell, a successful Chicago architect and former Supervising Architect for the United States Government. Huber remained there until 1899 and returned to Canada to work as assistant in the office of A.M. Calderon in Ottawa until 1902, then joined George M. Bayly, at first as a draftsman (in 1902-03) and then as full partner in 1903-08 (see list of works under Bayly & Huber). When Bayly moved to Alberta in 1908 Huber chose to remain in Ottawa where he was appointed as a staff architect in the Dept. of Public Works on 1 September 1908. He continued to work in the branch for the duration of his career, and at the time of his retirement in 1945 held the position of senior Supervising Architect, reporting directly to the Chief Architect of the Department. Huber died in Ottawa on 16 January 1960 (obit. Ottawa Citizen, 20 Jan. 1960, 37; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)