WAGGETT, Stanley Arnold Palmer (1882-c. 1963) was active in Toronto, Ont. from 1909 to 1922, and he specialized in residential work, much of it of a speculative nature, erected during the boom in building construction in Toronto before WW1. Born in Brighton, England in January 1882, he was educated and trained in England and emigrated to Canada in May 1907, landing at Montreal. He moved to Toronto in 1908 to work as a clerk for the Dominion of Canada Guarantee & Accident Insurance Co, but by 1909 he was listing himself as an architect. His name was recorded as "architect" on several building permit applications from 1910 to 1912. His name continues to appear in the yearly Toronto Directories until 1922, but by 1923 he had moved to Ford City, Ont., a suburb of Windsor, Ont., and he was commuting across the border to Detroit where he was employed as a draftsman and assistant in the office of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. After 1930 he returned to the Toronto area and in 1932 he was recorded as a draftsman in The City of Toronto Architect's Department (City of Toronto Directory, 1932, p. 1601). From 1934 to 1938 he was listed as an architect, but by 1940 he was recorded as president of Waggett Aero Products, a manufacturer of aircraft parts and boats. After WWII, he was working as a draftsman for the Odeon Theatre chain, and by 1950 he had taken another position, this time as a draftsman with the Toronto Board of Education (City of Toronto Directory, 1950, p. 1610). His name last appears in the City of Toronto Directory of 1963, living at a residence on Brunswick Avenue. No references to his building designs after 1920 have been found.
(works in Toronto)
GLOUCESTER MANSIONS APARTMENTS, Church Street at Gloucester Street, 1910, a three storey apartment block constructed as an addition to the residence of Wallace Millichamp, Gloucester Street at Church Street, originally built in 1875 (Toronto b.p. 18971, 10 Feb. 1910)
QUEEN STREET WEST, at Wilson Avenue, commercial block for J.J. Walsh, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 23688, 8 Oct. 1910)
NATIONAL ELECTRIC HEATING CO., Queen Street East near River Street, factory, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 24031, 25 Oct. 1910)
W.A. DRUMMOND & CO., King Street East near Frederick Street, warehouse, 1911 (inf. from Toronto Historical Board)
QUEEN STREET WEST, at Dowling Avenue, apartments for D. and S. Lavins, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 26659, 25 April 1911)
HIGHLAND AVENUE, near Roxborough Street East, residence for Charles A. Withers, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 30686, 28 Sept. 1911)
DRUMSNAB ROAD, near Castle Frank Road, residence for William Craig, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 30952, 17 Oct. 1911)
TYNDALL GARDENS APARTMENTS, Tyndall Avenue, for J.J. Walsh, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 31309, 28 Oct. 1911)
PARKDALE MANSIONS, Queen Street West at Beaty Avenue, for D. Lavine, 1911-12 (Toronto b.p. 32065, 21 Dec. 1911)
AVENUE ROAD, at Heath Street, two apartment blocks for J.J. Walsh, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 32349, 17 Jan. 1912)
EMPIRE CLOTHING CO., John Street north of Queen Street West, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 36402, 31 July 1912)
DANFORTH AVENUE, at Bowden Avenue, row of eight stores and apartments for G.L. Thompson, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 36535, 9 Aug. 1912)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE, at Clifton Road, row of five houses for G.L. Thompson, 1922 (Toronto b.p. 48348, 11 April 1922)
HEATH STREET EAST, at Inglewood Drive, row of six houses for Thompson & Thompson, 1922 (Toronto b.p. 52065, 29 June 1922)