Smith, William J. | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

SMITH, William J. (fl. 1888-98), active in Toronto, Ont., drew plans for a public school at PORT HOPE, ONT. in 1888 (C.A.B., I, May 1888, 5). He began advertising for tender calls in Toronto newspapers in December 1888. His best known work is that of the Roman Catholic Separate School adjacent to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Bathurst Street, Toronto. No information can found on Smith after 1897.

SALEM AVENUE, near Brighton Place, two houses for Robert Moulding, 1889 (Architectural Era [Syracuse], iii, April 1889, 1, Supplement)
TORONTO JUNCTION, Occidental Hotel, Dundas Street West at Van Horne Street, for Charles A. Kelly, 1889 (Architectural Era [Syracuse], iii, March 1889, 75)
RICHMOND STREET EAST, near Sherbourne Street, major addition to hotel for Ignatius Kormann, 1889 (Architectural Era [Syracuse], iii, March 1889, 75)
ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOl, Bathurst Street at McDonnell Square, 1897-98 (Globe [Toronto], 29 Nov. 1897, 5; Toronto b.p. 189, 21 Jan. 1898)