PAVEY, Walter Stuart (1884-1951) gained prominence in 1923 when he submitted the winning design in the competition for the new City Hall in London, Ontario. His scheme, in the 'Italian Renaissance' style, was awarded First Prize of $2,000, but unfortunately was never realised (Free Press [London], 26 Sept. 1923, 1 and 2, descrip.; Const., xvi, Nov. 1923, 396-98, 401-02, illus. & descrip.). A similar fate occurred earlier in his career in 1910 when his competition submission for the Hamilton Public Library was given First Premium, but the City of Hamilton rejected the jury recommendation and later awarded the commission to A.W. Peene (Free Press [London], 26 Sept. 1923, 2).
Pavey was born in London on 29 July 1884 and was educated at London Collegiate Institute. He worked in Detroit for two years, then moved to Montreal in 1906 where he was employed as an assistant in the offices of Brown & Vallance, Ross & MacDonald and Finley & Spence. From 1912 until 1922 he worked for several prominent architects in New York City including Cass Gilbert, George B. Post, Donn Barber and Harry T. Lindeberg. Pavey began his own practise in London in 1922 and devoted much of his time to the design of classically inspired private residences. He died in London on 24 December 1951 (obituary in the Free Press [London], 24 Dec. 1951, 19; biography in Const., xv, June 1922, 200).
(works in London, Ontario unless noted)
MARLEY PLACE, residence for Leonard Scandrett, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 8 Aug. 1923, 780, illus. & descrip.)
VICTORIA STREET, at Wellington Street, residence for Lt. Col. Francis B. Ware, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 2 May 1923, 420, illus. & descrip.)
WATERLOO STREET, residence for William H. Robinson, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 4 April 1923, 334, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, July 1928, 266, illus.; C.H.G., xiii, Jan.-Feb. 1936, 65, illus.)
SUMMIT AVENUE, residence for Albert E. Lucas, c. 1930 (C.H.G., xiii, Jan-Feb. 1936, 59)
ST. GEORGE STREET, residence for Andrew L. Ward, c. 1930 (C.H.G., xiv, July-Aug. 1937, 29, illus.)
MAYFAIR DRIVE, residence for Mrs. Harry Durk, c. 1935 (C.H.G., xv, Nov. 1938, 45, illus.)
BASE LINE ROAD, residence for George H. McCullagh, c. 1938 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, May 1939, 107, illus.; C.H.G., xvi, Aug. 1939, 19, illus.)
MAYFAIR DRIVE, residence for Roy W. Robertson, c. 1940 (C.H.G., xviii, Jan.-Feb. 1941, 19, illus.)
PARKDALE CRESCENT, residence for Wilfrid D. Stevenson, c. 1940 (C.H.G., xx, July-Aug. 1943, 38, illus.)
PORT STANLEY, ONT., Daughters of the King Cottages for Senior Citizens, adjacent to Christ Church (Anglican), 1949-50 (Rev. H.R. Rokeby-Thomas, Church in the Valley: Port Stanley, 1950, 14-17, 37-8, illus.)
COMPETITIONS
HAMILTON, ONT., Carnegie Library, Main Street West, 1910. While working in Montreal in 1910, Pavey organized a team of young architects to submit an entry in the competition for the new Carnegie Library. This team included Harold E. Shorey, and Atwell J. King. who were both studying architecture in New York City. Their entry was awarded First Prize, but was later disqualified because two of the members were erroneously thought to be American citizens (Montreal Daily Star, 20 July 1910, 4). The commission was later given to Alfred W. Peene.
LONDON, ONT., City Hall, 1923. Pavey submitted the winning design in the competition for the new City Hall with a scheme presented in the 'Italian Renaissance' style, and it was awarded First Prize of $2,000, but unfortunately was never realised (Free Press [London], 26 Sept. 1923, 1 and 2, descrip.; Const., xvi, Nov. 1923, 396-98, 401-02, illus. & descrip.).