MacDOUGALL, Henry (1844-1877), son of Lt. Col. John MacDougall of Scotland, was born in India on 16 February 1844 and was later brought to Scotland by his parents in 1850 or 1851. He came to Canada in late 1868 with his brother Alan MacDougall and with Edward Macpherson Skae, another Edinburgh resident. Together they opened the office of MacDougall Bros. & Skae as 'Civil Engineers, Surveyors & Architects...to furnish plans and superintend the erection of Country Mansions, Villa Residences, and Farm Buildings on the most approved systems'. They also offered to '..undertake the laying out of Estate and Pleasure Grounds' (Globe [Toronto], 13 Oct. 1868, 1, advert.). Much of their architectural work was executed by Henry MacDougall who likely obtained his professional training in Scotland. In October 1870 their partnership was dissolved, with Henry continuing to work alone on several commissions for Anglican institutions such as Trinity College School, Port Hope, designed 'in the perpendicular Gothic style'. In late 1873 he met Frank Darling, a precocious young designer from London who had just completed his apprenticeship with George E. Street, a leading architect in London, England. They formed a partnership in early 1874 and completed several important commissions including two Anglican institutions, that of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Que. (1874-75), and for new buildings on the Port Hope campus of Trinity College School. After April 1875 both MacDougall and Darling chose to pursue their own separate careers, with MacDougall returning to Scotland where he died on 21 August 1877 at Corstorphine, Edinburgh (death notice Scotsman [Edinburgh], 22 Aug. 1877; The Mail [Toronto], 4 Sept. 1877, 1; OA, York Co. Wills, 2756, 31 Dec. 1877)
MacDOUGALL & SKAE
(works in Toronto unless noted)
ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, John Street at Stephanie Street, extensive interior alterations to the church, 1870; burned 1955 (Globe [Toronto], 5 Feb. 1870, 1, descrip.)
TRUST & LOAN CO. OF UPPER CANADA, Adelaide Street East at Toronto Street, 1870-71 (Globe [Toronto], 10 Aug. 1870, 3, t.c.; 29 March 1871, 1, descrip.; Mail [Toronto], 7 May 1872, 3, descrip.; and 2 Dec. 1872, 3, descrip.)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MUSEUM, major addition and alterations, 1870 (Globe [Toronto], 31 Aug. 1870, 2, t.c.)
H. MacDOUGALL
NORTHERN RAILWAY CO., Front Street West at Brock Street, office building, 1871 (Globe [Toronto], 19 Jan. 1871, 3, t.c.; 3 June 1871, 4)
PORT HOPE, ONT., Trinity College School, Deblaquire Street North at Ward Street, central block, 1871; chapel and dining hall, 1872-73 (Globe [Toronto], 10 Feb. 1871, 3, t.c.; and 26 Oct. 1872, 4, t.c.; Mail [Toronto], 21 July 1873, 4, descrip.; The Guide [Port Hope], 4 April 1874, 3, descrip., but incorrectly attributed to '....the architect Mr. H. McDonald' [sic])
SHERBOURNE STREET, near Carlton Street, residence for Charles J. Beale, with pair of houses adjacent for Henry B. Beale, 1872 (Mail [Toronto], 29 Nov. 1872, 1)
NAPANEE, ONT., Methodist Episcopal Church [now called Grace United Church], Bridge Street West at Robert Street, 1873; still standing in 2022 (Leader [Toronto], 2 July 1873, 1). A memorial plaque honoring the architect was unveiled inside the church in 1915 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 19 June 1915, 6)
MacDOUGALL & DARLING
ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Bathurst Street at Wells Street, school house for the church, 1874 (Globe [Toronto], 11 Aug. 1874, 2, t.c.)
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Bloor Street East, east of Church Street, Sunday School house for the church, 1874 (Globe [Toronto], 26 Sept. 1874, 4, t.c.)
EDWARDSBURG, ONT., Christ Church (Anglican), 1874-75 (Dominion Churchman, 26 Oct. 1876, 139, descrip.)
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT., Shingwauk Industrial Home, 1874; demol. 1934 (Globe [Toronto], 23 April 1874, 4, t.c.)
PERKINS & INCE CO., Front Street East near Scott Street, a 4 storey warehouse, 1874; still standing in 2022 (Globe [Toronto], 6 April 1874, 3, t.c.; Monetary Times [Toronto], 29 Jan. 1875, 853, illus.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 106-07, illus.)
LENNOXVILLE, QUE., Bishop's College School, Moulton Hill Road, 1874-75; addition to the chapel, 1877 (Globe [Toronto], 6 June 1874, 4, t.c.; Gazette [Montreal], 20 May 1875, 4, descrip.; and 17 June 1878, 2, descrip.; Canadian Illustrated News, xii, 17 July 1875, 35, 37, illus. & descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
TORONTO, ONT., All Saints Anglican Church, Sherbourne Street, 1874. Six architects were invited by the Building Committee to submit plans, but only four firms took up the invitation including MacDougall & Darling. The Toronto architect R.C. Windeyer was declared the winner (Anglican Church Archives, Toronto, All Saints Anglican Church, Minutes of the Vestry, January-February 1874)