MURRAY, William George (1876-1954) was born in Scotland and was brought to Canada by his family at age three. He articled with the London, Ont. firm of McBride, Jones & Farncomb in 1893-4 and worked as an assistant to Herbert E. Matthews in 1895-97. He moved to United States in 1898 to work as a designer in the studio of Louis B. Tiffany (from 1898-99), and then joined the office of the prominent American architect George B. Post (in 1899) and Ashburton Moore (in 1900-01) in New York City. He returned to London, Ont. in 1904 and formed a partnership with Matthews, but their office was dissolved within a year and Murray continued to work under his own name for the duration of his career, designing many churches and private homes throughout southwestern Ontario. His ecclesiastical designs were never innovative, often following a predictable formula of similar elements arranged and rearranged in somewhat bleak compositions that lacked the refinement and attention to detail found in the work of his contemporaries such as J. Francis Brown of Toronto or Hutton & Souter in Hamilton. Murray retired in late 1951 and died in London on 9 February 1954 (obituary in the Free Press [London], 9 Feb. 1954, 1; inf. from Annmarie Adams, London; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects, Application for Membership dated 6 Aug. 1931)
W..G. MURRAY (Residential works in London)
OXFORD STREET, residence for Andrew Manley, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 12 Aug. 1903, 2)
WATERLOO STREET, residence for Andrew Templeton, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 2 Sept. 1903, 2, t.c.)
EVERGREEN AVENUE, residence for Luther Carpenter, 1905 (C.R., xv, 22 March 1905, 5, t.c.)
HYMAN STREET, residence for Edward Shea, c. 1905 (London-The Forest City, 1906, 37)
DUFFERIN STREET, residence for George G. McCormick, c. 1905 (London-The Forest City, 1906, 3)
KING STREET, residence for John B.P. Tanton, 1905 (C.R., xv, 18 Jan. 1905, 2, t.c.)
PRINCESS AVENUE, residence for George M. Anderson, 1907 (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 66)
WATERLOO STREET, near Dundas Street, apartment block for M.F. Martin, 1910 (Free Press [London], 12 April 1910, 1, descrip.)
BRUCE STREET, at Cathcart Street, apartment block for H. Langer, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 25 July 1928, 66)
HIGHLAND ROAD, residence for Alex H. Jeffery, 1937 (C.H.G., xiv, Oct. 1937, 38, illus.)
HYMAN STREET, residence for Dr. William G. Gillespie, 1937 (C.H.G., xiv, Oct. 1937, 38)
W.G. MURRAY (Ecclesiastical & Institutional works in London)
NEW ST. JAMES PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Oxford Street East at Wellington Street, 1900; still standing in 2022 (Historical Sketch of New St. James Presbyterian Congregation, 1933, 8, illus.)
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Queen's Avenue at Waterloo Street, a Sunday School, 1905; major additions and alterations to the church, 1938; all still standing in 2022 (C.R., xvi, 29 March 1905, 2, t.c.; li, 30 March 1938, 47)
ADELAIDE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, King Street at Adelaide Street North, 1905; still standing in 2022 (Free Press [London], 13 Nov. 1905, 1, descrip.)
EMPRESS AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH, major alterations, 1906 (Free Press [London], 8 Sept. 1906, 10, descrip.)
CHALMERS CHURCH, Waterloo Street at Grey Street, 1907; still standing in 2022 (Free Press [London], 9 Feb. 1907, 10)
HYDE PARK, a Sunday School for the Presbyterian Church, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 27 March 1907, 4, t.c.)
ST. JOHN'S ATHLETIC CLUB, club house, 1908 (Free Press [London], 14 Feb. 1908, 1)
LONDON TOWNSHIP, school for S.S. No. 9, 1908 (C.R., xix, 11 March 1908, 16, t.c.)
LORNE AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL, East London, new facade and extensive alterations, 1908 (Free Press [London], 14 April 1908, 1)
ALEXANDRA SANATORIUM, for the London Health Association, 1909; addition, 1913 (C.R., xxiii, 11 Aug. 1909, 20; Free Press [London], 13 May 1913, 11, t.c.)
HAMILTON ROAD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 1910; demol. 2012 (Free Press [London], 25 July 1910, 2, descrip.)
MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH [now Robinson Memorial United Church], Richmond Street at Sherwood Avenue, 1911; still standing in 2022 (Free Press [London], 6 May 1911, 1, illus. & descrip.)
MASONIC TEMPLE, Queen's Avenue, 1911 (Free Press [London], 10 May 1911, 1, illus. & descrip.; 2 Oct. 1911, 1, descrip.)
EGERTON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Egerton Street at Hamilton Road, 1913; burned 1920; rebuilt (Free Press [London], 21 June 1913, 3, illus.; Canadian Baptist, 2 July 1914, 9; 23 Dec. 1920, 9)
CENTENNIAL METHODIST CHURCH, Dundas Street East, a Sunday School and alterations to the church, 1913 (Free Press [London], 9 April 1913, 11, t.c.; 10 April 1913, 2, illus.)
(with Watt & Blackwell) RYERSON SCHOOL, Waterloo Street at Victoria Street, 1916 (Const., ix, Aug. 1916, 249-53, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Aug. 1927, 302-3, illus.)
KNOLLWOOD PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Oxford Street East at Quebec Street, 1918; still standing in 2022 (Daily Advertiser [London], 25 Sept. 1918, 4)
KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Bruce Street at Wortley Road, 1923-24; demol. (Knox Church Through Fifty Years 1883-1933, 7, illus.)
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH, Hale Street near Doulton Street, 1927; still standing in 2022 (Daily Journal of Commerce, 27 Aug. 1927, 4)
ROBINSON UNITED CHURCH, Richmond Street near Sherwood Avenue, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, June 1950, 123)
W.G. MURRAY (Commercial and Industrial works in London)
DUNDAS STREET, facade and interiors of store for John Cambridge, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 1 April 1903, 2)
ECHO PRINTING CO., Clarence Street, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 8 July 1903, 2, t.c.)
D.H. HOWDEN HARDWARE CO., York Street, warehouse, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 2, t.c.)
DOMINION OFFICE & STORE FITTING CO., Dundas Street near the City Limits, factory, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 18 April 1906, 4, t.c.)
GREENE, SWIFT & CO., Talbot Street at Carling Street, warehouse, 1906; major addition, 1920 (Free Press [London], 12 July 1906, 9; C.R., xxxiv, 18 Feb. 1920, 49, t.c.)
SMALLMAN & INGRAM LTD., Dundas Street backing onto Richmond Street, department store, 1907 (Free Press [London], 29 June 1907, 1, illus. & descrip.)
REID'S CRYSTAL HALL, Dundas Street near Richmond Street, conversion of the former commercial block, originally designed by William Robinson in 1873, into a bowling and billiard palace, but the building collapsed while under renovation on 16 July 1907, and was later demolished (inf. Prof. Mark Tovey, Univ. of Western Ontario, London)
McMAHEN & GRANGER CO., York Street opposite the GTR Station, warehouse, 1908 (Free Press [London], 7 April 1908, 1)
LONDON LOAN CO., Park Avenue at Dundas Street, office building, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 30 Dec. 1908, 28)
T.F. KINGSMILL LTD., Dundas Street, store, 1911; major addition, 1919 (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 64; xxxiii, 21 May 1919, 44)
DUNDAS STREET, store for Wilfrid L. Mara, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 64)
WYATT BUILDING, Dundas Street opposite the Hotel London, commercial block, 1927 (Free Press [London], 23 July 1927, 11, descrip.)
DUNDAS STREET EAST, three stores and apartments for T.F. Kingsmill, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 4 Jan. 1928, 50)
O PEE CHEE GUM CO., Adelaide Street, factory, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 15 Feb. 1928, 51, t.c.)
SPRINGBANK PARK, dance hall and restaurant, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 18 March 1931, 61, t.c.)
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO., York Street at Clarence Street, warehouse, 1939-40 (C.R., lii, 20 Dec. 1939, 28)
W.G. MURRAY (works elsewhere in Ontario & Manitoba)
NEW LISKEARD, ONT., residence for George Taylor, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 3 June 1903, 3)
WATFORD, ONT., residence for Mr. Howden, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 30 Sept. 1903, 2)
WATFORD, ONT., St. James Anglican Church, Churchill Line near Nauvoo Road, 1904; still standing in 2022 (Guide-Advocate [Watford], 18 Nov. 1904, 1, descrip.; Canadian Churchman, 1 Dec. 1904, 728-9, descrip.)
BYRON, ONT., residence for Mr. Rollins, 1905 (C.R., xv, 18 Jan. 1905, 2, t.c.)
RIDGEWAY, ONT., residence for Mr. McLeod, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 3 May 1905, 5)
ARKONA, ONT., addition to and remodelling of the Baptist Church, 1906 (Guide-Advocate [Watford], 6 April 1906, 4, t.c.)
PORT STANLEY, ONT., factory for Standard Implement Co., 1908 (C.R., xix, 29 April 1908, 18, t.c.)
CHELSEA GREEN, school for S.S. No. 2, near London, 1909 (Free Press [London], 1 March 1909, 9, t.c.)
NORTH DORCHESTER, ONT., school, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 24 March 1909, 20, t.c.)
WEST NISSOURI, ONT., school for S.S. No. 5, 1912 (Free Press [London], 1 March 1912, 11, t.c.)
KINTORE, ONT., Presbyterian Church, County Road 16 near 19th Line, 1914, and now called Kintore Chalmers United Church; still standing in 2022 (United Church Archives, Toronto, publication, Kintore Church: A History, 1981)
DRUMBO, ONT., Presbyterian Church, Centre Street at Pinkham Street, 1915; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 25 March 1915, 6, t.c.)
INGERSOLL, ONT., major addition to Alexandra General Hospital, Noxon Street, 1916; demol. (C.R., xxx, 12 Aug. 1916, 43; 16 Aug. 1916, 65, t.c.; inf. Scott Edwards)
INGERSOLL, ONT., Victory Memorial School, Thames Street, 1919-20 (dwgs. at Oxford Co. Board of Education)
ST. MARY'S, ONT., conversion of the Dickson Block into the Lyric Theatre, Queen Street at Church Street, 1920 (St. Mary's Journal, 29 Jan. 1920, 1)
BLYTH, ONT., Memorial Community Hall, Queen Street near Dinsley Street, 1920-21; still standing in 2022 (ACORN [Architectural Conservancy of Ontario], xlii, No, 2, Fall 2017, 14-15, illus. & descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Northern Life Assurance Co., Main Street near Graham Avenue, office building, 1921-22 (Winnipeg Tribune, 10 Nov. 1921, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxxvi, 1 Feb. 1922, 52)
GLENCOE, ONT., Daughters of the Empire Hall, 1922 (Free Press [London], 12 May 1922, 20, illus. & descrip.)
LEAMINGTON, ONT., Baptist Church, Talbot Street West at Fox Street , 1922; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xxxvi, 26 July 1922, 78)
LONDON TOWNSHIP, residence for Charles H. White, R.R. No. 1, Hyde Park, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 17 Jan. 1923, 46)
HANOVER, ONT., Roman Catholic Separate School, 1923 (Daily Record [Kitchener], 22 March 1923, 3)
HANOVER, ONT., high school, 1923-24; school building closed 2019 (C.R., xxxvii, 28 March 1923, 51; Daily Sun-Times [Owen Sound], 9 Feb. 1928, 7, illus. & descrip.)
THORNDALE, ONT., public school, 1924 (Daily Advertiser [London], 17 July 1924, 17, t.c.)
FOREST, ONT., United Church, James Street North at Jefferson Street West, 1927-28; still standing in 2022 (E. Neilson, History of Forest United Church, 72, illus.)
OTTERVILLE, ONT., public school, 1927-28 (Brantford Expositor, 9 July 1927, 19, t.c.; Daily Sentinel-Review [Woodstock], 1 May 1928, 1; Brantford Expositor, 3 May 1928, 3, descrip.)
NORWICH, ONT., major addition and alterations to United Church, 1928 (Brantford Expositor, 28 Aug. 1928, 16, descrip.)
LEAMINGTON, ONT., Baptist Church, Talbot Street West at Fox Street,1929; still standing in 2022 (Windsor Daily Star, 6 July 1929, Section Two, 7, illus. & descrip.)
WATERLOO, ONT., theatre for H.J. Sutherland, King Street, 1936 (C.R., vol. 50, 26 Aug. 1936, 33)
SEAFORTH, ONT., major addition to High School, 1938 (Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 14 July 1938, 9)
LONDON TOWNSHIP, school for S.S. No. 20, 1948 (C.R., lxi, May 1948, 174)
WESTMINSTER TOWNSHIP, school for Manor Park School Board, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Nov. 1949, 125)