Deacon, Percival Alan | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

DEACON, Percival Alan (1897-1979) of Toronto was born there on 8 July 1897 and graduated from the Dept. of Architecture at the University of Toronto in 1921. He worked for Sproatt & Rolph (in 1921-23 and 1926-31) and was employed as assistant to J.P. Hynes (in 1924-25). He commenced practice in 1933 and in 1936 received an Honorable Mention for his neo-Georgian design in the Dominion Housing Act Small House Competition (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, May 1936, 89, 94, illus.). After 1950 he was a partner in the firm of Deacon, Arnett & Murray. Deacon died in Toronto on 17 October 1979 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects).

NORTH YORK, School for S.S. No. 17, 1947 (C.R., lx, Nov. 1947, 142)
ETOBICOKE, major addition to school for S.S. No. 5, 1948 (C.R., lxi, July 1948, 126, 128)
THORNHILL, school for the Union School Section, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Feb. 1949, 151)