COTTON, Dixie Cox (1882-1943) was born in Port Credit, Ont. on 19 September 1882 and articled with Herbert G. Macklin from 1900 to 1907. In 1908 he formed a partnership with Macklin and operated an architectural firm called The Designing & Draughting Co. which, based on new research, can now be credited with designs for several houses in the Rosedale and Forest Hill neighbourhoods of Toronto. When Macklin resigned in 1919 Cotton became the sole owner of the firm and moved his practice from Toronto to Port Credit (where he had been a life-long resident). Cotton later became a maintenance engineer for the St. Lawrence Starch Co. He died in Port Credit on 9 September 1943 (obit. Toronto Telegram, 10 Sept. 1943; obit. Port Credit Weekly, 16 Sept. 1943; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)
DESIGNING & DRAUGHTING CO. (works in Toronto unless noted)
ADMIRAL ROAD, near Dupont Street, residence for Clement A. Hurndale, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 8327, 3 July 1907)
ADMIRAL ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, residence for H.H. Snydam, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 8607, 26 July 1907)
BLOOR STREET WEST, near Brunswick Avenue, store and dwelling for William Unser, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 12680, 15 Sept. 1908)
CHESNUT PARK ROAD, near Roxborough Street, residence for Samuel C. Smoke, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 13127, 29 Oct. 1908)
BALMORAL AVENUE, near Poplar Plains Road, residence for G.H. Smith, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 14407, 27 March 1909)
ROWANWOOD AVENUE, residence for Robert C. Bustard, 1909 (inf. Carolyn Neal, Toronto)
DUNVEGAN ROAD, near Heath Street West, residence for Fred Holt, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 15056, 23 Jan. 1911)
ADMIRAL ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, residence for Benjamin Kent, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 25437, 3 March 1911)
LYNDHURST AVENUE, near Nina Street, residence for Ernest A. Lock, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 25734, 20 March 1911)
GLEN ROAD, near Elm Avenue, residence for John E. Hoare, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 25885, 23 March 1911)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near St. Clair Avenue West, residence for Walter E. Berkinshaw, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 27041, 12 May 1911)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, at Warren Road, residence for R. Thomson, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 27549, 27 May 1911)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Lonsdale Avenue, residence for Thomas H. Cooper, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 28578, 28 June 1911)
WALMER ROAD, residence for M.L. Kent, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 59, t.c.)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Heath Street West, residence for Fred Holt, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 32372, 24 Jan. 1912)
TYNDALL AVENUE, near King Street West, apartment block for William B. Charlton, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 32971, 25 March 1912)
D.C. COTTON (works in Toronto unless noted)
ELLIOTT & SON LTD., Yonge Street at Dundonald Street, store and warehouse, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 37029, 3 Sept. 1912)
CLARKSON, ONT., residence for Percy W. Hogetts, Clarkson Road South near Missenden Crescent, 1913 (inf. Paula Wubbenhorst, City of Mississauga)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., Forest Avenue Public School, Forest Avenue at Elmwood Avenue North, 1916-17; addition 1925; demol. c. 1972 (C.R., xxx, 19 July 1916, 46, t.c.; Port Credit Weekly, 20 Aug. 1925; inf. Joan Reid; inf. Paula Wubbenhorst, City of Mississauga; inf. Scott Edwards)
BRACONDALE AUTO GARAGE, St. Clair Avenue West at Shaw Street, for J.B. Barrett, 1917 (Toronto b.p. 14775, 31 Oct. 1917)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., factory for St. Lawrence Starch Co., 1919-20 (C.R., xxxiii, 12 Nov. 1919, 48)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., residence for D. C. Cotton, architect, Hurontario Street near Mineola Road East, c. 1920 (inf. Paula Wubbenhorst, City of Mississauga)
WINDSOR MILLS, QUE., factory for Kilgour Bros., 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 25 April 1923, 61, t.c.)
EDGEWOOD APARTMENTS, Kingston Road at Queen Street East, for W.S. Liscombe, 1924; still standing in 2024 at No. 2 Kingston Road at Queen Street East (C.R., xxxviii, 30 April 1924, 68; dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 2222)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., residence for William Hedge, North Service Road near Redan Drive, 1926-27 (inf. Paula Wubbenhorst, City of Mississauga)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., residence for Agnes Gray, Hurontario Street near High Street East, 1939; demol. (inf. Paula Wubbenhorst, City of Mississauga)