Thomas Seaton Scott

Thomas Seaton Scott
Born 16 August 1826
Birkenhead, (England),
Died 15 or 16 June 1895
Nationality Canadian
Work
Buildings Union Station, Parliament of Canada, Cartier Square Drill Hall

Thomas Seaton Scott (16 August 1826 – 15 or 16 June 1895) was a Canadian architect. Born in Birkenhead, England he immigrated to Canada as a young man first settling in Montreal. He was hired by the Grand Trunk Railway and worked for them on a number of structures including the Union Station in Toronto and the Grand Trunk train station in Montreal.

In 1871 he was hired by the Department of Public Works and he designed a number of Ottawa's new government buildings in the years after Canadian Confederation. Among his works are the West Block of the Parliament of Canada, the Cartier Square Drill Hall, and the now demolished Dominion Post Office. From 1872 to 1881 he held the position of Chief Dominion Architect and thus played at least a supervisory role in all major government projects. He is considered one of the creators of the Dominion Style that dominated Canadian institutional architecture in the nineteenth century. He was succeeded as Chief Architect by Thomas Fuller.

Works

Building Year Completed Builder Style Location Image
Cartier Square Drill Hall Thomas Seaton Scott Dominion Style Neo-Gothic style Ottawa, Ontario
St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church (Ottawa) 1868 Thomas Seaton Scott Dominion Style Neo-Gothic style 125 MacKay Street Rideau-Rockcliffe Ottawa, Ontario
Original Union Station (Toronto) 1888 Thomas Seaton Scott Dominion Style Italianate /2nd Empire style Ottawa, Ontario
Grand Trunk Railway, Bonaventure Station Thomas Seaton Scott Dominion Style Neo-Gothic style Montreal, Quebec
Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal) Dominion Style Neo-Gothic style Thomas Seaton Scott Gothic Revival Montreal, Quebec

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Preceded by
?		 Chief Dominion Architect, Canada
1872 – 1881		 Succeeded by
Thomas Fuller