David Stirling

After training as an architect in his native country, he emigrated to St. John's, Newfoundland in 1847, where he played a major role in rebuilding portions of the town destroyed by fire the previous year. He spent the next 35 years designing and building a wide array of buildings out of practices in Charlottetown, Halifax, and Toronto. Having never retired, he died in Charlottetown in 1887 at the age of 64.

• Name — David Stirling • Born — 6 December 1822 • Birthplace — Galashiels, Scotland • Died — 13 April 1887 • Place of death — Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada • Practice — Dominion architect for the federal works in Nova Scotia • Significant Buildings — MacLennan House, Convocation Hall, King's-Edgehill School

• Illustration — The Dominion Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia was designed by David Stirling and constructed between 1863 and 1868. It serves today as the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia • Illustration — Garden of the Gulf Museum, Montague (originally the Montague Post Office and Customs House, built 1887–1888); Prince Edward Island • Illustration — Hensley Chapel, King's College, Windsor, NS, designed by David Stirling and William Critchlow Harris • Illustration — Fernwood, Halifax (built 1860) • Pictou County Court House (1855) • Fernwood, Halifax (1860) • Halifax Club (1862) • Library and Museum at King's College, (1862–63); Chapel, (1877), Windsor, Nova Scotia (by Stirling & Dewar) • Alexander Keith's residence (1863) • He built the first South Street Poor House (1869) in Halifax after going to the states to get ideas. It had a fireproof arch which was subsequently, and without his permission, penetrated by not only an elevator but also by unsealed pipe holes. A fire broke out in the basement that destroyed the Poor House on November 6–7, 1882. 33 patients were trapped in the fifth-floor hospital and died. • Hyndman Building, 57 Queen Street, Charlottetown (originally the Victoria Building, 1866) • Custom House, 40 Great George Street, Charlottetown (originally the Bank of Prince Edward Island, built 1867–1868) • Presbyterian Church of St. David, Halifax (originally the Grafton Street Methodist Church, built 1868–1869) • Fort Massey United Church, Halifax (1870) • St. Matthew's Manse, Halifax (1874) • Kirk of St. James Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown (1877) • Falconwood Insane Asylum / Hospital, Charlottetown (built 1877–1879) • H.H. Houle House, 96-98 Prince Street, Charlottetown (1879) • South Shore United Church, Tryon (1880) • Summerside City Hall, Summerside (originally the Summerside Post Office, built from 1883 to 1886) • MacLennan House, 235-237 Prince Street, Charlottetown (1886) • Convocation Hall, King's-Edgehill School (1861)

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David Stirling is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation architect.