Name: | David Smart |
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Born: | 1824 |
Died: | 13 October 1914 |
Bio Notes: | David Smart was born in Alyth in 1824. It is not known where he was first apprenticed but 'for many years' he worked in the office of David Bryce. The office legend was that they quarrelled, resulting in Smart leaving to buy William Macdonald Mackenzie's Perth practice from his widow in 1858, and that the quarrel was quickly regretted and made up; Bryce presented Smart with a plaster copy of his bust by George McCallum, which was still in the entrance hall of their office in the 1960s.
Smart's early Scots baronial and Italian Renaissance work is indistinguishable from Bryce's. By the late 1870s his public and commercial buildings had become Victorian late classic with French roofs, a development perhaps associated with James Smart, who was either his nephew or his son and was his partner from at least 1887 as D & J Smart. This partnership was dissolved in 1895, probably due to a family disagreement relating to the readmission of John Walker Smart, James's son (born 1872), to the practice. John had been articled to his father in 1888 and had subsequent experience with Kinnear & Peddie in Edinburgh in 1892, with McLuckie & Walker in Stirling in 1893 and with Thomas Martin Cappon in Dundee in 1894. David retained the existing office at 42 Tay Street, Perth and James opened his own office at 28 York Place in the same town with his son as chief assistant, entering into partnership with him in 1900 as James Smart & Son.
On 1 January 1907 David Smart took into partnership his senior assistant Donald Alexander Stewart, born 1876, educated at Sharp's Institution, Perth, and articled to Smart from 1892 to 1896. The firm became known as Smart & Stewart.
Smart retired in or about 1911 at the age of 86 and died on 13 October 1914 at the age of ninety. He was then living at Rockbank, Kinnoull, and left a widow, Margaret Morrison, and three daughters. He left a moveable estate of £8589 13s 4d, comparable with the most successful Glasgow practitioners, suggesting a large domestic practice or perhaps inheritance. Stewart continued the practice alone under the same name and later took Robert Matthew Mitchell (born 1874) into partnership. |
The following private or business addresses are associated with this : |
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |
| Rockbank, Kinnoull, Perthshire, Scotland | Private | | 13 October 1914 | |
| 8, High Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Business | 1868 * | | |
| 42, Tay Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1895 | After 1911 | |
This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details): |
| Date started | Building name | Town, district or village | Island | City or county | Country | Notes |
| | Ashmore | Bridge of Cally | | Perthshire | Scotland | Date unknown - for further work? |
| | Butterglen House | | | | Scotland | Date unknown |
| | Loch Garry House | | | Perthshire? | Scotland | Date unknown |
| | Rosebank House and Fernhill | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Date unknown |
| 1859 | Forfar Poorhouse | Forfar | | Angus | Scotland | |
| 1859 | Perth Poorhouse | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Competition design - unplaced |
| 1859 | Sharp's Educational Institution | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1860 | Rio Villa | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1860 | Villa, 6 Kinnoull Terrace | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1860 | Witch-hill | Bridgend, Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1861 | Battleby House | Redgorton | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1862 | Balhousie Castle | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Restoration and enlargement 'to improve the amenity of the adjoining feuing grounds' |
| 1862 | Erigmore | Torr Hill, Birnam | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1863 | Forteviot Old School | Forteviot | | Perthshire | Scotland | Further reconstruction |
| 1863 | Sheriff Clerk and Procurator Fiscal's Offices | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1864 | Central Bank of Scotland | Crieff | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reconstruction |
| 1864 | Fechney Industrial School for Boys | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1866 | Perth County Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Rebuilding of courtroom section of Sir Robert Smirke's building on square plan; internal remodelling and new buildings on South Street. |
| 1866 | Perth Station Hotel | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Won competition and secured job but carried out to 'modified and reduced' designs |
| 1867 | City and County Infirmary | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Resiting and reconstruction of Mackenzie's lodge in different form |
| 1867 | Parish Church of Forteviot | Forteviot | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reconstruction |
| 1870 | Strathmore Primary School (and Schoolhouse) | Forfar | | Angus | Scotland | |
| c. 1870 | Wellshill Industrial School for Girls | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1871 | Methven Parish Church | Methven | | Perthshire | Scotland | Tracery of windows and other alterations |
| 1871 | Perth District Asylum | Murthly | | Perthshire | Scotland | Administrative block |
| 1872 | Kilgraston House | Bridge of Earn | | Perthshire | Scotland | Reconstruction after fire - executed by John Watherston & Sons, builders |
| 1874 | Dunkeld Free Church | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1877 | Bridgend Hall | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1877 | Kinloch Parish Church | Kinloch | | Perthshire | Scotland | Windows inserted in gallery |
| 1879 | Balhousie Estate and houses in Balhousie Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Layout of estate and elevation for houses in Balhousie Street |
| 1881 | 4-8 Princes Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1887 | Blairgowrie Methodist Church | Blairgowrie | | Perthshire | Scotland | May be David Smart on his own and not in partnership |
| 1887 | Coupar Angus Public Hall | Coupar Angus | | Perthshire/Angus | Scotland | May be David Smart on his own and not in partnership |
| 1889 | Fechney Industrial School for Boys | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Further work |
| Early 1880s | Lignwood | Scone | | Perthshire | Scotland | House is 'of recent contruction' in 1888 |
| 1891 | 51 Watergate | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1891 | St Leonard's Church | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Apse at W added |
| 1892 | St Maddoes School | St Maddoes | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| After 1894 | Pumping Station | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1894 or 1895 | Perth District Asylum, Pinel House and Tuke House | Murthly | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1895 | 193-195 High Street and 1-5 Kinnoull Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1895 | 6-12 Kinnoull Street and High Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1895 | Premises for Mr Stewart, Kinnoull Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| c. 1895 | 7-9 Kinnoull Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1896 | 26-28 Scott Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1897 | 37-43 Scott Street and 141-143 South Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1897 | Grand Temperance Hotel and Associated Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1899 | 6-12 Kinnoull Street and High Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | New shopfront at no 12 |
| 1899 | Brand's Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1899 | Glenfarg Hotel | Glenfarg | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1899 | Royal Bank of Scotland Buildings | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1900 | House, Perth District Asylum | Murthly | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1900 | Police Buildings | Crieff | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1900 | Royal Bank of Scotland | Kinross | | Kinross-shire | Scotland | |
| 1901 | 22-28 King Edward Street | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1901 | House of Falkland, Stable Block | Falkland | | Fife | Scotland | Alterations - octagonal wooden clock turret |
| 1901 | Kinnoull Church Hall | Kinnoull | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1901 | Villa for Mr Boyd | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1902 | Perth Night Shelter for Females | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1907 | Ledlanet House and Stables | Milnathort | | Kinross-shire | Scotland | |
| 1907 or 1908 | Premises for John Dewar & Son | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Duty Free warehouse and extension of offices |
| 1908 | Police Buildings | Blairgowrie | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| 1909 | St Andrew's Parish Church | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Additions |
| 1910 | Kinross Parish Church Manse | Kinross | | Kinross-shire | Scotland | Additions and alterations including enlargement of windows |
| 1911 | Fechney Industrial School for Boys | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Alterations and additions, including laundry |
| Before 1914 | Auchterarder Glass Works | Auchterarder | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1914 | Buildings for John Moncrieff Ltd at Perth harbour | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | |
| Before 1914 | Freeland House | | | Perthshire | Scotland | Redecoration |
| Before 1914 | Kinnoull Parish Church | Kinnoull | | Perthshire | Scotland | Stone restoration |
| Before 1914 | Scones of Lethendy House | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | Stone restoration |