Basic Biographical Details Name: | Donald McKay Stoddart | Designation: | | Born: | 1875 | Died: | 31 January 1930 | Bio Notes: | Donald McKay Stoddart was born in 1875 (reg dist 644/12, entry no 177), the son of J Hastie Stoddart, editor of the Glasgow Herald, and Sarah Cunningham McTaggart. He was educated at Glasgow High School. Unusually, prior to commencing his apprenticeship, he was awarded three silver medals from the South Kensington Schools and he spent most of 1892 travelling in Italy and France. On his return he was articled to Honeyman & Keppie and began attending classes at Glasgow School of Art under William James Anderson and Francis H Newbery. He completed his apprenticeship in 1897 and travelled in Italy the following year, returning to the same office as draughtsman and continuing his studies at Glasgow School of Art until 1899. In 1900 he entered the office of Alexander Nisbet Paterson as chief draughtsman, and he remained in the same firm thereafter, taking charge in Paterson's absence and being given the somewhat unusual freedom to have a small private practice. He was admitted LRIBA on 4 July 1910 his proposers being Paterson, John Keppie and Andrew Graham Henderson.
Stoddart was called up for war service and although declared unfit for combatant service, he served in a Motor Transport Battalion in France. He returned in 1919 and was taken into partnership. But his health had been damaged and his role in the office remained much the same as it had been before 1914, as in Paterson's words, he suffered from 'a want of boldness in general conception, the proverbial failure to see the wood for the trees'.
Stoddart was admitted FRIBA on 30 November 1925, his proposers being Paterson, Keppie and John Watson, the last reflecting the close relationship which had developed between Paterson and the Watsons.
Stoddart died of pneumonia at the Western Infirmary on 31 January 1930. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 266, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1903 | After 1924 | | | 36, Falkland Mansions, Hyndland, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | Before 1910 | After 1914 | | | 219, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1929 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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Buildings and DesignsThis 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 | | 1898 | Brechin Cathedral | Brechin | | Angus | Scotland | Restoration, alterations and additions - as draughtsman to Honeyman & Keppie | | 1900 | Auchendennan House | Arden | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Additions - as chief draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson | | 1901 | Golfhill Public School | Dennistoun | | Glasgow | Scotland | As chief draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson | | 1902 | Clyde Street School | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | As chief draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson | | 1906 | Colquhoun Arms Hotel | Arrochar | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | As chief draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson | | 1906 | National Bank of Scotland, St Enoch Square | | | Glasgow | Scotland | As chief draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson | | 1907 | Liberal Club | | | Glasgow | Scotland | New clubhouse - as chief draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson | | 1907 | Yarrow Church | Yarrow | | Selkirkshire | Scotland | Alterations and additions and restoration - as chief draughtsman to Alexander Nisbet Paterson | | 1919 | Memorial Cross to the Earl and Countess of Home | Douglas | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | | | 1920 | National Bank of Scotland War Memorial | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1920 | Parade Cinema | Dennistoun | | Glasgow | Scotland | Designed within the Paterson & Stoddart partnership though principally by Stoddart | | 1920 | Shandon war memorial | Gullybridge | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | c. 1920 | Langside Old Parish Church | Langside | | Glasgow | Scotland | War memorial | | c. 1920 | Rhu War Memorial | Rhu/Row | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | c. 1920 | William Millie Dow Memorial | Dysart | | Fife | Scotland | | | 1921 | Glasgow High School War Memorial | | | Glasgow | Scotland | 2nd prize | | 1922 | Design for RIBA (War?) memorial | | | | | | | 1922 | Glasgow Academy | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Perhaps competition design - for extension? | | 1922 | Helensburgh War Memorial, Hermitage Park | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1922 | Holy Trinity Episcopal Church | Kilmarnock | | Ayrshire | Scotland | Internal alterations - inlcuding nave roof and mullions and transoms of windows? | | c. 1922 | Scalesheugh Mausoleum | | | Cumberland | England | | | c. 1922 | Stevenson Memorial Church, memorial | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Designed independently, though at the time in partnership with Paterson | | 1923 | Campbeltown War Memorial | Campbeltown | | Argyll | Scotland | Won competition to secure job (according to HS Lists and B of S) | | 1923 | Rowaleyn | Rhu/Row | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Additions - entrance tower | | 1923 | Scottish National Zoological Park, Gateway (including lodge) | Corstorphine | | Edinburgh | Scotland | | | 1923 | St Bride's Girls' School | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Junior wing and alterations | | 1923 | Yarrow Church | Yarrow | | Selkirkshire | Scotland | Rebuilding after fire | | c. 1923 | Helensburgh Cemetery, Bonar Law Memorial | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1924 | Glasgow Academy War Memorial | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Took over job | | 1924 | Scottish National Zoological Park Aquarium | Corstorphine | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Appointed after competition but later modified the design | | 1925 | Additions to a house in Stirlingshire | | | Stirlingshire | Scotland | | | 1925 | Duncan Macpherson Hospital | Gourock | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | 1925 | Mausoleum in a private park | | | | | | | 1925 | The Savings Bank of Glasgow, Muirend | Cathcart | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | c. 1925 | House at Whitecraigs for John M Brown | Whitecraigs | | Glasgow | Scotland | | | c. 1925 | Tomb of Stewart Henbest Capper | | | Cairo | Egypt | | | 1926 | Gleddoch House | Langbank (near) | | Renfrewshire | Scotland | | | 1927 | Palace of the League of Nations | | | Geneva | Switzerland | Competition design | | 1928 | Dunard | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | Unspecified work | | 1928 | National Bank of Scotland, Helensburgh Branch | Helensburgh | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | | | 1929 | University of Glasgow Students Union | | | Glasgow | Scotland | Competition design - not successful | | 1932 | Rural seat | Cardross | | Dunbartonshire | Scotland | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | British Architectural Library, RIBA | 2001 | Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 | | | | | Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts | 1899 | | | | 679 & 770 (studies from his Italian tour: mosaics from S Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna and fountain by Giovanni Della Robbia from Sta Maria Novella, Florence) | | Who's Who in Architecture | 1914 | | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | RIBA Journal | 8 March 1930 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary p311 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Additional research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v2 no134 (microfilm reel 29); F no2323 (box 5; microfilm reel 17) |
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