Basic Biographical Details Name: | Steel & King | Designation: | | Born: | January 1905 | Died: | February 1910 | Bio Notes: | John Forrest (or Forrester?) Steel (generally known simply as John Steel) was born in Wishaw in 1874, the son of Thomas Steel. He was educated at Cambusnethan School and St John's Grammar School, Hamilton. He was articled to W H Howie & H D Walton of Glasgow from 1891 to 1896, attending classes at Hamilton Academy and Glasgow School of Art where he obtained a free studentship. At the end of his articles in 1896 he became an assistant in the office of Dykes & Robertson, but in 1897 he succeeded in obtaining a place in the office of Niven & Wigglesworth in London, remaining there until 1900 when he spent a year with Hall-Jones & Cummings. These posts enabled him to study for five years at the RA Schools and obtain its diploma. At some point before 1901 he seems to have worked for the Wishaw architect Alexander Hinshelwood but by that year he was certainly in independent practice there.
In January 1905 Steel formed a partnership with the younger John King. King had been born in 1880 and articled to John Campbell McKellar from 1897 to 1902, working under the supervision of George Gunn and attending classes at Glasgow School of Art. At the end of his apprenticeship he had joined the office of George Penrose Kennedy Young in Perth where he worked under Young's son, Cedric Young, who had been trained in the office of John Burnet & Son of Glasgow. He had remained there until commencing independent practice in partnership with Steel.
The partnership of Steel & King was dissolved by mutual consent in February 1910, Steel and King practising separately thereafter. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Business | | | |
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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 | | 1908 | Double Villa, Kennedy Street | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Within the period of the partnership but apparently alone | | 1908 | Masonic Temple (Lodge St Mary Coltness no 31) | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | King claims in his Nomination Paper that he alone was responsible for this. Steel also claims it was his. | | 1908 | Villa in Kennedy Street | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Within the period of the partnership but apparently alone | | 1908 | Villa in Manse Road | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Within the period of the partnership but apparently alone | | 1910 | Villa | Honley, Huddersfield | | Yorkshire | England | Being built | | Before 1910 | High School | Wishaw | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | Additions | | Before 1910 | Netherton Elementary School | Netherton | | Lanarkshire | Scotland | |
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