Basic Biographical Details
| Name: | Darling & Pearson |
| Designation: | Architectural practice |
| Started: | 1899 |
| Ended: | |
| Bio Notes: | Frank Darling was born in 1850, the son and brother of prominent Anglican clergymen in Toronto, and trained with Henry Langley. He then sought experience in London, in the offices of George Edmund Street and Arthur William Blomfield, returning to Toronto after three years to commence practice on his own account. After a year practising alone he went into partnership with Henry MacDougall in 1873 but this was dissolved when MacDougall returned to Scotland in 1875. In 1880 Darling entered into a new partnership with Samuel Curry. In 1890 the firm became Darling, Pearson & Sproatt when John Andrew Pearson (born 1867) and Henry Sproatt, who were already in partnership together, joined the firm. The firm was renamed Darling & Pearson in 1899 when Sproatt left to enter a new partnership with Ernest Rolph. By 1905, when David Suttie McIlroy briefly joined the firm as an assistant, an office had been opened in Winnipeg. The title of Darling & Pearson was retained after Darling's death in 1923. |
Private and Business Addresses
| The following private or business addresses are associated with this architectural practice: | |||||
| Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | |
 | Toronto, Canada | Business | |||
| Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | Business | 1905 * | ||
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and Training
Employees or Pupils
| The following individuals were employed or trained by this architectural practice (click on an item to view details): | |||||
| Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | |
| Frank Darling | 1899 | 1923 | Partner | |
| Andrew Sharp | 1902 | 1910 | Chief Designer | |
| James Hodge Brown | 1904 | 1910 | Draughtsman | |
| David Suttie McIlroy | 1905 | 1906 | Assistant | |
| Andrew Grant | 1907 | 1908 | Assistant | |
| Andrew Rollo | 1907 | 1915 | ||
| David John Cameron | c. 1907 | c. 1913 | Assistant | |
| William Ferguson (junior) (or William Moncrieff Ferguson, or Willie Ferguson) | After 1911 | 1929 | Assistant(?) | With the exception of war service, 1914-18 |
| William Ralston | 1914 | 1922 | Assistant | |
| James Hodge Brown | 1919 | 1923 | Assistant(?) | Role uncertain |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this architectural practice: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| www.magma.ca/~djeanes/architects/ | 2005 | www.magma.ca/~djeanes/architects/ | Magma Communications architects' directory | ||