Basic Biographical Details Name: | Douglas Pairman Hall | Designation: | | Born: | 23 September 1880 | Died: | 5 July 1945 | Bio Notes: | Douglas Pairman Hall was born on 23 September 1880, probably in north Angus. He was articled to John Sim in Montrose for five years, and presumably remained for a few further years as an assistant. By 1903 he had moved to Edinburgh, where he worked for Hippolyte Jean Blanc as an assistant and studied at the School of Applied Art and Heriot-Watt College. He was still with Blanc, by now as head draughtsman, at the time he was admitted LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, his proposers being James Bow Dunn and the Edinburgh Architectural Association.
He emigrated in 1912 to New York where he obtained a place in the office of the Dundee-born theatre specialist Thomas White Lamb, with whom he remained until the early 1930s. He subsequently became a specialist in that field in his own right, designing some fifty theatres and cinemas in the New York area, latterly in partnership with ___ Riley as Hall & Riley.
He died on 5 July 1945. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 59, Viewforth, Edinburgh, Scotland | Private | 1911 * | | | | New York, United States of America | Private/business | 1912 | 1945 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployers
RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | James Bow Dunn | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship - as President of the Edinburgh Architectural Association |
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 | | After 1895 | Schools | Stornoway | Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland | As apprentice/assistant to either John Sim or Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1903 | Bangour Village Asylum | Uphall | | West Lothian | Scotland | Asylum - as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1903 | Carnegie Public Baths and gymnasium | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | As assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1904 | Bryson's, Princes Street | | | Edinburgh | Scotland | Probably involved, as assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1905 | UF Church Pitcairngreen | Perth | | Perthshire | Scotland | As assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1907 or 1908(?) | Carnegie District Library, Baldridgeburn | Dunfermline | | Fife | Scotland | Competition design, as assistant to H J Blanc - won competition but job was lost to H & D Barclay (this may apply to the Townhill Library, Dunfermline) | | 1908 | Carnegie Baths | Forfar | | Angus | Scotland | As chief draughtsman to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1909 | Kirkwall Cathedral | Kirkwall | Mainland | Orkney | Scotland | Competition design for restoration - as chief draughtsman to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1909 | London County Hall | | | London | England | Competition design - as head draughtsman to Hippolyte Jean Blanc | | 1911 | Ardchattan and Connel UF Church | Benderloch | | Argyll | Scotland | As assistant to Hippolyte Jean Blanc |
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 | | | | | Withey, Henry F and Withey, Elsie Rathburn | 1970 | Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) | Facsimile edition | Los Angeles: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc (originally published in 1956) | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this : | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | National Architect | 14 August 1945 | | | Obituary |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v18 no1312 |
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