Basic Biographical Details Name: | James Scott Hay | Designation: | | Born: | 1871 | Died: | 21 January 1929 | Bio Notes: | James Scott Hay was born in Edinburgh in 1871 and served his apprenticeship in an as yet unidentified Edinburgh practice. In 1896 or 1897 he moved to Kilmarnock to become an assistant to Gabriel Andrew, commencing independent practice at 9 John Dickie Street in 1898 where after a number of years the practice became James Hay & Partners. In May 1920 he took his then chief assistant Gabriel Steel (born 1888) into partnership, the firm becoming Hay & Steel.
Hay and Steel are believed to have fallen out in the early 1920s over plans for Galston Town House, and thereafter Steel practised from the main address at 13 West George Street, Kilmarnock, whilst Hay appears to have practised from his house, 'Dunscaig', 19 Racecourse Road, Ayr.
Hay's wife Adelaide Maud Jaffe died in November 1928 and a broken-hearted Hay died at Dunscaig only two months later, on 21 January 1929 at the age of fifty-four, leaving moveable estate of £9,368 0s 9d. He was buried at Ayr Cemetery. Steel continued the practice as sole partner thereafter. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 9, John Dickie Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland | Private | 1898 | | Not listed in local directories until 1901 | | Caxton Chambers, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland | Business | 1907 * | | | | Bank Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland | Business | 1911 * | | | | 13, West George Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland | Business | Before 1924 | 1929(?) | | | Dunscaig/19, Racecourse Road, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland | Private/business | 1929 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
Employment and TrainingEmployersThe following individuals or organisations employed or trained this (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | Gabriel Andrew | 1896 or 1897 | 1898 | Assistant | | | James Hay & Partners | Before 1898 | May 1920 | Partner | | | Hay & Steel | May 1920 | 1929 | Partner | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Close, Robert | 1992 | Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh: RIAS | p 129 | | Measurers\' Companion | 1911 | The Scottish Architects' and Measurers' Companion | | | |
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 | | Information from Craig W J McLelland, who worked for Hay & Steel between 1979 and 1985; year of birth from research by Iain Paterson |
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