Basic Biographical Details

Name: William Edwardes Sproat
Designation:  
Born: 18 February 1878
Died: 2 September 1953
Bio Notes: William Edwardes Sproat was born in Glasgow on 18 February 1878, the son of Samuel Sproat, shoemaker, and his wife Christina Livingstone. He was articled to Robert Wilcox in Glasgow from 1894 until 1899 and commenced independent from 431 Victoria Road, Glasgow in 1900, in which year he exhibited a competition design for Hull Free Library at the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts. He had moved to the Liverpool area by 1904. This practice was fairly successful obtaining commissions for libraries and schools - probably in competition - but after the Finance Act of 1909 dried up private client commissions, he emigrated in 1912 to Vancouver where he designed the Kuomintary Building on East Pender Street and Gore Avenue in 1920. Sproat moved to America in or before 1922. He died in Los Angeles on 2 September 1953.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 1431, Victoria Road, Glasgow, ScotlandPrivate1900 *  

* earliest date known from documented sources.

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
 Date startedBuilding nameTown, district or villageIslandCity or countyCountryNotes
Item 1 of 31900Hull Free LibraryHull YorkshireEnglandCompetition design exhibited
Item 2 of 31901Offices for Swansea Harour TrustSwansea  WalesHighly commended competition design with Stones & Stones of Blackburn.
Item 3 of 31904Rawtenstall Library and Municipal BuildingsRawtenstall LancashireEnglandAwarded 2nd premium. Joint entry with Stone & Stone

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this :
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Luxton, Donald (ed.)2003Building the West: the early architects of British Columbia Vancouver: Talon Books