The collection consists of architectural sketches and drawings of Walter Scott, Thomas Seaton Scott, Frank Wills and Henry C. Dudley. Walter Scott's drawings include designs for houses and shops (1845) in Birkenhead, England. The drawings by Thomas Seaton Scott consist of a pictorial diary of his 1850 European voyage, drawings of buildings in Ontario and Quebec such as the Brockville train station, Christ Church Cathedral (Montreal), Memorial Church (Cornwall), and waterworks (Hamilton) and various sketches and buildings in Boston (1871-73). A number of original drawings and lithographs of drawings by Frank Wills and Wills and Dudley are of churches in Fredericton, N.B., Flushing, L.I., Mobile, Al., Albany, N.Y. as well as drawings of headstones, tombs, and church furniture and church fixtures.
Scott, Thomas Seaton, 1826-1895 : Thomas Seaton Scott (1826-1895) emigrated to Canada from England in the late 1850s and established a private practice in Montreal. He is best known for his work in the Gothic style. Initially Scott made his mark as a church architect by supervising the completion of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal upon the death of its designer in 1856 Frank Wills. In may 1871, Scott accepted the position of architect in the Department of Public Works in Ottawa and in 1872 was appointed chief architect, an administrative position, which he held until his retirement in 1881. Scott directed the federal government's large post-Confederation building program which produced some of Canada's finest examples of public buildings in the Second Empire style.
