{{Short description|Canadian architectural firm}} '''Hutton & Souter''' is a Canadian architectural firm established in 1920 by William Russell Souter and Gordon Johnston Hutton.<ref name=":0">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Souter, William Russell|encyclopedia=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: 1800&ndash;1950|url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1988|access-date=17 May 2017|last=Hill|first=Robert G.|date=2016<!--based on last update to dictionary; also, all archive.org captures are in 2016-->}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Hutton, Gordon Johnston|encyclopedia=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: 1800&ndash;1950|url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1536|access-date=17 May 2017|last=Hill|first=Robert J.|date=2015 <!--based on availability in archive.org-->}}</ref> Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the firm is responsible for notable structures in the city and elsewhere, (e.g. McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom<ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://torontoplaques.com/Pages/McLaughlin_Motor_Car_Showroom.html|title=McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom Historical Plaque|last=Brown|first=Alan L|date=1 January 2016<!--from page source comments-->|website=Toronto Historical Plaques|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118165634/http://torontoplaques.com/Pages/McLaughlin_Motor_Car_Showroom.html|access-date=13 May 2017|archive-date=18 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> and Dominion Public Building<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ontario-travel-secrets.com/hamilton-courthouse.html|title=Hamilton Courthouse Hidden Beauty|last=<!--no byline-->|date=14 January 2017<!--from 'generated' comment near end of page source-->|website=Ontario Travel Secrets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429054822/http://www.ontario-travel-secrets.com/hamilton-courthouse.html|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=29 April 2017|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>).<ref name="Peace">{{cite book|last1=Peace|first1=Walter G.|title=Hamilton's Architectural Heritage: The Influences of Geography, History, and Culture on the Built Environment|date=May 2011|publisher=School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University|location=Hamilton, Ontario|url=http://mcmaster-retirees.ca/PDF/Hamilton%27sArchitecturalHeritageFinalwithnotes-small%20file.pdf|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170520134101/http://mcmaster-retirees.ca/PDF/Hamilton'sArchitecturalHeritageFinalwithnotes-small%20file.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 20, 2017|access-date=14 May 2017}}</ref> The firm's name was changed to William R. Souter & Associates in 1947 after Hutton's death.<ref name=":0" />

== William Souter == Souter was born on 11 June 1894 in Hamilton, Ontario.<ref name=":0" /> He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania from 1914 to 1917, then partnered with Hutton in 1920.<ref name=":0" /> He died on 17 November 1971.<ref name=":0" /> Souter had a son, William C. Souter, who was also an architect, inherited his father's firm, and died in 2001.<ref name=":0" />

== Gordon Hutton == Hutton was born in 1881 and died, suddenly, in April 1942.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

== Completed projects == Burlington, Ontario * Long Vue (residence), built c.1926<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vitacollections.ca/burlingtonhistoricalsociety/9159/data|title="Long Vue": The P. D. Carse Residence, 563 North Shore Boulevard East, circa 1926|website=The Burlington Historical Society Digital Collections|publisher=OurDigitalWorld<!--added to archive.is-->|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> Hamilton, Ontario * 1 St. James Place (house) and sister home, 16 Inglewood; constructed 1936 and designated under the Ontario Heritage Act<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.raisethehammer.org/article/2776/plenty_of_reasons_to_protect_1_st_james_place_from_demolition|title=Plenty of Reasons to Protect 1 St. James Place from Demolition|last=Roche|first=Geoff|date=26 November 2015|website=Raise the Hammer|access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref> * 358 Bay Street South (house), constructed in 1930<ref name=":2" /> * Basilica of Christ the King, built 1931–33<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://mcmaster-retirees.ca/PDF/Hamilton%27sArchitecturalHeritageFinalwithnotes-small%20file.pdf|title=Hamilton's Architectural Heritage|last=Peace|first=Walter J.|date=May 2011|website=McMaster University Retirees Association|publisher=McMaster University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919234058/http://www.mcmaster-retirees.ca/PDF/Hamilton%27sArchitecturalHeritageFinalwithnotes-small%20file.pdf|access-date=20 May 2017|archive-date=19 September 2015|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>{{Rp|40}} * Cathedral School, constructed in 1928 in Hamilton, Ontario<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.hamilton.ca/NR/rdonlyres/DD933CDB-2569-43A3-9B63-4F309490CD47/0/Oct1552PED13168.pdf|title=Request to Designate 378 Main Street East (Hamilton) (Cathedral School) Under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (PED13168) (Ward 3)|date=2013|website=City of Hamilton|access-date=18 May 2017}}</ref> * Delta Secondary School, the city's oldest high school, opened in 1924<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|41}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://162.219.163.96/~hamilton/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WARD_4_FINAL_March18.pdf|title=Ward 4 Historical Fact Sheet|date=18 March 2014|website=Hamilton Historical Board|publisher=City of Hamilton|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826025627/http://162.219.163.96/~hamilton/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WARD_4_FINAL_March18.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Hamilton Post Office, originally the Dominion Public Building, completed in 1936<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":3" />{{Rp|39}} Oshawa, Ontario * building for General Motors of Canada, constructed c.1927<ref>{{Cite journal|last=<!--no byline - composed by staff-->|date=14 July 1927|title=Machine Requirements and Industrial Construction: Opportunities for Future Business|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLdMAQAAIAAJ|journal=American Machinist|volume=67|issue=2|pages=76j}}</ref> Toronto, Ontario * McLaughlin Motor Car Showroom, constructed 1925<ref name=":4" /> Windsor, Ontario * Chrysler Power Plant, constructed during the period of 1928 to 1935<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.citywindsor.ca/residents/planning/Plans-and-Community-Information/Know-Your-Community/Heritage-Planning/Documents/Municipal%20Register%202017-03-07.pdf|title=Windsor Municipal Heritage Register|date=6 March 2017|website=The City of Windsor, Ontario, Canada|at=2545 Chrysler Centre / 2495 Ypres Ave<!--added to archive.is-->|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> * Hotel Norton Palmer, built 1930<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://swoda.uwindsor.ca/swoda/subject/Hutton-And-Souter-%28Hamilton%29|title=Subject: Hutton And Souter (Hamilton)|last=<!--not specified-->|date=<!--not specified-->|website=Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive|access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref> * Windsor Assembly Plant, constructed for General Motors in 1928<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ohrnberger|first1=Klaus H.|last2=Marzotto|first2=Tito R.|date=August 2016|title=Transforming a Historic Auto Plant|url=http://www.structuremag.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/F-ChryslerPlant-Aug161.pdf|journal=Structure<!--not present in archive.org nor archive.is-->}}</ref>

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