The Cartier Drill Hall was designed by Thomas Seaton Scott

Thomas Seaton Scott (16 August 1826 – 15 or 16 June 1895) was a Canadian architect. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Born in Birkenhead, England he immigrated to Canada as a young man first settling in Montreal. Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec He was hired by the Grand Trunk Railway and worked for them on a number of structures including the original Union Station in Toronto and the Grand Trunk train station in Montreal. The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American Toronto ’s first Union Station was built by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1858 at a location just west of the present Union Station trainshed Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec

In 1871 he was hired by the Department of Public Works and he designed a number of Ottawa's new government buildings in the years after Canadian Confederation. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the Among his works are the West Block of the Parliament of Canada, the Cartier Square Drill Hall, and the now demolished Dominion Post Office. The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada is Canada 's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The Drill Hall at Cartier Square has been an Ottawa landmark and dedicated military training facility since its construction in 1879 From 1872 to 1881 he held the position of Chief Dominion Architect and thus played at least a supervisory role in all major government projects. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He is considered one of the creators of the Dominion Style that dominated Canadian institutional architecture in the nineteenth century. He was succeeded as Chief Architect by Thomas Fuller. Thomas Fuller ( March 8, 1823 &ndash September 28, 1898) was a Canadian Architect.

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online