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Type of entity
Person
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Hay, William
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Description area
Dates of existence
1818-1888
History
William Hay (1818-1888) was born in Scotland in 1818, and after spending time in Newfoundland from 1846 to 1850, proceeded to Toronto where he established a prominent architectural firm in southern Ontario which ran from 1853 to 1860. After several years spent in Halifax, he returned to Scotland in 1863 where he died in 1888. Hay was the architect of government buildings and some of the finest buildings constructed in Canada West (Ontario) in the middle of the nineteenth century.