Among the many structures designed by Mr. Hutchison independently
or in a partnership relation, and which stand as monuments to
his skill and ingenuity may be mentioned: Redpath Museum; McGill
University; Erskine church; Crescent Street Presbyterian church;
Warren Memorial church at Louisville, Kentucky; St. Andrew’s
church, at Westmount; Montreal high school and a number of other
school buildings; Royal Insurance building; London & Liverpool &
Globe Insurance Company’s building; Canadian Express Company’s
building; La Presse building; Queen’s Hall block; Henry Birks &
Sons’ building; Lord Strathcona’s residence; Macdonald College
buildings at Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, as well as a large
number of residences in Montreal and elsewhere together with many
warehouses, factories etc. One of the most recent expressions
of his architectural skill is seen in the Chalmers church at
Ottawa. He has not only practiced his profession as one of its
active followers, but has also gained renown as an educator in
his special field. He has lectured on ecclesiastical architecture
before the Presbyterian College of Montreal and he was one of
the original members, selected by its founder, the Marquis of
Lorne, of the Royal Canadian Academy of Art, and remained its
vice president until 1907, when he resigned. He has likewise
been honored with the presidency of the Quebec Architects’
Association, of which he was one of the founders, and thus
has come to him direct recognition of the honor and respect
entertained for him by the profession.
In political affairs Mr. Hutchison has taken a prominent part
but never as a party leader in the commonly accepted sense of
the term. With him men and measures have ever been considered
before partisanship, and the public welfare has ever stood
before personal aggrandizement. For years he was a member of
the council and was the second mayor of Cote St. Antoine, now
Westmount. His deep interest in and loyalty to the cause of
education was demonstrated in his eighteen years of service as a
school trustee. For a number of years he was a member of No. 5
Queen’s Company Volunteer Fire Brigade. He was likewise a member
of the First Company Rifles which was originally an independent
company and afterwards became the First Company of Prince of
Wales’ Regiment. He was also an officer in a rifle company in
Ottawa, while subsequently he became an officer of the Montreal
Engineers, retiring with the rank of lieutenant. He took part in
the Fenian raids of 1866 and 1870 and was accorded the Queen’s
medal.
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