David Smart (architect)
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|birth_place = Alyth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
|death_date = 13 October 1914
|death_place = Kinnoull, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
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David Smart (1824 – 13 October 1914) was a Scottish architect, prominent in the second half of the 19th century.[http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100390 David Smart] - Dictionary of Scottish Architects[https://www.scottish-places.info/people/famousfirst3481.html Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland], Francis Hindes Groome (1901) His design genre varied between municipal buildings, schools and churches, but he worked almost exclusively in Perthshire.
Early life
Smart was born in Alyth, Perth and Kinross, in 1824.
Career
Although it is not known with whom he first apprenticed, he worked for many years in the office of David Bryce. It is rumoured that a disagreement in that office resulted in Smart leaving to take over the practice of William Macdonald Mackenzie from his widow in 1858. The quarrel was settled amicably.
By the late 1870s, Smart was worked with a relative, James Smart, who was his partner from around 1887. Their firm was D & J Smart. The partnership was dissolved shortly before the turn of the century, possibly due to the readmission of James Smart's son, John (born 1872), to the practice.
David retained the office at 42 Tay Street (part of the Victoria Buildings) in Perth, while James opened his at 28 York Place as James Smart & Son.
In 1907, David Smart began a partnership with his senior assistant Donald Alexander Stewart (born 1876), who had been articled to Smart since 1892. The firm became known as Smart & Stewart.
=Selected notable works=
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- Battleby, near Luncarty (1862)
- Balhousie Castle (1862) – restoration and enlargement
- 54 Tay Street (1866)
- Perth Sheriff Court and County Buildings, Perth (1866)[http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/details.aspx?reference=RHP44887&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=&ko=a&r=rhp81988&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y RHP44887] – National Records of Scotland – rebuilding of courtroom section of Sir Robert Smirke's building on square plan; internal remodelling and new buildings on South Street
- Station Hotel, Perth (1866) – not the same building as today's Station Hotel, but was on the same street
- Perth Royal Infirmary (original location; 1867) – relocated and reconstructed William Mackenzie's lodge in a different form[http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB39324 4 York Place, The Lodge, Including Gatepiers] – Historic Environment Scotland
- Brand's Building, South Street, Perth (1899)[https://canmore.org.uk/site/159612/perth-south-street-general Perth, South Street, General] – Canmore
Personal life
Smart was married to Margaret Morrison, with whom he had three daughters. One of his daughters was Jane Greig Smart, who died in 1952.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
Smart's nephew, James, also became a noted architect.{{Cite web |title=Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report (May 25, 2022, 1:49 am) |url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=202128 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.scottisharchitects.org.uk}}
=Death=
Smart died on 13 October 1914, aged 90, while living at Rockbank in Kinnoull.
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Category:Architects from Perth, Scotland