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Identity area
Type of entity
Person
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Painter, Walter Scott, 1877-1957
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Description area
Dates of existence
1877-1957
History
Walter Scott Painter was born on February 15, 1877, in Reading, Pennsylvania.
He was educated in architecture in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. In 1901, he moved to Montreal, Quebec. In 1905, he became the chief architect of the Canadian Pacific Railway, a position he held until 1911. He was responsible for several station and hotel projects in the province of Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. He became a member of the Association des architectes de la province de Québec and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1909. He formed the Brown and Painter agency in Toronto from 1904 to 1905. He designed the Château Frontenac in Quebec City (1908), Calgary's CPR station, the Banff Springs Hotel, and the Lake Louise Chateau. He also designed Windsor Station in Montreal (1909-1914). During World War I, he returned to the United States and was placed in charge of all wartime projects for the U.S. government. After the war, he went to South America where he pioneered the design of modern school development. He returned to the U.S. as one of the architectural engineers for U.S. Steel in New York City.
In 1947, he retired to Banff, Alberta. In 1906, he married Estelle R Renninger. He died in 1957.