Born Scotland. Teacher in architecture at Wellington Technical School 1895. Also practising as an architect in chambers at Grey Street, Wellington by 1897. In 1898 he joined Robert Roy McGregor in partnership as McKay & MacGregor; in 1901 the firm became known as Crichton & McKay when he joined William Crichton in partnership. Their premises were still in Grey Street, Wellington. His work is followed with the letters A. R. V. I. A. He died in Sydney in 1944.
McKay, James Hector, -1944
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McKay, James Hector, fl 1890s :Alterations and additions, premisses, Lambton Quay, Well...
Date: 1897
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944
Reference: Plans-91-1424
Description: Basement plan, before and after proposed alterations to incorporate an art gallery, roof plan showing skylights, three sections showing a doorway, part of a stairwell, and the area between two floors, two elevations showing windows, front and back. Other Titles - premises Inscriptions: Recto - title upper right, with approving signatures dated 15 June 1897 from Brown & Johnston, McGregor B. Wright and George B. Wright; also architect's signature bottom right: J. Hector McKay A. R. V. I. A., Architect, National Chambers Grey St, Wellington, 28/5/97 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on wove paper, 335 x 471 mm
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McKay, James Hector, fl 1890-1910s :Cottage, Browns Bay [Rona Bay], for Miss Flanagan. ...
Date: 1896
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944
Reference: Plans-90-1480
Description: Plan for a two-bedroom cottage and garden shed. Shows floor plan, front and side elevations, and a section showing the fireplace. Rona Bay was previously called Brown's Bay. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - J Hector McKay / Helena Sanderson / George H Hall / Eleanor Elizabeth Flannagan Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, on paper 485 x 595 mm. Provenance: Bulleyment Fortune donation, 1990.
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McKay, James Hector :Alterations and additions, 15 Willis Street, Wellington, for W M A...
Date: 1897
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944
Reference: Plans-91-0430
Description: Shows a floor plan, back elelvation and front elevation. Other Titles - 19 May 1897 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 334 x 267 mm.
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McKay, James Hector, d 1944 :Alterations [to] residence, Golders Hill off Hill Street, ...
Date: 1903
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944; Partridge, Emily Jane, active 1903
Reference: Plans-91-0222
Description: Shows ground floor and upstairs plan, west and south elevations for a two-storeyed house. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 480 x 328 mm.
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Opening of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants Building, Aitken Street, Welling...
Date: 14 Feb 1914
From: Rail and Maritime Transport Union Inc :Photographs of Railway Union groups and activities
By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
Reference: PAColl-D-0998
Description: Group photograph of Delegates, Executive, and Officers of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand taken at the opening ceremony of their head office building, Aitken Street. Photographed by ZAK, Wellington, in 1914. Back row: W G Paget, Lyttelton; G Day, Taumarunui; H Johnson, Stratford; M McLauchlan, Grey; P E Cairns, Wellington; W F G Pullin, Newmarket; Louis Hill, Auckland; D Cooper, Dargaville. Fourth row: W Benson, Ashburton; A Kemp, Dannevirke; J Leddy, Wellington; H S Seaton, Hawera; W McCulloch, Masterton; J P Paekakariki; J E Hanby, Picton; W J Westney, Frankton Junction; A C Stead, Auckland; W J McGonigle, Wanganui; Thomas C Watson, Timaru; J Mewburn, Taihape; G T Evitt, Paeroa; J Robertson, Invercargill; G Sargent, Whangarei; F Gray, Oxford West. Third row: R Schumacher, Thorndon; W Hailwood, Trustee; R Pullenger, Ohingaiti; A D McKellar, Waipara; J Murphy, Waipukurau; J Ashton, Balclutha; Johnston, Cross Creek; A M Hammond, Helensville; J Cornish, Palmerston North; Charles E Wheeler, Editor, `Railway review'; D Moore, Kakahi; W Nuttall, Grey; J J C Hackett, Taumarunui; W G Hagan, Ohakune; J H Reid, Nelson; R Verrey, Gore; A Hallett, Upper Hutt, Mat. Thomas, Invercargill. Second row: R Ryan, trustee; D Dwyer, Wanganui; A Whisker, Taumarunui; William Crichton, architect; J H McKay, architect; P gaines (Vice-President), Christchurch; William T Wilson (President), Palmerston North; M J Mack, General Secretary; P C Watt, builder; F Hutchins, Invercargill; J Barnett, Invercargill; J H Whiburn, Newmarket; L Geraghty, Auckland; E J Dash, Waikari; George E Williams, Napier. Front row: W H Edwards, Westport; C Thompson, Dunedin; E Hayes, Palmerston South; James thomson, Otago; G McLeod, Oamaru; J T Fisher, Marton Junction; S G Smith, New Plymouth; A Melville, Hillside; Thomas E Evans, Canterbury. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - above image - Title; Backing board recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 300 x 380 mm on card 480 x 605 mm
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Martin McCarthy - The Haughton Partnership, an historical review
Date: 1982
From: Wilson, Derek John, 1922-: Papers relating to his architectural practice
Reference: MS-Papers-9249-1
Description: A paper submitted in partial fulfilment of the bachelor of Architecture degree, Victoria University of Wellington. A history of the Wellington architectural practice The Haughton Partnership, covering the years 1901-1951 and considers the individual work of the two founding partners, James Hector McKay and William Crichton, from 1879. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typsecript (photocopy)
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McKay, James Hector :Warehouse, Victoria Street, Wellington. J. Edmondson & Co. 8 May 1897
Date: 1897
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944
Reference: Plans-90-1138
Description: Foundation, ground floor and upstairs plans. A ground floor street-level office is shown; otherwise no other features, suggesting mostly storage space Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Approving signatures: John Edmondson, R. Spurway and C. H. Dickerson, dated 21 May 1897; top left, title. Bottom right, James Hector McKay, Architect, A. R. V. I. A., National Chambers, Grey St, Wellington, 8/5/97 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on wove paper, 497 x 669 mm
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[Architect unknown] :Residence, Karori, for Mrs Frengley. December 1922
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944
Reference: Plans-90-1494/1496
Description: Plan for a house with wood panelling, billiard room, two bedrooms and a sleeping porch on the main floor, dormer windows in an upper floor, and a half-basement. Plans are signed by Joseph Patrick Frengley, J H McKay, and Thomas Francis Bailey. MacDonald Street (changed to Messines Road in 1925) is indicated on another plan for the same house. November 2016: added information from researcher: Existing at 95 Messines Road, Karori Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings and diazo prints with watercolour, sizes varying around 550 x 750 mm.
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McKay, James Hector, fl 1890s-1910s :Proposed additions to residence for C. E. Mathews....
Date: 1914
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944; Crichton & McKay (Firm)
Reference: Plans-90-1727
Description: Plans, front and back elevations and a partial cross-section for a two-storied dwelling on a sloping section The client's name is spelled Mathews (one t) in the title; however he has signed the drawing as C. E. Matthews (two ts). No architect's name is given, but J. H. McKay has also signed the drawing. The house was probably located in Wesley Road, Kelburn, since C. E. MAatthews moved from 131 Grant Road to 38 Wesley Road in 1914 or 1915, according to his entry in Wise's Post Office Directories Other Titles - Matthews Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and coloured ink on dressed linen
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[McKay, James Hector] :Residence, Karori, for Mrs Frengley. Joinery details etc. Decemb...
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944
Reference: Plans-90-1495
Description: Details of panelling, doors, joinery, eaves, skirting, architraves, site plan and foundation plan Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen,
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Wellington Technical School: Technical School evening classes ... Drawing classes are h...
Date: 1895
By: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014
Reference: Eph-D-ARTS-1895-01
Description: Arrangement of text. Mentions drawing instructors: J M Nairn, M Hill, R N Anderson; geometrical and perspective drawing instructor W Rountree; life class instructor J M Nairn, Carpentry, wood and stone carving, moulding, casting, and modelling instructor W H Barrett; Building construction and architecture instructors J Campbell and J H McKay; theory and practice of plumbing instructor, W Mack; mechanical drawing and machine construction instructor J Welsby. J Campbell is possibly John Campbell 1857-1942. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress 528 x 346 mm.
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McKay, James Hector, fl 1890s-1900s :Residence, Karori, for Mrs Frengley. 1922.
Date: 1922
From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]
By: McKay, James Hector, -1944
Reference: Plans-90-1488
Description: Shows a floor plan, roof plan, elevations and sections for a house with two bedrooms on the main floor and a room with dormer gable above, and a shed or extra room on the floor below. The main floor also had a billiard room, ingle nook, sleeping porch, living room and kitchen and two large bay windows. McDonald Street is indicated on another plan for the same house. Another copy of the plan was signed by Joseph Frengley and Thomas Francis Bailey. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on waxed linen paper, 535 x 710 mm.