[1] He designed several notable buildings in Scotland, mostly churches, and worked alongside Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a partner for several years.

[1] By 1890, Honeyman was experiencing problems with his eyesight, which limited his actual design to church work and restorations.

He was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy (ARSA) in 1892, and elevated to full academician three years later.

[1] He retired officially on the first day of 1901, allowing Keppie and Charles Rennie Mackintosh,[2] who had become lead designer in the practice in 1892, to buy him out by his taking a half share of the profits over the next three years.

He was buried with his first two wives at Glasgow Necropolis[1] in an unmarked grave at the base of the rockface in the Upsilon section of the cemetery, between two monuments to the Tennent family, facing the Wellpark Brewery.