Percy Erskine Nobbs FRIBA RCA (11 August 1875 – 5 November 1964) was a Scottish-Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, East Lothian, and trained in the United Kingdom.
[1] Often working in partnership with George Taylor Hyde, Nobbs designed a great many of what would become Montreal's heritage buildings and was a key Canadian proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement in architecture.
His designs for homes had the distinction of paying a great deal of attention to the siting and orientation of the building and the placement of the windows.
The magnitude of such mansions can be grasped by studying through his various plans and blueprints, such as the house of the Quebec Alpha of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in Montreal.
[5] In partnership with Cecil Burgess, Percy Erskine Nobbs designed the J.B. Porter House on McTavish Street, Montreal, which has been demolished.
[7] Nobbs designed the interior decorative program of the Currie Hall at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.
[2] He was an accomplished athlete in fencing, representing Canada at the 1908 Olympics[11] and for all of his life he was a true fisherman and founded the Atlantic Salmon Federation due to his love of fishing.