He spent from 1881-1896 working as an assistant in New York to Richard M. Hunt, Bruce Price, and Charles C. Haight.
In 1906, he became Assistant Chief Architect in the Department of Public Works in Ottawa, Ontario.
In October 1915, he returned to his post as Assistant Chief Architect in the Department of Public Works in Ottawa, Ontario.
He designed two major additions at Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston Ontario.
Known as the Currie Building, the Education Block, with west wing, assembly hall, and tower is in the Collegiate Gothic style (1920–21).