Mills, Charles | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

MILLS, Charles (1860-1934), a leading architect in Hamilton, Ont. where he operated his own office from 1890 to 1909, and then formed a partnership with Gordon Hutton, operating as Mills & Hutton, from 1909 to c. 1914. Born on 1 June 1860 in Hamilton, he joined a real estate firm in 1882 in partnership with John Waldie, then moved to the United States, perhaps to Chicago, where he studied architecture and served an apprenticeship. He returned to Hamilton in 1888 and opened his own architectural office there in 1889 or 1890, and was immediately successful, receiving commissions for commercial, industrial, ecclesiastical and residential works in Hamilton and in nearby towns such as Dundas, Burlington, Niagara Falls and Brantford, Ont.

Mills employed a variety of eclectic styles in his work, ranging from the Scottish Baronial style for the mansion of Reginald A. Kennedy (1891) to the Renaissance Revival style which he used to great effect in his design of the Landed Banking & Loan Building (1907), a monumental bank building that was modelled after the Knickerbocker Trust Co. Building, 5th Avenue at 34th Street, New York City and designed by McKim, Mead & White in 1903-04. His largest and most substantial project was for the nine storey “skyscraper” office tower in downtown Hamilton for the headquarters of the Bank of Hamilton (1905; with addition of three storeys, 1907). The bank directors were sufficiently impressed with this project that they hired Mills as their architect for ten new branches of the bank in towns and cities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia.

In 1905 Mills hired an assistant Gordon J. Hutton, a young architect who had trained in Chicago with the legendary firm of Adler & Sullivan, and in 1908 he invited Hutton to join him in a formal business partnership. One of their assistants in that office of Mills & Hutton was another young Hamilton architect William R. Souter. When Mills retired from the architectural profession in 1914, Hutton continued to work under his own name, later forming a partnership with his colleague W.R. Souter, as Hutton & Souter, Architects. Mills devoted much of the rest of his career to the development of the Mills Hardware Co., a successful commercial and retail business which he founded in 1906. The company grew in the 1920’s, opening branches in Hamilton, Galt & Burlington. Mills died in Hamilton on 28 February 1934 (obit. Spectator [Hamilton], 28 Feb. 1934, 7; obit. Engineering & Contract Record [Toronto], xlviii, 14 March 1934, 219; biog. in Dictionary of Hamilton Biography, Vol. 3, 1992, 146-47; inf. Arthur W. Wallace, Hamilton; inf. Mrs. W.G. McCallum, Hamilton).

CHARLES MILLS (Commercial & Industrial works in Hamilton)

THOMAS MYLES & SON, Hughson Street South at Main Street, office building, 1890 (C.R., i, 26 July 1890, 2)
HAMILTON LIGHT & POWER CO., power station, 1891 (C.R., ii, 15 Aug. 1891, 2, t.c.)
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, James Street North, major alterations and additions to existing theatre, originally designed in 1880 by George H. Lalor of Toronto; 1892, all demol. (C.R., iii, 26 March 1892, 2, t.c.; Hamilton Evening Times, 27 Aug. 1892, 3, extensive architectural descrip., with illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
TRADER'S BANK OF CANADA, King Street, west of James Street, conversion of the old Bank of Hamilton Building into a new branch bank, 1893 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 4 March 1893, 7, descrip.)
HAMILTON, GRIMSBY & BEAMSVILLE RAILWAY CO., power station, 1893 (C.R., iv, 10 Aug. 1893, 2)
GRAFTON & CO., 20-24 James Street North, alterations to clothing store, 1896-97 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2; Spectator [Hamilton], 17 March 1897, 5, descrip.)
DUNCAN LITHOGRAPHING CO., James Street at Market Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2)
BURLINGTON BEACH, ONT., Hamilton Radial Railway, electric power house, 1896-97; demol. (Evening Times (Hamilton), 6 May 1896, 1, descrip.; C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2; Evening Times (Hamilton), 24 March 1898, 8, illus. in advert.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
T.H. PRATT STORE (later called the George W. Robinson Store), James Street South, south of King Street West, new facade and additional storey on the old Bertram Store, 1897; major addition, 1902 (C.R., viii, 29 April 1897, 2; and xiii, 3 Sept. 1902, 2; Spectator [Hamilton], 21 Aug. 1902, 1, descrip.; Evening Times [Hamilton], 26 Aug. 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ONTARIO TACK CO., Queen Street North, addition to factory, 1898 (C.R., ix, 18 May 1898, 2-3)
HAMILTON COFFEE & SPICE CO., MacNab Street South, 1898; demol. (Spectator [Hamilton], 16 June 1898, 8; C.R., ix, 22 June 1898, 3; Evening Times [Hamilton], south of King Street West, a 4 storey mill building,16 June 1898, 8; and 9 July 1898, 8, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
THOMAS C. WATKINS DEPARTMENT STORE, King Street East facing Gore Park, a three storey commercial block, 1898 (C.R., ix, 27 July 1898, 3, t.c.; Hamilton Spectator, 3 Sept. 1898, 8; C.A.B., xii, Jan. 1899, 4)
PRATT & WATKINS STORE, 14-18 James Street North, 1898; burned 1917 (Hamilton Spectator, 21 July 1898, 1, descrip.; Evening Times (Hamilton), 13 Aug. 1898, 1, and p. 8, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON COTTON CO., Mary Street north of Barton Street East, weaving mill, 1898; and re-building of the weave room, 1900; and major addition, 1902; all demol. (Evening Times (Hamilton), 27 Sept. 1898, 8; and 12 Oct. 1900, 8; and 2 Oct. 1902, 8; C.R., ix, 5 Oct. 1898, 2; and xiii, 18 June 1902, 3; inf. Robert Hamilton)
EAGLE KNITTING CO., Main Street West at MacNab Street, a 4 storey addition to mill building, 1893; and large addition, 1899, all demol. (Evening Times (Hamilton), 2 May 1893, 8; and 14 April 1899, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
OAK HALL, at 10-12 James Street North, a 3 storey department store for John Billings, 1899; restored 2017; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 6 July 1899, 8; and Spectator (Hamitlon), 6 July 1899, 8; and 7 July 1899, 3, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
R. McKAY & CO., King Street East, additions and alterations to department store, 1900 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 21 Feb. 1900, 8; and 31 March 1900, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BUNTIN, GILLIES CO., King Street East, remodelling of warehouse, 1900 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 31 March 1900, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
GURNEY-TILDEN FOUNDRY, John Street North at King William Street, 1901; demol. (Evening Times (Hamilton), 23 Aug. 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
FOWLER CANADIAN MEAT CO., James Street North, near Barton Street West, retail store, 1902; demol. (Evening Times (Hamilton), 10 Jan. 1902, 8; Spectator [Hamilton], 15 May 1902, 5, detailed descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
FOWLER CANADIAN MEAT CO., Rosemary Avenue at Market Hall, retail store, 1902 (C.R., xii, 22 Jan. 1902, 2)
D. MOORE CO. FOUNDRY, King Street East near Catharine Street North, extensive alterations and a new brick warehouse, 1902; moulding shop, Mary Street at Robert Street, 1903; major addition, 1905; all demol. (C.R., xii, 22 Jan. 1902, 2; and xiv, 22 July 1903, 3; and xiv, 18 Oct. 1905, 2; Evening Times [Hamilton], 10 May 1902, 1; Hamilton Spectator, 14 July 1903, 10; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON STOCK YARDS, Wentworth Street, cattle sheds and pavilion, 1902 (Hamilton Spectator, 24 March 1902, 8, descrip.; C.R., xiii, 16 April 1902, 2)
STANLEY MILLS & CO. LTD., King Street East facing Gore Park, a four storey department store, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 15 Oct. 1902, 2; and 10 Dec. 1902, 2; Evening Times [Hamilton], 13 Aug. 1903, 5, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; Spectator [Hamilton], 13 Aug. 1903, 7, detailed architectural descrip. and illus., and 15 Aug. 1903, 3, detailed architectural descrip. and illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON BRIDGE WORKS, Stuart Street West, between Bay Street and Caroline Street, office building, 1902-03; demol. (C.R., xiii, 3 Dec. 1902, 2, t.c.; Evening Times (Hamilton), 9 Dec. 1902, 8)
McKINSTRY STREET, between Brant Street and Land Street, cottage for Allan Land, 1902-03 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 12 Dec. 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BANK OF HAMILTON HEAD OFFICE, James Street at King Street, 1905; addition of 5 storeys above existing building, and construction of new 8 storey building adjacent, 1907 (Canadian Champion [Milton], 8 June 1905, 3, decrip.; C.R., xvi, 21 June 1905, 6; Const., v, March 1912, 64-8, illus. & descrip.)
EAGLE SPINNING MILLS, Sanford Avenue North at Wilson Street, warehouse, 1906; major addition, 1907 (C.A.B., xix, June 1906, 94; Const., i, Oct. 1907, 61; Evening Times (Hamilton), 4 Oct. 1907, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAMILTON ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY CO., King Street East at Catharine Street, terminal station and offices, 1906; demol. 1958 (Railway & Marine World, ix, Dec. 1906, 753, descrip.; x, Dec. 1907, 933, illus. & descrip.; Const., i, Oct. 1907, 56-8, illus. & descrip.; Spectator [Hamilton], 13 Nov. 1907, 3, illus. & descrip.; Mark Osbaldeston, Unbuilt Hamilton, 2016, 145, illus. & descrip.)
CANADIAN SCREW WORKS, Wellington Street North at Birge Street, factory, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, June 1907, 103)
LANDED BANKING & LOAN CO., James Street South at Main Street, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, June 1907, 103; Evening Times [Hamilton], 20 Sept. 1907, 5; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WESTINGHOUSE LTD., Wentworth Street North, major additions to factory, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, June 1907, 103)
BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, Barton Street East at Westinghouse Avenue, 1907; still standing in 2022 (C.A.B., xx, June 1907, 103)
DOMINION BANK, King Street West at MacNab Street, a large 3 storey commercial block, 1908; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 8 April 1908, 1; C.R., xix, 22 April 1908, 17; inf. Robert Hamilton)
MILLS HARDWARE CO., John Street South, retail store, 1909 (C.R., x, xxiii, 10 March 1909, 25)
OTIS FENSOM ELEVATOR CO., Victoria Avenue North at Ferrie Street East, factory and warehouse,1909 (C.R., xxiii, 2 June 1909, 22)

CHARLES MILLS (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Hamilton)

SIMCOE STREET METHODIST CHURCH, John Street at Simcoe Street, parsonage for the church, 1892 (C.R., iii, 9 April 1892, 2)
ZION TABERNACLE, Napier Street, east of Pearl Street North, a Sunday School for the church, 1892; still standing in 2024 (C.A.B., v, Sept. 1892, 91; Evening Times [Hamilton], 15 Oct. 1892, 1, detailed descrip.; Spectator [Hamilton], 17 Oct. 1892, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, James Street North, major reconstruction and alterations to Sunday School, 1892-93 (C.A.B., v, Nov. 1892, 11; Evening Times [Hamilton], 28 Oct. 1892, 1, descrip., and 27 May 1893, 1, detailed descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
I.O.O.F. CHAMBERS & MEETING HALL, on the second floor of the Trader’s Bank building, King Street West, 1893 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 2 May 1893, 8, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
FEVER HOSPITAL, on the grounds of Hamilton City Hospital, 1894 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 10 March 1894, 5; and 15 March 1894, 8, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, James Street North at Cannon Street, a new Sunday School, 1894; with major additions, 1904; demol. (C.R., v, 15 March 1894; Globe [Toronto], 17 Sept. 1894, 3, descrip.; Evening Times (Hamilton), 8 March 1894, 8, detailed descrip.; and 21 April 1894, 1; and 15 Sept. 1894, 7, detailed descrip.; and 18 Sept. 1894, 8; and 17 Feb. 1904, 6; and 24 March 1904, 8, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, James Street at Jackson Street, major addition, 1897 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 13 March 1897, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WENTWORTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Wentworth Street at King William Street, 1897 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 15 April 1897, illus. & descrip.; and 17 April 1897, 8; and 26 April 1898, 8, illus. in advert. for Charles Mills, Architect; C.R., viii, 22 April 1897, 2; inf. Robert Hamilton)
VILLAGE OF EAST BARTON, on Barton Street East, new School for S.S. No. 8, 1898 (Spectator [Hamilton], 4 May 1898, 1)
BURLINGTON, ONT., a new parsonage for the Methodist Church, 1898 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 17 Sept. 1898, 8, t..c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BARTON STREET METHODIST CHURCH, Barton Street East at Milton Avenue, 1898-99; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 1 Nov. 1898, 1; and 18 Feb. 1899, 3, illus. & detailed descrip.; Spectator [Hamilton], 18 Feb. 1899, 5, illus. & detailed descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Jackson Street at MacNab Street, extensive alterations and improvements, including new front entrance, choir, gallery, organ loft and stained glass windows, 1899 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 16 Feb. 1899, 8, detailed descrip.; and 18 May 1899, 8; and 20 July 1899, 8; Spectator [Hamilton], 27 April 1899, 1, detailed descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION (Anglican), John Street South at Maria Street, a Sunday School, 1901 (C.R., xii, 3 April 1901, 3; Spectator [Hamilton], 30 March 1901, 1, descrip., and 27 April 1901, 3, descrip. & illus.)
MARY STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL [also called King Edward School], Mary Street at Rebecca Street, 1902-03; demol. 1973 (Toronto World, 4 April 1902, 2; Evening Times [Hamilton], 22 April 1902, 8; C.R., xiii, 30 April 1902, 2, t.c.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
GOSPEL TABERNACLE, MacNab Street North, major addition, 1906 (C.A.B., xix, June 1906, 94)
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Jackson Street East at James Street South, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 5 May 1909, 21)

CHARLES MILLS (Residential works in Hamilton)

GEORGE STREET, residence for Charles Mills, architect, 1891; demol. (Architecture & Building [New York], xiv, 16 May 1891, 235, illus.)
DUKE STREET, near Pearl Street, "Idlewild", a residence for Reginald A. E. Kennedy, 1891; demol. (Architectural Era (Syracuse), v, Oct. 1891, 165, 178-9, illus. & descrip.). A photograph of this large residence taken in 1892 can be found in Hamilton: The Birmingham of Canada, 1892, 96, illus.)
ROBINSON STREET, residence for John Knox, 1896 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2)
PARK STREET SOUTH, residence for Frank H. Mills, 1896 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2)
ERIE AVENUE, residence for Alfred Morgan, 1896 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2)
BOLD STREET, portico and entrance at 'Holmstead', the residence of William Hendrie, 1896,; and terra cotta entrance and driveway gates, 1898 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2 Spectator [Hamilton], 18 June 1898, 8)
BAY STREET SOUTH, at Bold Street, 'Blink Bonnie', a mansion for Col. James R. Moodie, 1898-1903; demol. 1968 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 7 July 1898, 8, illlus. in advert. for Charles Mills, architect; Spectator [Hamilton], 8 Sept. 1903, 1; Const., ix, June 1916, 173-5, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
TUCKETT STREET, at Reginald Street, a row of three detached houses at No. 19, 21 and 23 Tuckett Street, 1899; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 26 May 1899, 8, illus. with plan and elevation; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
BOLD STREET, at the s.e. corner of Pearl Street South, residence for an unnamed client, 1901; demol. c. 1965 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 17 Oct. 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
CHARLTON AVENUE, at MacNab Street South, residence for James D. Wilson, 1901; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xii, 12 June 1901, 3, t.c.; Evening Times [Hamilton 10 July 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont. )
KING STREET EAST, between Wentworth Street and Sherman Street, residence for Mrs. Elizabeth Tindill, 1901; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 29 July 1901, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
YORK STREET, near Strathcona Street, four houses for Thomas Crooks, 1902 (C.R., xii, 22 Jan. 1902, 2, t.c.)
YORK STREET, between Sophia Street and Inchbury Street, a row of four brick houses, for an unnamed client, 1902; demol. (Evening Times (Hamilton), 22 April 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
QUEEN STREET SOUTH, near Aberdeen Avenue, residence for Ira Standish, 1902; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 26 May 1902, 1; C.R., xiii, 28 May 1902, 2; inf. Robert Hamilton)
KING STREET WEST, near Pearl Street North, residence for Mrs. Robert G. Moggridge, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 18 June 1902, 3)
McKINSTRY STREET, between Brant Street and Land Street, cottage for Allan Land, 1902-03 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 12 Dec. 1902, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
JACKSON STREET WEST, near Hess Street South, auto garage at the rear of 176 Jackson Street West, facing the laneway, for J.R. Moodie, 1903; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 26 Aug. 1903, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
WENTWORTH STREET SOUTH, near Main Street East, auto garage for Mrs. Elizabeth Duggan, 1903; demol. (Evening Times [Hamilton], 21 Sept. 1903, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton) GEORGE STREET, at Locke Street South, residence for Matthias Kouber, 1905; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 6 March 1905, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ROBINSON STREET, at MacNab Street, residence for Charles Mills, architect, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 29 March 1905, 6)
ABERDEEN AVENUE, at Ravenscliffe Avenue, large residence for George W. Robinson, 1906; still standing in 2023 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 27 April 1906, 3; dwgs. at OA, Souter & Lenz Coll., Roll 454; inf. Robert Hamilton.)
ABERDEEN AVENUE, at Bay Street South, residence for Edwin Mills, 1907; still standing in 2022 (Spectator [Hamilton], 20 Sept. 1907, 4; Evening Times [Hamilton], 20 Sept. 1907, 5; inf. Robert Hamilton)
ABERDEEN AVENUE, near Bay Street South, residence for John H. Kerr, 1907; still standing in 2022 (Spectator [Hamilton], 4 Oct. 1907, 4; Evening Times [Hamilton], 4 Oct. 1907, 1; inf. Robert Hamilton)

CHARLES MILLS (works outside Hamilton)

BURLINGTON, ONT., Methodist Church and Sunday School, Elizabeth Street, rebuilding of the church after a fire in December 1892, completed in 1893; demol. c. 1960 (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 2; Canadian Champion [Milton], 9 March 1893, 2, detailed descrip.; Hamilton Evening Times, 20 Jan. 1893, 8, and 10 Jan. 1894, 5, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BURLINGTON BEACH, ONT., a boat house for F.H. Mills, at his summer residence, 1893 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 9 Feb. 1893, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., large hotel for the Niagara Falls Park & Railway Co., 1893 (C.R., iv, 28 Sept. 1893, 1)
GLANFORD, ONT., Case Methodist Church, White Church Road, opposite Tyneside Road, 1894; still standing in 2022 ( Evening Times (Hamilton), 2 May 1894, 8; Christian Guardian [Toronto], 17 Oct. 1894, 661, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton)
BURLINGTON, ONT., "Thayendanegea", a summer residence for Charles Mills, architect, Water Street at Brant Street, c. 1895; demol. c. 1980 (inf. Burlington Historical Society)
BURLINGTON, ONT., power station for the Hamilton Radial Electric Railway Co., 1896 (C.R., vii, 14 May 1896, 3; Railway & Marine World, i, April 1898, 51, illus. & descrip.)
DUNDAS, ONT., large residence and stables for Capt. J.J. Grafton, Melville Street, 1896; stables, 1898; residence demol. 1961; but stables still standing as of 2022 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 2; ix, 13 April 1898, 4; inf. Ian Mason, Sarnia)
SIMCOE, ONT., Methodist Church [now called St. James United Church], 1896-97; burned 1920; rebuilt; still standing in 2022 (C.R., vii, 12 Nov. 1896, 2)
DUNDAS, ONT., Sunday School for the Methodist Church, 1897 (C.R., viii, 17 June 1897, 2; Christian Guardian [Toronto], 22 Dec. 1897, 804, descrip.)
BARTON TOWNSHIP, school for S.S. No. 8, Gage Avenue, 1898; burned 1918 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 26 April 1898, 8; Hamilton Spectator, 7 May 1898, 7; C.R., ix, 11 May 1898, 6; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HAGERSVILLE, ONT., High School, 1898 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 17 May 1898, 8, illus. in advert. for Charles Mills, Architect, inf. Robert Hamilton)
GRAVENHURST, ONT., Muskoka Sanatorium for Consumptives, two new Memorial cottage buildings, including the B. Frank Bull Cottage, and the Rosemary Cottage, later renamed Sanford Memorial Cottage (Evening Times (Hamilton), 21 July 1898, 8; and 11 August 1898, 8; National Sanatorium Association, Second Annual Report of the Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium for Consumptives, 1898-99, p. 4-6 and 8-9, illus.; inf. Robert Hamilton; C.R., ix, 27 July 1898, 2)
LINDSAY, ONT., a large Sunday School building for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, William Street North at Peel Street, 1898 (Watchman [Lindsay], 25 Aug. 1898, 3)
BRANTFORD, ONT., major addition to the John H. Stratford General Hospital, and a new isolation hospital, Lawrence Street, 1899 (C.R., x, 5 April 1899, 2; 6 Sept. 1899, 2; Brantford Expositor, 9 Sept. 1899, 5, descrip. & t.c.; and 2 June 1900, 5)
DUNDAS, ONT., alterations and remodelling of the Methodist Church, 1900 (C.R., xi, 21 Feb. 1900, 3; Evening Times (Hamilton), 31 March 1900, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
LINDSAY, ONT., Flavelle Milling Co., Kent Street West, two large heavy mill construction buildings, 1900 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 31 March 1900, 8; inf. Robert Hamilton)
MUSKOKA, ONT., summer residence at Port Carling for J.C. Woods, of London, Ont., 1900 (C.R., xi, 26 Sept. 1900, 3)
BRANTFORD, ONT., E.B. Crompton Department Store, Colborne Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 28 May 1902, 2)
BRANTFORD, ONT., Grafton & Co. Store, Colborne Street, rebuilding and alterations, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 11 June 1902, 2, t.c.)
TORONTO, ONT., stables and storage building for Hendrie Cartage Co., Front Street West at Peter Street, 1904; demol. (Toronto b.p. 731, 23 June 1904)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., Bank of Hamilton, Main Street North, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 5 July 1905, 7)
BRANDON, MAN., Hamilton Provident & Loan, Eleventh Street near Rosser Avenue, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 26 April 1905, 6, t.c.)
BURLINGTON, ONT., Public Library, Brant Street at James Street, 1906-07; closed in 1970 and replaced by new Public Library (C. Emery, From Pathway to Skyway: A History of Burlington, 1967, 211)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Bank of Hamilton, Main Street at Burrows Avenue, c. 1906 (dwgs. at OA, Souter-Lenz Coll., roll 677)
BRANTFORD, ONT., Bank of Hamilton, Market Street at Colborne Street, extensive remodelling of existing building for a new bank, 1907-08 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 10 Oct. 1907, 1, descrip.; and 27 March 1908, 1, detailed architectural descrip.; Const., i, Nov. 1907, 70)

MILLS & HUTTON (works in Hamilton and elsewhere)

TURNER AVENUE, south of Aberdeen Avenue, a large residence for Corbett F. Whitton, 1909; still standing in 2022 (Evening Times [Hamilton], 24 July 1909, 16; inf. Robert Hamilton)
Y0UNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, James Street South at Jackson Street, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 8 Sept. 1909, 20, t.c.)
PARIS, ONT., Bank of Hamilton, 1909 (dwgs. at Toronto Dominion Bank Archives)
REID PRESS CO., MacNab Street South, 1909 (dwgs. at OA, McDonnell Coll., Acc. 13834)
PRINCETON, ONT., Bank of Hamilton, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 5 Oct. 1910, 28)
LINDSAY, ONT., Sunday School of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, c. 1910 (dwgs. at OA, Wm. Blackwell Coll.)
SASKATOON, SASK., Bank of Hamilton, Second Avenue South at 21st Street, 1910 (dwgs. at OA, Souter & Lenz Co.., Roll 677)
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C., Bank of Hamilton, First Street at Lonsdale Avenue, 1910 (dwgs. at OA, Souter & Lenz Co.., Roll 677)
LOCKE STREET, at Aberdeen Avenue, retail store for William Carroll, 1911 (Spectator [Hamilton], 9 June 1911, 21, illus.; 15 June 1911, 1 and 9; inf. Robert Hamilton)
HERKIMER STREET, residence for H.E. McLaren, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 29 June 1911, 61)
HAMILTON MOUNTAIN, residence for Edward Morwick, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 29 June 1911, 61)
ABERDEEN AVENUE, near Locke Street, residence for Hugh Brennan, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 4 Oct. 1911, 59, t.c.; Spectator [Hamilton], 7 May 1912, 13; inf. Robert Hamilton)
CHEDOKE PARK, on the Mountain Brow, residence for G.M. Southam, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 13 Sept. 1911, 59, t.c.; Const., ix, June 1916, 173, 182-3, illus. & descrip.; The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art [London], 1916, 100, illus.)
BURLINGTON, ONT., Public School, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 10 Jan. 1912, 62)
(with W.A.Mahoney) GUELPH, ONT., Young Men's Christian Association, Quebec Street at Norfolk Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 28 June 1911, 57)
DELAWARE AVENUE, residence for William Lees, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 13 March 1912, 69)
DOMINION VINEGAR CO., Stuart Street West, warehouse, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 72)
ABERDEEN AVENUE, residence for C.W. Fielding, 1912 (Spectator [Hamilton], 28 May 1912, 11; inf. Robert Hamilton)
McLAREN'S LTD., Merrick Street at Park Street, factory, 1912 (dwgs. at OA, Souter & Lenz Coll., Roll 430)
STANLEY MILLS & CO., Barton Street East, store and factory, 1913 (dwgs. at OA, Souter & Lenz Coll.)
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Main Street West near James Street, c. 1914 (Const., viii, May 1915, 189-91, illus. & descrip.)
MARKLAND STREET, at James Street South, residence for Harry L. Frost, c. 1915 (Const., ix, June 1916, 174, 179-81, illus. & descrip.)
BAY STREET SOUTH, 'Blink Bonnie', a residence for Col. James R. Moodie, c. 1915 (Const., ix, June 1916, 173-5, illus. & descrip.)
PORT NELSON, ONT., 'Lakehurst Villa', a residence for W.D. Flatt, c. 1915 (Const., ix, June 1916, 173, 176-7, illus. & descrip.)

COMPETITIONS

BRANTFORD, ONT., Carnegie Library, 1902. Mills was one of four architects invited to submit plans for this building (Brantford Expositor, 12 July 1902. 2). The plans by Mills were set aside and Stewart, Stewart & Taylor of Hamilton were awarded the commission.