Background
Stuart, James Lyall was born on April 17, 1872 in Saint Louis. Son of John Lyall and Mary Emma (Batchelder) Stuart.
Stuart, James Lyall was born on April 17, 1872 in Saint Louis. Son of John Lyall and Mary Emma (Batchelder) Stuart.
Civil Engineer, Washington University. Student of University Chicago.
Milwright, erecting machinery and equipment in grain elevators. Engineer, assistant superintendent construction, closing of crevass on mouth of Mississippi River. Established office James Stewart & Company, Pittsburgh, 1900, erected plants for Westinghouse interests, 1900-1906.
Private practice engineering, since 1906.
Designed and erected cement plant Chicago Portland Cement Company, Ogilvie, Illinois. Supervised building additions to locks Mongahala River.
Erected office buildings, churches, hospitals, industrial plants, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit, other areas. Projects include Cleveland City Hall, Hilton Village for Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company at Edgewood Arsenal, Allegheny General Hospital Building, Gulf Building, Pittsburgh, buildings Carnegie Technology and University Pittsburgh, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Ford City and Crystal City, Missoury Trustee Berea College.
Member Sons of the American Revolution, American Society of Civil Engineers, Phi Delta Theta. Mason.; Clubs: Edgeworth (Sewickley, Pennsylvania).
Married Emma Catherine McKeen, November 11, 1903. Children: Emily McKeen, James Lyall.