George Hall Gray was born in the North Shields, England on 26 April 1892. Nothing is known about his training as an architect. In c.1921 he formed Hays & Gray, a partnership with architect John Wilson Hays (1885-1973) in North Shields. The partnership was dissolved in 1937.
Gray left for America via Liverpool in 1936. He arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on 14 June 1936. It is not known how long he remained in America, however, by 1939 he had returned to North Shields.
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1919 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1928. He was also a member of the Northern Architectural Association and was its Hon. Secretary in the 1920s. His address was given as 50 Camden Street, North Shields in 1920 and 1939. He died in Hastings, Sussex in January 1983
Architectural projects by the Hays & Gray included Murton Co-operative Stores (1921); the Sacriston Memorial Institute (1922); housing schemes for Brandin and Byshottles Urban District Council, Tanfield Urban District Council, and Durham Rural District Council (1919-23); houses on Ragworth Estate in Stockton, etc. (1921-22); Pannett Art Gallery in Whitby, Yorkshire; and open-air schools in North Shields (1924).
Who's Who in Architecture 1923. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Press, 1923
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: Architectural Press, 1926