William John Hale was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England in March 1862 and was articled to Charles John Innocent (1838?-1901) and Thomas Brown (1844?-1881) of Innocent & Brown in Sheffield. He commenced independent practice as an architect in Sheffield in 1893 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1901. He was also a member of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire and District Society of Architects and Surveyors and its President
Hale's address was given as 13, St. James Bow, Sheffield in 1914 and 1926. He died in Sheffield on 25 November 1929
Council schools, Bole Hills, Owler Lane, Hammerton Street, and Lydgate Lane, Sheffield: St. Luke's Wesleyan Church, Sheffield: Wesley Hall, Crookes; Congregational Church, Crookes; Brightside, Rawmarsh, and Bradfield Weslayan Churches; The Ridge, Sandygate, and other residences; also appointed Architect for Victoria Hall, Sheffield, on death of Mr. Waddinston, which took place shortly after the building was commenced. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
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Bole Hills board school, 1894-96; Stephen Hill Wesleyan Chapel , 1894-96; Wesleyan chapel, Bradfield, 1897; St. Luke's Wesleyan church, 1899; Owler Lane board schools, 1900; Hammerton Street board schools, 1902; Crookes Congregational church, 1905; Lydgate Lane schools, 1905; Crookes Wesley Hall, 1907; Wesleyan chapel, Rawmarsh, 1907; Victoria Hall. Sheffield, 1907; "The Ridge," Sandygate, 1909; steel works, Rutland Road, Sheffield, 1919.. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
Later work by Hale included Rydale, Snaithing Park Road, Ranmoor, Sheffield, 1921; Attercliffe Wesleyan Mission Hall, 1926; Carver Street Wesleyan Extensions, Sheffield, 1929; and Southey Methodist Church, Sheffield, 1932
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
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Who's Who in Architecture 1914. London: Technical Journals Ltd., 1914