Harry Augustus Frank Smith [also known as Harry A. F. Smith] was born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, England in 1862. He was articled to F. J. Dibble in Dorking, Surrey for five years and worked in the Engineering and Surveying Department of Crystal Palace in Sydenham, Kent. He commenced practice as an architect in Gosport, Hampshire in 1888.
Smith was elected a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) in 1889 and a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1925. His address was given as Star Chambers, Gosport, Hampshire in 1896 and 1914; Royston, Alverstoke in 1914; and 11 Foster Road, Gosport, Hampshire in 1923 and 1932; and Ashley Buildings, 13 High Street, Gosport, Hampshire in 1932. He died in Gosport, Hampshire on 22 October 1933.
Connaught Drill Hall, Gosport; Brodrlck Memorial Hall, Alverstoke; Olympia Hall and Theatre, Chichester; Stone Lane, Avenue Road, and Leesland Schools, Gosport; Parham & Sons' warehouses, Forton; Hoare & Pitchers', Gosport; Tlgh-na-Mara, Alverstoke; Yearle, Alverstoke; Hakone, Alverstoke (for Admiral F. H. Henderson, C.M.G.); Lisnamandra, Alverstoke (for Inspector Genl. Hy. C. Woods, C. B., C.V.O.); "Carines", Alverstoke; "Redclyffe”, "Woodcote". and "Kirkstall", Alverstoke; "Beechcroft," Lee-on-Solent; Olympia Hall, Star Chambers, Thatched House and Inkerman Arms public-houses, Grove Estate, and Parham Estate, all at Gosport; Connaught Drill Hall, Swanwick; restoration of Synagogue, Portsea; residence for General Cook. Lee-on-Solent; White Heather public-house, Hardway; "Combermere" and "Kirkstall," Alverstoke; and various other business premises and private residences in the locality. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1914]
Royal Marine Old Comrades' Club, Gosport, 1925; Connaught Drill Hall, Gosport; Brodrick Memorial Hall, Alverstoke; Olympia Hall and Theatre, Chichester: Stone Lane, Avenue Road, and Leesland Schools, Gosport; Parham and Sons' warehouses, Gosport; Hoare and Metiers", Gosport; Tigh-na-Mara, Alverstoke ; Yearle, Alverstoke; Hakone, Alverstoke (for Admiral F. H. Henderson, C.M.G.); Lisnamandra, Alverstoke for Inspector Genl. Hy. C. Woods, C.B., C.V.O.): "Carines", "Redclyffe", "Woodcote. Olympla Hall, Star Chambers, Thatched House and Inkerman Arms and White Heather (Hardway); and various other business premises and private residences In the locality. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001