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The James Lawton residence, which is located at 157-159 Germain
Street, is a three-story double dwelling that was built in 1878.
James Lawton lived at this site before the Great Fire of 1877 which claimed
all the buildings on Germain Street. Tenders for Lawton's new home were called
in September, 1877, by the architecture firm F.T. Camp and G.B. Croff.
By December 1, 1877, contracts for a
48'x72' building were awarded to masonry contractor Smith and Carlyle, and
carpentry contractor Cutter and Potter. Croff and Camp designed many fine
residences for the leading men in Saint John. Their buildings were described as
an ornament to the new Saint John, being something quite unique and marked in
design. They were a beautiful and imposing architechtural monument to the
street and one of the very finest and best constructed in the city. James
Lawton's home on Germain Street was one of these fine residences.
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