There is constant demand for the services of Roy W. Foote, one of the young architects of New Haven, so that his business has now reached substantial proportions and he is well known as a designer of modern homes and office buildings, many of the attractive structures of the city having been erected under his supervision. He was born in Huntington, Con-necticut, May 14, 1879, and is a son of Henry H. Foote. His mother died when he was but two years of age, after which he was reared by people who were her friends and who gave him every possible advantage that their means would afford. He was sent to school in New Haven and between times worked as opportunity offered. He early manifested unfaltering industry and determination and as his business vision broadened he determined to take up the study and practice of architecture. In the hours which other boys devoted to play he pursued a correspondence course in architecture while in the employ of one of New Haven's leading architects, L. B. Robinson. He worked in Mr. Robinson's office for ten years and during that time learned many points of value along professional lines. At length he determined to engage in business on his own account and entered the ranks as a competitor for public patronage. He started for himself in 1912 and in the intervening period of five years has erected a number of the prominent buildings of the city and county, including the new building of the United Illuminating Company, the Washington school at West Haven, the parochial school at Wallingford, the William Schollhorn factory building, the J. J. Newman corset factory, the Majestic Laundry building, the D. M. Welch building, and many of the fine residences of the city and county, among them being the residences of J. J. Newman, Adolph Mendel, J. C. Johnson, and A. V. Van Keuren.
     Mr. Foote bears the reputation of being a most reliable man in his line, absolutely trustworthy and dependable, conscientious and painstaking. Moreover, he is appreciative of all that is beautiful in architecture and has learned to combine utility and convenience with those lines which add so much to the attractive appearance of the city. He has been as well the architect of his own fortunes, for he started out empty-handed in his youth, and early recognized the tact that he must depend upon his own labors for advancement. He has never been afraid of hard work or close application and his record is indicative of what may be accomplished when there is the will to dare and to do.