Ross and Macdonald
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Founded | 1907 (as Ross and MacFarlane) |
Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Ross and Macdonald was one of Canada's most notable architecture firms in the early 20th century. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the firm originally operated as a partnership between George Allen Ross and David MacFarlane (known as Ross and MacFarlane) from 1907 to 1912. MacFarlane withdrew from the firm in 1912, and Robert Henry Macdonald became a partner.[1]
The Ross and Macdonald name was used until 1944, after which it became Ross & Ross, Architects, when John Kenneth Ross joined his father as partner. Following George Allen Ross's death in 1946, the firm continued as Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan. By 1970, the firm was known as Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett.[1] Since 2006, it has operated as DFS Inc. Architecture & Design.[2]
George Allen Ross
[edit]Ross (1879–1946) was born in Montreal, and later studied at the High School of Montreal, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[3]
Ross was apprenticed to Brown, MacVicar & Heriot in Montreal, and later become a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway. He also did work with Parker & Thomas in Boston and Carrere & Hastings in New York before partnering with MacFarlane in Montreal.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, becoming an Associate in 1904 and a Fellow in 1913.
Robert Henry Macdonald
[edit]Macdonald (1875–1942) was born in Melbourne, Australia. He articled to Richard B. Whitaker, M.S.A. of Melbourne, and became a junior draftsman to Robert Findlay in Montreal in 1895. After positions as a draftsman for George B. Post starting in 1903, a senior draftsman with Crighton & McKay in Wellington, New Zealand in 1905, and head draftsman with W.W. Bosworth in New York in 1906, Macdonald joined Ross and MacFarlane in Montreal as a junior partner and draftsman in 1907. He ultimately became a partner of the firm in 1912.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He served as president of the Quebec Association of Architects in 1939, and was a recipient of the association's Award of Merit.
Important works
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The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, a chateau-style hotel popularized by Ross and MacDonald
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Holt Renfrew Store, 1937 in Montreal, Quebec
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Union Station Toronto, Ontario
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Calgary Eaton's store
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Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto, Ontario
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Eaton's College Street store in Toronto, Ontario - now College Park (Toronto)
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Complexe Les Ailes(Former Eaton's department store)
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Eaton's Building (Saskatoon) Saskatoon Board of Education
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College Park (Toronto) (Former Eaton's department store)
Commercial Buildings:
- Bank of Toronto branch (Guy St. and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1908
- Complexe Les Ailes, Montreal, 1925-27 (Former Eaton's department store)
- Saskatoon Board of Education offices, Saskatoon, 1928-29 (Former Eaton's department store)
- Former Eaton's Store, Calgary, 1928-29 (demolished 1988, façade incorporated into Calgary Eaton Centre)
- Dominion Square Building, Montreal, 1928–1930
- College Park, Toronto, 1928-30 (Former Eaton's department store)(with Sproatt and Rolph)
- Holt Renfrew Montreal at 1300 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, 1937 (building closed in 2020, moved with nearby Ogilvy's store on St.Catherine St.)
Hotels:
- Château Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, 1909-12 (with Bradford Lee Gilbert)
- Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, 1940–41
- Royal York Hotel, Toronto, 1927-29 (with Sproatt and Rolph)
- Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, 1910–14
- Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, 1926–27
- Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, 1912–14
- Les Cours Mont-Royal, Montreal, 1920-24 (Former Sheraton Mount Royal Hotel, now a shopping mall, condo and office complex)
Public Buildings:
- Senate of Canada Building, Ottawa, (Former Ottawa Union Station), 1911–1912
- Union Station, Toronto (with Hugh G. Jones, John Lyle) 1914–1920
Office Buildings:
- Architects' Building, Montreal, 1929-34 (demolished)
- Confederation Building (McGill College Ave. and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1927–28
- Castle Building (Stanley Street and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1924–27
- Dominion Square Building (Peel Street and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1928–40
- Montreal Star Building (St. Jacques St.), Montreal, 1926–31
- Royal Bank Building (Yonge Street and King Street East), Toronto, 1913–15
- Édifice Price (Sainte-Anne street), Quebec City, 1929–1930.
- Medical Arts Building, Montreal, 1922
Residential:
- Le Chateau Apartments, (Sherbrooke and De La Montagne) Montreal, 1926
- The Gleneagles, (Cote des Neiges Road) Montreal, 1929
Other:
- Central Technical School, Toronto, 1915
- The Hydrostone, Halifax, 1918
- Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 1931–32
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rose, David; Simmons, Geoffrey (15 December 2013). "Ross & Macdonald". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Ross Fish Duschenes Barrett". Le site officiel du mont Royal. Ville de Montréal. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Antonia Brodie, ed., Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) (A. & C. Black, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001), p. 504
Further reading
[edit]- Jacques Lachapelle, Le fantasme métropolitain : l'architecture de Ross et Macdonald : bureaux, magasins et hôtels 1905‑1942 (in French)
- Ross career summary
- Ross bio, McGill University
- Macdonald career summary
- Macdonald bio, McGill University
External links
[edit]- DFS Inc. Architecture & Design (current website of the successor firm)
- Photos of Ross and MacDonald buildings in Montreal
- Finding aid for the Ross & Macdonald fonds , Canadian Centre for Architecture (digitized items)