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GEORGE ALLEN ROSS

Ross (1879-1946) was born in Montreal, and later studied at the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology in Cambridge , Massachusetts , and at the École Des Beaux-Arts in Paris .

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

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 OF THE FIRM


Commercial Buildings:


Hotels:


Public Buildings:


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 (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



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