| BAROTT AND BLACKADER | CAC Accession No: 83 |
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DESCRIPTION Ernest Isbell Barott (1884-1966) was born in Canastota, NY, and studied architecture from 1902 to 1905 at Syracuse University. Later he apprenticed at the New York office of McKim, Mead and White. Gordon Home Blackader (1885-1916) was born in Montreal and studied both at McGill University and at the Atelier Laloux in Paris, which was affiliated with the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. In 1908 he worked at the offices of McKim, Mead and White. In 1912 Blackader formed a partnership with Barott and Daniel T. Webster. The Blackader-Lauterman Library of McGill University is named in his honour.
The architectural drawings were donated by Mrs. F.D. Mathias. Architectural drawings, Canada Cement Company Building, 606 Cathcart Street, Montreal, Quebec 1921 [1955 copy]. 2 drawings on paper: copies; front elevation, details of cols. pilons etc., 2nd and 3rd floors. | |