H. Lovett House(5/1909)
316 Peel Street, Montreal, QC, Canada
Residential, Urban house [basement, 2 floors, attic, 3 bedrooms, 2 servants' rooms]; brick and stone; composite

Client: H. Lovett
Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell

Description: Henry Almon Lovett was a lawyer in Halifax before he relocated to Montreal in 1908, first as principal of the firm Surveyor & Lovett and then under his own name. He gave counsel for the Montreal Street Railway (171). Lovett also served as counsel for the Canadian Government in the Grand Trunk arbitration of 1921. Henry Lovett’s house was one of several built next door to each other on Peel Street, and of similar Edwardian design. For example, the F.G. Smith House (318), the Lafleur House, and Edward Maxwell’s own residence (312) were built side by side. The James Gardner house (86)was located on Stanley Street, one block west from Peel Street. Unfortunately, most of these houses have since been demolished. Between a two storey east oriel window and a balustrade balcony for the library in the west, the interior of the Lovett house was grand and expansive. The second floor was designated principally for three large chambers. The basement housed the kitchen and its larder, wine cellar and servants’ hall. There was a large playroom opposite the furnace room. The ground floor of the Lovett House contained another of Edward Maxwell’s exquisite oval dining rooms. Flutes, rosettes and metal grilles decorated its ledges.

Holdings: Urban house (basement, 2 floors, attic, 3 bedrooms, 2 servants' rooms); brick and stone; composite
77 Drawings: 27 ink on linen; 3 ink on paper; 22 pencil on paper; 21 blueprints; 4 photostats
10 Sketch drawings: floor plans, elevation, section, dining room, dressing room, furniture, floor pattern
11 Development drawings: floor plans, attic floor plan, billiard room, dining room, drawing room, hall window, cornice and ceiling, gates, iron fence
21 Working drawings: property grading plan, floor plans, attic floor plan, elevations, sections
35 Detail drawings: sections, dressing room, hall, vestibule, structure, stairs, chimneys, mantelpieces, windows, bays, doors, furniture, radiator screens, foyer mirror, fittings, fixtures, dado, finishes, steelwork, woodwork, balcony, terrace
1 File folder: clipping