Col. Arthur Hamilton House, Alterations and Additions(9/1910-12/1910)
Mount Pleasant Avenue, Westmount, QC, Canada
Residential, Urban house [basement, 3 floors, 7 bedrooms; addition: back gallery; basement: 2 servants’ bedrooms, bathroom]

Client: Col. Arthur Hamilton
Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell

Description: Col. Arthur Hamilton owned four properties built or altered by the Maxwell firm: 1140 Pine Avenue West (430); 1524 Summerhill Avenue (429) and a country house in Dorval (96). On this fourth property, minor alterations to the ground floor included work on a mantel and a seat, a bay window in the drawing room and a closet at the entrance. Two servants’ rooms and a bathroom were added in the basement. Bathrooms on the first and second floors were modified as well. A covered gallery was added to the rear while at the front, an entrance was provided for the basement under the existing main street entrance.

Holdings: Urban house
12 Drawings: 11 ink on linen; 1 pencil on paper
4 Development drawings: floor plans, elevations
8 Detail drawings: floor plan, entry, fireplace, mantelpiece, bay window seat, gallery, radiator screens, fittings