N.A. Timmins House(7/1910-1/1912)
99 Crescent Heights [West Crescent Heights], Westmount, QC, Canada
Residential, Urban house [detached, basement, 2 floors, attic]; brick; composite

Client: N.A. Timmins
Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell

Description: Noah A. Timmins, merchant and mining operator, was born at Mattawa, Ontario, in 1867. He was the president of Hollinger Mine, amassing a great fortune during the cobalt silver rush. Mr Timmins commissioned the Maxwell brothers to design his urban house in Westmount. The architects designed a French style mansion. Severe rectangular plans characterised this house built in red brick with symmetrical facades enhanced by pediments, pilasters, and porticoes. The front entrance door is composed with an elaborate broken pediment supported by Corinthian pilasters. On the ground floor, the plans show a spacious central hall and vast drawing room marking the central axis of the main block, with the dining room on one side and the living room on the other. Two small blocks at both extremes contain the kitchen and the den, respectively embraced by a greenhouse and a loggia.

Holdings: Urban house (detached, basement, 2 floors, attic); brick; composite
56 Drawings: 45 ink on linen; 2 pencil on paper; 9 blueprints
8 Development drawings: floor plans, attic floor plan, roof plan, elevations
8 Working drawings: floor plans, attic floor plan, roof plan, elevations
39 Detail drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, section, greenhouse, stable, garage, mens' quarters, hall, drawing room, palm room, living room, dining room, coat room, washroom, entry, structure, stairs, fireplace, mantelpieces, chimneys, windows, doors, furniture, gallery, fittings, cornice, finishes, ironwork, plasterwork, terrace
1 Consultant drawing: landscape development plans
Comment: 1 plan for development of West Crescent Heights, Westmount, P.Q., by Brett and Hall, Landscape Architects, Boston, Massachusetts, dated 1/1910, is included.

Comments: 1 plan for development of West Crescent Heights, Westmount, P.Q., by Brett and Hall, Landscape Architects, Boston, Massachusetts, dated 1/1910, is included.