C.E.L. Porteous House, Additions and Alterations([1899])
Edgehill Avenue, Westmount, QC, Canada
Residential, Urban house [additions: basement: kitchen, servants' hall; ground floor: dining room, billiard©room; first floor; 2 bedrooms, 1 servant's room]

Client: Charles E.L. Porteous
Architect: E. Maxwell

Description: In 1899, Charles E.L. Porteous engaged Edward to design a series of additions and alterations to his urban house. The works consisted of a re-arrangement of the entire house’s layout as well as in its interior decoration. In the dining room and billiard room new sober mantels one with a terracotta panel and the other with two Ionic pilasters were included. For the hall Edward designed an impressive decoration finished with wood panelling. A massive Neo-classical stone porch marked the entrance. The first floor was enlarged to accommodate two bedrooms including a the servants’ room, a day nursery, and a dressing room, while the basement was re-arranged to include a servant’s hall, kitchen, and laundry room.

Holdings: Urban house (additions: basement: kitchen, servants' hall; ground floor: dining room, billiard©room; first floor; 2 bedrooms, 1 servant's room)
27 Drawings: 20 ink on linen; 6 ink on paper; 1 blueprint
1 Survey drawing: plot plan, plot profiles
9 Working drawings: floor plans, elevations, structure
17 Detail drawings: hall, dining room, drawing room alcove, stairs, mantelpieces, furniture, handrail, finishes, ironwork, woodwork, porch, gates
Comment: 5 detail drawings are signed Maxwell & Shattuck, Architects.

Comments: 5 detail drawings are signed Maxwell & Shattuck, Architects.