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James Ross House, Additions and Alterations(1/1897-5/1898) 3664 Peel Street, Montreal, QC, Canada Residential, Urban house [additions: breakfast room; picture gallery] Client: James Ross Description: James Ross, the son of a Scottish ship owner and master, who had begun his career as a railway construction engineer in the United States, built railways in Ontario and took charge of building six hundred miles of the CPR between Saskatchewan and Eagle Pass. When he settled in Montreal in 1888, he turned his attention to building street railways in Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saint-John, Birmingham and Jamaica. He was also a leading developer in the iron and coal industry and a director of the Bank of Montreal.
In 1892, Mr. James Rose built his house on Peel Street for the design he commissioned the well-known American architect Bruce Price, who had created Windsor Station and the CPR’s Château Frontenac in Quebec City. In 1905 Edward & William Maxwell executed a series of renovations and additions in the house. The projects included a re-decoration of all main rooms, an addition of a loggia in the south face for breakfast, and a new wing in the north side to accommodate a gallery for Ross’ collection of old masters painters.
The Ross House is now Chancellor Day Hall of the McGill Faculty of Law. In 1919 the house was remodeled again by his son, J.K.L. Ross, and much of the garden disappeared when the city built Doctor Penfield Avenue (McGregor Avenue). Holdings: Urban house (additions: breakfast room; picture gallery) | |
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