Canadian Pacific Railways, Windsor Station, Alterations and Additions(9/1899-7/1901)
La Gauchetière Street, at Peel Street [Osborne Street at Windsor Street], Montreal, QC, Canada
Transportation, Station (addition: 4 floors); stone; composite

Client: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Architect: E. Maxwell & G.C. Shattuck

Description: American architect Bruce Price (CAC 9)(1845-1903) introduced Ch�teau style in Canada with his design of Ch�teau Frontenac (319) (1882-1893) in Quebec City, Hotel Ch�teau Viger (1896-1898) and Windsor Station (1888-1889) in Montreal, all CPR projects. He also designed the James Ross House (191) on Peel Street in Montreal. Like other projects mentioned above they were altered and/or added on by the Maxwell firm. In 1899, Maxwell and Shattuck were commissioned to expand the ten-year old Windsor Station that faced Dominion (now Dorchester) Square on Windsor (now Peel Street) south of Osborne (now La Gaucheti�re) Street. Price�s original building displayed an array of tall semi-circular arches, dormers and rusticated limestone in the Richardsonian Romanesque manner. This style derived from the work of Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), a prominent Boston architect. Edward Maxwell worked in 1888-1891 in the firm that continued Richardson�s work: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. He was thus especially qualified to design an addition, having been the CPR favorite architect since 1897. The new wing was to connect with Price�s northern pavilion. Maxwell used this as a starting point, replicating this pavilion to the west and connecting them by a twelve-bay arcade on the first floor. A spectacular three-bay porte coch�re, now demolished, protected the new entrance to the concourse, the public spaces and the train shelter. The shallow arches of this oversized portico blended well with the original part without copying its details, while diverting attention away from the fact that volumes meet at irregular angles due to the curve on Osborne Street. Above the tall arches, windows were displayed in groups of three, in keeping with Price�s scheme. A beautiful perspective rendering indicates an additional fifth floor which was not built at the time. Later alterations, not by the Maxwell firm, included five new large dormers above the Osborne Street elevation. In 1910-1911, Walter S. Painter (CAC 24) designed yet another expansion to Windsor Station, this one very substantial both in size (the floor space was doubled ) and visual impact. The southern extension took advantage of the slope towards Viger Street. The large tower addition and the superb sky-lit concourse between the waiting room and the new train shelter were imposing. In 1993, drastic demolitions in the former train shed took place with the erection of Molson Center, the new Montreal Canadians Arena. Access to suburban commuting trains (all inter-city traffic was relocated to Central Station) is no longer possible directly from Peel or La Gaucheti�re Street, since the rear of Windsor Station and the newly created court are meant as a mere vantage point to gaze upon the new Arena, opened in 1996.

Holdings: Station (addition: 4 floors); stone; composite
192 Drawings: 154 ink on linen; 14 ink on paper; 2 pencil on paper; 17 watercolour on linen; 1 watercolour on paper; 4 blueprints
1 Presentation drawing: exterior perspective
19 Development drawings: foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, structure, mantelpiece
11 Working drawings: foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, sections
161 Detail drawings: foundations, floor plan, attic floor plan, roof plan, elevations, sections, midway, waiting rooms, lunch room, grill room, serving rooms, boardroom, offices, telegraph room, rotunda, kitchen, boiler room, washrooms, entries, structure, mechanical, drains, stairs, elevators, fireplaces, mantelpieces, windows, dormers, doors, partitions, furniture, screens, grilles, gates, vaults, fittings, finishes, glasswork, ironwork, stonework, portico turrets, tracks, sheds, sidewalk
5 Photographs: 5 finished exteriors

Comments: See also Hugh Griffith Jones: 1 File Folder, Shelf P-1, Box 1

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Canadian Pacific Railways, Windsor Station, Alterations and Additions(9/1899-7/1901) La Gauchetière Street, at Peel Street [Osborne Street at Windsor Street], Montreal, QC, Canada Transportation, Station (addition: 4 floors); stone; composite Client: Canadian Pacific Railway Company Architect: E. Maxwell & G.C. Shattuck Description: American architect Bruce Price (CAC 9)(1845-1903) introduced Ch�teau style in Canada with his design of Ch�teau Frontenac (319) (1882-1893) in Quebec City, Hotel Ch�teau Viger (1896-1898) and Windsor Station (1888-1889) in Montreal, all CPR projects. He also designed the James Ross House (191) on Peel Street in Montreal. Like other projects mentioned above they were altered and/or added on by the Maxwell firm. In 1899, Maxwell and Shattuck were commissioned to expand the ten-year old Windsor Station that faced Dominion (now Dorchester) Square on Windsor (now Peel Street) south of Osborne (now La Gaucheti�re) Street. Price�s original building displayed an array of tall semi-circular arches, dormers and rusticated limestone in the Richardsonian Romanesque manner. This style derived from the work of Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), a prominent Boston architect. Edward Maxwell worked in 1888-1891 in the firm that continued Richardson�s work: Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge. He was thus especially qualified to design an addition, having been the CPR favorite architect since 1897. The new wing was to connect with Price�s northern pavilion. Maxwell used this as a starting point, replicating this pavilion to the west and connecting them by a twelve-bay arcade on the first floor. A spectacular three-bay porte coch�re, now demolished, protected the new entrance to the concourse, the public spaces and the train shelter. The shallow arches of this oversized portico blended well with the original part without copying its details, while diverting attention away from the fact that volumes meet at irregular angles due to the curve on Osborne Street. Above the tall arches, windows were displayed in groups of three, in keeping with Price�s scheme. A beautiful perspective rendering indicates an additional fifth floor which was not built at the time. Later alterations, not by the Maxwell firm, included five new large dormers above the Osborne Street elevation. In 1910-1911, Walter S. Painter (CAC 24) designed yet another expansion to Windsor Station, this one very substantial both in size (the floor space was doubled ) and visual impact. The southern extension took advantage of the slope towards Viger Street. The large tower addition and the superb sky-lit concourse between the waiting room and the new train shelter were imposing. In 1993, drastic demolitions in the former train shed took place with the erection of Molson Center, the new Montreal Canadians Arena. Access to suburban commuting trains (all inter-city traffic was relocated to Central Station) is no longer possible directly from Peel or La Gaucheti�re Street, since the rear of Windsor Station and the newly created court are meant as a mere vantage point to gaze upon the new Arena, opened in 1996. Holdings: Station (addition: 4 floors); stone; composite 192 Drawings: 154 ink on linen; 14 ink on paper; 2 pencil on paper; 17 watercolour on linen; 1 watercolour on paper; 4 blueprints 1 Presentation drawing: exterior perspective 19 Development drawings: foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, structure, mantelpiece 11 Working drawings: foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, sections 161 Detail drawings: foundations, floor plan, attic floor plan, roof plan, elevations, sections, midway, waiting rooms, lunch room, grill room, serving rooms, boardroom, offices, telegraph room, rotunda, kitchen, boiler room, washrooms, entries, structure, mechanical, drains, stairs, elevators, fireplaces, mantelpieces, windows, dormers, doors, partitions, furniture, screens, grilles, gates, vaults, fittings, finishes, glasswork, ironwork, stonework, portico turrets, tracks, sheds, sidewalk 5 Photographs: 5 finished exteriors Comments: See also Hugh Griffith Jones: 1 File Folder, Shelf P-1, Box 1
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