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Alexandra Hospital for Infectious Diseases([1904-11])
[220-240] Charon Street, Montreal [Pointe-Saint-Charles], QC, Canada
Health, Hospital [administration building, 3 pavilions, ambulance and mortuary building, laundry and power house, kitchen building, observation ward, and nurses' home]; brick; wall bearing

Client: Alexandra Hospital
Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell

Description: Alexandra Hospital was the infectious diseases institution for the English speaking community. Located at the southern edge of Pointe-Saint-Charles, a working-class neighbourhood in south-west Montreal near Verdun, its pavilions were distributed on a triangular site between Charon Street and railroad tracks, not far from Saint-Gabriel Farm, one of the oldest buildings on the island. Control of contagious diseases involved, according to medical principles of that time, isolating patients in dedicated wards and minimising points of access while providing maximum air circulation and sun. The three main wards (each occupying 2 floors as male and female patients were placed on the ground and first floor respectively), for treatment of measles, diphtheria and scarlet fever are connected by inclined covered passageways to the kitchen pavilion, behind the administration building facing Charon Street. Two smaller pavilions on either side and the emergency and mortuary building make up the public edge of the complex while the power and laundry building are backed up against the railway berm to the south. The hospital still exist but underwent major renovations; new streets (Frank Selke, Dick Irvin) criss-cross the site.

Holdings: Hospital (administration building, 3 pavilions, ambulance and mortuary building, laundry and power house, kitchen building, observation ward, and nurses'home); brick; wall bearing
160 Drawings: 127 ink on linen; 11 ink on paper; 21 pencil on paper; 1 watercolour on paper
5 Survey drawings: property plan, grid point elevations, ground sections
2 Sketch drawings: elevations
1 Presentation drawing: elevation
28 Development drawings: site plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, kitchen, boiler and laundry blocks, observation ward and nurses' home
65 Working drawings: administration building: floor plans, elevations, structure; scarlet fever and measles pavilions: floor plans, attic floor plans, roof plans, elevations, structure; diphteria pavilion: floor plans, attic floor plans, roof plans, elevations, sections, structure; mixed cases ward: foundation plan, floor plans, elevations, structure; kitchen block: floor plans, roof plans, elevations, structure; observation pavilion, laundry and power buildings, ambulance and mortuary blocks: plans, elevations, sections
58 Detail drawings: property plan, floor plans, elevations, sections, boiler house, cart shed, ice house, isolation pavilion, disinfecting chamber, cold chamber, pantry, entries, structure, heating system, incinerators, acetylene generator, stairs, ventilating flues, mantelpieces, windows, doors, dumbwaiter, stable fittings
1 Consultant drawing: lot plan
Comment: 2 blueprints of Boston General Hospital layout, dated 1895, were found and are filed with project. 1 drawing by Joseph Rielle, Q.L.S., dated 8/10/1903, is included.
Comments: 2 blueprints of Boston General Hospital layout, dated 1895, were found and are filed with project. 1 drawing by Joseph Rielle, Q.L.S., dated 8/10/1903, is included.

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