Carter White Lead Company, New Building for Mechanical Oxide Furnaces, Proposal(3/1913-10/1915)
[91] De Lorimier Avenue, Montreal, QC, Canada
Industrial, Factory [1 floor]; brick; composite

Client: Carter White Lead Company
Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell

Description: The Carter White Lead Company was founded in 1905 with Mr. E.J. Cornish as the President; it belonged at some point to D. Forbes Angus (257). It produced lead carbonate, commonly referred to as white lead, a substance used for fabrication of lead paint. For their factory on De Lorimier Avenue, the Maxwell brothers designed a single-storey, flat-roofed brick annex with simple, clean lines to house two new mechanical oxide furnaces. The extension alongside a lane creates a wing perpendicular to the existing factory, four bays long and two bays wide. It touches the adjacent property to the east, the Canadian Bronze Company.

Holdings: Factory (1 floor); brick; composite
4 Drawings: 1 ink on linen; 3 blueprints
2 Working drawings: floor plans, elevations, sections
2 Consultant drawings: mechanical
Comment: 2 drawings by M.H. Treadwell Company, Engineers, N.Y., dated 10/1915, are included.

Comments: 2 drawings by M.H. Treadwell Company, Engineers, N.Y., dated 10/1915, are included.