J.A. Cameron House(7/1910-7/1917)
609 Clarke Avenue, Westmount, QC, Canada
Residential, Urban house [detached, basement, 2 floors, attic, 6 bedrooms]; brick; composite

Client: J.A. Cameron
Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell

Description: Designed and built in 1910-1911 with some minor decorative alterations in 1917, this robust mansion may have replaced a house designed by Saxe and Archibald architects. A complete set of blueprints is included and a site plan shows the footprint of a larger house with this newer house traced in pencil over it. Almost cubic and very cleverly laid out, it is entered from the north east corner. A small reception room faces east while the double drawing/dining room faces south and opens unto a large balcony. There are six bedrooms in total, four on the first floor plus a sitting room, and two more in the attic. Façades of pressed brick are capped with a hip slate roof crowned by a balustrade. A country house with similar features in Huntingdon for a Mrs. J. Alexander Cameron (310) was built for the same clients.

Holdings: Urban house (detached, basement, 2 floors, attic, 6 bedrooms); brick; composite
77 Drawings: 26 ink on linen; 1 ink on paper; 23 pencil on paper; 10 watercolour on paper; 17 blueprints
1 Survey drawing: property plan
4 Sketch drawings: floor plans, balcony lattice
28 Development drawings: floor plans, attic floor plans, elevations, section
9 Working drawings: floor plans, attic floor plans, elevations
34 Detail drawings: floor plans, elevations, sitting room, dining room, drawing room, bedroom, parlor, structure, staircases, chimneys, mantelpiece, dormers, doors, furniture, galleries, rugs, radiator screens, fittings, wood panelling, porch
1 Consultant drawing: erection diagram
1 File folder: notes; list of rooms; specifications
Comment: 1 drawing by the Dominion Bridge Company, Engineers, N.Y., dated 26/10/1910, is included.

Comments: 1 drawing by the Dominion Bridge Company, Engineers, N.Y., dated 26/10/1910, is included.