Mrs. Shirres House(5/1910-10/1914)
du Musée Avenue [59 Ontario Avenue], Montreal, QC, Canada
Residential, Urban house [basement, 2 floors, attic, 9 bedrooms, servants' hall, nurse's room]; brick and stone; wall bearing

Client: Mrs. Shirres
Architect: E. & W.S. Maxwell

Description: In 1910, the Maxwell brothers designed a residence for Mrs. Shirres on Du Musée Avenue. The distinctive character of this project is its Château style with a steeply hipped roof. The layout resembles Edward Maxwell’s work before the turn of the 20th century. In this period of Edward’s architecture, it is rare not to find an asymmetrical plan using a central hall. The Maxwell brothers used the stair hall as the organizing element. The drawing room, living room, dining room and pantry were arranged around the core. The elevations show a tall chimney, conical dormers and a large gable dormer composed and crowned with pinnacles and spires. The windows are ornamented with shallow relief carving. This house was demolished when Doctor Penfield Avenue (McGregor Street) was extended east.

Holdings: Urban house (basement, 2 floors, attic, 9 bedrooms, servants' hall, nurse's room); brick and stone; wall bearing
44 Drawings: 33 ink on linen; 1 ink on paper; 6 pencil on paper; 4 blueprints
1 Survey drawing: plot plan
2 Sketch drawings: furniture, rug
1 Development drawing: bedroom
11 Working drawings: excavation plan, floor plans, attic floor plan, roof plan, elevations, structure
28 Detail drawings: elevations, bedrooms, dining room, wine cellar, entry, staircases, mantelpieces, chimney, dormers, bay, gable, doors, furniture, radiator screens, railings, fittings, carpets, ironwork, stonework, tilework, galleries, balustrade
1 Consultant drawing: grounds survey
Comment: 1 drawing by Rickson A. Outhet, Landscape Architect, Montreal, dated 3/1911, is included.

Comments: 1 drawing by Rickson A. Outhet, Landscape Architect, Montreal, dated 3/1911, is included.