London and Lancashire Life Building

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File:London and Lancashire Insurance Building, Place d-Armes, Montreal, QC, about 1895.jpg

The London and Lancashire Life Building was built in 1898 by the architect Edward Maxwell for the London and Lancashire Life Association of Scotland.[http://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/tour/etape15/eng/15text4a.htm Old Montreal Web site]{{cite web|title=Fiche d'un bâtiment: Édifice de la London and Lancashire Life|url=https://www.vieux.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiches/fiche_bat.php?sec=o&num=15|website=Old Montreal Web site|accessdate=2023-11-23}}{{cite web|title=London and Lancashire Life Assurance Company, Office Building(4/1898-4/1899)|url=http://cac.mcgill.ca/maxwells/details.php?Page=3&id=130&pn=&cn=All&pr=All&ct=All&str=&mj=All&mn=All&sta=Built|website=Canadian Architecture Collection|publisher=McGill University|accessdate=18 August 2017}} The Beaux-Arts structure was later used as the head office for Lord Beaverbrook, the New Brunswick-born magnate and later Minister of Supply under Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

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Further reading

  • Rémillard, François, Old Montreal - A Walking Tour, Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec, 1992

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Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Canada

Category:Office buildings in Montreal

Category:Old Montreal

Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1898

Category:1898 establishments in Quebec

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