Ross and Macdonald

{{Infobox architectural practice

| image =

| caption =

| name = Ross and Macdonald

| architects = {{ubl|George Allen Ross|Robert Henry Macdonald}}

| city = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| coordinates =

| founded = 1907 (as Ross and MacFarlane)

| dissolved =

| awards =

| significant_buildings = {{ubl|Château Laurier|Fort Garry Hotel|Royal York Hotel|Maple Leaf Gardens}}

| significant_projects =

| significant_design =

}}

Ross and Macdonald was one of Canada's most notable architecture firms in the early 20th century. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the firm originally operated as a partnership between George Allen Ross and David MacFarlane (known as Ross and MacFarlane) {{Cite web |title=Ross and MacFarlane - Archival Collections Catalogue |url=https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ross-and-macfarlane |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca}} from 1907 to 1912. MacFarlane withdrew from the firm in 1912, and Robert Henry Macdonald became a partner.{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ross-macdonald/|title=Ross & Macdonald|last1= Rose|first1=David|last2=Simmons|first2=Geoffrey|date=15 December 2013|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=4 August 2016}}

The Ross and Macdonald name was used until 1944, after which it became Ross & Ross, Architects, when John Kenneth Ross joined his father as partner. {{Cite web |title=Ross, John Kenneth {{!}} Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada |url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1417 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org}} Following George Allen Ross's death in 1946, the firm continued as Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan. By 1970, the firm was known as Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett. Since 2006, it has operated as DFS Inc. Architecture & Design.{{cite web |title=Ross Fish Duschenes Barrett |url=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/siteofficieldumontroyal/concepteur/ross-fish-duschenes-barrett |website=Le site officiel du mont Royal |publisher=Ville de Montréal |access-date=2 January 2019}}

George Allen Ross

Ross (1879–1946) was born in Montreal, and later studied at the High School of Montreal, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.Antonia Brodie, ed., Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) (A. & C. Black, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001), p. 504

Ross was apprenticed to Brown, MacVicar & Heriot in Montreal, and later become a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway. He also did work with Parker & Thomas in Boston and Carrere & Hastings in New York before partnering with MacFarlane in Montreal.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, becoming an Associate in 1904 and a Fellow in 1913.

Robert Henry Macdonald

Macdonald (1875–1942) was born in Melbourne, Australia. He articled to Richard B. Whitaker, M.S.A. of Melbourne, and became a junior draftsman to Robert Findlay in Montreal in 1895. After positions as a draftsman for George B. Post starting in 1903, a senior draftsman with Crighton & McKay in Wellington, New Zealand in 1905, and head draftsman with W.W. Bosworth in New York in 1906, Macdonald joined Ross and MacFarlane in Montreal as a junior partner and draftsman in 1907. He ultimately became a partner of the firm in 1912.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He served as president of the Quebec Association of Architects in 1939, and was a recipient of the association's Award of Merit.

Important works

style="width:300px;"\| Name of Building ! style="width:200px;"\| Type ! style="width:100px;"\| Location ! style="width:100px;"\| Construction period ! style="width:200px;"\| Image ! style="width:200px;"\| Notes
class="wikitable sortable"
Bank of Toronto branch	Commercial	Guy St. and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal	1908		As Ross and MacFarlene.
Complexe Les Ailes	Commercial	Montreal	1925-27	150px	Former Eaton's department store.
Saskatoon Board of Education offices	Commercial	Saskatoon	1928-29	150px	Former Eaton's department store.
\| Former Eaton's Store	Commercial	Calgary	1928-29	150px	Main structure demolished 1988, partial façade incorporated into Calgary Eaton Centre.
Dominion Square Building	Commercial	Montreal	1928–1930	150px
College Park, Toronto	Commercial	Toronto	1928-30	150px	Former Eaton's department store - with Sproatt and Rolph.
Holt Renfrew Montreal	Commercials	1300 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal	1937	150px	Holt Renfrew closed in 2020, moved with nearby Ogilvy's store on St.Catherine Street. Building converted as residential building called Le Château Apartments.
Château Laurier Hotel	Hotel	Ottawa	1909-12	150px	As Ross and MacFarlene with Bradford Lee Gilbert. http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHistory/0,1142,nav%253D7%2526entity%25255Fvalue%253D100109%2526property%25255Fseq%253D100109%2526entity%25255Fkey%253Dproperty%25255Fseq,00.html History of the Fairmont Château Laurier])
Lord Elgin Hotel	Hotel	Ottawa	1940–41	150px
Royal York Hotel	Hotel	Toronto	1927-29	150px	With Sproatt and Rolphhttp://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachments/Library/1/1785874_Royal_York_ENG.pdf#search='Royal%20York%20Hotel%20was%20built%20by' Royal York Hotel
Fort Garry Hotel	Hotel	Winnipeg	1910–14	150px	As Ross and MacFarlene.
Hotel Saskatchewan	Hotel	Regina	1926–27	150px	Used beams from the incomplete Chateau Qu'Appelle also designed by Ross and Macdonald.
Hotel Macdonald	Hotel	Edmonton	1912–14	150px	As Ross and MacFarlene.
Les Cours Mont-Royal	Hotel	Montreal	1920-24	100px	(Former Sheraton Mount Royal Hotel, now a shopping mall, condo and office complex)
Senate of Canada Building	Public building	Ottawa	1911-1912	150px	As Ross and MacFarlene designed building, formerly as Ottawa Union Station and later as Government Conference Centre.http://www.heritageottawa.org/english/features/unionstation-f.htm The Architecture of Ottawa's Union Station Now as temporary home of Senate.
Union Station	Public building	Toronto	1914-1920	150px	With Hugh G. Jones, John Lylehttp://www.toronto.ca/culture/pdf/484-050506-Carr.pdf Toronto Union Station - Heritage Character Analysis
Architects' Building	Office building	Montreal	1929-34	150px	demolished
Confederation Building (McGill College Ave. and St. Catherine St. W.)	Office building	Montreal	1927–28	150px
Castle Building (Stanley Street and St. Catherine St. W.)	Office building	Montreal	1924–27	150px
Dominion Square Building (Peel Street and St. Catherine St. W.)	Office building	Montreal	1928–40	150px
Montreal Star Building (St. Jacques St.)	Office building	Montreal	1926–31	150px
Royal Bank Building (Yonge Street and King Street East)	Office building	Toronto	1913–15	150px
Édifice Price (Sainte-Anne street)	Office building	Quebec City	1929–1930	150px
Medical Arts Building	Office building	Montreal	1922	150px
Le Chateau Apartments, (Sherbrooke and De La Montagne)	Residential	Montreal	1926	150px
The Gleneagles, (Cote des Neiges Road)	Residential	Montreal	1929	150px
Central Technical School	High School	Toronto	1915	150px
The Hydrostone	Commercial	Halifax	1918	150px
Maple Leaf Gardens	Hockey arena	Toronto	1931–32	150px

References

External links

[https://www.dfsarch.com/profile.html DFS Inc. Architecture & Design] (current website of the successor firm)
[http://www.imtl.org/montreal/search.php?kind=1&vsearch=1&name=&floor=&floormax=&location=&borough=0&year=&yearmax=&subType=0&architect=Ross+et+MacDonald&sub=Search&TYPE=&interval=10&resume=2&sortBy=YEAR&sortType=DESC Photos of Ross and MacDonald buildings in Montreal]
[https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/45474/ross-macdonald-fonds Finding aid for the Ross & Macdonald fonds ], Canadian Centre for Architecture ([https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search?digigroup=45474 digitized items])

Category:Architecture firms of Canada

Category:Companies based in Montreal