Spier, William
SPIER, William (1801-1878)
(biography in preparation)
WILLIAM SPIER
(works in Montreal unless noted)
GREAT ST. JAMES STREET, two stores for Etienne Guy, 1856 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 27 Aug. 1856, No. 2788)
DRUMMOND STREET, residence for William Stephen, 1856 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 21 Oct. 1856, No. 2870 and 2872)
EDWARD EVANS & CO., St. Paul Street, store and warehouse, 1857 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 1857, No. 3239 and 3240)
McGILL STREET, at Recollet Street, store for William H. Kingston, 1857 (ANQM, J.S. Hunter, Notaire, 9 June 1857, 2460 and 2465)
ODD FELLOWS HALL, Craig Street at Fortification Lane, addition and alterations, 1859 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 1 March 1859, No. 4961)
WOLFE STREET, house for Michael St. Jacques, 1859 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 19 Sept. 1859, No. 5625)
WILLIAM SPIER & SON
CATHEDRAL BLOCK, 29-39 Notre Dames Street West, first phase of commercial block, 1859 (Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 19-22, illus.)
WILLIAM STREET, at Richmond Street, two houses for Etienne Guy, 1860 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 1860, No. 6872)
(as Supervising Architect) BEAVER HALL SQUARE, mansion for William Dow, 1860-61 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 24 April 1860, No. 6588; Montreal, Les Résidences, 1987, 203-06, illus.)
(with Victor Roy) PINE AVENUE WEST, ‘Ravenscrag’, a mansion for Sir Hugh Allan, 1861-63 (ANQM, J. Smith, Notaire, 1861, No. 7929; Canadian Illustrated News [Montreal], vi, 7 Dec. 1872, 355, with correction of an earlier misattribution to J..W. Hopkins; Montreal, Les Résidences, 1987, 18-25, illus.)
McGILL UNIVERSITY ARTS BUILDING, Sherbrooke Street West, addition of West Wing for William Molson, 1861 (Montreal Transcript, 19 March 1861, 3, t.c.; ANQM, J.S. Hunter, Notaire, 4 May 1861, No. 6137; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 140-3, illus.)
JAMES HUTTON & CO., Ste. Helene Street, two stores ‘on the site of the Baptist Chapel’, 1861 (ANQM, J.S. Hunter, Notaire, 4 May 1861, No. 6135; Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinémas, 1985, 42-4, illus.)
OGILVY & CO., St. Paul Street at St. Pierre Street, commercial block for John Ogilvy, 1861 (ANQM, J.C. Griffin, Notaire, 30 July 1861, No. 20463)
LINDSAY, ONT., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Francis Street, 1863 (Canadian Post [Lindsay], 17 Sept. 1863, 2; The Presbyterian [Montreal], xviii, April 1864, 101)