STONE, Howard Colton (1860-1918)
(biography in preparation)
Howard C. STONE (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal)
EMPIRE BUILDING, Ste. Catherine Street West, near Drummond Street, a 3 storey commercial block with 4 retail stores, for Hon. George W. Stephens, 1900 (Montreal Daily Star, 31 July 1900, 6, descrip.; C.R., xi, 8 Aug. 1900, 3; and 19 Sept. 1900, 3)
CORISTINE BUILDING, St. Nicolas Street at St. Paul Street, 1902; major additions 1904, and 1907 (C.R., xii, 17 July 1901, 5; and xviii, 13 March 1907, 6; Gazette [Montreal], 11 April 1904, 3, descrip.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 26-8, illus.)
CORISTINE BUILDING, a major addition of 6 storeys, backing on to Lemoine Street, at the rear of the existing Coristine Block, 1902-03 (Montreal Daily Star, 21 Feb. 1903, 13, descrip.)
BELDING, PAUL & CO., Shearer Street near St. Patrick Street, warehouse and mill, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 23 April 1902, 4)
ST. FRANCOIS XAVIER STREET, No. 84, a commercial block for Hon. George W. Stephens, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 30 April 1902, 8)
BEARDMORE & CO., St. Peter Street at Lemoine Street, warehouse, 1902; addition 1910 (C.R., xiii, 14 May 1902, 8; and xxiv, 2 March 1910, 26)
UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO., Lagauchetiere Street at St. Monique Street, a five storey factory, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 4 June 1902, 2; Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 2 Oct. 1903, 49; Montreal Daily Star, 27 Feb. 1903, 6, descrip.)
HUDSON BAY KITTING CO., Lagauchetiere Street near Alexander Street, reconstruction of the former Waverley Hotel into a factory, with additions, 1903 (Montreal Daily Star, 27 Feb. 1903, 6, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 28 Feb. 1903, 3, descrip.)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, No. 32, a five storey factory for Hon. George W. Stephens, designed 1903; built in 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 21 Feb. 1903, 13, descrip., and 10 July 1905, 6, descrip.)
STONEWALL JACKSON CIGAR CO., Beaver Hall Hill at Lagauchetiere Street, a 4 storey factory block, 1903 (Montreal Daily Star, 18 Feb. 1903, 11, descrip.; and 21 Feb. 1903, 13, descrip.; C.R., xiii, 11 Feb. 1903, 3)
BANK OF OTTAWA, St. James Street at Dollard Lane, a ten storey office tower, 1903-04 (C.R., xiv, 6 May 1903, 4; Montreal Daily Star, 13 June 1903, 8, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 8 Aug. 1903, 7, descrip.; La Presse [Montreal], 19 Dec. 1904, 8, illus.)
SOVEREIGN BANK, St. James Street near Dollard Lane, 1904-05 (Gazette [Montreal], 5 March 1904, 9, descrip.; Vancouver Daily World, 1 June 1904, 3, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 5 March 1904, 24, descrip.; and 9 July 1904, 3, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., xvii, Dec. 1904, 201; La Presse [Montreal], 27 June 1905, 11, illus.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 130-1, illus.)
LEWIS BROTHERS & CO., Bleury Street near Craig Street, a 6 storey warehouse and factory, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 1 Oct. 1904, 6, descrip.; and 9 Dec. 1904, 11, descrip.; and 6 Jan. 1905, 12, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., xvii, Dec. 1904, 201)
SMART BAG CO., Mullins Street near d'Argenson Street, factory, 1906 (C.A.B., xix, July 1906, 108)
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, St. James Street, near St. Francois Xavier Street, 1906-08; restored 1990; with monumental sculptural figures later relocated to the lobby of the Archives Nationales du Quebec, Viger Avenue, 1999 (C.A.B., xix, March 1906, 41; Gazette [Montreal], 5 May 1908, 6, descrip.; Const., iv, April 1911, 48-50, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 126-7, illus.)
PHILLIPS SQUARE, near Cathcart Street, retail store for the Estate of William Dow, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 47, 1906, 24)
SWIFT COPLAND & CO., St. Paul Street near McGill Street, factory, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 38, 1907, 46)
WESTMOUNT, Royal Bank, Sherbrooke Street West at Victoria Avenue, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, Nov. 1907, 22, descrip.; Const., ii, Jan. 1909, 90, illus. in advert.)
LACHINE, The Imperial Locomotive & Machine Works Co., a large complex of factories and repair shops, 1908 (Gazette [Montreal], 25 June 1908, 7; C.R., xxii, 4 Nov. 1908, 26)
HENEY CARRIAGE & HARNESS CO., Masson Street at Delorimier Avenue, factory, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 25 Nov. 1908, 27)
UNITED SHOE MANUFACTURING CO., Bennett Avenue at Boyce Street, factory, 1910 (Montreal Daily Star, 25 March 1910, 5; C.R., xxiv, 30 March 1910, 26; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 242-3, illus.)
MONTREAL SMALLWARES CO., Parthenais Street, factory, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 3 Aug. 1910, 26)
MAISONNEUVE, Molson's Bank, Ontario Street at La Salle Avenue, 1910-11 (C.R., xxiv, 19 Oct. 1910, 29; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 118-19, illus.)
MOLSON'S BANK, St. James Street near St. Francois Xavier Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 64)
OUTREMONT, Bank of Ottawa, Park Avenue at Fairmount Avenue, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 22 Nov. 1911, 66; dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
HOLDEN CO., St. James Street, near Bleury Street, commercial block, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 64)
COLONIAL THEATRE, Ste. Catherine Street West near Victoria Street, a large moving picture theatre for the Estate of G.W. Stephens, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 3 April 1912, 65; and 22 May 1912, 70; inf. Scott Edwards)
DRUMMOND BUILDING, Ste. Catherine Street West at Peel Street, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 26 Feb. 1913, 68, t.c.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 180-1, illus.)
Howard C. STONE (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Montreal)
CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION (Anglican), Park Avenue, between Fairmount Avenue West and St. Viateur Avenue West, Montreal Annex, 1904-05; and additions, 1910 (Montreal Daily Star, 12 Sept.1904, 10, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxiv, 20 July 1910, 25)
ST. JAMES CLUB, Dorchester Street West near Jeanne Mance Street, extensive alterations and additions, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 17 May 1911, 59)
MONTREAL RACQUET CLUB, Concord Street, extensive alterations and addition, 1911 (Montreal Herald, 11 Aug. 1911, illus. & descrip.)
Howard C. STONE (Residential works in Montreal)
UNIVERSITY STREET, No. 281, extensive remodelling of exterior and interior of residence for W.G. Ross, 1903 (Montreal Daily Star, 6 June 1903, 6)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Simpson Street, residence for Fred N. Beardmore, 1905; demol. (dwgs. at McCord Museum, Montreal; inf. Scott Edwards)
MacGREGOR STREET, near Guy Street, pair of houses, with one unit at No. 35 MacGregor Street, for Robert Loring and Henry J. Fuller, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 28, 1906, 46; Gazette [Montreal], 28 Feb. 1914, 7, sale of property, with descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 17 May 1913, 29, sale of property, with descrip.)
ONTARIO AVENUE, near Sherbrooke Street West, residence for John L. Marler, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 29, 1906, 54)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, near Guy Street, residence for Horace Joseph, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 22 Sept. 1909, 22)
LACHINE, residence for Sir Robert Lucas, St. Joseph Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 24 Aug. 1910, 25)
PINE AVENUE WEST, residence for James Law, No. 1311 Pine Avenue West, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 31 July 1912, 74; inf. Scott Edwards)
PINE AVENUE WEST, residence for Mrs. Helen Law, at No. 1305 Pine Avenue West, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 31 July 1912, 74; inf. Scott Edwards)
MOUNTAIN STREET, north of Sherbrooke Street West, residence for Henry Joseph, 1912; demol. (C.R., xxvi, 31 July 1912, 74; inf. Scott Edwards)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Cedar Avenue, a large residence for Fred N. Beardmore, 1913-14 (C.R., xxvii, 28 May 1913, 70-1; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 59-61, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
Howard C. STONE (works in Winnipeg, Man.)
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS BUILDING, Portage Avenue at Garry Street, 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Jan. 1904, 5, descrip.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 24 Sept. 1904, 15, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution; and 20 July 1905, 10, descrip.; C.A.B., xvii, Oct. 1904, 173, descrip.)
TEES & PERSSE CO., Princess Street near Higgins Avenue, warehouse, 1904 (C.A.B., xvii, Oct. 1904, 173, descrip.)
MAW BLOCK, Main Street, between Alexander Avenue and Logan Avenue, a three storey block for Joseph Maw, 1905 (Winnipeg Tribune, 24 June 1905, 10, illus. & descrip.)
BROADWAY METHODIST CHURCH, Kennedy Street at Broadway, 1905-06 (C.R., xv, 1 March 1905, 6; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 2 Feb. 1904, 7; and 19 June 1906, 9, illus. of tower collapse; and tower later rebuilt)
ST. BONIFACE, residence for Hormisdas Beliveau, Dumoulin Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 17 May 1905, 7, t.c.)
STOVEL BROTHERS LTD., Smith Street at Ellice Avenue, warehouse, 1905 (Winnipeg Tribune, 24 June 1905, 10, descrip.; C.R., xvi, 28 June 1905, 4)
BANK OF TORONTO, Main Street near McDermot Street, 1905-07 (Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 June 1905, 2, descrip.; and 28 Aug. 1905, 16, descrip.; and 6 Dec. 1906, 26, descrip.; Western Architect [Minneapolis], xi, May 1908, illus.; Winnipeg, Monuments to Finance, ii, 1982, 46-50, illus.)
CRESENTWOOD, residence for John Leslie, 1905 (Winnipeg Tribune, 23 Sept. 1905, 11)
WALKER THEATRE, Smith Street near Notre Dame Avenue, 1906; still standing in 2023 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 5 Dec. 1905, 1; and 15 Dec. 1906, 9, illus. & descrip.; Free Press [Winnipeg], 31 May 1906, 11, illus. & descrip.; and 6 Dec. 1906, 42, illus. & descrip.; and 18 Dec. 1906, 1, 10 & 11, descrip.; Early Buildings of Manitoba, 1973, 140, illus.; Winnipeg, 1990-The Year Past, 59-64, illus.)
CRESCENT DRIVE, residence for John Leslie, 1906 (Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 Dec. 1906, 58)
J. MAW'S AUTO GARAGE, King Street, extending through to Princess Street at the rear, auto showroom and garage for Joseph Maw, 1907 (Winnipeg Tribune, 8 April 1907, 7, descrip.; and 22 June 1907, 14, descrip.; City of Winnipeg b.p. No. 176, 1907; drawings at City of Winnipeg Archives)
DOMINION BANK, Main Street near Higgins Avenue, 1907 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 8 April 1907, 7, descrip.; C.R., xviii, 24 April 1907, 6; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 18 Jan. 1908, 14, descrip.; and 25 Jan. 1908, 5, illus.)
Howard C. STONE (works elsewhere)
ST. ALBAN'S, VERMONT, U.S.A., Welden House Hotel, 1901 (St. Alban's Daily Messenger, 17 May 1901, 8)
BURLINGTON, VERMONT, U.S.A., Welden House Hotel, 1901 (Burlington Free Press, 18 May 1901, 6)
OTTAWA, ONT., James W. Woods Co., a 7 storey warehouse and office, Slater Street at Canal Street, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 6 Jan. 1905, 12, C.R., xv, 11 Jan. 1905, 2)
MALLORYTOWN, ONT., THOUSAND ISLANDS, "Assiniboine Lodge", the summer mansion for Hon. Clifford Sifton, at Whitney Point, overlooking the St. Lawrence River, 1905-06 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 20 Nov. 1905, 7, detailed architectural descrip.; Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 7 Dec. 1905, 5, descrip.; Lethbridge News, 26 Jan. 1906, 3, detailed descrip.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Royal Bank, King Street at Canterbury Street, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 4 July 1906, 4)
AMHERST, N.S., Royal Bank, Victoria Street at Havelock Street, a 3 storey commercial block, 1906 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 28 July 1906, 4, descrip.; Morning Chronicle [Halifax], 1 Jan. 1908, Section Two, 3-4, descrip.; E. Pacey & A. Comiter, Landmarks: Historic Buildings of Nova Scotia, 1994, 141, illus; dwgs. at Royal Bank Premises Dept., Montreal)
CALGARY, ALTA., Canadian Pacific Railway Station, 1907 (Montreal Daily Star, 29 Jan. 1907, 5, descrip., but credited to "W.H. Stone [sic], architect of Winnipeg")
VANCOUVER, B.C., Royal Bank, East End Branch, Westminster Avenue [later renamed Main Street] at Hastings Street, designed 1907; built 1910 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 56, illus.; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives; dwgs. at Royal Bank Premises Div., Montreal)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Sovereign Bank, St. Paul Street, 1907; demol. 1966 (E. Julian et al, St. Catharines: Our Built Heritage, 2005, 65, illus.; dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
(with James Mather, local associate) OTTAWA, ONT., Roxborough Apartment House, Laurier Avenue facing Cartier Square, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 24 Feb. 1909, 21; and xxiv, 4 May 1910, 40-1, illus. & descrip.; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 9 April 1910, 10, illus. & descrip.)
OTTAWA, ONT., The Ottawa Club, Wellington Street, new facade and extensive alterations, 1909-11; burned 1979 (C.R., xxiii, 4 Aug. 1909, 20, t.c.; The Rideau Club: A Short History 1865-1965, 25, illus.)
COMPETITIONS
WINNIPEG, MAN., Winnipeg Grain Exchange Building, Lombard Avenue at Rorie Street, 1906. H. C. Stone was one of thirteen architects from Canada and the United States who submitted a design for the new Grain Exchange (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 30 May 1906, 8). The winner was Darling & Pearson of Toronto.