Price, Bruce | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

PRICE, Bruce (1845-1903)
(biography in preparation)

BANFF, ALTA., Banff Springs Hotel, 1886-88; demol. 1925 (Building [New York], vi, 26 Feb. 1887, illus. plate; Sanitary Engineer & Construction Record [New York], xv, 19 March 1887, 408, descrip.; H. Kalman, The Railway Hotels and the Development of the Chateau Style in Canada, 1968, 9-10, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 494-5, illus. & descrip.)
FORT WILLIAM, ONT., The Kaministique Hotel, a 4 storey "Shingle Style" hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Dease Street at Hardisty Street, c. 1887, demol. (inf. Thunder Bay Public Library, photography collection; attributed to Bruce Price on stylistic grounds). A photographic image of this unique landmark can be found in the pamphlet entitled "Fort William: The Gateway to the Goldfields and Wheatfields". c. 1898 (Thunder Bay Museum, Acc. 973.22.33).
MONTREAL, QUE., Canadian Pacific Railway Depot, Windsor Street at Osborne Street, 1887-89 (Sanitary Engineer & Construction Record [New York], xv, 19 March 1887, 408, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 9 Nov. 1887, 2, illus. & descrip.; and 28 Nov. 1888, 5, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 30 May 1888, 1, detailed architectural descrip.; and 8 Dec. 1888, 11, detailed architectural descrip.; Engineering & Building Record [New York City], xvii, 7 Jan. 1888, 83, descrip., with illus. plate; American Architect & Building News [Boston], xxiii, 16 June 1888, illus. plate; The Builder [London], lvii, 12 Oct. 1889, 262, illus.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 76-81, illus.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., block of retail stores for The Earl of Durham [John G. Lambton, 3rd Earl of Durham], 1887 (Sanitary Engineer & Construction Record [New York], xv, 19 March 1887, 408)
VANCOUVER, B.C., New York Block, Granville Street, 1888 (Vancouver Daily World, 29 Sept. 1888, 2, descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Crewe Block, Granville Street, 1888 (Vancouver Daily World, 29 Sept. 1888, 2, descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Van Horne Block, Granville Street, 1888; converted to a theatre c. 1915; demol. 1971 (Vancouver Daily World, 29 Sept. 1888, 2, descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Grand Opera House "in the Grecian style of architecture", 1888 (Vancouver Daily World, 9 Oct. 1888, 1, descrip.; and 19 Oct. 1888, 1, detailed architectural descrip.). The plans by Price were modified and updated by William Blackmore of Vancouver (Vancouver Daily World, 19 Oct. 1888, 1)
VANCOUVER, B.C., double cottage for J.M. Browning, Georgia Street at Burrard Street, 1888; demol. 1932 (Vancouver Daily World, 31 Dec. 1888, 5, descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Sir Donald Smith Block, Georgia Street at Granville Street, 1889 (Vancouver Daily World, 29 Sept. 1888, 3, descrip.; Vancouver Daily News Advertiser, 23 Jan. 1889, 1, descrip.)
CHATHAM, ONT., C.P.R. Station, William Street, 1889 (Daily Advertiser [London], 19 Aug. 1889, 6)
WINDSOR, ONT., C.P.R. Station, 1889 (Daily Advertiser [London], 19 Aug. 1889, 6)
MONTREAL, QUE., residence for James L. Ross, Upper Peel Street, 1890; interior altered 1905 (C.R., i, 19 July 1890, 2; C.A.B., v, May 1892, illus. plate; Architectural Record [New York], viii, June 1899, 52-3, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile in Montreal, 1987, 124-9, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 596-605, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ., Canadian Architecture Coll., E. & W.S. Maxwell Archive)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Des Carrieres Street at St. Louis Street, 1892-94; addition, 1897 (Gazette [Montreal], 23 Nov. 1893, 2, descrip.; Architecture & Building [New York], xxi, 4 Aug. 1894, 55 and plate illus.; C.R., viii, 7 Oct. 1897, 2, descrip.; Architectural Record [New York], viii, June 1899, 27-32, descrip. & illus.; H. Kalman, The Railway Hotels and the Development of the Château Style in Canada, 1968, 11-14 and plate illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 495-7, illus. & descrip.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec - trois siecles d'architecture, 1989, 386-91, illus.)
(with G.F. Hammond, Cleveland) MONTREAL, QUE., Montreal Street Railway Co., Craig Street at Place d'Armes Hill, reconstruction of buildings for offices, after the collapse of the earlier building designed by J.W. & E.C. Hopkins, 1894-95 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 Dec. 1894, 5; and 16 March 1895, 2; C.R., vi, 21 March 1895, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1896, 3, descrip., but credited to G.F. Hammond only, not Bruce Price)
MONTREAL, QUE., Royal Victoria College for Women, Sherbrooke Street West, opposite Union Avenue, 1896-99 (C.R., vii, 28 May 1896, 3, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 23 May 1896, 3, descrip.; and 28 Oct. 1896, 2, extensive descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, March-April 1925, 50, illus.; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 204-07, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Place Viger Station and Hotel for the C.P.R., Craig Street East at Berri Street, 1896-98 (C.A.B., ix, March 1896, plate illus. but incorrectly credited to George Post; New York City, and later noted with correction, xi, April 1898, 57; Gazette [Montreal], 30 Oct. 1896, 8, extensive descrip.; 29 July 1897, 6, descrip.; Railway & Shipping World [Montreal], Aug. 1898, 153, descrip.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 128-31, illus.)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., La Premier Hotel, a 4 storey hotel located on the Bluff, midway between the old Clifton House (which burned June 1898), and Table Rock, 1898 (Daily Standard [St. Catharines], 29 June 1898, 1, descrip.; Welland Tribune, 1 July 1898, descrip., but erroneously credited to the architect Bruce Pride [sic], of New York City). The design by Price was still being discussed in 1902 (Toronto Daily Star, 21 Nov. 1902, 2, descrip.), but the architect died in 1903, and it is unclear if the hotel was built.