REA, Kenneth Guscotte (1878-1941)
(biography in preparation)
KENNETH G. REA (bank buildings in Montreal)
ROYAL BANK, Park Avenue at Laurier Avenue West, 1909 (Montreal Star, 27 March 1909, 18, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 80-1, illus.)
ROYAL BANK, Mount Royal Avenue at Papineau Avenue, 1910; altered 1924 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 82-3, illus.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Sherbrooke Street West at Marcil Avenue, 1917 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 38-9, illus.)
LACHINE, Bank of Montreal, Notre Dame Street at Tenth Avenue, 1918 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 18-19, illus.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Wellington Street near Church Avenue, 1918 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 40-1, illus.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, at Maisonneuve, in east Montreal, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 17 June 1919, 12)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Ste. Catherine Street East at St. Clement Street, 1920 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 34-5, illus.)
MERCHANTS BANK, Ste. Catherine Street West at Drummond Street, 1919-20 (list of works in obituary in the Gazette [Montreal], 8 Sept. 1941, 12)
KENNETH G. REA (bank buildings elsewhere in Canada)
HALIFAX, N.S., Royal Bank, George Street, 1909; major addition 1914 (C.R., xxiii, 22 Sept. 1909, 22; dwgs. at PANS, Dumaresq Coll, 1.3.11)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., Royal Bank, Third Avenue South at Seventh Street, 1910 (list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form, 19 March 1913)
SASKATOON, SASK., Royal Bank, 2nd Avenue South, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 27 Sept. 1911, 43, illus. & descrip.)
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I., Royal Bank, Queen Street at Richmond Street, remodelling of existing building, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 4 Jan. 1911, 29)
YARMOUTH, N.S., Royal Bank, Main Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 20 Sept. 1911, 63)
LOCKEPORT, N.S., Royal Bank, 1911 (dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal)
WOLFVILLE, N.S., Royal Bank, 1911 (list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form, 19 March 1913)
MIDDLETON, N.S., Royal Bank, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 24 May 1911, 63)
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT., Royal Bank, Queen Street East at Bruce Street, 1911 (Royal Bank Archives, Minute Books 1911-12)
REGINA, SASK., Royal Bank, 11th Avenue at Hamilton Street, 1911 (dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal)
KENTVILLE, N.S., Royal Bank, 1912 (list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form, 19 March 1913)
EDMONTON, ALTA., Royal Bank, Jasper Avenue near 100th Street, 1912; demol. 1967 (C.R., xxvi, 17 April 1912, 46, illus.; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 25 July 1912, 8, illlus. & descrip.)
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK., Royal Bank, King Street at 1st Avenue, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 17 Sept. 1913, 71)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., Royal Bank, High Street West, 1913 (Atlantic Terra Cotta [Atlanta, Georgia], Vol. 1, No. 11, Sept. 1914, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal; inf. Robert Hamilton, Hamilton, Ont. )
LACOMBE, ALTA., Royal Bank, 1913-14 (Western Globe [Lacombe], 29 April 1914, 3, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal; Alberta, Historical Walking & Driving Tour: Lacombe, 1989, Building No. 6, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA., Royal Bank, Toronto Street at 4th Avenue, 1913 (Medicine Hat News, 7 Aug. 1913, 4; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 9 Aug. 1913, 11, descrip.)
HAMILTON, ONT., Royal Bank, 460 Barton Street East at Wentworth Street North, 1913; still standing in 2024 (C.R., xxvii, 7 May 1913, 71)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Royal Bank, Main Street, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 10 Sept. 1913, 72)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Royal Bank, Third Avenue at Fourth Street, 1914 (Quebec City b.p. 761, 5 Oct. 1914)
OTTAWA, ONT., Royal Bank, Sparks Street, 1914-15 (C.R., xxviii, 11 Nov. 1914, 61, t.c.)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Bank of Montreal, St. Jean Street at Cote du Palais, 1914 (dwgs. at Bank of Montreal, Premises Div., Toronto)
HAMILTON, ONT., Bank of Montreal, 281 Victoria Avenue North at Barton Street East, addition to the bank, 1917; still standing in 2024 (Hamilton Spectator, 11 April 1917, 14)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., Bank of Montreal, Walker Street at Ottawa Street, 1919 (dwgs. at Bank of Montreal, Premises Div., Toronto)
KING CITY, ONT. [northwest of Toronto, near Caledon], Bank of Montreal, King Road, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 26 March 1919, 3)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., Bank of Montreal, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 8 Oct. 1919, 47)
HARTLAND, N.B., Bank of Montreal, 1920 (dwgs. at Bank of Montreal, Real Estate Div., Montreal)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Bank of Montreal, St. Joseph Street near du Pont Street, 1921 (Quebec City b.p. 5933, 27 April 1921)
HALIFAX, N.S., Bank of Montreal, Hollis Street at George Street, 1921-22 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 8 April 1922, 16, illus. & detailed descrip.; Const., xviii, Oct. 1925, 326, illus.)
VICTORIA, B.C., (with local Associate Architects Honeyman & Curtis of Vancouver) Bank of Montreal, s.e. corner of Douglas Street at Yates Street, major addition to the bank, facing Douglas Street, 1923; still standing in 2023 (Victoria Daily Times, 9 Jan. 1923, 1, detailed descrip.; and 24 March 1923, 1, descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Bank of Montreal, Granville Street at Pender Street, 1924-25 (Vancouver Sun, 14 March 1924, 1, descrip.; and 24 April 1924, 2, descrip.; C.R., xxxviii, 18 June 1924, 53; and xxxix, 27 May 1925, 551-2, illus. & descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Bank of Montreal, Portage Avenue near Kennedy Street, 1927 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 27 Aug. 1927, 4; Winnipeg, 1989-The Year Past, 39-42, illus.)
HAMILTON, ONT., Bank of Montreal, James Street South at Main Street, 1928-29, still standing in 2024 (Hamilton Spectator, 4 Jan. 1928, 5, illus. and detailed descrip.; Const., xxii, Sept. 1929, 273-8, 283-6, illus. & descrip.)
CALGARY, ALTA., Bank of Montreal, 8th Avenue at 1st Street S.W., 1930 (C.R., xliv, 24 Sept. 1930, 215)
KENNETH G. REA (residences in Montreal unless noted)
WESTMOUNT, three houses for J.C. Hanna, Montrose Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 11 Aug. 1909, 22)
ONTARIO AVENUE, for A.J. Ferguson, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 18 May 1910, 28)
ONTARIO AVENUE, two houses for G.A. Grier, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 20 July 1910, 27)
BAIE d'URFEE, QUE., residence for J. Alex Stevenson, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 31 Aug. 1910, 26). A detailed description of this property called Bay View Farm, with the new residence overlooking Lake St. Louis, appears in a real estate advertisement in the Montreal Daily Star, 4 March 1911, 19.
CEDAR AVENUE, near Cote des Neiges Road, for James N. Laing, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 74)
COMTE STREET, houses for S.B. White and Austin C. Stead, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 25 June 1913, 69)
COMTE STREET, near St. Matthew Street, residence at 912 Comte Street, for Mrs. Turpin, 1914 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 July 1920, 27, advert & descrip.)
OUTREMONT, residence on Hartland Avenue "....overlooking the golf links", for an unnamed client, c. 1917 (Montreal Daily Star, 11 Feb, 1919, 17, descrip. in advert.)
McGREGOR AVENUE, major addition to residence for John Auld, 1920-21 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 43-5, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for Dr. C.K. Russell, Argyle Avenue, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 11 Oct. 1922, 54)
DORVAL, QUE., summer house for John W. McConnell, 1923-24 (C.R., xxxvii, 17 Oct. 1923, 52; C.H.G., iii, May 1926, 22-3, illus.)
(with Charles A. Platt) PINE AVENUE WEST, major extension and alterations to residence for John W. McConnell, 1924-26 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 115-17, illus.)
McGREGOR AVENUE, for F. Howard Wilson, c. 1925 (C.H.G., iii, Aug. 1926, 37, illus.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., enlargement and alterations to country house for Sir Herbert Marler, c. 1926 (C.H.G., iv, June 1927, 36-7, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 4-7, illus.)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., for Henry J. Blue, Elizabeth Street, c. 1926 (C.H.G., iv, Aug. 1927, 44)
REDPATH CRESCENT, near Pine Avenue, for Ross H. MacMaster, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 29 May 1929, 183; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 473-5, illus.)
ST. MARGARETS, QUE., for Hon. Arthur B. Purvis, 1932 (C.H.G., ix, Sept. 1932, 22-5, illus.)
KENNETH G. REA (other works in Montreal unless noted)
MONTREAL LIGHT, HEAT & POWER CO., Head Office, Craig Street at St. Urbain Street, 1906-07 (Montreal Daily Star, 9 June 1906, 28, illus. & descrip.)
PARK AVENUE, near Sherbrooke Street West, store and dwelling for John Allan, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 25 Oct. 1911, 63)
MONTREAL ROLLING MILLS, Notre Dame Street West near Murray Street, extensive additions and alterations to offices, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 8 Feb. 1911, 29)
LEWIS BUILDING, St. John Street at Hospital Street, 1912-13 (Gazette [Montreal], 19 Sept. 1912, 7, descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 11 Dec. 1912, 39, illus. & descrip.; Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 34-7, illus.)
NATIONAL TRUST BUILDING, St. James Street near St. Francois Xavier Street, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 29 April 1914, 530, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, March-April 1925, ix, illus. in advert.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 106-08, illus.)
GUARANTEE COMPANY BUILDING, Beaver Hall Hill, 1913 (Montreal Daily Star, 29 March 1913, 2; C.R., xxvii, 2 July 1913, 60, illus. & descrip.)
(with Stevens & Lee) ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, Pine Avenue West, addition of the Ross Memorial Pavilion, 1915-16 (Const., x, June 1917, 188-95, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxxi, 4 July 1917, 573-4, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 266-75, illus.)
LENNOXVILLE, QUE., Bishop's College School, a new power house, and Preparatory School, and Dining Hall, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 3 Jan. 1917, 17, descrip.; xxxii, 23 Jan. 1918, 55-6, illus. & descrip.)
CAMPBELLTON, N.B., Restigouche & Bay Chaleur Soldiers Memorial Hospital, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 30 May 1919, 23, t.c.)
WESTERN HOSPITAL, Atwater Street at Dorchester Street West, a new Nurse's Home & Training School Building for the Hospital, 1920-21 (Gazette [Montreal], 5 Jan. 1921, 9; inf. Scott Edwards)
HERBERT SYMONDS SCHOOL, Old Orchard Avenue, 1922 (R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, July-Aug. 1925, xxv, illus. in advert.; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 60-1, illus.)
OUTREMONT, Parish Hall for Outremont Presbyterian Church, Davaar Avenue, 1923 (Le Prix Courant, lvi, 21 Sept. 1923, 35)
ST. BRUNO, QUE., clubhouse for the Mount Bruno Golf & Country Club, near Sir Wilfrid Laurier Boulevard, 1920; addition 1923-24 (Vancouver Daily World, 11 May 1920, 13, descrip.; C.R., xxxvii, 19 Dec. 1923, 46)
MONTREAL HIGH SCHOOL, University Street, major additions including assembly hall and swimming pool, 1924 (C.R., xxxvii, 16 Jan. 1924, 49; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 162-5, illus.)
STEEL CO. OF CANADA, Dominion Street at Workman Street, office building, 1924 (C.R., xxxix, 7 Jan. 1925, 16, illus. & descrip.; Const., xix, March 1926, 85-8, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 240-1, illus.)
LACHINE ROWING CLUB, a new boat clubhouse and boathouse at the head of the Lachine Canal basin, 1926 (Montreal Daily Star, 17 Feb. 1926, 22)
ROYAL ALBERT SCHOOL, Harvard Avenue near Upper Lachine Road, large addition of four classrooms, 1926; demol. (Gazette [Montreal], 3 March 1926, 5; Montreal Daily Star, 3 March 1926, 15, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
COTE DES NEIGES SCHOOL, addition of two classrooms, 1926 (Montreal Daily Star, 3 March 1926, 15)
MONTREAL BADMINTON & SQUASH CLUB, Atwater Avenue, clubhouse, 1926 (Montreal Daily Star, 1 May 1926, 16, illus.; Const., xxi, Jan. 1928, 4-6, 11-12, illus. & descrip.)
EXCHANGE CLEARING HOUSE CO. & MONTREAL CURB MARKET BUILDING, St. Francois Xavier Street, located immediately beside the Montreal Stock Exchange, 1928-29 (Gazette [Montreal], 29 Sept. 1928, 4; inf. Scott Edwards)
COCA-COLA LTD., Bellechase Street at Gaspe Street, office and bottling plant, 1929-30 (R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, Sept. 1931, xvii, illus. in advert.; Financial Post [Toronto], 12 Sept. 1931, 7, illus. in advert.; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 264-5, illus.)
LONDON PAPER BOX CO. LTD., St. James Street West at Brewster Avenue, office and factory, 1932 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 March 1932, 6, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
TOKYO, JAPAN, The Canadian Legation Building, 1933 (Honolulu Advertiser [Hawaii], 9 March 1933, 5)
COMPETITIONS
FRANCE & BELGIUM, Canadian Battlefields Memorial, 1921. Rea was one of over 100 Canadian artists and architects who submitted designs in the two stage competition for a series of eight memorials to be built in France and Belgium. His plans were among the 17 finalists carried through to the second stage of judging (Gazette [Montreal], 26 April 1921, 10; Const., xiv, June 1921, 165, illus.). The First Premium was eventually awarded to F.C. Clemesha of Regina, and to Walter Allward of Toronto.
MONTREAL, QUE., Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul, Sherbrooke Street West at Redpath Street, 1929. Kenneth G. Rea was one of twelve Montreal architectural firms invited to submit an entry (R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Dec. 1929, 442-3, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards). His proposal was set aside in favour of the modern Gothic design by Harold L. Fetherstonhaugh, who was declared the winner.