MAXWELL, Edward (1867-1923)
(biography in preparation)
An extensive collection of architectural drawings prepared by Edward Maxwell and the successor firm of E. & W.S. Maxwell is now held in the Canadian Architecture Collection at McGill University, Montreal, Que. A complete finding aid to the collection, entitled Edward & W.S. Maxwell - Guide to the Archive/Guide du Fonds, was published in 1986. Many of the principal works listed below are accompanied by drawings in this collection. A comprehensive illustrated survey and list of the country houses designed by Edward and William S. Maxwell was compiled by France Gagnon Pratte and published in 1987 in her book entitled Country Houses for Montrealers 1892-1924 - The Architecture of E. & W.S. Maxwell)
EDWARD MAXWELL (Residential Works in Montreal unless noted)
MacGREGOR STREET, for James C. Crathern, 1892-93 (Montreal Star, 25 March 1893, 3; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 136-7, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 160-3, illus.)
MacGREGOR STREET, for Joseph B. Learmont, 1892-93 (Montreal Star, 25 March 1893, 3; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 138-9, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 404-07, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SIMPSON STREET, for Thomas E. Hodgson, 1892-93 (Montreal Star, 25 March 1893, 3)
ST. MATTHEW STREET, for Hon. Francis E. Gilman, 1892-93 (Montreal Star, 25 March 1893, 3)
PINE AVENUE WEST, at Peel Street, for Sir Henry Vincent Meredith, 1893; addition 1914-15 (Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., ix, Jan. 1896, 2-3, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 146-9, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 29-32, illus.). Edward Maxwell exhibited his architectural drawings for this project at the Montreal Art Association Autumn Exhibition in 1894 (Montreal Daily Star, 5 Oct. 1894, 6, list of exhibitors)
PEEL STREET, for Sir Edward S. Clouston, 1893; additions, 1911; demol. c. 1940 (Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., viii, Jan. 1895, 9; F. G. Pratte, Country Houses, 30, illus.)
BEACONSFIELD, QUE., for A.C. Clark, 1893-94 (Montreal Daily Star, 27 April 1900, 5, advert. for Property to Let;; F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 200, illus.)
LONGUEUIL, for James McClure, Grant Street, 1894 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SIMPSON STREET, for Robert A.E. Greenshields, 1894 (C.R., v, 19 July 1894, 2; Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 286-7, illus.)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, pair of houses for Miss Cochrane and Mrs. Lowden, 1894 (Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8)
WESTMOUNT, for Robert McKergow, Rosemount Avenue, 1894 (Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8)
PEEL STREET, pair of houses for Richard B. Angus and Duncan McIntyre, 1894 (C.A.B., viii, Jan. 1895, 9; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 144-5, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 36-8, illus.)
STANLEY STREET, for Hugh A. Allan, 1894 (Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1986, 140-3, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 26-8, illus.)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, at Essex Avenue, for David Williamson, 1895-96 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
LANCASTER, ONT., major additions and alterations for Duncan McLennan, 1895-96 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., for James B. Allan, 1895-96 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 195-6, illus.)
L'ABORD-A-PLOUFFE, QUE., 'Inverneck', for Dr. Charles McEachran, 1895 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 182-5, illus.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for Hon. Alexander Cross, 1895 (C.R., vi, 28 March 1895, 3)
WESTMOUNT, for George W. Cook, Elm Avenue at Sherbrooke Street West, 1895 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
STE. AGATHE, QUE., 'Chateau-du-Lac', for Thomas Hodgson, 1896 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 122-4, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 631, illus. & descrip.)
BEAUREPAIRE, QUE., for Dr. W.G. Goodhugh, 1896 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, for Michael S. Foley, Belmont Park, 1896 (C.A.B., ix, Oct. 1896, 159)
ST. BRUNO, QUE., for E.L. Pease, 1896 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 174-6, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for George S. Plow, Metcalfe Avenue, and adjoining houses at 459 to 463 Metcalfe Avenue, 1897 (C.R., vii, 14 Jan. 1897, 2; Montreal Daily Star, 30 Oct. 1897, 19, real estate Sale advert.)
STE. AGATHE DES MONTS, QUE., for James Crathern, 1897; demol. (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 199, illus.)
COBOURG, ONT., for G.M. Clark, King Street East, 1898 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for J. Henry Birks, 1898 (C.R., ix, 27 April 1898, 6; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 70-1, illus.)
STANLEY STREET, for James Gardner, 1898 (F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 158-9, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 267-8, illus.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., 'Pine Bluff', new facade and additions to residence for Richard B. Angus, 1898; burned 1901 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 82-4, illus.)
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, QUE., for Mrs. Edith M. Angus, 1898; additions 1904 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 186-8, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 34-5, illus.)
STE. AGATHE, QUE., 'Nowentesa', for James Gardner, 1898; addition 1902 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 50-1, 115-21, illus.)
GRAND MERE, QUE., for Russell A. Alger, c. 1898 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 39, illus.)
DORVAL, QUE., additions and alterations to residence for Arthur Hamilton, 1899 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 197-8, illus.)
SIMPSON STREET, for Alex Patterson, 1898-99 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ST. BRUNO, QUE., for B. Hal Brown, 1899 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 179-81)
ST. BRUNO, QUE., 'Donnacona', for George Drummond, 1899; demol. (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 177-8, illus.)
KENNYBUNKPORT, MAINE, for Eugene Lafleur, 1899 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ST. ANDREW'S, N.B., 'Tillietudlem', for the architect Edward Maxwell, Barr Road, 1899 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 139-47, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 138, illus.)
MINISTER'S ISLAND, N.B., near St. Andrew's, 'Coven Hoven', for Sir William Van Horne, 1899 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 132-8, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 142, illus.)
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, QUE., 'Bois-Briant', for Sir Edward S. Clouston, major additions, with new Gate Lodge, stables, boathouse and lodge, 1899 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 62-9, illus.)
(with George C. Shattuck) DORVAL, QUE., for Hartland MacDougall, 1899; burned c. 1965 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 96-8, illus.)
(with George C. Shattuck) SENNEVILLE, QUE., 'Bois-de-la-Roche', for Hon. Louis J. Forget, 1899; chapel 1901 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 70-81, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 244-9, illus.)
ST. ANDREW'S, N.B., 'Dalmeny', for William Hope, 1901; additions 1911 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 148-9, illus.)
MORRISBURG, ONT., major additions and alterations to residence for George W. Cook, 1901 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
DRUMMOND STREET, mansion for Charles R. Hosmer, 1901 (C.R., xi, 16 Jan. 1901, 3; Const., iv, Aug. 1911, 48-55, illus. & descrip.; Antiques [New York], xcii, July 1967, 91-3, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 346-51, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 162-7, illus.; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 58-60, illus. & descrip.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., 'Pine Bluff', a mansion for Richard B. Angus to replace an earlier house burned in November 1901; built 1902-03; demol. c. 1950 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 85-9, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 39-41, illus.)
EDWARD MAXWELL (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal unless noted)
HENRY BIRKS & SONS, Ste. Catherine Street West at Phillips Square, 1892-93 (C.R., iii, 25 June 1892, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 15 March 1893, 5, descrip.; Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 164-7, illus.)
NOTMAN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, for William Notman & Son, Ste. Catherine Street West at Phillips Square, 1894 (Gazette [Montreal], 18 May 1894, 2, descrip.)
MERCHANT'S BANK OF HALIFAX, Notre Dame Street at Seigneurs Street, 1894 (Montreal Daily Star, 10 Aug. 1894, 3, descrip.; and 13 Sept. 1894, 8, illus. & detailed descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 14 Sept. 1894, 3, descrip.; and 10 April 1895, 2, descrip.; C.A.B., viii, Jan. 1895, 8, descrip.; and ix, Jan. 1896, 2, illus.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 112-13, illus.)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, at Peel Street, commercial block with department store for R.J. Tooke, 1895 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 March 1895, 2, descrip.; C.R., vi, 21 March 1895, 2)
BELL TELEPHONE HEAD OFFICE & EXCHANGE, Notre Dame Street at St. John Street, 1895-96 (C.R., v, 31 Jan. 1895, 1; Gazette [Montreal], 9 May 1895, 2, descrip.; Canadian Electrical News [Toronto], v, June 1895, 94, descrip.; C.A.B., x, Sept. 1897, 171, descrip. & illus., with correction Oct. 1897, 188; Gazette [Montreal] 10 May 1897, 6, descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Bell Telephone Building, Portage Avenue East, 1896 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, Bell Telephone Exchange, Sherbrooke Street West at Metcalfe Avenue, 1896-97 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
BEAVER HALL HILL, at Latour Street, a 4 storey commercial block for Mrs. Duncan McIntyre, for E.A. Small & Co. Clothing Ltd., 1896 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Aug. 1896, 3, descrip.; C.R., vii, 27 Aug. 1896, 2)
NORTH BEND, B.C., addition to Fraser Canyon House Hotel for the C.P.R., 1897-98; demol. 1929 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1898, 3; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
REVELSTOKE, B.C., addition to the C.P.R. Hotel, 1898 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1898, 3)
FIELD, B.C., addition to the C.P.R. Hotel, 1898 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1898, 3)
CATHCART STREET, at Phillips Square, addition of two floors to store for Alfred Joyce, 1897 (C.R., viii, 29 July 1897, 2)
GLACIER, B.C., additions to Glacier Hotel for the C.P.R., 1898 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1898, 3; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
LONDON & LANCASHIRE LIFE BUILDING, St. James Street at St. John Street, 1898-99 (Montreal Daily Star, 22 April 1898, 5, descrip.; and 29 April 1898, 7, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 22 April 1898, 3, descrip.; C.A.B., xi, Sept. 1898, illus.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 69-71, illus.; R. Remillard & B. Merrett, Montreal Architecture, 1990, 110)
VANCOUVER, B.C., major addition of 150 rooms for the Hotel Vancouver, Georgia Street at Granville Street, 1898-99 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1898, 3; Vancouver Daily World, 17 Oct. 1898, 7, descrip.; Province [Vancouver], 29 Dec. 1898, 2; 3 Jan. 1899, 4, descrip.; C.R., ix, 11 Jan. 1899, 2)
MINISTER'S ISLAND, N.B., a large barn for Sir William Van Horne, 1899; Creamery & Ice House, 1900 (J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Items 140-41, illus.)
SELKIRK, MAN., farm buildings for Sir William Van Horne, 1899 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., C.P.R. Railway Station & Hotel, Main Street at Higgins Avenue, 1899 (Winnipeg Tribune, 6 July 1899, 5, descrip.; Province [Vancouver], 10 July 1899, 3, descrip.)
MERCHANTS BANK, St. James Street at St. Peter Street, addition of four floors above the existing block, and extensive alterations to existing building, 1899 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 May 1899, 9, descrip.; and 12 May 1899, 5, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 11 May 1899, 3, descrip.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 104-05, illus.)
(with George C. Shattuck) POINTE-AU-PIC, QUE., Manoir Richelieu, a large hotel for the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., 1900 (C.R., x, 6 Sept. 1899, 3; F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 202-03, illus.; P. Dube, Deux cents ans de villegiature dans Charlevoix, 1986, 92-5, illus.)
(with George C. Shattuck) MONTREAL STREET RAILWAY CO., Barre Street at Aqueduct Street, office building and power house, 1899 ; workshops on Harbour Street at Ste. Catherine Street West, 1899; clubhouse, 1899 (C.R., x, 24 May 1899, 3; and 16 Aug. 1899, 3; Montreal Daily Star, 15 Aug. 1899, 10, illus. & descrip.)
(with George C. Shattuck) CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY TELEGRAPH BUILDING, St Francois Xavier Street, 1900 (C.R., xi, 21 Feb. 1900, 3)
BROCKVILLE, ONT., Hotel Strathcona, King Street West, 1900 (C.R., xi, 11 July 1900, 3)
LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CO., St. James Street near St. Francois Xavier Street, office building, 1900 (C.R., xi, 4 April 1900, 3)
ST. JOHN'S, NFLD., Avalon Hotel, for Sir Robert G. Reid, begun 1901 but destroyed before completion (J. Smallwood, Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1967, ii, 1082, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SYDNEY, N.S., Merchants Bank, 1901-03 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
HAVANA, CUBA, Royal Bank of Canada, Oprabia Street, 1903 (inf. from Royal Bank Archives, Montreal; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
EDWARD MAXWELL (Ecclesiastical & Institutional works in Montreal unless noted)
COTE ST. LOUIS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, St. Denis Street at Carriere Street, 1892 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Dec. 1892, 2)
KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dorchester Street West at Mansfield Street, 1893 (Gazette [Montreal], 15 March 1893, 5, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 25 March 1893, 3, descrip.; and 3 Nov. 1894, 8; F.C. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 40, illus.)
DOMINION SQUARE, statue for Sir John A. MacDonald, design of the stone base and plinth by E. Maxwell, with sculpture above the plinth by George W. Hill, sculptor, 1893 (Montreal Daily Star, 30 June 1893, 7, illus.)
DORVAL, QUE., Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, a new Club House, Lakeshore Road, overlooking Lake St. Louis, 1895; and later enlarged in 1903 by Finley & Spence (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT PRIMARY SCHOOL, Western Avenue near Victoria Avenue, 1896 (C.R., vii, 24 Sept. 1896, 3)
ST. JAMES CLUB, Dorchester Boulevard West at University Street, addition of cafe, billiard room, pavilion and major alterations, 1896-1900 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., C.P.R. Passenger Railway Station, Granville Street, 1898-99; demol. 1912 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1898, 3, descrip.; The Province [Vancouver], 6 Aug. 1898, 2, descrip.; and 11 Aug. 1898, 3, descrip.; C.A.B., xi, Sept. 1898, illus.; Railway & Shipping World, i, Nov. 1898, 235, illus. & descrip.; ii, June 1899, 173, descrip.; E. Martin, Railway Stations of Western Canada, 1980, 17-18, illus.)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., C.P.R. Station, 1898; demol. c. 1928 (Montreal Daily Star, 9 April 1898, 2; Railway & Shipping World, i, Nov. 1898, 236, descrip.; and ii, March 1899, 71, illus.; E. Martin, Railway Stations of Western Canada, 1980, 18-19, illus.)
MOUNT ROYAL CLUB, Sherbrooke Street West at Peel Street, formerly the residence of Sir John Abbott, extensive interior alterations for a new Club House, 1899 (Montreal Daily Star, 22 March 1899, 5, descrip.)
SICAMOUS JUNCTION, B.C., C.P.R. Station & Hotel, 1899; demol. (Railway & Shipping World, ii, March 1899, 72, 75, illus.; E. Martin, Railway Stations of Western Canada, 1980, 19-20, illus.)
McADAM JUNCTION, N.B., C.P.R. Station, 1899 (Montreal Daily Star, 9 April 1898, 2; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ALMONTE, ONT., C.P.R. Station, 1899 (Railway & Shipping World, ii, Feb. 1899, 41, descrip.)
ARNPRIOR, ONT., C.P.R. Station, 1899 (Railway & Shipping World, ii, Feb. 1899, 41, descrip.)
GALT, ONT., C.P.R. Station, 1899 (Railway & Shipping World, ii, Feb. 1899, 41, descrip.)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., C.P.R. Station, 1899 (inf. from C.P.R. Corporate Archives, Montreal)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., C.P.R. Station, Columbia Street, 1899 (Railway & Shipping World, April 1899, 111, 113, illus.; E. Martin, Railway Stations of Western Canada, 1980, 19-21, illus.)
WINDSOR STATION, for the C.P.R., Windsor Street at Lagauchetière Street, major extension and alterations, 1899 (Gazette [Montreal], 11 May 1899, 3, descrip.; C.A.B., xiii, July 1900, 131; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 76-81, illus.)
RAT PORTAGE, ONT. (now Kenora), C.P.R. Passenger Station, McClellan Avenue at Chipman Street, 1899; still standing in 2023 (Manitoba Weekly Free Press (Winnipeg), 10 Aug. 1899, 5; C.R., x, 9 Aug. 1899, 3; Parks Canada, Canada's Historic Places, Designation statement 1 Nov. 1991, descrip., but lacking reference to the architect)
WINNIPEG, MAN. C.P.R. Railway Station & Hotel, Main Street at Fonseca Street, 1900 (Free Press Home Journal (Winnipeg), 29 March 1900, 7, detailed architectural descrip. and plan illus.)
OTTAWA, ONT., C.P.R. Union Station, Broad Street, 1900 (Railway & Shipping World, iii, Nov. 1900, 328-9, illus. & descrip.)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., a manse for Rev. Mahon of Greenock Presbyterian Church, Parr Street at Elizabeth Street, 1900 (C.R., xi, 26 Sept. 1900, 2; F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 170-3, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 98, illus.)
BELCHER MEMORIAL CHURCH, Wellington Street at Gordon Avenue, Verdun, 1900 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, Melville Presbyterian Church, Elgin Avenue, 1900-01 (A. Gubbay & S. Hooff, Montreal's Little Mountain, 1979, 53-4, illus.; City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 44, illus.)
MOUNT ROYAL CLUB, Sherbrooke Street West at Stanley Street, major addition and alterations, 1902-03; burned January 1904; and entirely rebuilt by McKim Mead & White in 1905-06 (C.R., xiii, 26 Nov. 1902, 3)
EDWARD & WILLIAM S. MAXWELL (Residential works in Montreal unless noted)
PINE AVENUE, for Arthur Hamilton, 1902 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Stanley Street, major additions and alterations to residence for Hon. Louis J. Forget, 1902-03 (dwgs. at McGill University; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 32-3, illus.)
SYDNEY, B.C., for G.H. Duggan, 1902-03 (dwgs. at McGill University)
PEEL STREET, for Eugene Lafleur, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 1 April 1903, 4; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 380-1, illus.)
PEEL STREET, house for the architect Edward Maxwell 1903 (C.R., xiv, 15 April 1903, 8)
PINE AVENUE, for A.W. Patrick Buchanan, 1903 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., for Dumont Laviolette, 1903; demol. (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 192-94, illus.)
DORVAL, QUE., for Col. E.A. Whitehead, 1903; burned c. 1980 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 189-91, illus.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., for John Galt, Roslyn Road, 1904-05 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, pair of houses for Andrew Baile and J.D. Baile, 1904 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
PINE AVENUE, for Dr. Howard T. Barnes, 1904 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
DUROCHER STREET, near Milton Street, block of flats for J.R. Adams, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 25, 1904, 59)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., major addition to an existing residence for Francis McColl, King Street at Montague Street, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 18 June 1904, 8; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 69, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, 'Braeleigh', for David McNicoll, Forden Avenue, 1904 (A. Gubbay & S. Hooff, Montreal's Little Mountain, 1979, 90, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 476-9, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, a row of four houses for Edward Maxwell, Redfern Avenue, near Ste. Catherine Street West, including No. 236 Redfern Avenue, 1904-05; still standing as of 2018 (Gazette [Montreal], 27 Feb. 1909, 8, advert. for sale of real estate; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Peel Street, for Charles Meredith, 1904-05 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 20, 1904; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 492-4, illus.)
LACHINE, QUE., for Mrs. J.S. Shearer, 1904 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 200, illus.)
PINE AVENUE, for George M. Edwards, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 16, 1905, 52)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, at Sussex Street, mansion for William Hope, 1906-07 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 45, 60)
COTE DES NEIGES ROAD, for David Walker, 1907 (Architectural Review [Boston], xiv, Aug. 1907, plates lv-lvi, illus.; F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 107, illus., but incorrectly dated)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., 'Rosemount', for Charles F. Smith, Prince of Wales Street at William Street, 1907-08 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 157-61, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 119, illus.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for C.J. Hodgson, 1907-08 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 15, 1907, 41)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for George Andrews, 1907 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, for Richard R. Mitchell, Sherbrooke Street West near Metcalfe Avenue, 1908 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 502-03, illus.)
ST. CHARLES BOROMEE STREET, apartment house for Joseph Binette, 1908 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, for Gerald F. Aylmer, Bellevue Avenue, 1908 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., for Guy Boyer, on West Island, 1908; burned c. 1980 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 105-07, illus.)
BAIE d'URFE, QUE., 'Maxwelton', for the architect Edward Maxwell, 1908 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 99-101, illus.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., extensive alterations and addition to 'Birchfield', for F.L. Wanklyn, 1908 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 90-2, illus.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Cote des Neiges Rd., for Edward M. Renouf, 1908 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 48, 1908, 38)
WESTMOUNT, for J. Harold Magor, Rosemount Avenue, 1908-09 (City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 51, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, for Mrs. W.J. Wall, Lansdowne Avenue, 1908-09 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
PINE AVENUE, pair of houses for Edward M. Renouf and the architect W.S. Maxwell, 1909 (C.R., xxii, 2 Dec. 1908, 27; xxiii, 6 Jan. 1909, 21)
BISHOP STREET, near Sherbrooke Street West, for Mrs. E. Alexander, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 25, 1909, 44)
DRUMMOND STREET, for James T. Davis, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 13 Oct. 1909, 22; Const., vii, July 1914, 267-74, illus. & descrip.; and xiii, Sept. 1920, 268-75, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 170-5, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 184-7, illus.; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 61-67, illus. & descrip.)
PEEL STREET, for John K.L. Ross, 1909-10 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 606-09, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 188-91, illus.)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., 'Hillcrest', for Charles R. Hosmer, Prince of Wales Street opposite Edward Street, 1909 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 150-1, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 120, illus.)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., 'Meadow Lodge', for Frederick W. Thompson, Harriet Street near Prince of Wales Street, 1909 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 44, 152-6, illus.; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 77-82, illus. & descrip.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 124, illus.)
DRUMMOND STREET, for Richard B. Angus, 1909; conservatory, 1911; with large addition to the house in 1919 (C.R., xxiii, 10 Feb. 1909, 21; and xxv, 19 July 1911, 61; Montreal Daily Star, 1 July 1919, 12)
PEEL STREET, for C.F. Smith, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 10 Feb. 1909, 21)
MacGREGOR STREET, for James Crathern, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 5 May 1909, 20)
OUTREMONT, for Charles P. Beaubien, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 5 May 1909, 20)
SUMMERHILL AVENUE, for Lt. Col. George Arthur Sicotte Hamilton, 1909; with residence converted to apartments by Maxwell & Pitts in 1940 (C.R., xxiii, 7 July 1909, 22; inf. Scott Edwards)
OUTREMONT, for Louis G. Beaubien, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1909; demol. 1974 (C.R., xxiii, 18 Aug. 1909, 21)
ONTARIO AVENUE, for Percy Cowans, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 25 Aug. 1909, 21)
PEEL STREET, for H.A. Lovett, 1909 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, for H. Mortimer Lamb, Dorchester Street West near Weredale Park, 1909 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
HUNTINGTON, QUE., for Mrs. Alexander Cameron, 1909-10 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
SIMPSON STREET, major addition and alterations for Elliot T. Galt, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 17 Nov. 1909, 21)
PINE AVENUE WEST, residence for the architect William S. Maxwell, 1909-11 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, for A.J. Williams, Roslyn Avenue, 1910 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
OUTREMONT, for de Gaspe Beaubien, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 18 May 1910, 28)
MOUNTAIN AVENUE, for C.C. Ballantyne, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 25 May 1910, 28; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 52-3, illus.)
McTAVISH STREET, for G.H. Duggan, 1910 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., residence for Edwin E. O'Dell, with adjacent barn and stable building, Montague Street at Sophia Street, 1910-12 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 168-9, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Items 83 & 84, illus.)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., 'Les Goelands', for Fredrick H. Markey, King Street near Prince of Wales Street, 1911-12 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 164-7, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 118, illus.)
STE. AGATHE DES MONTS, QUE., country house on Lake Brule for Howard Wilson, 1910-11 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, for J. Alexander Cameron, Clarke Avenue, 1910-11 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ONTARIO AVENUE, for Mrs. David Shirres, 1910-11 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, mansion for L.H. Timmins, Park Crescent, 1911; conservatory & greenhouse, 1913 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.; C.R., xxvii, 27 Aug. 1913, 72)
WESTMOUNT, mansion for N.A. Timmins, West Crescent Heights, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 6 Dec. 1911, 57)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., for O.R. Macklem, Reed Avenue near Harriett Street, 1912 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 162-4, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 102, illus.)
MAXWELTON APARTMENTS, Sherbrooke Street West at Mansfield Street, 1912-14 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.; Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 357-9, illus.)
REDPATH AVENUE, for Dr. Charles F. Martin, 1912-14 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
HUDSON HEIGHTS, QUE., for Hon. Eugene Lafleur, 1913 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 102-04, illus.)
OUTREMONT, apartment block of three units for Ernest E. Snowdon, Querbes Avenue at Bernard Avenue West, 1913-14 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
REGINA, SASK., residence for the Lieutenant Governor, 1913 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
LONGUE POINTE, QUE., for J.T. Bethune, 1913-14 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., 'Link's Crest', for Sir Thomas Tait, Upper Campus Road, 1918-24 (Montreal Daily Star, 14 April 1917, 9, exhibition of drawings at the Spring Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Art; C.H.G., vi, Oct. 1929, 21-3, illus.; and viii, May 1931, 32-3, 35-7, 51, illus.; F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 108-12, illus.; J. Leroux & T. Holownia, St. Andrews Architecture 1604-1966, 2010, Item 133, illus.)
STE. AGATHE, QUE., for Thomas S. Stewart, 1920 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 125-7, illus.)
EDWARD & WILLIAM S. MAXWELL (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal unless noted)
WESTMOUNT, Bank of Montreal, Greene Avenue at de Maisonneuve Boulevard, 1903-04; demol. 1970 (Architectural Review [Boston], xii, Feb. 1905, 42, illus.; C.A.B., xviii, April 1905, 61)
CHILLIWACK, B.C., Royal Bank, 1903 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, Royal Bank, Ste. Catherine Street West at Greene Avenue, 1904 (C.A.B., xvii, Nov. 1904, 185, illus. & descrip.; xviii, Nov. 1905, illus.; Builder [London], civ, 24 Jan. 1913, 105, illus.; Montreal, Les Banques, 128-9, illus.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., C.P.R. Station and Royal Alexandra Hotel, Higgins Avenue at Main Street, 1904-06; demol. 1971 (Gazette [Montreal], 30 Oct. 1903, 9, descrip.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 19 May 1904, 8 & 9, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution; Railway & Shipping World, vii, July 1904, 245, descrip.; and Aug. 1904, 273-4, illus. & descrip.; ix, and June 1906, 305-07, illus. & descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 20 Jan. 1905, 6, descrip.; Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 30 June 1906, 12, descrip.; C.A.B., xviii, Sept. 1905, illus. & descrip.; Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 58, illus.; E. Martin, Railway Stations of Western Canada, 1980, 32-3; Winnipeg, 1992-1993 The Year Past, 1995, 35-40, illus. & descrip.; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 184, 189-91, illus. & descrip.)
MOLSON'S BANK, Notre Dame Street West at St. Remi Street, 1905 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
JENKINS ANTIQUE GALLERY CO., Phillips Square, a 4 storey block for B.M. & T. Jenkins, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 15 April 1905, 11, descrip.; C.A.B., xviii, June 1905, 93; and xix, May 1906, 76-77, illus. & descrip)
BEAUBIEN STREET EAST, at Amherst Street, two stores and flats for J.L. Legault, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 11 May 1910, 27) C.A.B., xviii, June 1905, 93; xix, May 1906, 76-7, illus. & descrip.)
NATIONAL DRUG & CHEMICAL CO., major addition to warehouse, with residence, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 36, 1906, 44)
CANADIAN BAG CO., St. Patrick Street, warehouse, c. 1906-07 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Canadian Bag Co., Henry Street near CPR Tracks, factory, 1906-07; additions 1909 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Peel Street at Burnside Place, 1908-09 (Montreal Daily Star, 23 June 1908, 5; and 7 Aug. 1909, 15, descrip.; C.R., xxii, 24 June 1908, 28; Gazette [Montreal], 7 Aug. 1909, 6, descrip.)
BROMSGROVE GUILD CANADA LTD., St. Charles Borromee Street (later Clarke Street), near Sherbrooke Street West, office, workshop and factory for furniture fabrication, 1910-11 (Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 182-3, 280-82, illus. & descrip.)
DOMINION EXPRESS BUILDING, St. James Street at St. Francois Xavier Street, 1911-12 (La Presse [Montreal], 12 March 1910, 23, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 23 Feb. 1911, 6, descrip.; Railway & Marine World, xiv, Feb. 1911, 157, illus. & descrip.; Const., v, Nov. 1912, 46-54, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 38-41, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 576-7, illus. & descrip.)
LACHINE, QUE., factory for Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Co., 1912 (C.R., xxv, 20 Dec. 1911, 65)
MARLATT & ARMSTRONG CO., William Street at Shannon Street, 1911-12; demol. (C.R., xxv, 8 Nov. 1911, 62)
CALGARY, ALTA., Hotel Palliser (originally called The Hotel Piedmont), for the C.P.R., 9th Avenue S.W. at 1st Street S.W., 1912-14 (C.R., xxv, 22 Nov. 1911, 41, illus. & descrip.; and xxviii, 10 June 1914, 748-9, illus. & descrip.; Daily Standard (Kingston), 10 Feb. 1914, 7, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; Const., ix, Nov. 1916, 366, 382-9, illus. & descrip.)
SASKATOON, SASK., The Ross Building, 3rd Avenue South, a 7 storey commercial block for Sidney R. Ross and Walter Ross, 1912 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 23 March 1912, 3, descrip.; and 28 Oct. 1912, 25, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 3 April 1912, 72; Saskatoon Phoenix, Dec. 1912, Harvest Number, 2, descrip.)
QUEBEC CITY, Chateau Frontenac Hotel, addition of Vercheres Wing, new Tower Wing, convention hall, and service hall, 1921-23; reconstruction of the Old Wing damaged by fire in January 1926 (C.R., xxxvi, 7 June 1922, 531-6, illus. & descrip.; Const., xviii, Aug. 1925, 245-68, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 7 June 1926, 26, illus. & extensive descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, June 1927, 213, 215, illus.)
EDWARD & WILLIAM S. MAXWELL (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Montreal unless noted)
(with George B. Post) MONTREAL STOCK EXCHANGE, St. Francois Xavier Street, 1903-04 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, Charron Street at Nelson Street, Point St. Charles, 1905; Observation Ward, 1909 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Dec. 1904, 12; and 11 March 1905, illus. & detailed descrip.; C.R., xv, 22 March 1905, 9; xxiii, 6 Jan. 1909, 21)
ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, Pine Avenue at University Street, Nurses Residence, 1905-06 (Montreal Daily Star, 4 Oct. 1905, 16, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., xviii, Oct. 1905, 157; xix, Aug. 1906, 122, descrip.; Const., iii, Sept. 1910, 46, illus.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 266-75, illus.; Annmarie Adams, Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital 1893-1943, 2008, 72-9, illus)
SOUTH AFRICAN BOER WAR MEMORIAL, Dominion Square, in collaboration with George W. Hill, Sculptor, 1903-04 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 April 1903, 6, descrip.; Toronto Daily Star, 9 Nov. 1904, 1; A. Gubbay, Montreal -The Mountain & The River, 1981, 150, illus.)
(with Marchand & Haskell) MOUNT ROYAL, 'The Lookout' Park Pavilion, 1906; additions 1908 (La Presse [Montreal], 28 April 1906, 17, illus.; Montreal Daily Star, 28 July 1908, 5, t.c.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH (Unitarian), Sherbrooke Street West at Simpson Street, 1906-07 (Montreal Daily Star, 17 Aug. 1906, 12, illus.; C.A.B., xix, Nov. 1906, 171; and xx, Dec. 1907, 25; Builder [London], xcvii, 10 July 1909, illus.; Standard [Montreal], 20 Sept. 1913, 10, illus. & descrip.)
WILLIAM LUNN PROTESTANT SCHOOL, Ann Street, 1908 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
THE MAXWELL MEMORIAL TABLET, located within Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, 1908, a large memorial plaque to Sarah Maxwell, Principal of Hochelaga School, who died in February 1907 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 April 1908, 5, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 17 April 1908, 11, descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., Legislative Buildings, Albert Street at Legislative Drive, 1909-12 (C.A.B., xxi, Feb. 1908, 11-14, illus. & descrip.; Morning Leader [Regina], 2 April 1908, 3, descrip. & illus.; and 5 Oct. 1909, 1-2, descrip.; and 14 Oct. 1912, 1-2, 8-9, descrip.; Const., i, Feb. 1908, 36-40, illus.; and viii, Jan. 1915, 4-12, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], ciii, 6 Dec. 1912, 679-80, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, i, April-June 1924, 41-51, illus. & descrip.; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 261, illus. & descrip.)
MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, Dorchester Street East at St. Laurent Boulevard, new Patholgical Building, Private and Out Patients Wing, 1909-11 (Montreal Daily Star, 29 March 1909, 1, descrip.; and 2 March 1910, 15, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxiii, 22 Sept. 1909, 21; La Presse [Montreal], 21 Oct. 1909, 1, illus. & descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., Grey Nuns Roman Catholic Hospital, Dewdney Avenue at Pasqua Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 30 March 1910, 25)
(with J.E. Fortin as Local Supervising Architect) SASKATOON, SASK., St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Spadina Cresent at 22nd Avenue, 1910-11 (Daily Phoenix (Saskatoon), 28 May 1910, 1, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 28 May 1910, 13, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.; inf. from Chancery Office, Diocese of Saskatoon)
WINNIPEG, MAN., St. Charles Country Club, Portage Avenue near Sturgeon Creek, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 15 Feb. 1911, 35)
SASKATOON, SASK., Grey Nuns Roman Catholic Hospital, 20th Street at Avenue P, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 5 July 1911, 56, descrip.)
MONTREAL ART GALLERY, Sherbrooke Street West at Ontario Avenue, a commission won in a competition in 1910; built in 1911-12 (Montreal Daily Star, 25 June 1910, 27, descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 24 Jan. 1912, 51-2, illus. & descrip.; Const., vii, Jan. 1914, 6-15, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], cvi, 13 Feb. 1914, 184-6, illus.; Architects' & Builders' Journal [London], xxxix, 25 March 1914, 205-07, illus. & descrip.; Architectural Record [New York], xxxvii, Feb. 1915, 132-48, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 160-3, illus.; Rosalind M. Pepall, Building a Beaux-Arts Museum - Montreal, 1986, 40-85, illus. & descrip.)
OUTREMONT, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph Boulevard West at Nelson Avenue, 1911-12 (Standard [Montreal], 30 Aug. 1913, 22, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 218-19, illus.)
VERDUN, QUE., Protestant Insane Hospital, new Recreation Pavilion, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 15 Nov. 1911, 59)
MONTREAL WINTER CLUB, Drummond Street at Stanley Street, a large clubhouse and skating rink, 1911-12 (Montreal Daily Star, 13 March 1911, 5, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxvi, 3 April 1912, 65)
MONTREAL HIGH SCHOOL, University Street, 1913-14 (Montreal Daily Star, 3 Jan. 1913, 9, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xx, 8 March 1916, 229, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 162-5, illus.)
ARTS CLUB, Victoria Street, major addition and alterations, with a new exterior which is ".....Spanish in character", 1912-13 (Gazette [Montreal], 3 March 1913, 5, detailed architectural descrip.; Const., vi, June 1913, 210, 222-6, illus. & descrip.; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 50-1, illus. & descrip.)
BAIE d'URFE, QUE., Town Hall, 1914 (F.G. Pratte, Country Houses, 1987, 61, illus.)
MOUNT ROYAL PARK, centenary monument for Sir George Etienne Cartier, Park Avenue, in collaboration with George W. Hill, Sculptor, 1913-14; unveiled 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 5 March 1917, 16; A. Gubbay, Montreal - The Mountain and the River, 1981, 88-9, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.; Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 200-02, illus. & descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., Masonic Temple, Dorchester Street West at Union Street, 1894-95. Maxwell was among 11 architects who submitted a design in this competition (Montreal Daily Star, 6 Oct. 1894, 8). He was awarded the Second Prize. The winner was David R. Brown of Montreal.
(with George C. Shattuck) MONTREAL, QUE., Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co., Place d'Armes at St. James Street, 1901. Maxwell & Shattuck were one of six firms invited to submit designs for this large office building (Gazette [Montreal], 7 Aug. 1901, 5; C.R., xii, 14 Aug. 1901, 3). The firm of Hutchison & Wood was later declared as the winner.
MONTREAL, QUE., Medical Building, McGill University, Pine Avenue, 1907. Eight local Montreal architectural firms were invited to submit designs for this major educational project (Gazette [Montreal], 22 July 1907, 3). The design prepared by the Maxwell brothers was set aside by the Jury, and the commission was awarded to Brown & Vallance. However, the drawings submitted by the Maxwell brothers have survived, and are now in the Maxwell Coll., Canadian Architecture Collection, McGill University.
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental & Justice Buildings, Major's Hill Park, 1907. Thirty schemes were submitted to the jurors and were evaluated by Edmund Burke of Toronto, who awarded the First Premium to the design by E. & W.S. Maxwell (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 30 Aug. 1907, 8, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., xx, Sept. 1907, 175-83, illus. & descrip.; Const., i, Oct. 1907, 42-3, 48-9, illus. & descrip.). He found their scheme 'simply and conveniently arranged' but stated that '.....the architecture is disappointing (and) lacks impressiveness and dignity' (C.A.B., xx, Sept. 1907, 184). The government reneged on its commitment to build the winning design and later asked David Ewart to design a more modest block.
MONTREAL, QUE., Art Gallery, Sherbrooke Street West, 1910. According to the Montreal Star of 30 April 1910, p. 9, there were three local Montreal firms who submitted designs for this major project. The three architects were Brown & Vallance, Percy Nobbs, and E. & W.S. Maxwell (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Architecture of E. & W.S. Maxwell, 1991, 158). The winners were the Maxwell Brothers.
WINNIPEG, MAN., Legislative Building, 1912. The jury received sixty-seven designs from architects in Europe, the United States and Canada. The classical proposal by the Maxwell brothers was one of five finalists (Const., v, Nov. 1912, 75, illus.; M. Baker, Symbol in Stone: Manitoba's Third Leglislative Building, 1986, 33, illus.; dwgs. in the Maxwell Coll., McGill University). The commission was later awarded to Frank Simon of Liverpool, Engl.
WINNIPEG, MAN., City Hall, 1913. Edward & W.S. Maxwell were one of 39 architectural firms from across Canada who submitted plans in this national competition, but they were not among the five finalists (City of Winnipeg Archives, Council Communications, 1913, Box A169, Item 9741, list of entrants). The original drawings showing the Maxwell design have survived, and are held in the Maxwell Coll., McGill University. The winners were Clemesha & Portnall of Regina, but their scheme was never built.
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental Buildings, Wellington Street, 1914. More than 60 competitors from Commonwealth countries submitted designs for this major commission, but only six were elevated to Stage Two, and the project was never realized. Unlike their winning design for Departmental Buildings in 1907, their scheme in this competition was not even premiated (NAC, RG11, Vol. 2952, File 5370-1B). A bird's eye perspective of their design appears in Charles C. Hill, edit., Artists, Architects & Artisans - Canadian Art 1890-1918, 2013, 242, illus. & descrip. The original drawing by Maxwell, submitted as a diploma work to the Royal Canadian Academy, is now held by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
REGINA, SASK., War Memorial Museum, 1919. Eight Canadian firms were invited to submit designs for this project. The Maxwell office proposed a formal Beaux-Arts scheme inspired by the Pantheon (Saskatoon Phoenix, 22 July 1919, 3; Const., xii, Sept. 1919, 276-9, 282, 285, illus. & descrip.). The winners were Nobbs & Hyde, but their design was not built.