McDOUGALL, James Cecil (1886-1959), a leading architect in Montreal for nearly forty years. He was active in the following firms:
Fetherstonhaugh & McDougall, Montreal, 1920-1925 (with Harold L. Fetherstonhaugh)
J.C. McDougall, Montreal, 1925-1948
McDougall, Fleming & Smith, Montreal, 1948 until after 1950 (with Robert J. Fleming and John Roxborough Smith)
(biography in preparation)
J.C. McDOUGALL (works in Montreal unless noted)
C.W. WILLIAMS CO., Bourget Street, major extension to factory, 1916 (Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 192-3, illus.)
DONNACONA, QUE., row housing for employees of the Donnacona Paper Co., 1918 (C.R., xxxii, 31 July 1918, 595-6, illus. & descrip.; Building News [London], cxv, 25 Sept. 1918, 216, descrip. & plate illus.)
CAP-DE-LA-MADELEINE, QUE., four prototypes for worker's housing for the St. Maurice Paper Co., 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 28 May 1919, 488-89, illus. & descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 6 June 1919, 18)
FOOD SPECIALISTS OF CANADA LTD., Park Avenue at Van Horne Avenue, office and factory, 1921-22 (Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 268-9, illus.)
CEDAR AVENUE, residence for A. Sidney Dawes, 1923 (E. McMann, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970, 1988, 239)
TRAFALGAR AVENUE, residence for J.N. Morris, 1923 (E. McMann, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970, 1988, 239)
TRAFALGAR AVENUE, residence for Andrew Fleming, 1923 (Le Prix Courant, lvi, 29 June 1923, 66)
HAMPSTEAD, residence for W. Alfred Morris, Thurlow Road, 1924 (E. McMann, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970, 1988, 239)
LA GABELLE, QUE., hydro electric power station for the St. Maurice Power Co., c. 1924 (Const., xviii, Jan. 1925, 10-14, illus. & descrip.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., residence for Armand Chevalier, 1927 (R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, June 1927, 224, descrip.; and xii, Nov. 1935, 176, illus.)
McCOLL FRONTENAC OIL CO., St. Laurent Boulevard at Jean Talon Street, service station, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 13 June 1928, 68)
AMBASSADOR GARAGE, Ste. Catherine Street West at Chomedy Street, for C.T.A. Hart, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 19 Sept. 1928, 52)
WESTMOUNT, residence for George C. McDonald, St. Sulpice Road, 1928 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, May 1928, 174, illus.)
MONTREAL WINTER CLUB, Drummond Street, extensive interior alterations, 1929 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Aug. 1929, 7, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
WESTMOUNT, residence for George S. Currie, Roxborough Avenue, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 21 Aug. 1929, 99; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 164, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Fred R. Whittall, Sunnyside Avenue, 1929 (E. McMann, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970, 1988, 239)
ANGLO-AMERICAN TRUST CO., St. James Street West, 1929-30 (R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, July 1930, xxv, illus. in advert.; and Sept. 1930, xxv, illus. in advert.)
McDOUGALL & COWANS BUILDING, Notre Dame Street at St. Francois Xavier Street, 1930 (Montreal Daily Star, 6 Jan. 1930, 3; C.R., xliv, 19 March 1930, 69; Const., xxiv, Feb. 1931, 40-4, illus. & descrip.)
MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, Tupper Street at Essex Street, a ten storey Private Patients Pavilion, 1932-34; Nurse's Home, Dorchester Street East near St. Laurent Street, 1933; addition, 1938 (C.R., xlvi, 27 Jan. 1932, 48; and xlvii, 29 March 1933, 37; and li, 16 Nov. 1938, 31; Gazette [Montreal], 9 Oct. 1934, 6, illus. & descrip.)
PROTESTANT BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS, McTavish Street, 1932 (Const., xxv, Jan. 1932, 12; and xxvii, Jan-Feb. 1934, 4-8, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, x, Dec. 1933, 198, 201, 205, illus. & descrip.)
(with Charles D. Goodman) JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL, Cote Ste. Catherine at Cote des Neiges Road, 1932-34; Nurses Residence and Training School, 1948 (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Dec. 1931, 423, illus.; and xiii, June 1936, 120-1, illus.; Gazette [Montreal], 7 May 1934, 13, descrip.; C.R., xlviii, 5 Dec. 1934, 1024-6, illus. & descrip.; lxi, Oct. 1948, 179; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 782, illus. & descrip.)
NELSON, B.C., a mansion for Selwyn G. Blaylock, on Highway 3A, overlooking Kootenay Lake, 1934-36, with local site supervisor William F. Williams; still standing 2016 and now called Blaylock's Mansion & Spa (D. Luxton, Building The West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 448)
WESTMOUNT, residence for an unidentified client, Sunnyside Avenue, 1935 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, June 1935, 103, illus.)
PROTESTANT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE, LaSalle Boulevard at Stephens Avenue, Nurse's Residence, 1939; Women's Pavilion, 1939 (C.R., lii, 11 Jan. 1939, 28; R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, Aug. 1941, illus. in advert; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 248-55, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, Prince Albert Playground Shelter, near the corner of Prince Albert Street at Windsor Avenue, facing onto the Park, 1940; still standing in 2020 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 Jan. 1940, 9, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
MONTREAL DRY DOCK LTD., Mill Street, rebuilding of plant which burned in the previous year, 1940 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 Aug. 1940, 17; inf. Scott Edwards)
CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Cedar Avenue, addition, 1940-41 (Canadian Hospital, xvii, March 1940, 56, illus.; C.R., liv, 26 Nov. 1941, 28)
ROYAL EDWARD INSTITUTE BUILDING, St. Urbain Street, near Guilbault Street, a large 3 storey addition, 1941 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1941, 19; inf. Scott Edwards)
STE. AGATHE DES MONTS, QUE., Royal Edward Laurentian Hospital, 1941-42 (C.R., liv, 20 Aug. 1941, 35; and lv, 30 Dec. 1942, 79, illus. in advert.; Gazette [Montreal], 18 Aug. 1942, 11 & 12, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect; inf. Scott Edwards)
LA TUQUE, QUE., power house for the St. Maurice Power Corporation, 1942 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, Aug. 1942, 166, illus.)
CANADIAN VICKERS LTD., Notre Dame Street East near Vimont Street, offices and garage, 1941 (C.R., liv, 26 Nov. 1941, 28-9)
MONTREAL, (or near Montreal), R.C.A.F. Hospital for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1943 (Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xx, Dec. 1943, 20-22, illus. & descrip.)
MOLSON'S BREWERY, Notre Dame Street East at Papineau Avenue, staff cafeteria and recreation hall, 1945; major addition of bottling plant and offices, 1946-47 (Canadian Hotel Review, xxiii, 15 Dec. 1945, 38-40, 56, illus.; Financial Post (Toronto), 15 March 1947, 23, descrip.)
McDOUGALL, SMITH & FLEMING (works in Montreal unless noted)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Sherbrooke Hospital, Portland Boulevard, 1949 (C.R., lxii, April 1949, 156)
STE. AGATHE DES MONTS, QUE., Public School, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Aug. 1949, 224)
RICHMOND, QUE., addition to the Wales Home for the Aged, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Sept. 1950, 123)
MOLSON'S BREWERY, Notre Dame Street East at Papineau Avenue, brewhouse, 1950; addition to bottling plant, 1950 (C.R., lxii, June 1949, 122, and lxiii, June 1950, 130; and Sept. 1950, 134)
JEWISH GENERAL HOSPITAL, 1949-50 (Financial Post, 17 March 1951, 44, illus. in advert.)
(with Gordon M. Pitts, Associate Architect) McGILL UNIVERSITY, Redpath Library Extension, also called The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, with west side facing McTavish Street, and east side facing the McGill Quadrangle, 1951-54 (Gazette [Montreal], 26 May 1951, 3, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, June 1952, 178, illus.)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul, Sherbrooke Street West at Redpath Street, 1929. C.M. McDougall was one of twelve Montreal architects 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.