HOGLE, Morley (1870-1920), a brilliant and talented young architect in Montreal, Que. He was a native of Philippsburg, Quebec and received his education and training in Montreal, and his career as an architect began in the office of Taylor & Gordon after 1897, and Hogle joined the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects on 13 February 1898. While working there, he met another young architect Huntley W. Davis, with whom he would later form a partnership. In 1904, Taylor invited both to become partners in the new office of Taylor, Hogle & Davis. When his mentor Andrew T. Taylor left Canada in April 1904 to return to England, Hogle and Davis inherited the practise, and devoted much of their career to the design of branches of the Merchants Bank of Canada, located in every province from Alberta through to Quebec. Their designs were sophisticated landmarks in the Beaux-Arts style, often clad in white terra-cotta, with exquisite detailing derived from the classical tradition, and inspired by their experience gained under the tutelage of Taylor. One of their favoured devices was to incorporate a dramatic and very large circular window nearly 8 feet in diameter over the main entrance to the bank buildings, best seen in their plans for the Merchants Bank, Dupont Street at Christie Street, Toronto (1915; still standing 2022), and in the Merchants Bank in Pembroke, Ontario (1919).
The career of Hogle ended unexpectedly on 30 January 1920 when he died from the effects of pneumonia at the age of 50 years (obituary Gazette [Montreal], 31 Jan. 1920, 4; obit. C.R., xxxiv, 11 Feb. 1920, 144). His business partner Huntley W. Davis continued to practise for another twenty years. Two of the young architects who trained in their office were David Marshall (later active in Manitoba), and Norman W. Mann (later active in Niagara Falls, Ont.). Illustrated articles on the bank architecture of Hogle & Davis appeared in the journal Construction [Toronto], xi, April 1918, 109-112, and xii, December 1919, 387-391.
TAYLOR, HOGLE & DAVIS (Bank Buildings in Canada)
MONTREAL, QUE., Bank of Montreal, East End Branch, Ste. Catherine Street at Papineau Road, 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5, descrip.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Imperial Bank, St. James Street at McGill Street, 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5, descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Bank of British North America, Main Street, 1903-04 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5, descrip.)
CALGARY, ALTA., Merchants Bank, 8th Avenue, 1904, a reconstruction of the old Criterion Block originally built in 1889 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 30 April 1904, 19, illus.; 32, ref.; Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5)
LACOMBE, ALTA., Merchants Bank, 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5; Daily Herald [Calgary], 10 June 1904, 7, t.c.; Alberta, Historical Walking & Driving Tour: Lacombe, 1989, Building No. 19, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution)
OLDS, ALTA., Merchant's Bank, 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5)
WETASKIWIN, ALTA., Merchants Bank, designed 1904; built 1905 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5; Edmonton Bulletin, 20 March 1905, 4, t.c.; Daily Herald [Calgary], 16 March 1905, 8, descrip.)
EDMONTON, ALTA., Merchants Bank, Jasper Avenue, 1905-06 (Edmonton Bulletin, 7 Sept. 1907, 7, illus. & descrip.)
EDMONTON, ALTA., Bank of Montreal, Jasper Avenue at Howard Avenue, 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1904, 5; Edmonton Bulletin, 28 Sept. 1907, 8, illus. & descrip.)
HOGLE & DAVIS (Bank Buildings in Canada)
TORONTO, ONT., Merchants Bank, Queen Street West at O'Hara Avenue, 1906 (City of Toronto b.p. #5478, 8 Oct. 1906)
BRANDON, MAN., Merchants Bank, Rosser Avenue at Eleventh Street, 1906; still standing in 2023 (Brandon b.p. 539, 4 June 1906; C.A.B., xx, May 1907, 87; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 16 Nov. 1907, 17, descrip.; Manitoba, Brandon: An Architectural Walking Tour, 1982, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 582, illus.)
ARCOLA, SASK., Merchants Bank, Main Street at Souris Avenue, 1907; still standing in 2023 (C.A.B., xx, May 1907, 87)
CARBERRY, MAN., Merchants Bank, extensive alterations to existing building for a new bank, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, May 1907, 87)
THAMESVILLE, ONT., Merchants Bank, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 31 March 1909, 23)
MONTREAL, QUE., Merchants Bank, extensive alterations and improvements to the Banking Hall, 1909 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Sept. 1909, 9, descrip.)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA., Merchants Bank, 1909-10; demol. 1961 (Medicine Hat News, 22 April 1909, 1, descrip.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Bank of Toronto, Ontario Street East at De La Salle Avenue, 1911 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 4-5, illus.)
HALIFAX, N.S., Merchants Bank, Granville Street at Duke Street, 1911 (dwgs. at PANS, Halifax)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., Merchants Bank, Wyandotte Street East, 1912 (Const., xi, April 1918, 109-11, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at Bank of Montreal Premises Department, Toronto)
KITCHENER, ONT., Merchants Bank, King Street, 1912-13 (Const., xi, April 1918, 109-11, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at Bank of Montreal Premises Department, Toronto)
HAMILTON, ONT., Merchants Bank, King Street East at Holton Avenue, 1913 (dwgs. in the Canadian Architecture Collection, McGill University)
PRESTON, ONT., Merchants Bank, 1913 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 12 June 1913, 2, t.c.; dwgs. at Bank of Montreal Premises Department, Toronto)
MONTREAL, QUE., Merchants Bank, Church Avenue at Verdun Avenue, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 20 Aug. 1913, 87)
MONTREAL, QUE., Bank of Toronto, St. James Street at McGill Street, 1914-16 (Montreal Daily Star, 19 March 1914, 11, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 19 March 1914, 6, descrip.; C.R., xxix, 5 May 1915, 490, illus. & descrip; Const., x, March 1917, 89-95, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Merchants Bank, Ouellette Avenue at Chatham Street, 1915-16 (Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 1915, 12, descrip.; Evening Record [Windsor], 11 Nov. 1915, 6, descrip.; 4 Nov. 1916, 2, illus. and detailed descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., Merchants Bank, Dupont Street at Christie Street, 1915; still standing in 2023 (dwgs. at Bank of Montreal Premises Department, Toronto)
MONTREAL, QUE., Merchants Bank, Harvard Avenue, 1917 (Const., xi, April 1918, 111-13, illus. & descrip.)
GALT, ONT., Merchants Bank, Water Street, 1918-19 (Galt Reporter, 6 Feb. 1919; Const., xii, Dec. 1919, 388-89, illus. & descrip.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Marcil Trust Office Building, St. James Street, facing Victoria Square, 1919-20 (C.R., xxxiii, 23 July 1919, 43, t.c.; Gazette [Montreal], 2 March 1920, 7, descrip.)
PEMBROKE, ONT., Merchants Bank, 1919 (Const., xii, Dec. 1919, 389-91, illus. & descrip.)
COLLINGWOOD, ONT., Merchants Bank, Hurontario Street, 1919 (Const., xii, Dec. 1919, 389-90, illus. & descrip.)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., Merchants Bank, 1919 (Const., xii, Dec. 1919, 387, illus.)
HOGLE & DAVIS (Other Works in Montreal unless noted)
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY MUSEUM, Drummond Street, 1906 (Montreal Daily Star, 5 May 1906, 6, illus.; C.A.B., xix, May 1906, 76)
ST. THOMAS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Sherbrooke Street East at De Lorimier Avenue, 1906 (Montreal Daily Star, 25 Aug. 1906, 8, illus.; Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 6 Sept. 1906, 565; C.A.B., xix, July 1906, 108)
MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, Dorchester Street East near St. Laurent Boulevard, additions to the Nurses Home, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 26 Sept. 1906, 4)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, near St. Mathieu Street, residence for Marjorie S. Ward, 1908 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 752-54, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, The Hervey Institute, Claremont Avenue, 1908 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Dec. 1908, 9, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 17 Dec. 1908, 6)
WESTMOUNT, a row of four houses at 450, 452, 454 and 456 Strathcona Avenue,, north of Sherbrooke Street West, 1908-09; still standing as of 2018 (Gazette [Montreal], 27 Feb. 1909, 8, descrip. in real estate advert.)
STE. AGATHE, QUE., tuberculosis Sanatorium, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 14 July 1909, 21)
ONTARIO AVENUE, residence for D. Lorne McGibbon, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 11 Aug. 1909, 22)
STE. AGATHE, QUE., residence for Mortimer Davis, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 6 Oct. 1909, 23, t.c.)
McGREGOR AVENUE, residence for James N. Greenshields, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 6 Oct. 1909, 23; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 306-08, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile, Montreal, 1987, 196-97, illus. & descrip.)
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, QUE., residence for Herbert Redpath, Seaforth Avenue, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 29 June 1910, 26, t.c.)
PARK AVENUE, residence for Dr. W.J. Patterson, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 10 Aug. 1910, 29)
SUMMERHILL AVENUE, apartment house for Mrs. M. Ward Davis, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 5 Oct. 1910, 28)
ONTARIO AVENUE, residence for T.E. Merrett, 1910 (inf. from Prof. John Bland, McGill University)
SUMMERHILL AVENUE, residence for C. Simpson Garland, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Nov. 1911, 58)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Mrs. Heward, Mountain Avenue, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 18 Oct. 1911, 57)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Redpath Crescent, residence for Albert E. Holt, 1912; with 4th floor added in 1925 by Robert & F.R. Findlay, 1925; rear addition and other alterations in 1927 by Robert & F.R. Findlay (C.R., xxv, 18 Oct. 1911, 57; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 339-42, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile, Montreal, 1987, 204-05, illus. & descrip.)
LENNOXVILLE, QUE., Bishop's College School, extensive remodelling and re-decoration of the Upper School, and the Preparatory School, including improvements to the dormitories, classrooms, gymnasium, museum, art room, music rooms, Bishop Williams Hall, reading rooms, and other areas, 1912 (Gazette [Montreal], 5 Aug. 1912, 13, descrip.)
ONTARIO AVENUE, north of Sherbrooke Street West, residence for Charles J. Smith, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 26 June 1912, 78; inf. Scott Edwards)
BEAVER HALL HILL, residence for A.P.S. Glassco, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 11 June 1913, 81)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Peter C. Ogilvie, Kensington Avenue, 1914 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 550-53, illus.)
ST. LAMBERT, QUE., The Criterion Theatre, 1915 (South Shore Press [St. Lambert], 14 March 1915, illus.; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
DANVILLE, QUE., residence for Mrs. Mackay, c. 1920 (Const., xiii, July 1920, 218-19, illus. & descrip.)
DANVILLE, QUE., extensive alterations to residence for James N. Greenshields, c. 1920 (Const., xiii, July 1920, 216-19, illus. & descrip; Dec. 1920, 400, illus.)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., McGill University, Medical Faculty Building, Pine Avenue, 1907. The firm of Hogle & Davis was one of eight local Montreal architectural offices invited to submit a design for this major educational building (Gazette [Montreal], 22 July 1907, 3). Their scheme was passed over by the Jury in favour of the winning submission by Brown & Vallance.