HOPKINS, John William (1825-1905), a leading architect in Montreal, Que. who practised there for nearly fifty years. He was active in the following offices:
Browne & Hopkins, Montreal, early 1853 to July 1853 (with George Browne)
Hopkins & Nelson, Montreal, Aug. 1853 to Oct. 1853 (with James Nelson)
Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson, Montreal, Nov. 1853 to Dec. 1859 (with Frederick Lawford and James Nelson)
John W. Hopkins, branch office in Ottawa, Ont. Nov. - Dec. 1859
Hopkins & Fripp, Ottawa, February 1860 to July 1860 (with Sidney B. Fripp of Ottawa)
J.W. Hopkins, Montreal, Jan. 1860 to July 1867
Hopkins & Wily, Montreal, Nov. 1867 to 1878 (with Daniel Wily)
J.W. & E.C. Hopkins, Montreal, Jan. 1879 to 1895 (with son Edward C. Hopkins)
J.W. Hopkins, Montreal, 1897 to 1900
(biography in preparation)
(Citations noted as 'Ledger Book' are extracted from the Hopkins & Wily Account Book held at the Salle Gagnon, Bibliothèque Municipale de la Ville de Montreal)
HOPKINS & NELSON (works in Montreal unless noted)
DALHOUSIE STREET, tenement house for Alfred Savage, 1853 (ANQM, Contract with J.C. Griffiths, 3 Sept. 1853)
WILLIAM STREET, at Grey Nun Street, warehouses for Hon. John Young, 1853 (Montreal Transcript, 1 Sept. 1853, 2; dwgs. at ANQM, P147 151-55)
WELLINGTON STREET, at Wharf Street, Canal Storehouses for Hon. John Young, 1854 (dwgs. at ANQM, P147, 161-63)
MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE, Great St. James Street at St. Peter Street, 1853-55 (Montreal Transcript, 13 Sept. 1853, 2, t.c.; 12 May 1854, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 26 Oct. 1853, 2, descrip.)
HOPKINS, LAWFORD & NELSON (works in Montreal unless noted)
MONT ST. HILAIRE, QUE., major alterations and additions to country house for Thomas E. Campbell, 1853 (M. Brosseau, Gothic Revival in Canadian Architecture, 1980, 106-07, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 297, illus. & descrip.)
ST. PAUL STREET, store for Donald Ross, 1854 (Archives de la Bibliotheque St. Sulpice (1939)- Papiers Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson)
TORONTO, ONT., Osgoode Hall Law Courts, Queen Street West at University Avenue, 1855. The Montreal firm of Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson was commissioned by the Law Society of Upper Canada to prepare a detailed report on various options for adding to and expanding the existing complex (NAC, RG5, C1, Vol. 484, p. 6-7, "Proposal for the Rebuilding of Osgoode Hall" dated May 1855). They presented an elaborate neoclassical design which was "...more massive and more imposing in style" than the existing building dating from 1844 (Leslie Maitland, Neoclassical Architecture in Canada, 1984, 53-55, illus. & descrip.). However, their suggestions were later shelved, and Cumberland & Storm of Toronto were awarded the contract for the project in 1856. Fortunately, a complete folio of 24 watercolour presentation drawings by Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson for the Osgoode Hall project has survived, and is now held at the Ontario Archives, York University, Toronto (OA, Horwood Coll., Acc. 453, Dwgs. 1 to 24)
NOTRE DAME STREET, three stores for Harrison Stephens, 1855 (Archives de la Bibliotheque St. Sulpice (1939) - Papiers Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson)
BONAVENTURE BUILDING, Little St. James Street, a five storey commercial block for Alfred Pinsonneault, 1855-56 (The Builder [London], xv, 24 Jan. 1857, 50, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 31 Jan. 1857, 1, advert. with descrip.; Archives de la Bibliotheque St. Sulpice (1939) - Papiers Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson). An extensive and detailed description of this building, located in Hay Market Square at Bonaventure Street, and credited to Hopkins Lawford & Nelson, Architects, appeared in The Gazette [Montreal], 24 Sept. 1857, page 2, col. 3 & 4)
ST. CHARLES BOROMEE STREET, six unit tenement for Dame Eleanor Ramsay, 1855 (ANQM, Contract with J.S. Hunter, 3 Feb. 1855)
KINGSTON, ONT., Post Office, Clarence Street at Wellington Street, 1856-58 (Leader [Toronto], 6 March 1856, 3, t.c.; Kingston, Buildings of Architectural and Historic Significance, i, 1971, 23, illus.; Jennifer McKendry, Architects Working in the Kingston Region 1820-1920, 2019, 62, illus.)
KINGSTON, ONT., Customs House, King Street at Clarence Street, 1856-58 (Leader [Toronto], 6 March 1856, 3, t.c.; Kingston, Buildings of Architectural and Historic Significance, i, 1971, 24-7, illus.; Jennifer McKendry, Architects Working in the Kingston Region 1820-1920, 2019, 62, illus.)
UNITARIAN CHURCH, Beaver Hall, reconstruction of the church, with new 120 ft. tower, 1856-57 (Montreal Herald, 14 July 1857, 1, detailed descrip.; Archives de la Bibliotheque St. Sulpice (1939) - Papiers Hopkins Lawford & Nelson; dwgs. at ANQM, P147, 406-09)
METHODIST NEW CONNECTION CHURCH, Panet Street, 1856-57 (Montreal Transcript, 21 April 1857, 2, descrip.)
METHODIST CHAPEL, Dupre Lane, c. 1856 (dwgs. at ANQM, P147, 396-98, 417)
ST. PIERRE STREET, at Lemoyne Street, building for William Carter, 1856 (ANQM, Contract with J.S. Hunter, 10 Jan. 1856)
ZION CHURCH, Radegonde Street, 1856 (Archives de la Bibliotheque St. Sulpice (1939), Papiers Hopkins Lawford & Nelson, invoice dated 11 June 1856)
ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, St. Joseph Street, enlargement and alterations, 1857 (Montreal Herald, 14 July 1857, 1; Gazette [Montreal], 17 Oct. 1857, 2, descrip.; Montreal Transcript, 19 Oct. 1857, 2; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/30)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, extensive alterations to residence for Alfred Pinsonnault, "...in the castellated style of architecture", 1857 (Montreal Herald, 14 July 1857, 1, descrip.)
ST. LAWRENCE MAIN STREET, store & dwellings for George D. Watson, 1857 (Montreal Herald, 14 July 1857, 1; ANQM, Contract with J.S. Hunter, 22 Jan. 1857)
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, near Beaver Hall, new cast iron fences, entrance gates, and stone wall, 1857 (Presbyterian [Montreal], xi, Jan. 1857, 2; Montreal Herald, 14 July 1857, 1, descrip.)
WELLINGTON STREET, buildings for Hon. John Young, 1857 (dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/27)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, extensive alterations and additions to "Rosemount", the residence for Hon. John Young, 1857 (Montreal Herald, 14 July 1857, 1; dwgs. at ANQM, P147, 158)
HAWKESBURY, ONT., Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stanley Street near Nelson Street East, new porch, chancel, spire and interior alterations, 1857; interior alterations and improvements, with new organ chamber, new pulpit, and chancel alterations, 1896; all still standing in 2023 (Ottawa Times, 23 Aug. 1866, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 24 Nov. 1896, 2, descrip.; W. Byers, Church on the Hill - History of Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Hawkesbury, 1981, 44)
COMMON STREET, at Queen Street, a 4 storey factory for William B. Lambe, backing onto King Street, 1857 (Montreal Herald, 14 July 1857, 1, descrip.; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/41; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 138-41, illus.)
ST. STEPHEN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Dalhousie Street near Gabriel Street, new Parsonage House, 1857-58 (Montreal Transcript, 23 Dec. 1857, 2, t.c.)
GREAT ST. JAMES STREET, backing onto Fortification Lane, stores for M.E. David, c. 1858 (dwgs. at ANQM, CD2/1649)
NORTH GORE, QUE., new Church, likely Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Cambria Road, c. 1858; still standing in 2023 (dwgs. at ANQM, P147, 393-95)
CLARENDON, QUE., new Church, possibly St. Paul's Anglican Church, c. 1858 (dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/26)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, houses for Charles A. Low, c. 1858 (dwgs. at ANQM, CD2/1666)
MONTREAL OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., Common Street at d'Youville Street, office building for Sir Hugh Allan, 1858 (Montreal, Les Hotels, 1983, 9-11, illus.)
WELLINGTON BASIN, at the Canal, extensive grain and flour warehouses, 1859 (dwgs. at ANQM, P147/166)
LIVERPOOL & LONDON SAVINGS BANK, Place d'Armes at Great St. James Street, 1859-60 (Montreal Transcript, 23 Dec. 1858, 2; 8 May 1860, 2, descrip.; Building News [London], vi, 27 Jan. 1860, 58, 63, illus. & descrip., with correction 9 March 1860, 192)
(with Henry C. Dudley) OTTAWA, ONT., Victoria Hotel, Wellington Street at O'Connor Street, for W.H. Morrell, 1859 (Globe [Toronto], 7 Feb. 1859, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Union, 24 Aug. 1859, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Tribune, 17 Dec. 1859, 2, descrip.)
OTTAWA, ONT., commercial block for H.J. Friel and leased to the Ottawa Union newspaper, York Street at Sussex Street, 1859 (Ottawa Tribune, 17 Dec. 1859, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Union, 14 Nov. 1861, 2)
OTTAWA, ONT., residence for Charles Wright, near Chaudiere Falls, 1859 (Ottawa Tribune, 17 Dec. 1859, 2, descrip.)
J.W. HOPKINS (Residential works in Montreal unless noted)
ALEXANDER STREET, residence for Gerhard Lomer, c. 1860 (dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/9, 39/42)
UPPER PEEL STREET, on the McTavish Estate, 'The Elms', a villa for Alfred Savage, 1860; demol. (ANQM, Contract with J.S. Hunter, 6 Feb. 1860)
COTE STE. CATHERINE, on the Spring Grove property, residence for Dame L.A. Beaudry, 1860 (ANQM, Contract with J. Belle, 30 Oct. 1860)
UNIVERSITY STREET, at Milton Avenue, residence for Charles Alexander, 1861 (ANQM, Contract with J.S. Hunter, 17 Jan. 1861; Montreal Star, 17 May 1975, B1, illus.)
CITY COUNCILLORS STREET, five houses for William Edmonstone, 1861 (ANQM, Contract with J.S. Hunter, 17 Jan. 1861)
DE BLEURY STREET, a pair of three storey brick houses for Messrs. Moir & Acres, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
MOUNTAIN STREET, 'Terrace Bank', a mansion for John Redpath, 1862-64 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], Illustrated Supplement, 25 Dec. 1865, 9, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/46)
WATERLOO, QUE, a large residence for Hon. Asa Belknap Foster, M.P., "....on a knoll overlooking the South Eastern Counties Rail Road line' , 1864 (Gazette [Montreal], 29 Sept. 1864, 2)
METCALFE STREET, residence for James Holiday, 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/38)
UPPER BLEURY STREET, on the Lunn Estate, row of eight houses for James Howley, 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2)
ST. URBAIN STREET, on the Fisher Estate, residence for J.G. Falkiner, 1865 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1)
UPPER PEEL STREET, lodge for Andrew Allan, 1865; additions, 1873 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1; Ledger Book, 11)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, opposite Argyle Terrace, residence for John McBurney, 1865 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1; 22 March 1867, Supplement, 1, descrip.)
MIRABEL, QUE., residence for Mrs. Mary Lloyd, widow of William S. Snowdon, Arthur-Sauve Boulevard, near the Bel Air Golf Club, 1866; still standing as of 2020 (BAnQ, building contract CN 606 547, dated 26 July 1866; inf. Prof. Marc Gabriel Vallieres, Esterel, Que.)
PHILLIPS SQUARE, residence and studio for Alexander Henderson, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6)
DRUMMOND STREET, extensive additions and alterations to former residence of Peter Redpath, for the new owner Edward T. Taylor, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6)
J.W. HOPKINS (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Montreal unless noted)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, Sherbrooke Street West, portico for the Arts Building, 1860; later replaced by a stone portico in 1926 (Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 140; inf. from McGill University Archives)
PICTON, ONT., St. Mary Magdalene Anglican Church, new tower and spire, designed 1860 and built 1864 (dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/7; T. Cruikshank & P. J. Stokes, Settler's Dream - Pictorial History of Older Buildings of Prince Edward County, 1984, 184-5, illus.)
CRYSTAL PALACE, Ste. Catherine Street West at University Avenue, 1860; dismantled and later re-erected at the Exhibition Grounds, Mile End in 1878; burned 1896 (Montreal Witness, 23 May 1860, 1, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 21 May 1860, 2, illus. & descrip.; 6 July 1860, 1, descrip; Building News [London], vi, 27 July 1860, 588-9, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 14 Dec. 1878, 4, descrip.; Jean Belisle et al, Montreal Cast Iron Architecture, 1979, 20-24, illus. & descrip.)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, Sherbrooke Street West, The Montreal Magnetic Observatory, "....adjoining the William Molson wing of the College", 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
MOUNT ROYAL CEMETERY, entrance gates, Superintendent's Residence, and offices, 1862; Residence burned in 1900, and later rebuilt (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.; Montreal Transcript, 9 Nov. 1863, 2, descrip.; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
MONTREAL RACQUET CLUB, St. George Street at Fortification Lane, an indoor tennis hall, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
LIFE ASSOCIATION OF SCOTLAND BUILDING, Place d'Armes at Little St. James Street, extensive interior remodeling of the old Plantagenet Water Depot Building, with a
new facade, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
CANADA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Ste. Catherine Street West near Peel Street, 1862-64, for Rev. Dr. William Taylor, won in a competition over the design submitted by Cyrus P. Thomas. Hopkins sued Thomas in Quebec Superior Court to obtain the commission, and won the case (Builder [London], xxv, 8 June 1867, 415; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/11)
(with Frederick Lawford) ST. JAMES CLUB HOUSE, University Street at Dorchester Street West, 1863-64 ; extension with new billiard room and dining hall, 1892 by J.W. & E.C. Hopkins (Montreal Herald, 23 March 1863, 3, t.c.; 3 Dec. 1864, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 13 Aug. 1892, 3, descrip.; C.R., iii, 20 Aug. 1892, 1). A photographic plate of this building taken c. 1880 appears in the publication called Dominion Illustrated: Special Number Devoted to Montreal, 1891, 49.
(with Frederick Lawford and James Nelson, Joint Architects) PROTESTANT HOUSE OF INDUSTRY AND REFUGE, Dorchester Street West near Bleury Street, 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.)
CORN EXCHANGE, St. Sacrement Street at St. John Street, 1865 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.; Montreal, Les Hotels, 1983, 29-31, illus.)
MERCANTILE LIBRARY & READING ROOM, St. Bonaventure Street, a commission won in a competition, 1865 (Evening Telegraph [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1865, 2, detailed descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1865, 3, detailed descrip.; Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 25 Dec. 1865, Supplement, 9-10, illus. & descrip.)
J.W. HOPKINS (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal unless noted)
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING, a0bertCommon Street, 1862-63; demol. 1902 (Montreal Herald, 19 May 1863, 2, descrip. but lacking attribution; Builder [London], xxii, 16 April 1864, 278-80, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 11 April 1902, 3)
LONDON, ONT., Bank of Montreal, Richmond Street at King Street, 1863 (Globe [Toronto], 27 June 1863, 3, t.c.)
ST. JOHN STREET, near Notre Dame Street, two stores for James Brennan, 1863 (Montreal Transcript, 7 Dec. 1863, 2, descrip.)
ST. PAUL STREET, two stores for G. Lomer, 1863 (Montreal Transcript, 19 Nov. 1863, 2, descrip.)
CORNWALL, ONT., Bank of Montreal, 1863 (Montreal Herald, 7 March 1863, 3, t.c.; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/7)
(with Alex C. Hutchison) OTTAWA, ONT., Bank of Montreal, Sparks Street at O'Connor Street, 1864 (Ottawa Union, 18 June 1864, 2, t.c.; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/6)
ST. PAUL STREET, new facade and fourth floor addition to commercial block for J.G. MacKenzie & Co., 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2)
ST. PAUL STREET, offices and showroom building for Gillespie, Moffatt & Co., 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2)
MERCHANTS BANK (also called The Commercial Bank), Place d'Armes at Notre Dame Street, 1865-66; demol. 1888 (Evening Telegraph [Montreal], 8 July 1865, 3, descrip.; Perth Courier, 21 July 1865, 1, descrip.; Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.; 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], xxv, 6 July 1867, 493, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 7 Dec. 1888, 4, descrip. and historical article)
GIBB'S BLOCK, Notre Dame Street, commercial building for Beniah Gibb, occupied by George McIver, 1866-67 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 7, illus. & descrip; Builder [London], xxv, 6 July 1867, 494, descrip.; dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/10)
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO., St. Francois Xavier Street at Hospital Street, 1866-67 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], xxv, 6 July 1867, 493, descrip.)
ST. PATRICK'S HALL, Victoria Square at Craig Street, 1866-68 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Oct. 1866, 2, descrip.; 16 Nov. 1866, 2, illus. & descrip.; Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 1, illus. & descrip.; 4 Sept. 1868, 1, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], xxv, 6 July 1867, 493, descrip.)
VICTORIA STABLES, Cote Street, for William Patterson, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6)
AMERICAN HOUSE HOTEL, St. Joseph Street at St. Henry Street, for John Torrance, extensive alterations and improvements to the former Exchange Hotel and the old American House, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 4, descrip.)
MONTREAL WITNESS NEWSPAPER OFFICE, Great St. James Street at Dollard Street, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 4, descrip.)
HOPKINS & WILY (Residential Works in Montreal unless noted)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Peel Street, stables and coach house for Andrew Allan, 1867; mansion facing McTavish Street, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2; 9 Dec. 1868, 1, descrip.)
GUY STREET, at Sherbrooke Street West, residence for George Kemp, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.; 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Stanley Street, mansion for Sir John Hamilton of Hawkesbury, Ont., 1868 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.; 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Drummond Street, for William Sache, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, opposite Phillips Square, for Dr. John Reddy, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2)
UNIVERSITY STREET, for Rev. John Cordner, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, near Mansfield Street, row of three houses for R.W. Shepherd, Robert Millard and J.D. Nutter, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
BELMONT STREET, pair of houses for Edwin Atwater, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1, descrip.)
PEEL STREET, adjacent to Tamworth Terrace, for William M. Ramsay, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
PINE AVENUE WEST, on the Mountain, additions and alterations to 'Ravenscrag', for Sir Hugh Allan, c. 1870 (Canadian Illustrated News, vi, 30 Nov. 1872, 339-40, illus. & descrip.; with correction 7 Dec. 1872, 355; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 18-25, illus.)
PEEL STREET, for Hon. Thomas Ryan, 1872-74 (Ledger Book, 26-7)
DORVAL, QUE., for Alfred Brown, Bord-du-Lac Road, 1872-74 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 94-7, illus.)
BROCKVILLE, ONT., for David Robertson, King Street East, 1873 (Ledger Book, 5)
LONGUEUIL, QUE., for Mrs. William M. Jones, 1873 (Ledger Book, 3)
ST. LAMBERT, QUE., for Romeo Harrison Stephens, Lombardie Street, near Bretagnie Street, 1874; still standing in 2023 (Ledger Book, 31-2; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
LONGUE POINTE, QUE., residence for the architect J.W. Hopkins, off Notre Dame Street, 1874; demol. 1964 (Ledger Book; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
EVANS STREET, double house for Thomas Phillips, 1874 (Ledger Book, 19)
PEEL STREET, near Dorchester Street West, for Haviland L. Routh, 1874 (Ledger Book, 32)
SEIGNEURS STREET, above St. Antoine Street, row of seven houses for Owen McGarvey, 1874 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1; Ledger Book, 50)
LACHINE, QUE., for Jackson Rae, 1874 (Ledger Book, 51)
UPPER UNIVERSITY STREET, for George B. Burland, 1874-75 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.; Ledger Book, 52-3; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 112-14, illus.)
CACOUNA, QUE., for George W. Hamilton, 1874 (Ledger Book, 48)
PEEL STREET, near Sherbrooke Street West, for Robert C. Hamilton, 1875 (Ledger Book, 61)
METCALFE STREET, stone building for Andrew Allan, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1)
PEEL STREET, residence for Thomas Ryan, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
DRUMMOND STREET, for J.T. Wilson, 1875-76 (Ledger Book, 55)
MILTON STREET, row of three houses for Rev. John Cordner, 1876 (Ledger Book, 84)
MacGREGOR STREET, for John Barclay, 1876 (Ledger Book, 83)
ONTARIO STREET, tenement houses for Moses Martin, 1876 (Ledger Book, 68)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, at Cote St. Antoine, three houses for James D. Gibb, 1876 (Ledger Book, 58)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, at Cote St. Antoine, two houses for John C. Griffin, 1876 (Ledger Book, 62)
LACHINE, QUE., farm for Andrew Allan, 1876 (Ledger Book, 11)
ST. MONIQUE STREET, two houses for Mrs. M. Maloney, 1876 (Ledger Book, 29)
LACHINE, QUE., for Henry E. Murray, 1877-78 (Ledger Book, 101)
ELM AVENUE, for Mrs. James Hardman, 1877 (Ledger Book, 98)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, near Peel Street, for James Rose, 1877 (Ledger Book, 93)
LAPRAIRIE, QUE., for Julien Brosseau, 1877 (Ledger Book, 80)
PHILLIPS SQUARE, three houses for Mrs. G. Tasse, 1879 (Ledger Book, 86)
LONGUE POINTE, conservatory addition to 'Millefleurs', for Hon. Joseph R. Thibaudeau, 1879 (Ledger Book, 17)
MONIQUE STREET, nine houses for Gilman Cheney, 1880 (Ledger Book, 55)
HOPKINS & WILY (Commercial & Industrial Works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. LAWRENCE GLASS WORKS, Albert Street at Vinet Street, 1867 (Gazette [Montreal], 22 July 1867, 1, descrip.; Montreal Herald, 22 Oct. 1867, 2, descrip.; 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.)
CITY BANK, St. James Street at Place d'Armes, addition, 1867 (dwgs. at ANQM, CAR 39/17)
F. SHAW & BROS., Recollet Street, store and warehouse, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1; Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 124-6, illus.)
McGILL STREET, at St. Maurice Street, two stores for Mrs. W. B. Lambe, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1, descrip.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Victoria Square, extensive alterations to the banking hall, 1869 (Montreal Herald, 3 Jan. 1870, 2, descrip.)
LIFE ASSOCIATION OF SCOTLAND, St. James Street at Place d'Armes, 1870 (Canadian Illustrated News, ii, 10 Dec. 1870, 374, 377, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 44-6, illus.)
OTTAWA, ONT., Bank of Montreal, Wellington Street at O'Connor Street, 1871-72 (Free Press [Ottawa], 3 Oct. 1871, 2, t.c.)
MERCHANTS BANK, St. James Street at St. Peter Street, 1872-74 (Montreal Herald, 9 Jan. 1872, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 18 Feb. 1874, 2, descrip.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 104-5, illus.)
MONTREAL TELEGRAPH CO. OFFICE, St. Francis Xavier Street at St. Sacrement Street, 1873 (The Architect [London], 15 Nov. 1873, 252, descrip.; Canadian Illustrated News, ix, 3 Jan. 1874, 3, 5, illus. & descrip.; Montreal Herald, 10 Jan. 1874, 1, descrip.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 100-02, illus.)
MONTREAL ROLLING MILLS CO., St. Paul Street, 1873 (Ledger Book, 6)
MONTREAL CITY & DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK, St. James Street at St. John Street, 1873 (Ledger Book, 8)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Merchants Bank, 1873 (Ledger Book, 1873)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Union Bank, St. Peter Street, 1873-74 (Ledger Book, 15; L. Noppen et al, Quebec - Trois siecles d'architcture, 1979, 403, illus.)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Maritime Bank, Market Square at King Street, 1873-74 (Saint John Daily Telegraph, 11 Aug. 1873, 2, descrip.; Saint John Daily News, 27 April 1874, 2, descrip.)
(with Alexander C. Hutchison) HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS BUILDING, Common Street, 1874-76 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Sept. 1874, 3, t.c.; 6 Oct. 1876, 2, descrip; Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1; dwgs. in Canadian Architecture Collection, McGill University; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Montreal Architecture, 1990, 63, illus.)
POINT LEVIS, QUE., Merchants Bank, 1874-75 (Ledger Book, 47; dwgs. at ANQ, Staveley Coll., 102)
BLEURY STREET, studio for James Kimber, 1874 (Ledger Book, 18)
CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO., St. James Street, 1874 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 April 1874, 2, t.c.; Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.; Ledger Book, 30-1)
LINDSAY, ONT., Merchants Bank, 1874-76 (Ledger Book, 49)
MONTREAL WAREHOUSING CO., Grey Nuns Street at Youville Street, 1874 (Ledger Book, 46)
ST. JAMES STREET, shop and office for Samuel Y. Tabb, 1876-77 (dwgs. at Canadian Centre for Architecture, DR 1981-003)
LONGUE POINTE, QUE., building for Frederick Wheeler, 1876 (Ledger Book, 20)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., commercial block for James Domville, Union Street at Smyth Street, 1877-78 (Daily News [Saint John], 21 Nov. 1877, 3)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., North Wharf Street, block for James Domville 'on the old Alexander block', 1877-87 (Daily News [Saint John], 23 Nov. 1877, 3)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., Maritime Bank & Bank of Montreal Building, King Street at Prince William Street, 1877-78 (Daily News [Saint John], 26 Nov. 1877, 3; Morning Freeman [Saint John], 22 Sept. 1877, 3, descrip.; 11 June 1878, 3)
SAINT JOHN, N.B., W.H. Thorne & Co., Prince William Street, 1877-78 (Daily News [Saint John], 30 Nov. 1877, 3)
OPEN STOCK EXCHANGE, St. Francis Xavier Street, 1877 (Ledger Book, 68)
ST. JEAN, QUE., Merchants Bank, 1877 (Ledger Book, 47; dwgs. at ANQM, CD2/1628)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., building for Mr. Daigneau, 1878 (Ledger Book, 69)
ST. JAMES STREET, at McGill Street, a new commercial block of stores and offices, for an unnamed owner, 1878 (Evening Star [Montreal], 8 May 1878, 3)
HOPKINS & WILY (Institutional & Ecclesiastical Works in Montreal unless noted)
MONTREAL GYMNASIUM, Mansfield Street at Burnside Street, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 3 July 1867, 1, descrip.; 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.)
ISOLATION HOSPITAL, adjacent to the Montreal General Hospital, Dorchester Street East at St. Dominique Street, 1867; Lecture Hall, mortuary and laundry, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 4 July 1867, 3, t.c.; 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.; 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
(with James Nelson) ST. PAUL'S SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dorchester Street West at St. Monique Street, supervision of the construction of the church designed by Frederick Lawford before his death, and later completed by Hopkins & Nelson, 1867-68 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 1, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], xxv, 6 July 1867, 493, descrip.)
McGILL UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, Sherbrooke Street West, on the campus of McGill University, adjoining the William Molson Wing, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
ST. GEORGE'S HOME FOR IMMIGRANTS, St. Antoine Street, 1868 (Gazette [Montreal], 23 April 1868, 2, descrip.; Montreal Herald, 9 Dec. 1868, 1)
LACHINE, QUE., St. Paul's Anglican Church, 1873-74 (Ledger Book, 13; A. Ireland, History of St. Stephen's Church, Lachine, 1914, 15)
KNOWLTON, QUE., Anglican Church, 1874 (Ledger Book, 17)
PROTESTANT INFANTS HOME, Notre Dame Street, 1875 (Ledger Book, 54)
ST. JUDE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Atwater Avenue near Workman Street, 1876-77 (Ledger Book, 81)
UNITARIAN CHURCH, Beaver Hall Hill, 1877 (Ledger Book, 90)
MONTREAL RACQUET COURT, St. George Street, 1877 (Ledger Book, 74)
ART GALLERY, for the Montreal Art Association, Phillips Square at Ste. Catherine Street West, 1878-79, designed by Hopkins & Wily; completed by J.W. & E.C. Hopkins (Ledger Book, 103-4; Evening Star [Montreal], 15 May 1878, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 8 February 1878, 4; 15 May 1878, 4, descrip.; 25 May 1935, 13, illus. with historical article on the history of the Montreal Art Gallery; inf. Scott Edwards)
J.W. & E.C. HOPKINS (works in Montreal unless noted)
THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE, at Mile End, in Outremont, a new Provincial Exhibition Building, 1878-79 (Gazette [Montreal], 11 March 1879, 4, descrip.; Evening Star [Montreal], 2 Aug. 1880, 1, descrip; Ledger Book, 107)
ST. LAWRENCE HALL, extensive interior alterations and improvements, 1879 (Evening Star [Montreal], 28 March 1879, 3, descrip.)
NORDHEIMER'S HALL, St. James Street, conversion of the hall into a theatre for music and drama, 1879 (Gazette [Montreal], 25 Sept. 1879, 4, descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Hudson's Bay Company Store and Warehouse, Main Street near Portage Avenue, 1879 (Ledger Book, 108)
ST. OURS, QUE., residence for Charles Duchesneau, 1880 (Ledger Book, 99)
LONGUE POINTE, QUE., residence for Robert Archer, 1880 (Ledger Book)
CATTLE ABATTOIRS, for the City of Montreal, 1880-81 (Evening Star [Montreal], 25 Aug. 1880, 3, descrip.; and 7 Oct. 1910, 10, descrip. in historical article, with photographic port. of J.W. Hopkins)
VICTORIA RINK, 1881 (Ledger Book, 119)
KNOWLTON, QUE., hotel for J.E. Foster, facing Brome Lake, 1881 (Ledger Book, 89)
DRUMMOND STREET, mansion for Richard B. Angus, 1882; demol. 1957 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 April 1882, 4, descrip.; Ledger Book, 121-22; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile 1850-1930, 1986, 58-9, illus.)
CRAIG STREET, store for J. Alderic Ouimet, M.P., 1882 (Ledger Book, 75)
SOREL, QUE., hotel for James Morgan, 1882 (Ledger Book, 60)
WINDSOR HOTEL, Dominion Square, the Stanley Street Wing, Peel Street at Cypress Street, 1882; extension of Hall and concert room, 1889 (Ledger Book, 123; Montreal Star, 30 March 1889, 6)
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., Notre Dame Street West at St. Jean Street, 1884 (Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 129-32, illus.)
SMITH'S FALLS, ONT., railway station for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Victoria Avenue, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 4 Jan. 1888, 7, descrip.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., mansion for Louis J. Forget, 1887; burned 1896 (Ledger Book, 137-8; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 246, 249, illus.)
DRUMMOND STREET, two detached villas, on the property owned by Richard B. Angus, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6) See also the citation above for 1882, for the same client and on the same street.
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, a row of four houses for Andrew Allan, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
METCALFE STREET, two houses for Andrew Allan, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
ST. LUKE STREET, four houses for Mrs. A. Ansell, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, villa residence for James Hardisty, 1886-87 (Montreal Daily Star, 1 Sept. 1886, 3; and 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
UPPER UNIVERSITY STREET, double tenement for S.F. Dawson, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
GUILBAULT STREET, double house for C.J. Clarke, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
DUFRESNE STREET, three double tenement houses for Jules Labine, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
BELMONT STREET, double dwelling for Capt. Filgate, 1887 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6)
CRAIG STREET, near Victoria Square, three wholesale stores, each 4 storeys, for R.B. Angus, and rented to Hughes & Stephenson, 1887-88 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Sept. 1887, 6; and 11 May 1888, 1, descrip.)
J. C. WILSON CO., Craig Street opposite Hermine Street, factory, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 May 1888, 3; C.A.B., i, June 1888, 7 & illus.; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 30-1, illus.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., commercial block for Lord Elphinstone, Granville Street, 1888 (Ledger Book, 148; Evening Herald [Vancouver], 16 June 1888, 1; Vancouver Daily World, 29 Sept. 1888, 2, descrip.)
DORVAL, QUE., horse racing track, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 22 Sept. 1888, 4, t.c.)
(with John Radford) ICE PALACE, Dominion Square, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 20 Nov. 1888, 3, descrip.; Montreal Star, 11 Dec. 1888, 6, illus.)
ST. HILAIRE, QUE., major additions to the Iroquois House Hotel, 1888 (Montreal Daily Star, 21 Jan. 1888, 1, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., i, Oct. 1888, illus.)
VERDUN, QUE., Protestant Hospital for the Insane, La Salle Boulevard, 1888-90 (C.A.B., i, Feb. 1888, 5; Montreal Daily Star, 4 May 1888, 4, descrip.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 248-55, illus.)
HIBBARD ELECTRIC CO., rear of Craig Street, off Victoria Square, a 4 storey factory, 1889 (Montreal Daily Star, 30 March 1889, 6)
CRIE, SCOTT & CO., rear of Craig Street, off Victoria Square, a 4 storey factory, 1889 (Montreal Daily Star, 30 March 1889, 6)
MONTREAL, cottage for an unidentified client, 1889 (C.A.B., ii, March 1889, 27, illus.)
ST. DENIS STREET, pair of houses for Miss Philomene Cherrier and Mrs. Senecal, 1889-90 (Ledger Book, 175)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Opera House, Granville Street near Robson Street, for Mr. Van Horne, 1890 (Vancouver Daily World, 19 Dec. 1889, 1, descrip.; 29 March 1890, 1; 7 April 1890, 4, descrip.)
UPPER STANLEY STREET, residence for James Davidson, 1890 (Ledger Book, 177)
HUTCHISON STREET, residence for Mrs. Charles F. Wand, 1890 (Ledger Book, 142)
UPPER DRUMMOND STREET, residence for Mrs. F.L. Wanklyn, 1890 (C.A.B., iii, June 1890, illus)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., alterations and additions to house for Charles Meredith, c. 1890 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 487-91, illus.)
MONTREAL, pair of houses for an unidentified client, 1891 (C.A.B., iv, Feb. 1891, illus.)
SHERBROOKE STREET, near University Street, mansion for Hector Mackenzie, 1891-92; demol. 1960 (Ledger Book, 187-8, 193; C.A.B., v, April 1892, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal, 1850-1930, 1986, 60, illus.)
CRESCENT STREET, row of ten houses for Joseph Robert & Son, 1891 (C.R., ii, 1 Aug. 1891, 2)
HUTCHISON STREET, residence for James Poustie, 1891 (C.R., ii, 1 Aug. 1891, 2)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Albert Holden, Sherbrooke Street West near Greene Avenue, 1892-93 (Ledger Book, 201)
ST. DENIS STREET, residence for F.D. Monk, 1891 (C.A.B., v, March 1892, illus.)
ST. JAMES CLUB, Dorchester Street West at University Street, major addition and interior alterations, 1892 (Montreal Daily Star, 12 Aug. 1892, 4, descrip.; and 24 Oct. 1892, 6, detailed descrip.)
WESTMOUNT, 'Cloverly', the residence of Horace A. Hutchins, Rosemount Avenue, 1893 (Ledger Book, 203; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 356-9, illus.; City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 51, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, two houses at 96-98 Columbia Avenue, 1894 (City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 40, illus.)
ST. HENRY, tenement house for Norman W. Jordan, Park Terrace, 1893 (Ledger Book, 69)
ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL, Pine Avenue, new Pathological Block, 1893 (Ledger Book, 209)
MONTREAL STREET RAILWAY CO., Craig Street at Place d'Armes Hill, a 6 storey commercial block, 1893-94 (Montreal Daily Star, 25 March 1893, 3, descrip.; and 3 June 1893, 10, illus. & descrip.; and 3 Nov. 1894, 8, illus.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 93-6, illus.; dwgs. at ANQM, 1217)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, near University Street, residence for Hon. John S. Hall, 1894-95 (Ledger Book, 220)
MONTREAL JUNCTION, residence for Edward Lusher, 1894 (Ledger Book, 94)
JOHN MURPHY & CO. STORE, Ste. Catherine Street West at Metcalfe Street, a 5 storey department store, 1894 (Montreal Daily Star, 10 March 1894, 6, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., viii, Jan. 1895, 8). J.W. & E.C. Hopkins exhibited their architectural drawings for this project at the Montreal Art Association Autumn Exhibition in 1894 (Montreal Daily Star, 5 Oct. 1894, 6, list of exhibitors)
STANLEY STREET, at Burnside Street, residence for Edward Lusher, 1895 (Ledger Book, 95-6)
J.W. HOPKINS (works in Montreal unless noted)
CARTIERVILLE, QUE., 'Invereck', a residence for Dr. Charles M. McEachran, 1897 (Ledger Book, 102, 114)
BORD-A-PLOUFFE, QUE., residence for Thomas D. Bell, 1897-98 (Ledger Book, 82)
PEEL STREET, residence for Amos Cowen, 1898 (Ledger Book, 83)
DOMINION WIRE ROPE CO., Place d'Youville, factory, 1900 (Ledger Book, 128)
COMPETITIONS
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Custom House, 1856. Hopkins, Lawford and Nelson were one of fourteen architectural firms from Canada and United States who submitted designs for this important commission (NAC, RG 11, Vol. 90, File No. 3, 'Schedule of Competitors for the Proposed Quebec Custom House', 25 March 1856). The First Premium was awarded to William Thomas.
OTTAWA, ONT., Parliament Building and Governor General's Residence, 1859. Under the pseudonym 'Fiat', Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson were one of sixteen competing firms who submitted designs for this commission. Their proposals, presented in the 'Italian' style, were not premiated (Carolyn Young, The Glory of Ottawa: Canada's First Parliament Buildings, 1995, 117)
KINGSTON, ONT., Criminal Lunatic Jail, 1859. The firm of Hopkins, Lawford & Nelson were one of several who prepared drawings for this project. They did not win the competition, but their original presentation drawings have survived and are now held at the Queen's University Archives in Kingston (Jennifer McKendry, Architects Working in the Kingston Region 1820-1920, 2019, 62, illus.). The project was later awarded to William Coverdale Jr. of Kingston.
MONTREAL, QUE., Canada Presbyterian Church, Ste. Catherine Street West near Peel Street, 1862-64, for Rev. Dr. William Taylor. Hopkins was one of several architects who submitted a design for the project. The scheme by Cyrus P. Thomas was the preferred one, but another competitor, John W. Hopkins, sued C.P. Thomas in Quebec Superior Court to obtain the commission, and he won a financial judgement against Thomas. A lengthy article on the court case was published in the British architectural journal The Builder [London], xxv, 8 June 1867, 415.
MONTREAL, QUE., Drill Shed, Craig Street at German Street, 1867. J.W. Hopkins was one of at least five architects from Montreal who submitted a design to Montreal City Council (Gazette [Montreal], 8 April 1867, 2, council debate). The winning scheme was prepared by Fowler & Roy, but this decision was later overturned.