FETHERSTONHAUGH, Harold Lea (1887-1971), a leading architect in Montreal from 1920 until after 1950. He was active as owner or partner in the following firms:
Fetherstonhaugh & McDougall, Montreal, 1920-1925 (with J. Cecil McDougall)
H.L. Fetherstonhaugh, Montreal, 1926-1933
Fetherstonhaugh & Durnford, Montreal, 1934-1946 (with Alexander T.G. Durnford)
Fetherstonhaugh, Durnford, Bolton & Chadwick, Montreal, 1946 until after 1950 (with Alexander T.G. Durnford, Richard E. Bolton, and Richard V. Chadwick)
(biography in preparation)
An extensive collection of architectural drawings illustrating nearly three hundred and fifty projects designed by Fetherstonhaugh and his partners from 1922 up to 1960 is now held at the National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ont. Virtually all built works listed below are represented by drawings in this collection. A photographic portrait of Fetherstonhaugh was published in the Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 19 Nov. 1936, 5.
FETHERSTONHAUGH & McDOUGALL (works in Montreal unless noted)
CHARLEMAGNE, QUE., hotel for the St. Maurice Paper Co. Ltd., 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 20 Oct. 1920, 51)
BOVRIL LTD., Park Avenue at Van Horne Avenue, factory, 1921 (Le Prix Courant, liv, 7 Jan. 1921, 52)
OUTREMONT, residence for H. Austin Eckers, Maplewood Avenue, 1921 (Le Prix Courant, liv, 9 Sept. 1921, 44)
MOUNT BRUNO, QUE., 'Nontarakay', residence for Henry G. Birks, 1921 (Le Prix Courant, liv, 9 Sept. 1921, 44; C.H.G., iv, April 1927, 33, illus.)
MOUNT BRUNO, QUE., residence for E.L. Pease, 1922 (Le Prix Courant, lv, 15 Sept. 1922, 12)
LITTLE METIS, QUE., a free-standing Bell Tower beside the Presbyterian Church, 1923; restored 2017-18 (Alice S. Baldwin, The Kirk on the Hill: The Little Metis Presbyterian Church 1883-1983, 20-21; inf. Anson McKim, Erin, Ont.)
(with Charles J. Saxe) McGILL UNIVERSITY, Sherbrooke Street West, extensive alterations and new stone portico for the Arts Building, 1925-26 (C.R., xxxix, 22 April 1925, 51; Montreal Daily Star, 16 Jan. 1926, 5, illus. & descrip.; Const., xix, Dec. 1926, 374-8, 383-5, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaries, 1980, 140-3, illus.)
MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, a new Nurses Home, Dorchester Street East at St. Dominique Street, 1925-26 (Gazette [Montreal], 7 Nov. 1925, 7; Const., xx, Jan. 1927, 22-5, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, July 1927, xxix, illus. in advert.; inf. Scott Edwards)
H.L. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Residences in Montreal and elsewhere)
CARTIERVILLE, QUE., country house for W.C. Pitfield, 1926 (inf. from R.I.B.A. Application Form, 18 Sept. 1933)
REDPATH CRESCENT, for Gregory Barclay, 1927-28 (R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, June 1927, 220, 229, illus.; C.H.G., ix, March 1932, 32-4, illus.)
REDPATH CRESCENT, for Paul F. Sise, 1927 (Montreal b.p. 2541, 16 June 1927)
REDPATH CRESCENT, for William R.G. Holt, 1927 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, May 1928, 182-3, illus.; C.H.G., viii, April 1931, 31-3, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 343-5, illus.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for E.G. Hanson, 1928 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, May 1928, 178-9, 181-2, illus. & descrip.)
ST. SULPICE ROAD, for G. Ross H. Sims, 1928 (Montreal b.p. 2350, 15 May 1928)
CEDAR AVENUE, for W. Stuart MacTier, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 13 June 1928, 69)
ST. SULPICE ROAD, for Leonard E. Schlemm, 1928 (Montreal b.p. 4087, 9 Aug. 1928)
REDPATH CRESCENT, for William H. Chase, 1928 (Montreal b.p. 5812, 31 Oct. 1928; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 140, illus.)
REDPATH CRESCENT, for Charles T. Ballantyne, 1928-29 (C.R., xlii, 12 Dec. 1928, 48)
REDPATH CRESCENT, for H.D. Kingstone, 1929 (Montreal b.p. 1816, 22 May 1929)
REDPATH CRESCENT, a residence for H.L. Fetherstonhaugh, Architect, 1929 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Nov. 1929, 8; inf. Scott Edwards)
SARAGUAY, QUE., mansion for D.S. McMaster, Gouin Boulevard West, 1929 (C.H.G., xi, March 1934, 15, illus.; Dec. 1934, 16, illus.; xii, Aug.-Sept. 1935, 5, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, July 1935, 114, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for James E. Dodds, Daulac Road, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 1 Jan. 1930, 50; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 200-01, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for T.W. McAnulty, Daulac Road, 1930-31 (R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, Sept. 1930, 323, illus.; xi, June 1934, 97, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for Colin W. Webster, Gordon Crescent, 1930-31 (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Dec. 1931, 411; ix, April 1932, 98, 103, illus. & descrip.)
REDPATH CRESCENT, for F. Stuart Molson, 1930-31 (C.H.G., ix, March 1932, 4, illus.; xi, March 1934, 17, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 508-10, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for Conrad D. Harrington, Ramezay Road, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 20 April 1932, 58)
H.L. FETHERSTONHAUGH (Other Works in Montreal and elsewhere)
DRUMMOND COURT APARTMENTS, Drummond Street at de Maisonneuve Boulevard, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 30 May 1923, 127, illus. & descrip.; 26 Dec. 1923, 1237-8, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 164, 167, illus.)
(with Ross & MacDonald) CHATEAU APARTMENTS, Sherbrooke Street West at Mountain Street, 1924-25 (C.R., xxxviii, 26 Nov. 1924, 1167-8, illus. & descrip.; Const., xix, Sept. 1926, 270-80, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, June 1927, 222, 225, illus.)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Chateau St. Louis Apartments, Grande Allee West, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 29 July 1925, 53; xl, 8 Sept. 1926, 846-9, illus. & descrip.; Const., xix, July 1926, 206-12, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iii, Sept.-Oct. 1926, xxv, illus. in advert.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental, 1890-1990, 48, illus.)
HANSON BROTHERS STOCK BROKERS LTD., office building, St. James Street, 1928 (Gazette [Montreal], 19 May 1928, 4; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, June 1928, 212-13, illus. & descrip.; Ottawa Journal, 13 April 1929, 30, illus. in advert.; Montreal, Les Hotels, 1983, 55-6, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
J.T. DONALD BUILDING, Guy Street, 1929 (citation in Lovell's Montreal Directory, 1931-32, 312)
BERNER & PALMER BUILDING, Drummond Street, 1929 (Montreal b.p. 2902, 10 July 1929)
UNIVERSITY TOWER, University Street at Ste. Catherine Street West, 1929-30 (R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, Jan. 1930, 13, illus.; Const., xxiii, July 1930, 227-30, 235-7, 240, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 221-5, illus.)
GRIFFINTOWN BOY'S CLUB, Ottawa Street at Shannon Street, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 21 Aug. 1929, 97; Gazette [Montreal], 28 Aug. 1929, 4, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., clubhouse for the Quebec Skating Club, Laurier Avenue, 1929 (Quebec City b.p. 3588, 24 Sept. 1929; L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 52, illus.)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, Divinity Hall, University Street near Milton Street, 1930-31 (Gazette [Montreal], 1 Nov. 1929, 6, descrip.; 30 March 1929, 5; C.R., xliv, 12 March 1930, 123, t.c.; Const., xxiv, Oct. 1931, 325, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xi, July-Aug. 1932, 114-16, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 110-13, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ST. ANDREW & ST. PAUL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Sherbrooke Street West at Redpath Street, 1931-32; Communion Table in the nave, 1933 (R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Dec. 1929, 442-3, illus.; ix, Nov. 1932, 240-6, illus. & descrip.; xxi, March 1944, 54-5, illus.; Const., xxv, Oct. 1932, 223-33, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 13 Nov. 1929, 7, descrip.; 6 Feb. 1933, 8, descrip.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 154-7, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
NATIONAL BREWERIES CO., Notre Dame Street at Monfort Street, office building, 1931 (Const., xxiv, Nov. 1931, 345-52, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Dec. 1931, xxvii, illus. in advert.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 238-9, illus.)
LACHUTE, QUE., Margret Rodgers Memorial Church, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 4 May 1932, 493)
SEIGLER MEDICAL CLINIC, Mount Royal Avenue East at Henri Julien Avenue, 1932-33; now called Jeunesses Musicales Canada (Gazette [Montreal], 22 March 1932, 6, descrip.; 16 Aug. 1932, 4; inf. Scott Edwards)
FETHERSTONHAUGH & DURNFORD (works in Montreal and elsewhere)
WESTMOUNT, residence for D. Sclater Lewis, Ramezay Road, 1934-35 (inf. from Robert Lemire, Montreal)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Stanley Norsworthy, Ramezay Road, 1934-35 (City of Westmount building permit, 1934)
DAULAC ROAD, residence for H.L. Fetherstonhaugh, Architect, 1934 (Montreal b.p. 1297, 19 July 1934; R.A.I.C. Journal, xiv, Jan. 1937, 15, illus.)
RAMEZAY ROAD, residence for Trevor D. Ross, 1935 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, April 1936, 62, 69, illus.; C.H.G., xxiii, Nov. 1946, 34-5)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, Douglas Hall Student Residence & Quadrangle, Upper University Street, north of Molson Stadium, 1936-37. (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 27 Oct. 1936, 1, illus. & descrip.; C.R., vol. 50, 13 Jan. 1937, 30; R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, March 1938, 60, illus.)
CEDAR AVENUE, residence for H.B. MacKenzie, 1936 (Montreal b.p. 1177, 13 June 1936)
PINE AVENUE WEST, residence for E.J. Trott, 1936 (C.H.G., xiv, Jan.-Feb. 1937, 34, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xiv, May 1937, 87, illus.)
ST. MARGARET'S, QUE., residence for Jules R. Timmins, c. 1936 (C.H.G., xiv, Jan.-Feb. 1937, 25-7, illus.)
TRAFALGAR AVENUE, alterations for a residence for N.C.L. Mather, 1937 (C.H.G., xiv, Sept. 1937, 17, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, March 1938, 72)
MONTREAL ART GALLERY, Sherbrooke Street West at Ontario Avenue, major addition of the Norton Wing, 1938-39 (Gazette [Montreal], 31 Aug. 1938, 13, descrip.; C.R., li, 7 Sept. 1938, 29; inf. Scott Edwards)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, John S. Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron Building, 1938, but project halted in September 1939, and not completed until 1945-46 (Gazette [Montreal], 18 Aug. 1938, 11; Montreal Daily Star, 22 Sept. 1945, 35, t.c.; and 15 Nov. 1945, 3, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., residence for Hugh Smith, Laporte Street near St. Denis Avenue, 1938 (C.R., li, 27 July 1938, 120)
STE. AGATHE, QUE., summer residence for Walter Molson, c. 1938 (C.H.G., xvi, Jan.-Feb. 1939, 21)
ST. SAUVEUR, QUE., new ski club building for the Penguin Ski Club of McGill Univ., located in the Laurentian Mountains, between St. Sauveur and Piedmont, 1938 (Gazette [16 Dec. 1938, 20, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
PIEDMONT, QUE., summer residence for John H. Molson, c. 1938 (C.H.G., xvi, May 1939, 30, illus.)
PIEDMONT, QUE., residence for L. Marcoux, c. 1938 (C.H.G., xvii, Aug. 1940, 23, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, June 1942, 139, illus.)
STE. GENEVIEVE, QUE., 'Apple Trees', a residence for Lt. Col. W.H. Clark-Kennedy, Gouin Boulevard West, c. 1938 (C.H.G., xvi, July 1939, 20-3, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Raymond Caron, Lexington Avenue, 1939 (C.R., li, 11 Jan. 1939, 30; C.H.G., xix, Nov. 1942, 25-7, illus.)
ARVIDA, QUE., Brittany Row Apartments, Brittany Street at Powell Street, 1939 (L. Noppen & L.K. Morisset, Jonquière-Memoires et lieux, 1994, 87, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., Saguenay Inn, Powell Street, for the Aluminum Co. of Canada, 1939-40 (C.R., lii, 21 June 1939, 102; R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, April 1941, 57, illus.; xxii, Sept. 1945, 184-9, illus.; L. Noppen & L.K. Morisset, Jonquière-Memoires et lieux, 1994, 84-6, illus.)
ARVIDA, QUE. Marche Arvida Market, Davis Street, for Steinberg's Ltd,, 1939-40, and now converted to Town Hall and Public Library (Le Sentinelle [Arvida], 10 May 1940, 1, but lacking attribution; Quebec Culture Ministry, Ville de Saguenay: Arvida - A Model Town in the Americas, 2010, Item 4 - Marche Arvida, with attribution, but incorrectly dated as "1944"; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., main office building for Alcan Aluminum Co. of Canada, Mellon Boulevard, 1940; (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiii, Feb. 1946, 30-2, illus.; L. Noppen & L.K. Morisset, Jonquière-Memoires et lieux, 1994, 92, illus.)
LAKE ANNE, QUE., residence for C.W. Palmer, c. 1940 (C.H.G., xviii, Jan.-Feb. 1941, 26)
LAKE ANNE, QUE., residence for Hon. Adrian K. Hugessen, c. 1940 (C.H.G., xviii, Jan.-Feb. 1941, 27)
ARVIDA, QUE. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic High School, 11th Street opposite Salter Street, 1942 (Le Lingot du Saguenay [Arvida], 15 Nov. 1946, 6, illus., but lacking attribution; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., Recreation Centre, with assembly hall, bowling alley, meeting rooms, cafeteria and curling rinks, 1942-43 (Le Lingot du Saguenay [Arvida], 19 Feb. 1943, 4 & 7, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
(attributed) ARVIDA, QUE., Athlone Gardens, a group of five row housing blocks, each containing six units, on a site bounded by Lawrie Street, Davis Street, and Hunt Street, 1943 (Le Lingot du Saguenay [Arvida], 18 Dec. 1943, 5, but lacking attribution; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., The Normandy Apartments, Normandy Street at Lorraine Street, two apartment blocks, now called Cooperative Place des Lilas Apartments, 1943-44 (L. Noppen & L.K. Morisset, Jonquière-Memoires et lieux, 1994, 89-90, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., a group of eight row housing blocks, each containing six units, on 5th Street, 6th Street and 7th Street (now called Berthier Street, Geoffrion Street, and Normandie Street), 1943-44 (Le Lingot du Saguenay [Arvida], 20 May 1944, 8, but lacking attribution; Quebec Culture Ministry, Ville de Saguenay: Arvida - A Model Town in the Americas, 2010, Item 21, page 13, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., Town of Arvida Municipal Garage & Storage Building, Deschenes River Road, 1945 (Le Lingot du Saguenay [Arvida], 24 Nov. 1945, 1 & 4, descrip.; 1 Dec. 1945, 1, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
BANK OF CANADA BUILDING, Victoria Square at Craig Street, designed 1945; built 1949-50 (Montreal Daily Star, 11 May 1945, 17, descrip.; C.R., lxii, Jan. 1949, 192; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, March 1952, 63, illus.)
FETHERSTONHAUGH, DURNFORD, BOLTON & CHADWICK (works in Montreal and elsewhere)
WESTMOUNT, residence for John Bourne, Ramezay Road, 1946 (City of Westmount building permit)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, John S. Foster Radiation Laboratory and Cyclotron Building, 1945-48; with later addition of a 4th Floor and a two storey wing, 1962 (McGill News, xxxi, Summer 1950, 26; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., a small shopping plaza of five retail stores and Shell Oil Auto Service Station, Taschereau Road at 2nd Street, for The Lake St. John Distributing Co., 1946-47 (Le Lingot [Arvida], 30 Aug. 1946, 1, illus. & descrip.; 13 Sept. 1946, 4, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., St. Jacques Roman Catholic Church, Chabot Street, 1947-48 (Architecture Bâtiment Construction, ii, Oct. 1947, 50)
DAULAC ROAD, residence for R.B. Thornton, 1947 (Montreal b.p. 2786, 26 June 1947; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, June 1952, 176, illus.)
(with H.P. Illsley) ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Stanley Street, a new Parish Hall for the church, 1947-48 (Montreal Daily Star, 27 May 1947, 7, illus. & descrip.; Montreal b.p. 2797, 16 June 1947; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 204-13, illus.)
CORNERBROOK, NFLD., Western Memorial Hospital, 1947 (C.R., lx, Feb. 1947, 144; Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxvi, Feb. 1949, 46, illus.)
ROOFER'S SUPPLY CO., Guy Street at William Street, office and warehouse, 1947 (C.R., lx, Jan. 1947, 86)
ISLE MALIGNE, QUE., Emmanuel Protestant Church, 1947-48 (Le Lingot [Arvida], 19 March 1948, 2, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., a large tract of 115 housing units for company employees, including 39 single family houses, 15 duplexes, six terrace blocks of 6 units each, located in the Vaudreuil section of Arvida, on Castner Street, Berthier Street, Heroult Street, and on Saucier Street at Poitras Street, 1948 (C.R., lxi, May 1948, 179; Le Lingot [Arvida], 16 July 1948, 2; inf. Scott Edwards)
LENNOXVILLE, QUE., Bishop's University, Science Building and Student Residence, 1948-49 (C.R., lxi, Nov. 1948, 138)
NATIONAL BREWERIES CO., Notre Dame Street West at Colborne Street, new Bottling Plant, 1948-49 (C.R., lxi, April 1948, 148; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxx, June 1953, 152)
HALIFAX, N.S., Naval Barracks, H.M.C.S. Stadacona, in the Halifax Naval Yards off Barrington Street, 1949 (inf. from Mr. Richard Bolton, Montreal)
ARVIDA, QUE., First United Church, designed in 1949, built in 1950, Berthier Street (C.R., lxii, July 1949, 132; Le Lingot [Arvida], 4 May 1950, 2; inf. Scott Edwards)
ARVIDA, QUE., St. George The Martyr Anglican Church, Powell Street at Berthier Street, 1950 (C.R., lxii, July 1949, 132; Le Lingot [Arvida], 4 May 1950, 2; inf. Scott Edwards)
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, ONT, residence for Oswin Derbyshire, Gate Street at Prideaux Street, a design based on their Model Home concept as published in the Toronto journal Canadian Homes & Gardens in 1949 (C.H.G., xxvi, April 1949, illus.; inf. Albert Davey, St. Catharines)
BANK OF CANADA BUILDING, Victoria Square, 1949-50 (C.R., lxii, Jan. 1949, 192; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, March 1952, 63, illus.)
CARTER'S INK OF CANADA LTD., a major 3 storey addition on top of their existing production plant, 1950-1951 (Financial Post [Toronto], 19 Aug. 1950, 14, descrip.)
MOUNT ROYAL UNITED CHURCH, Graham Boulevard, 1950-51 (C.R., lxiii, Oct. 1950, 154)
McGILL UNIVERSITY, Eaton Electronic Research Laboratory, 1950-51 (C.R., lxiii, Jan. 1950, 148; McGill News, xxxv, Spring 1954, 18-21, illus.)
ARVIDA, QUE., Dover Street Public School, Dover Street at Burma Street, 1952-53 (Le Lingot [Arvida], 4 Sept. 1952, 9, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ST. LAMBERT, QUE., Public Library, Mercille Avenue, 1953-54; still standing in 2022 (inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
COMPETITIONS
KINGSTON, ONT., Memorial Archway, at Royal Military College, 1920. The Montreal firm of Fetherstonhaugh & McDougall was one of 7 architects invited to prepare a design for this large outdoor arch. The eventual winner was John M. Lyle of Toronto (inf. Sarah Toomey, Chief Librarian, Massey Library, Royal Military College, Kingston)