COX, Alfred Arthur (1873-1944)
(biography in preparation)
COX & AMOS (works in Montreal)
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH, St. Urbain Street at Ontario Street, rood screen, 1893; new baptistry, 1894 (Gazette [ Montreal], 25 Dec. 1893, 3; and 24 Nov. 1894, 3, descrip. of the baptistry; Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 13 Sept. 1894, 535; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 270)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, between McGill College Avenue and Mansfield Street, a three storey commercial block for the Charles Boyer Estate, 1895 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 May 1895, 2, descrip.; C.A.B., ix, Jan. 1896, 2-3, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Robert J. Inglis, Claremont Avenue, 1896 (C.A.B., ix, Oct. 1896, 159)
WESTMOUNT, Church of the Advent [Anglican], de Maisonneuve Boulevard West at Wood Avenue, extensive alterations and improvements, 1896-97; still standing in 2023 (C.R., vii, 17 Dec. 1896, 2, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 12 Dec. 1897, 15, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; and 9 April 1898, 2; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 2-3, illus.)
DORCHESTER STREET EAST, at Montcalm Street, new facade and alterations to residence for Hon. C.A. Geoffrion, 1897 (C.R., vii, 28 Jan. 1897, 3)
MONTREAL HUNT CLUB HOUSE, Ste. Catherine Road, with stables, kennels, club house, and huntsman's Lodge, 1897 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 April 1897, 8, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 31 Dec. 1897, 15, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; C.A.B., xi, April 1898, 64; dwg. at NAC, Picture Coll., C 34209)
WESTMOUNT, St. Matthias Anglican Church, Cote St. Antoine Road at Church Hill Avenue, designed 1897; built 1899; burned 1911 (Gazette [Montreal], 7 May 1897, 3; C.R., x, 26 July 1899, 3)
ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE ANGLICAN CHURCH, Ste. Catherine Street West at Bishop Street, major extension at north end of church for bell chapel and sanctuary, 1899-1900 (Montreal Daily Star, 1 June 1900, 4, detailed descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 4 June 1900, 6, detailed descrip.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 246-9, illus.)
CANADIAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OFFICE, Dorchester Street West, major alterations and improvements to office and club, 1899 (C.S.C.E. Report of Annual Meeting, 1901, xv, 42-7, illus. & descrip.)
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK, St. James Street at McGill Street, rebuilding the old Morgan Block, with major addition of 4 new floors above the existing building, to create an 8 storey block, 1903 (Gazette [Montreal], 6 April 1903, 3; Montreal Daily Star, 7 April 1903, 3; C.R., xiv, 13 May 1903, 3)
CRESCENT STREET, residence for R. A. Ross, 1904 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], No. 21, 1904, 40)
CHAMPLAIN ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Fullum Street near Logan Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 6 Sept. 1905, 2)
QUEBEC BANK, Ste. Catherine Street East at Amherst Street, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 20 Sept. 1905, 6, descrip.; and 9 Nov. 1905, 10; C.R., xvi, 27 Sept. 1905, 2)
W.R. BROCK CO., Notre Dame Street West at St. Helen Street, extensive alterations to warehouse, 1906 (C.A.B., xix, Aug. 1906, 122)
CREDIT FONCIER BUILDING, St. James Street at St. Lambert Hill, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, March 1907, 39; Gazette [Montreal], 25 April 1907, 10, descrip.; Builder [London], ci, 4 Aug. 1911, plate illus.)
MOUNTAIN STREET, residence for Louisa A. Boyer Amos, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, [Montreal] No. 37, 1907, 42; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 81, illus.)
UNION BREWERY, Cadieux Street at Ontario Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 3 April 1907, 6)
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK, St. James Street at McGill Street, facing Victoria Square, a 10 storey commercial block, 1907-08; altered 1960 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Feb. 1907, 11, extensive descrip.; and 17 April 1909, 6, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 19 March 1907, 10; C.R., xxv, 20 Sept. 1911, 45, illus.; Builder [London], ci, 4 Aug. 1911, 123, illus.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 98-101, illus.)
QUEBEC BANK, Notre Dame Street West at Atwater Street, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 10 Feb. 1909, 22)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, near St. Mark Street, residence for Hon. Charles Archer, 1909 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], No. 16, 1909, 44)
TRAFALGAR AVENUE, near Cote des Neiges Road, residence for John J. Murphy, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 20 Oct. 1909, 22)
COX & AMOS (works outside Montreal)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., St. Mathew's Anglican Church, St. Jean Street, a new baptistry within the church, designed by A.A. Cox and executed by Henry Beaumont, sculptor of Montreal, 1896 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 May 1896, 2, detailed descrip.)
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, QUE., residence, stables and sheds for F.D. Shallow, 1896 (C.R., vii, 1 Oct. 1896, 3)
DIXIE, QUE., clubhouse for the Royal Montreal Golf Club, 1897 (Montreal Daily Star, 6 March 1897, 12)
GRANBY, QUE., Victoria Memorial Hall, 1897 (C.R., viii, 10 June 1897, 2)
WATERLOO, QUE., new tower and spire for St. Luke's Anglican Church, 1898 (Montreal Daily Star, 9 April 1898, 2; C.A.B., xi, April 1898, 64)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., St. Matthew's Anglican Church, St. Jean Street, extension and reconstruction of the chancel, 1899 (Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 26 Oct. 1899, 648, descrip.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec - trois siecles d'architecture, 1979, 173, illus.)
LENNOXVILLE, QUE., Bishop's College & School, major additions including new Dining Halls, Kitchen, addition to the Library, new lecture rooms, 1899; with tower and new front entrance, completed June 1903 (Gazette [Montreal], 27 May 1899, 9, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 21 Nov. 1903, 11)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Stanstead & Sherbrooke Fire Insurance Co., Dufferin Street, c. 1899 (list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form 20 Feb. 1900)
COTEAU, QUE., Soulanges Canal Electric Power House, 1899-1900 (Canadian Electrical News [Toronto], xii, June 1902, 93-4, illus. & descrip.; list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form 20 Feb. 1900)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, Girouard Street, c. 1899 (list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form 20 Feb. 1900)
DUNHAM, QUE., restoration and additions to Dunham Ladies College, c. 1899 (list of works in R.I.B.A. Application Form 20 Feb. 1900)
GRANBY, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, 1900 (C.R., xi, 21 March 1900, 3)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., St. Peter's Anglican Church, Dufferin Street at Terrill Street, 1900 (Gazette [Montreal], 30 April 1900, 7; C.R., xi, 2 May 1900, 2; Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 4 Oct. 1900, 600-01; dwgs. in Canadian Architecture Coll., McGill Univ.)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Opera House for Mr. Clement, 1900 (C.R., xi, 8 Aug. 1900, 2)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Jeffrey Hale Hospital, St.. Cyrille Boulevard, 1900-01; with major addition of the Mackenzie Memorial Pavillion, and demolition of the old Martello tower adjacent, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 13 June 1901, 5;, and 23 July 1904, 3, descrip.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec-trois siecles d'architecture, 1979, 369, illus.)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., residence for John Hamilton, des Carrieres Street, 1902 (dwgs. at ANQ, Staveley Coll., 306)
OTTAWA, ONT., Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, Sparks Street near Bay Street, new Sunday School and Parish Hall, 1902-03 (R. Hubbard, A Short History of Christ Church Ottawa, 1972, 51, 53, illus.)
RICHMOND, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 12 Aug. 1903, 3-4)
HUNTINGDON, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 12 Aug. 1903, 3-4)
FARNHAM, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, 1904 (inf. from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Archives, Toronto)
ORMSTOWN, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, 1905 (inf. from Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Archives, Toronto)
COATICOOK, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, Main Street at Cutting Street, 1905; dome removed c. 1960 (inf. Pierre Boileau, Outremont)
BRANDON, MAN., Bank of British North America, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 11 Oct. 1905, 1)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Bank of Montreal, St. Peter Street at St. James Street, 1906 (L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 80, illus.)
GRANBY, QUE., St. George's Anglican Church, Main Street, 1907-08 (Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 20 June 1907, 417; and 29 Oct. 1908, 699-700, descrip.)
Works by L.A. AMOS (of COX & AMOS) - works in Montreal and Quebec province
MONTREAL, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, Ste. Catherine Street West at Crescent Street, 1910 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 102-3, illus.)
COOKSHIRE, QUE., Eastern Townships Bank, 1911 (dwgs. at Bank of Montreal Head Office, Real Estate Div.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Bank of British North America, St. James Street, new 6 storey bank block, to replace the original bank erected in 1867 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Feb. 1912, 4, descrip.)
MONTREAL, QUE., store and residence for H.J. Hague, Masson Street at 5th Avenue, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 21 Feb. 1912, 67)
OUTREMONT, residence for Jules A. Duchastel, Dunlop Avenue, 1912 (Outremont b.p. 681, 10 Aug. 1912)
MONTREAL, QUE, Fire Station No. 25, Drummond Street, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 27 Aug. 1913, 70; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 218-19, illus.)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., commercial office block for the Quebec Central Railway, Wellington Street, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 19 Feb. 1913, 74)
OUTREMONT, residence for Charles H. Branchand, Dunlop Avenue, 1913 (Outremont b.p. 782, 7 May 1913)
EDGEHILL ROAD, near The Boulevard, on the main road to West Crescent Heights, a three storey house ".....just finished", for Mr. Lessard, 1913 (Gazette [Montreal], 18 Oct. 1913, 6, descrip.; and 28 Feb. 1914, 7, notice of sale, with descrip.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Postal Station H., Ste. Catherine Street West at Bishop Street, 1913-14 (Montreal Daily Star, 29 March 1913, 2; and 19 April 1913, 19, descrip.; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1915, No. 19, Report of the Chief Architect, 18; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 50-1, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for R.C. Patton, Aberdeen Avenue, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 9 July 1913, 71)
TROIS RIVIERES, QUE., Quebec Bank, Des Forges Street, 1917 (dwgs. at Royal Bank Head Office, Premises Div., Montreal)
THETFORD MINES, QUE., Quebec Bank, 1917 (dwgs. at Royal Bank Head Office, Premises Div., Montreal)
ALFRED A. COX (works in Vancouver)
RAILWAY STREET, at Gore Avenue, warehouse for Alfred C. Flumerfelt of Victoria, B.C., 1908 (Vancouver Daily World, 14 Oct. 1908, 3)
CARTER-COTTON BLOCK, Hastings Street West at Cambie Street, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 7 Oct. 1908, 26, t.c.; Vancouver Heritage Inventory Summary Report, 1986, 12, illus.)
DAILY PROVINCE NEWSPAPER CO., Hastings Street West, near Abbott Street, office building and printing plant, 1910 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
CANADA LIFE BUILDING, Hastings Street West at Granville Street, 1910 (Vancouver Daily World, 17 Jan. 1910, 22; C.R., xxiv, 30 March 1910, 27)
SHAUGHNESSY HEIGHTS, residence for William H. Hargrave, Angus Avenue near Granville Street "...adjoining the residence for Sir Thomas Shaughnessy", 1910 (Vancouver Daily World, 31 May 1910, 23)
NORTH VANCOUVER, telephone exchange building for B.C. Telephone, 11th Street, 1910 (The Express [North Vancouver], 15 July 1910, 12, descrip.)
FAIRMONT TELEPHONE EXCHANGE, for B.C. Telephone Co., 10th Avenue East at Prince Edward Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 3 Aug. 1910, 25; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
KITSILANO, telephone exchange building for the B.C. Telephone Co., 1910-11 (Vancouver Daily World, 10 Nov. 1910, 6, t.c.)
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS BANK (later the Canadian Bank of Commerce), Kitsilano Branch, Fourth Avenue at Yew Street, 1911-12 (Province [Vancouver], 7 Oct. 1911, 45; and 11 May 1912, 28, illus. & descrip.)
GIRL'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, Cassiar Street at Barnard Street, Hastings Townsite, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 27 July 1912, 22, illus. & descrip.; and 24 Aug. 1912, 24, descrip.; Vancouver Heritage Inventory Summary Report, 1986, 53, illus.; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
SHAUGHNESSY HEIGHTS, mansion for William F. Salsbury, Angus Avenue, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 31 Aug. 1912, 23, illus. & descrip.; Vancouver Heritage Inventory Summary Report, 1986, 65, illus.)
BURNABY PRISON FARM, Royal Oak Road, on the shore of Deer Lake, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 21 Sept. 1912, 28, illus. & descrip.)
VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL, West 12th Avenue at Heather Street, with major additions and new buildings including:
- Power House and Laundry, 1912; and
- Central Wing, 1913; (Vancouver General Hospital Annual Report, 1913, 21, illus.; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives); and
- Morgue, 1914; and
- Nurses Home, 1914 ; and
- Isolation Hospital, 1914; and
- Edith Cavell Memorial Ward, 1915-16 (Vancouver Sun, 3 Jan. 1916, 10, descrip.; Vancouver Daily World, 3 Jan. 1916, 8, descrip.), and
- Operating Theatre for surgery, 1915-16 (Vancouver Sun, 3 Jan. 1916, 10, descrip.; Vancouver Daily World, 3 Jan. 1916, 8, descrip.), and
- Maternity Hospital, 1915-16 (Vancouver Daily World, 22 Jan. 1915, 18; and 3 Jan. 1916, 8, detailed descrip.; Vancouver Sun, 10 Feb. 1915, 2; and 3 Jan. 1916, 10, descrip.)
CLEMENTS BLOCK, Hornby Street at Robson Street, stores, offices and Alexander Dance Academy, for H.S. Clements, 1922, (City of Vancouver b.p. A 3539, 23 May 1922; inf. Andy Coupland, Vancouver)
GREAT WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION, Seymour Street, 1926 (C.R., xl, 26 May 1926, 174)
VANCOUVER WOMEN'S BUILDING, Thurlow Street, 1926; demol. (Vancouver Sun, 6 Feb. 1926, 18; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
ALFRED A. COX (works outside Vancouver)
GRAND FORKS, B.C., Eastern Townships Bank [now the C.I.B.C. Bank], 2nd Street at Market Avenue, 1909; still standing 2015 (Vancouver Daily World, 3 April 1909, 12)
SEATTLE, WASH., USA, a large outdoor Welcome Arch for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, spanning Marion Street at Third Avenue, 1909 (Vancouver Daily World, 26 May 1909, 11, descrip.; Province [Vancouver], 6 July 1909, 1, illus. & descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., Union Bank Block, Government Street at View Street, 1912-13 (Vancouver & Victoria Architecturally, 1911, illus.; Daily Colonist [Victoria], 12 Jan. 1913, 3, descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 69, illus.)
VICTORIA, B.C., British American Trust Co., Fort Street, 1912 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 18 Oct. 1912, 7, descrip.; The Sun [Vancouver], 9 Sept. 1912, 16, descrip.; and 2 Nov. 1912, 22; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 68-9, illus.)
VICTORIA, B.C., mansion for Hon. William W. Bowser, Rockland Avenue, 1912 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 9 Nov. 1912, 5; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 254-55, illus. & descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., Bank of Montreal, Government Street at Bastion Street, addition, 1913 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 13 March 1913, 7)
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Provincial Court House, Market Place facing McBride Street, designed by Cox in 1913 and building commenced, but construction suspended during WWI, and project later completed in 1921 under Henry Whittaker, Supervising Architect for British Columbia (Prince Rupert Journal, 3 July 1913, 1, descrip.; Vancouver Sun, 23 March 1914, 13)
VICTORIA, B.C., Weiler Brothers Block, Douglas Street at Kane Street, 1913 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 5 Feb. 1913, 1; 16 March 1913, 7, illus.)
NANAIMO, B.C., General Hospital, 1920 (Nanaimo Free Press, 6 Jan. 1920, 1; Victoria Daily Times, 9 Jan. 1920, 11)
VICTORIA, B.C., Bank of Nova Scotia, Yates Street near Douglas Street, 1922-23 (Victoria Daily Times, 22 July 1922, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxxvii, 11 July 1923, 60; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 73, illus.)
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Capitol Theatre, 3rd Avenue, 1927-28 (C.R., xli, 24 Aug. 1927, 79)
NANOOSE BAY, B.C., near Nanaimo, a Golf Club House at Notch Hill, overlooking Nanoose Bay, with Riding Academy and stables, 1929 (Vancouver Sun, 30 Jan. 1929, 13, illus. & descrip.; Nanaimo Free Press, 22 Feb. 1929, 1, descrip.; Courtenay Free Press, 11 April 1929, 3, detailed descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Masonic Temple, 6th Avenue at McBride Street, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 14 Jan. 1931, 54)