DORAN, William Edward (1854-1923)
(biography in preparation)
W.E. DORAN (Residential works in Montreal unless noted)
PALACE STREET, at St. Genevieve Street, three houses for Mrs.Neil Shannon, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.; ANQM, J. Lonergan, notaire, 31 Oct. 1882, Contract No. 2017)
OTTAWA STREET, at Shannon Street, a shop and seven dwellings for Thomas Kinsella, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
ONTARIO STREET, at Mance Street, a double tenement brick house, for an unnamed owner, 1883 ((Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
METCALFE STREET, near Dorchester Street West, an additional storey to residence for J.J. Milloy, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2)
STE. CATHERINE STREET, at St. Mark Street, three houses with bay windows, for an unnamed owner, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
CATHEDRAL STREET, near Chaboillez Square, a block with a shop and eight dwellings, for an unnamed owner, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
UNION AVENUE, near Sherbrooke Street West, a row of four houses for H.D. Clark, 1884-85 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 July 1884, 3, descrip.; and 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
CADIEUX STREET, two cottages for Martin Eagan and one cottage for John Barry, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
WILLIAM STREET, at Murray Street, block of six houses for T.J. Quinlan, 1886 (Montreal Daily Star, 20 Feb. 1886, 8, t.c.; Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
OTTAWA STREET, row of six houses for Daniel Shea and three pairs of houses for Patrick Kenney, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
MURRAY STREET, eight houses for John Power, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
BARRE STREET, three houses for Daniel Shea, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
MANUFACTURERS STREET, houses for Joseph Phelan and James Phelan, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
ST. GABRIEL VILLAGE, two double houses for B. O'Brien, Grand Trunk Street at Island Street, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
UPPER ST. HUBERT STREET, two houses for William Strachan, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
DUROCHER STREET, row of eight houses for John P. Whelan, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
OXENDEN AVENUE, four houses for Mrs.Eliza MacDonald, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
JUBILEE COURT, off Richmond Street, five houses for Thomas Lamb, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
OTTAWA STREET, three pairs of houses for Patrick Kenney, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
MURRAY STREET, tenement for John Power, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
CHARRON STREET, three pairs of houses for John Parker, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. LUKE STREET, seven houses for Thomas Collins, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
NOTRE DAME STREET WEST, in St. Henri, two houses for W. Brodie, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
UPPER STANLEY STREET, residence for Armitage Rhodes, 1889; demol. (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Metcalfe Street, residence for Sir William H. Hingston, 1889; demol. 1972 (Gazette [Montreal], 3 Jan. 1890, 7)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, residence for John Price, 1890 (C.R., i, 23 Aug. 1890, 2)
MILTON STREET, at Hutchison Street, residence for Francis H. McKenna, 1891 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 470-71, illus.)
VALOIS, QUE., residence or William Strachan, in a resort village called 'Strathmore' overlooking Lake St. Louis, 1892 (C.R., iii, 9 April 1892, 2)
HUTCHISON STREET, residence for Mrs. B. McNally, 1892 (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894)
PAPINEAU AVENUE, two houses for James Mullally, 1894 (C.R., v, 21 June 1894, 2)
OTTAWA STREET, five houses for James McCrory, 1894 (C.R., v, 13 Sept. 1894, 2)
COTE DES NEIGES, 'Ferncliffe', a residence for James McKenna, 1895 (C.R., vi, 25 April 1895, 4)
SEYMOUR AVENUE, residence for Mrs. M.T. McGrail, 1895 (C.R., vi, 25 April 1895, 4)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, near St. Famille Street,residence for J.B. Gratton, 1895 (C.R., vi, 16 May 1895, 2, t.c.)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, residence for Thomas Collins, 1895 (C.R., vi, 25 July 1895, 4)
CAMPEAU STREET, houses for Mr. Vincent, 1896 (C.R., vii, 2 April 1896, 3)
ST. CHARLES BORROMEE STREET, two houses for John Clifford, 1896 (C.R., vii, 20 Aug. 1896, 3)
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, at Hermine Street, houses for Francis B. McNamee, 1896 (C.R., vii, 13 Aug. 1896, 2)
CENTRE STREET, three houses for Etienne Robert, 1896 (C.R., vii, 5 Nov. 1896, 2)
STANLEY STREET, residence for Hon. C.J. Doherty, 1897 (C.R., vii, 28 Jan. 1897, 2, t.c.)
ANDERSON STREET, two pairs of houses for William H. Cunningham, 1897 (C.R., viii, 4 March 1897, 4)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Victoria Street, houses for Thomas Lamb, 1897 (C.R., viii, 25 Feb. 1897, 2, t.c.)
MANCE STREET, houses for T.J. McCarthy, 1897 (C.R., viii, 13 May 1897, 2-3, t.c.)
ROZEL STREET, pair of houses for M. Mullin, 1897 (C.R., viii, 1 July 1897, 2, t.c.)
ST. HIPPOLYTE STREET, three houses for Mrs. P.M. Groome, 1897 (C.R., viii, 2 Sept. 1897, 1, t.c.)
HIBERNIA STREET, two houses for Dennis Donohue, 1897 (C.R., viii, 14 Oct. 1897, 4)
ROZEL STREET, residence for John Quinlan, 1897 (C.R., viii, 18 Nov. 1897, 4)
BELMONT AVENUE, residence for B. Stanley, 1898 (C.R., ix, 9 March 1898, 2)
WESTMOUNT, three houses on Clandeboye Street for Samuel Price, 1898 (C.R., ix, 6 April 1898, 3)
BELMONT STREET, residence for Bernard Tansey, 1898 (C.R., ix, 6 April 1898, 4)
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, two houses for Michael Stewart, 1898 (C.R., ix, 14 Sept. 1898, 4)
MOUNTAIN STREET, at Dorchester Street West, residence for Patrick Wright, 1899 (C.R., x, 24 May 1899, 3)
CHOMEDY STREET, near Ste. Catherine Street West, for Thomas Collins, 1899 (Le Prix Courant, xxv, Week no. 3, July 1899)
PARK AVENUE, seven pairs of houses for Thomas Collins, 1900 (C.R., xi, 13 June 1900, 3)
McTAVISH STREET, north of Ste. Catherine Street West, major addition to residence for Alfred Baumgarten (now the McGill Faculty Club), 1901-02 (C.R., xii, 23 Oct. 1901, 2, and xiii, 25 June 1902, 3; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 55-8, illus.)
MANCE STREET, north of Sherbrooke Street West, small apartment block for the Doherty Estate, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 23 Feb. 1905, 6, descrip.)
PRINCE APARTMENTS, Guy Street at Lincoln Street, for J.S. Prince, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, xlvii, May 1909, 88)
MANSION APARTMENTS, Guy Street at St. Luke Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 29 June 1910, 26)
BELMONT STREET, residence for Bernard Tansey, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 6 July 1910, 28)
HARVARD AVENUE, residence for J. Hamilton Ferns, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 2 Nov. 1910, 27, t.c.)
OUTREMONT, residence for Alfred Vincent, Mount Royal Boulevard, 1913 (Outremont b.p. 759, 7 April 1913)
W.E. DORAN (Institutional & Eccesiastical works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. HENRI TOWN HALL, FIRE STATION & POLICE STATION, and residence for the Chief of Police, St. Henri Street at Bonaventure Street, 1882-83 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 Dec. 1882, 3; and 30 Dec. 1882, 3; and 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Dorchester Boulevard West at St. Alexander Street, a new presbytery for the church, 1887; major renovations to nave, 1894-95; residence for the Fathers, 1907 (Montreal Daily Star, 16 March 1887, 1, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 17 March 1887, 3, descrip.; C.R., v, 1 Nov. 1894, 1, t.c.; Gazette [Montreal], 10 June 1895, 3, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 17 March 1900, 10, descrip.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 342, 344, illus.)
PRINCE ALBERT SCHOOL, Rose de Lima Street, St. Henri, 1891 (C.R., ii, 6 June 1891, 1, t.c.)
OTTAWA, ONT., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Wilbrod Street at Cumberland Street, 1892-93 (C.R., ii, 19 Dec. 1891, 3; Ottawa Free Press, 27 June 1892, 2, descrip.; and 10 Nov. 1893, 8, descrip.; C.A.B., vi, Oct. 1893, illus.; Dec. 1893, 124, descrip.)
ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Craig Street at Panet Street, interior decoration, 1898 (C.R., ix, 6 April 1898, 3)
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, Lagauchetiere Street at St. Genevieve Street, 1898-99 (La Minerve [Montreal], 6 Dec. 1897, 8; (Montreal Daily Star, 4 Dec. 1897, 27; and 9 Sept. 1898, 10, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 19 Sept. 1898, 3; and 17 July 1899, 5, descrip.)
ST. GABRIEL ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Centre Street near Laprairie Street, 1900-01 (C.R., xi, 17 Oct. 1900, 3; Le Prix Courant, xxxi, 15 March 1901, 387)
OTTAWA, ONT., Columbus Club, Laurier Avenue West near Elgin Street, for the Knights of Columbus, 1901 (C.R., xii, 31 July 1901, 6, t.c.)
BOY'S HOME, at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, Dorchester Street West, major addition, 1901-02 (Le Prix Courant, xxxi, 3 May 1901, 690; and xxxiv, 11 July 1902, 42)
ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Craig Street at Panet Street, reconstruction, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiv, 25 July 1902, 42; C.R., xiii, 17 Sept. 1902, 3)
CHAUVEAU ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Laprairie Street at Manufacturers Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 12 Feb. 1902, 2; Montreal Daily Star, 25 March 1902, 8)
FIRE HALL NO. 9, Richmond Street at Montmorency Street, 1903 (Gazette [Montreal], 19 June 1903, 7; C.R., xiv, 19 Aug. 1903, 9)
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Boucher Street at Drolet Street, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 23 April 1904, 7, descrip.)
FALLOWFIELD, ONT., (Nepean Township), major addition and alterations to St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 23 April 1904, 7; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 25 May 1904, 12, t.c.)
ST. BRIDGET'S ROMAN CATHOLIC HOME & REFUGE, Lagauchetiere Street, major addition, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 Feb. 1905, 12; Le Prix Courant, xl, July 1905, 56)
CATHOLIC SAILOR'S CLUB, St. Peter Street, new meeting hall, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 23 Feb. 1905, 6, descrip.; C.R., xvi, 1 March 1905, 6)
ST. PATRICK'S ORPHAN ASYLUM, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, a 3 storey institution in Outremont, designed 1905; built in 1907-09 (Montreal Daily Star, 28 June 1905, 5; and 2 Oct. 1909, 8, illus. & detailed descrip.)
ROMAN CATHOLIC HOME FOR THE AGED, for the Little Sisters of the Poor, Seigneurs Street, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 21 March 1906, 6; La Presse [Montreal], 3 Oct. 1907, 8, illus.)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC ACADEMY, St. Alexander Street at Dowd Street, 1906; addition, 1908 (Le Prix Courant, xlii, Aug. 1906, 46; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 356-7, illus.)
UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICE, Lagauchetiere Street West near Beaver Hall, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 10 March 1909, 25)
CHATHAM, N.B., Hotel Dieu Roman Catholic Hospital, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 27 April 1910, 28)
W.E. DORAN (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. JAMES STREET, a commercial block of stores and offices, for an unnamed client, 1878 (Evening Star [Montreal], 1 April 1878, 2, t.c.)
WEST END ABATTOIR, for the Dominion Abattoir Co., on the Carroll Farm, in St. Henri, 1881 (Evening Star [Montreal], 26 Feb. 1881, 4; and 10 March 1881, 3)
LONDON HOUSE, Chaboillez Square, a large 4 storey addition, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
WILLIAM STRACHAN & CO., large 3 storey addition to soap factory, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
ST. MAURICE STREET, retail store for John J. Hayes, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
CHABOILLEZ SQUARE, block of stores and dwellings for Thomas Lamb, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
CANADA MEAT PACKING CO., Wellington Street at Murray Street, factory, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 3 Jan. 1890, 7)
ST. LAWRENCE STREET, near Craig Street, a 3 storey commercial block, with two stores and apartments above, on Patrick Mullin's property, 1889 (Montreal Daily Star, 25 July 1889, 3, descrip.)
OWEN McGARVEY & SON, Notre Dame Street West at McGill Street, a large 5 storey commercial block, 1891-92 (C.R., ii, 14 Feb. 1891, 1, t.c.; Montreal Daily Star, 18 March 1892, 3, detailed descrip, but lacking attribution to the architect). This block featured imported single sheet glass windows measuring 12 ft. x 14 ft., described as "the largest glass windows in the world" at the time of their construction in 1891. A full page elevation of this block, with detailed description, was published in Dominion Illustrated : Special Issue Devoted to Montreal, 1891, 36-37, illus.)
DOMINION ABATTOIRS, Commissioners Street, c. 1892 (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894)
NOTRE DAME STREET, at Jacques Cartier Street, store and dwelling for Patrick Wright, 1892 (C.R., iii, 27 Aug. 1892, 2)
PRINCE STREET, at Common Street, two stores and dwellings for Mrs. Patrick C. Shannon, 1894 (C.R., v, 31 May 1894, 2)
NOTRE DAME STREET, at Maple Avenue, commercial block for B.E. McGale, 1894 (C.R., v, 21 June 1894, 2)
NOTRE DAME STREET, near Panet Street, commercial block for Thomas Lamb, c. 1894 (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894)
WILLIAM McNALLY & CO., McGill Street, commercial block, 1895 (C.R., vi, 25 April 1895, 4)
NOTRE DAME STREET, at Mountain Street, commercial block for Madame Vincent, 1896 (C.R., vii, 19 March 1896, 3)
CENTRE STREET, at Montmorency Street, store and three dwellings for John Killilea, 1896 (C.R., vii, 3 Sept. 1896, 3)
ST. URBAIN STREET, three stores and three dwellings for Walter W. Halpin, 1896 (C.R., vii, 15 Oct. 1896, 3)
UNION COLD STORAGE CO., Young Street at Wellington Street, warehouse, 1897 (C.R., viii, 25 Feb. 1897, 3)
LAMB'S BLOCK, Sherbrooke Street West at Victoria Street, for Thomas Lamb, 1897 (C.A.B., xi, Feb. 1898, 27)
RUSHBROOK STREET, block for John Quinlin, 1900 (C.R., xi, 3 Oct. 1900, 3)
WILLIAM CLARK MEAT CO., Amherst Street, office & factory, 1900; factory, Wolfe Street near Lagauchetiere Street, 1904; factory, 1906 (C.R., xi, 17 Oct. 1900, 3; Le Prix Courant, xxxviii, Oct. 1904, 53; C.A.B., xix, Nov. 1906, 171)
MURRAY STREET, at Ottawa Street, store and dwelling for Thomas O'Connell, 1901 (C.R., xii, 10 July 1901, 4)
LAING MEAT PACKING CO., Mill Street, Point St. Charles, an abattoir, meat packing & slaughter houses, and cattle barns, on the site of the old Montreal Driving Park, 1901; office and warehouse 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 9 April 1901, 3, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 23 April 1904, 7, descrip.; C.R., xii, 17 April 1901, 3; Le Prix Courant, xxxvii, April 1904, 52)
MONTREAL STOCK YARDS, Oak Street at Mill Street, Point St. Charles, for William Strachan and William Mann, 1902; addition, 1904-05 (Montreal Daily Star, 7 Feb. 1902, 6; and 24 Feb. 1905, 12; C.R., xiii, 27 Aug. 1902, 2, 6; Le Prix Courant, xxxviii, Aug. 1904, 53)
JAMES McCREADY & CO., Mount Royal Avenue East at Messier Avenue, factory, 1902; clubhouse, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 7 March 1902, 46; and xxxiv, 5 Sept. 1902, 38)
LOVELL & CHRISTMAS LTD., King Street, cold storage warehouses, 1902; warehouse, Queen Street near William Street, 1906 (C.R., xiii, 7 May 1902, 6; and 22 Oct. 1902, 4; Montreal Daily Star, 24 Feb. 1905, 12; C.A.B., xix, Aug. 1906, 122)
QUINTAL & LYNCH, McGill Stret at Youville Street, office, warehouse and stables, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 4 June 1902, 4)
CORONNA HOTEL, Guy Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 16 July 1902, 6, t.c.)
RACINE BUILDING, St. Paul Street West, interior alterations, 1903 (Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 80-2, illus.)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, at St. Charles Boromee St., large block consisting of stores, offices and house for John S. Prince, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 23 April 1904, 7, descrip.; Le Prix Courant, xxxvii, April 1904, 40)
THE FLAT IRON BUILDING, Craig Street at St. Antoine Street, a 4 storey block of stores and residences, with octagonal tower, for Mrs. G. McNamee, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, xxxviii, Oct. 1904, 53; Montreal Daily Star, 23 Feb. 1905, 6, descrip.)
GUNN, LANGLOIS & CO., St. Vincent Street, major addition to cold storage plant, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 Feb. 1905, 12)
HULL, QUE., major addition to meat packing plant for George Matthews Co., Gatineau Road near Brewery Falls Bridge, 1905 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 17 May 1905, 3, t.c.)
LEONARD BROTHERS LTD., Youville Square, warehouse, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 25 Aug. 1909, 22)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, at St. Andre Street, four stores for S.L.E. Cuddy, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 1 June 1910, 27)
ROWAN BROTHERS & CO., Vallee Street, factory, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 15 Nov. 1911, 63)