Melrose, Robert

MELROSE, Robert (fl. 1867-76) was noted as 'the architect' of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, at the foot of Jeffrey's Hill, near the City Line in SAINT JOHN, N.B. (Morning Telegraph [Saint John], 2 Oct. 1867, 2, descrip.). Designed in the early English Gothic style and costing nearly $20,000, this landmark was described as '.......one of the most elegant specimens of Church Architecture in the City' and included a tower and spire rising over one hundred and twenty feet (The Presbyterian [Montreal], xxi, March 1868, 79, descrip.). Nearly 9 years later, he was described as 'the architect' of a large residence for G. W. Gerow, Coburg Street at Cliff Street, SAINT JOHN, N.B. (Daily Telegraph [Saint John], 31 July 1876, 1, detailed architectural descrip.).