McKim, Mead & White

McKIM, MEAD & WHITE (Charles Follen McKim 1847-1909; William Rutherford Mead 1846-1928; and Stanford White 1853-1906)
(biographies in preparation)

MURRAY BAY, QUE., residence for Susanna Shaw Minturn, 1894 (Philippe Dube, Deux cents ans de Villegiature dans Charlevoix, 1986, 151, 171, illus.)
RESTIGOUCHE RIVER, N.B., Camp Harmony Salmon Lodge, 1896 (Gary Hughes, 'Stanford White's Fishing Lodges in New Brunswick'in Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, xxvi, No. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 2001, 3-14, illus. & descrip.; John Leroux, Building New Brunswick: An Architectural History, 2008, 118-19, illus.)
(with Andrew T. Taylor) MONTREAL, QUE., Bank of Montreal Head Office, St. James Street, facing Place d`Armes, major addition at the rear facing Craig Street, with new dome and major alterations to the banking hall, 1901-03 (Winnipeg Tribune, 4 Jan. 1901, 4, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 2 May 1901, 6, descrip.; and 4 May 1901, 24, detailed architectural descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 4 May 1901, 5, extensive descrip.; and 19 Jan. 1903, 7, descrip.; C.A.B., xv, Jan. 1902, 4 Feb. 1902, xi; and xvii, July 1904, plate illus.; and Sept. 1904, plate illus.; Architecture [New York], xi, 15 April 1905, 56 and plates xxx to xxxii, illus.; Builder [London], xcvii, 10 July 1909, illus. plates; Const., xx, June 1927, 193, illus.; Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 23-7, illus.; Leland Roth, McKim, Mead & White Architects, 1983, 298-300, illus. & descrip.; Susan Wagg, Money Matters - A Critical Look at Bank Architecture, 1990, 69-71, 139-40, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. Bank of Montreal, Real Estate Div., Montreal Head Office)
(with Hutchison & Wood) MONTREAL, QUE., Mount Royal Club, Sherbrooke Street West at Stanley Street, 1904-06 (C.A.B, xvii, June 1904, 98; xix, June 1906, 84, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 1 Aug. 1904, 6, descrip., and 7 March 1905, 5, illus.& descrip.; and 29 Oct. 1906, 6; and 13 Dec. 1906, 6, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], xcvii, 10 July 1909, illus. plate; Architectural Forum [New York], xlv, Sept. 1926, 171-2, illus. & descrip.; H. Heward Stikeman, The Mount Royal Club 1899-1999, 1999, 64-77, illus. & descrip.)
(with J.N. Semmens) WINNIPEG, MAN., Bank of Montreal, Portage Avenue at Main Street, 1909-10 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 July 1909, 8, illus. & descrip.; 14 Feb. 1910, 20; C.R., xxiv, 6 April 1910, 38-9, illus. & descrip.; Const., vi, April 1913, 126, 130-4, illus. & descrip.; Architectural Review [London], xxxvi, Aug. 1914, 31-33, descrip. with Plates IX, X and XI, illus.; City of Winnipeg, 1979: The Year Past, 33-4, illus. & descrip.; City of Winnipeg, Monuments to Finance, Vol. 1, 1980, 43-8, illus. & descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., mansion for Edmund L. Taylor, Wardlaw Avenue near Wellington Crescent, 1910 (Manitoba Free Press, 12 March 1910, 23; C.R., xxiv, 16 March 1910, 26)
(with Barott, Blackader & Webster) MONTREAL, QUE., Royal Trust Co., St. James Street at Place d'Armes Hill, 1912-13 (C.R., xxvi, 20 March 1912, 69; and 23 Oct. 1912, 64-5, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 19 Sept. 1912, 7, descrip.; Const., viii, July 1915, 317, illus.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 121-4, illus.)
(with Barott, Blackader & Webster) BRANTFORD, ONT., Bank of Montreal, Market Street at Darling Street, 1913-14 (Brantford Expositor, 16 May 1913; and 13 Sept. 1913; and 6 Dec. 1913; dwgs. Bank of Montreal, Premises Dept.)
OTTAWA, ONT., large residence for Lt. Col. James W. Woods, Chapel Street near Laurier Avenue East, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 21 May 1919, 47).

COMPETITIONS

MONTREAL, QUE., Board of Trade Building, 1891. This firm was one of six American architects invited to submit a design for this major building, and they received $300 for their effort. (Montreal Daily Star, 25 Feb. 1891, 6, list of competitors). Many Canadian architects strongly objected to being prevented from submitting a design. The winner was Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge of Boston.
SASKATOON, SASK., Caswell Hill Public School, 30th Street at Avenue B, 1910. The Winnipeg branch office of McKim, Mead & White of New York City were recorded as one of several architects who submitted a design for this large eight-room school building (Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 30 March 1910, 1). The winner was David Webster of Saskatoon.