KENNA, Joseph F. (fl. 1882-89) of Montreal was an obscure figure who frequently advertised in the Montreal Gazette and designed several stone and brick row housing projects for speculative development in west end Montreal and in the Cote St. Antoine neighbourhood of that city. His largest and most elaborate work was the commercial block for Hall & Scott Ltd., in the Italiante style, on Ste. Catherine Street West at McGill College Avenue (1883-84). An unusual engraved perspective drawing of this building, with an extensive architectural description, was published in the Montreal Daily Star, 29 Dec, 1883, 7, in the form of a promotional advertisement for the architect himself.
(works in Montreal)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, at Mansfield Street, extensive alterations to a commercial block for John L. Morris, formerly occupied by McGibbon & Baird, with four new stores, two facing onto Ste. Catherine Street, and two facing onto Mansfield Street, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
ELEANOR STREET, six tenements houses for Elie Gauthier, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
COTE ST. ANTOINE, a row of five cottages on Clarke Avenue, for an unnamed owner, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 July 1883, 2, descrip.)
HALL & SCOTT BLOCK, McGill College Ave. at Ste. Catherine Street West, a 3 storey block of stores, hall and Masonic Lodge, 1883-84 (Montreal Daily Star, 29 Dec. 1883, 7, detailed descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 27 Dec. 1884, 5, illus. & descrip.)
WINDSOR STREET, two houses for James F. McShane, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, at Shaw Street, eight houses for S.W. Johnson, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1887, 2)
COTE ST. ANTOINE, two houses for James W. Withell, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1887, 2)
ELEANOR STREET, five houses for James W. Withell, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1887, 2)
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, three houses for Felix Finnegan, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1887, 2)