ELIASOPH, Milton (1908-1994), active in Montreal, Que. in the following offices:
M. Eliasoph, Architect, 1933
Eliasoph & Greenspoon, Architects, 1934-1944
M. Eliasoph, Architect, 1945-47
Eliasoph & Berkowitz, Architects, 1948-1979
He was born in Montreal on 25 June 1908 and enrolled in the Arts programme at McGill University in 1925, but later transferred to the Dept. of Architecture and graduated in 1932. One of his classmates was Henry E. Greenspoon, with whom he later formed a partnership. Eliasoph received his early training in the office of C. Davis Goodman (in 1928), and with Philip Turner (in 1929), and with J.E.C. Daoust in 1932. In 1934 both he and H.E. Greenspoon announced the formation of a new partnership in Montreal (R.A.I.C. Journal, xi, July-Aug. 1934, 124). Their collaboration ended in 1944, and Eliasoph worked alone until 1948 when he invited Saul M. Berkowitz to form a new partnership which remained active for nearly 30 years until 1979. Their major works include the massive Pollack Department Store in Quebec City (1950-51), and the Westgate Shopping Centre in Ottawa, Ont. (1954-55), one of first postwar outdoor shopping complexes to be built in the National Capital Region. Eliasoph retired in 1979 and later died in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 11 May 1994 (obituary in Gazette [Montreal], 13 May 1994, 11; biog. in L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, pub. 1990, 180; biog. and port in the Old McGill Yearbook, Vol. 35, 1932, p. 81).
M. ELIASOPH (works in Montreal unless noted)
COMFORT KIMONA & DRESS MFR. CO., Clarke Street near Mount Royal Avenue, a two storey brick manufacturing plant, 1933 (Gazette [Montreal], 4 April 1933, 5, descrip.; C.R., xlvii, 12 April 1933, 40)
ELIASOPH & GREENSPOON (works in Montreal unless noted)
(with Benjamin Schlanger, New York City) EMPIRE THEATRE, Ogilvy Avenue at Durocher Street, 1937 (C.R., Vol. 50, 12 May 1937, 37; Gazette [Montreal], 23 June 1937, 13, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
MOVIE THEATRE, Cote des Neiges Road near Lacombe Avenue, 1938 (C.R., li, 4 Jan. 1938, 29; Canadian Moving Picture Digest, 29 Jan. 1938, 14, descrip.)
OUTREMONT, duplex houses for Construction-Rite Co., McNider Avenue, 1938 (Town of Outremont b.p. 3291, 17 Feb. 1938)
MAPLEWOOD AVENUE, near Bellingham Road, a small block of stores and apartments for Abe Rosen, 1938; demol. (Gazette [Montreal], 3 Sept. 1938, 19; inf. Scott Edwards)
OUTREMONT, two duplex houses for S.D. Berensweig, Outremont Avenue, 1938 (Town of Outremont b.p. 3373, 14 Nov. 1938)
(with Maxwell M. Kalman) WESTMOUNT, The Melrose Apartments, Clarke Avenue near Western Avenue, for Kahan & Nathanson, 1938 (Gazette [Montreal], 3 Sept. 1938, 19, illus. & descrip. in advert.)
(with C. Davis Goodman) OUTREMONT, Adath Israel Jewish Synagogue, McEachran Avenue at Ducharme Avenue, 1939 (C.R., lii, 31 May 1939, 29; Continuite [Quebec City], No. 45, Autumn 1989, 55, illus.; and Autumn, 1991)
WESTMOUNT, Temple Emanu-El, addition of a large Community House, Sherbrooke Street West at Elm Avenue, 1939 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Nov. 1942, 11, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
OUTREMONT, duplex houses for J.W. Golden, Davaar Avenue, 1940 (Town of Outremont b.p. 3467, 9 April 1940)
SHAARE ZION JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, Cote St. Luc Road at Old Orchard Avenue, 1940-41 (Gazette [Montreal], 19 Oct. 1939, 6, descrip.; 27 Aug. 1940, 17, t.c.; and 8 Sept. 1941, 6, descrip.; C.R., liii, 28 Aug. 1940, 22, t.c.; and liv, 1 Jan. 1941, 34; Continuite [Quebec City], No. 45, Autumn 1989, 54, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
REGENCY APARTMENTS, Fort Street at Baile Street, an apartment block in the Georgian style, with 48 units, for Wolfe Construction Co., 1940-41 (C.R., liii, 14 Aug. 1940, 24; and liv, 15 Jan. 1941, 32; Montreal Daily Star, 8 Jan. 1941, 23, descrip.; and 18 Jan. 1941, 25, detailed architectural descrip.; and 22 Feb. 1941, 25, detailed descrip.)
(with Benjamin Schlanger, New York City) KENT MOVIE THEATRE, Sherbrooke Street West at Hingston Avenue, 1940-41 (Gazette [Montreal], 1 Nov. 1940, 23, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 28 Jan. 1941, 23, descrip.; and 1 Feb. 1941, 27, descrp.; inf. Scott Edwards)
OUTREMONT, a 3 storey apartment block with 15 units, for S. Litwin, Maplewood Avenue at Stirling Avenue, 1941 ( Montreal Daily Star, 14 Feb. 1941, 30, descrip.)
DORCHESTER APARTMENTS, Dorchester Boulevard West at Amesbury Avenue, two separate apartment blocks, each three storeys, for Arthur M. Maron, 1941; demol. (Gazette [Montreal], 16 May 1941, 21; Inf. Scott Edwards)
OUTREMONT, apartment block for Louis Wiseman, Lajoie Avenue at Wiseman Avenue, 1941 (Town of Outremont b.p. 3571, 23 June 1941)
DARLINGTON STREET, apartment block for P.H. Frank, 1941 (C.R., liv, 9 April 1941, 32)
(with Benjamin Schlanger, New York City) VILLEROY MOVIE THEATRE, St. Denis Street near Jarry Street East, 1940-41; demol. (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Nov. 1940, 20, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 28 Jan. 1941, 23; and 1 Feb. 1941, 27, descrip.; C.R., liv, 12 March 1941, 33; inf. Scott Edwards)
(with Harold J. Doran) UPPER PEEL STREET, near Pine Avenue, a 5 storey apartment block for Arthur M. Maron, 1941 (C.R., liv, 1 Jan. 1941, 36; Montreal Daily Star, 7 Jan. 1941, 24, descrip.; and k4 Feb. 1941, 22, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 11 Jan. 1941, 21, descrip.; and 18 Jan. 1941, 20, illus. & descrip.; and 15 March 1941, 25, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
BISHOP STREET, north of Ste. Catherine Street West, a 3 storey apartment block with 13 units, for an unnamed owner, 1941 (Gazette [Montreal], 30 April 1941, 21; inf. Scott Edwards)
BONAVISTA AVENUE, off Cote St. Luc Road, a pair of duplex residences occupied by Milton Eliasoph, Architect, and for Henry E. Greenspoon, Architect, 1941 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1941, 19; inf. Scott Edwards)
MODERNAGE STORE, 1947 (Architecture Batiment Construction, iii, April 1948, 34, illus.)
M. ELIASOPH (works in Montreal unless noted)
OUTREMONT, residence for Mrs. N. Feifer, Pagnuelo Avenue, 1946 (Town of Outremont b.p. 4093, 7 June 1946)
ELIASOPH & BERKOWITZ (works in Montreal unless noted)
YOUNG ISRAEL OF MONTREAL, a Jewish synagogue, community centre and school, Hillsdale Road near Van Horne Avenue, 1948 (C.R., lxi, July 1948, 130, 132)
OUTREMONT, residence for A. Peterson, Spring Grove Avenue, 1949 (Town of Outremont b.p. 4548, 6 Sept. 1949)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Pollack Department Store, for Maurice Pollack Realty Co., a large block of stores and offices, Charest Boulevard East at du Pont Street, 1950-51 (C.R., lxiii, Sept. 1950, 132; Architecture Batiment Construction, vii, November 1952, 16-21, illus. & descrip.; Continuite [Quebec City], No. 42, Spring 1989, 37, illus. & descrip.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 92, illus. & descrip.)
WORKMAN BAG CO., Montmorency Street at Richardson Street, office and factory, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Feb. 1950, 134)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Beth Israel Jewish Synagogue, Cremazie Street, 1953 (Architecture Batiment Construction, viii, Feb. 1953, 24-27, illus.)
DORVAL, QUE., Dorval Gardens Shopping Centre, Dorval Avenue at Carson Avenue, 1954-55 (Architecture Batiment Construction, ix, November 1954, 28-31, 46-48, illus. & descrip.; Batiment, xxx, July 1955, 32-35, illus. & descrip.)
OTTAWA, ONT., Westgate Shopping Centre, Carling Avenue at Merivale Road, with Freiman Department Store and Steinberg Food Store, 1954-55 (Ottawa Journal, 14 Sept. 1954, 3; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxxii, November 1955, 418, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Wilderton Shopping Centre, Van Horne Avenue at Wilderton Avenue, 1960-61 (Architecture Batiment Construction, xv, December 1960, 385-92, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxxviii, March 1961, 42 and 52, illus.)