DUMFRIES, Frederick (1871-1941), a British-born architect who arrived in Montreal, Quebec in 1907 and practiced there for the duration of his career. Born in Brighton, England on 13 September 1871, he was educated in public schools as well as in art schools there, and later articled with a leading architect in Brighton. He moved to Shanghai where he worked as an architect for four years, and spent three years in Johannesburg, South Africa in the profession. He also served with British Forces during the Boxer Rebellion in Shanghai, China, and during the Boer War in South Africa before emigrating to Canada.
Many of his commissions in Montreal were for local branches of the Montreal City & District Savings Bank, and he may have served as their staff architect for more than a decade. Dumfries died in Montreal on 22 March 1941 (obituary Montreal Daily Star, 24 March 1941, 18; obit. Montreal Gazette, 24 March 1941, 14; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, Dec. 1941, 209)
(works in Montreal)
MONTREAL CITY & DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK, St. Denis Street at Rachel Street, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 18 April 1928, 70)
LESCADRE BUILDING, Ste. Catherine Street East at Darling Street, new façade on ground floor, 1928 (City of Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 259-61, illus.)
(with A.H. Lapierre) MONTREAL CITY & DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK, Park Avenue, 1929 (City of Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 54-55, illus.)
MONTREAL CITY & DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK, St. Lawrence Boulevard, south of Mount Royal Street, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 16 Aug. 1933, 34; City of Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 64-65, illus.)
OUTREMONT, large addition to residence for Gaspe Beaubien, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1934 (Outrement b.p. 2958, 8 Aug. 1934)
MONTREAL CITY & DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK, Delormier Avenue at Beaubien Street, 1937 (Montreal Daily Star, 6 Jan. 1937, 22; C.R., vol. 50, 12 May 1937, 37)
MONTREAL CITY & DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK, Decarie Boulevard near Queen Mary Road, 1939-40 (Montreal Daily Star, 27 Oct. 1939, 34, detailed descrip.; Gazette (Montreal), 30 March 1940, 23. Illus.)