RODDEN, Richard Montgomery (1871-1965), son of Richard J. Rodden of Montreal, was born there on 1 January 1871 and educated in that city. He was employed as a draftsman in the office of Edward Maxwell in 1894-96 and was briefly in practise with Charles Saxe (see list of works under Saxe & Rodden). He opened his own office in Montreal in late 1897. Rodden joined the Prov. of Quebec Association of Architects on 13 September 1898 and was active until 1934. He later died in Montreal on 19 January 1965 (port. J.A. Cooper, Men of Canada, 1901-02, 152; inf. Mount Royal Cemetery)
R.M. RODDEN (works in Montreal)
POINT ST. CHARLES ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, Wellington Street at Sebastopol Street, 1897 (C.R., viii, 2 Sept. 1897, 4)
(with J. Cajetan Dufort) MONTREAL HOCKEY ARENA, for the Montreal Hockey Association, Ste. Catherine Street West at Wood Avenue, in Westmount, 1898; with major additions and expansion, 1908, including new spectator galleries, raising the roof, and expansion of the building (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Oct. 1898, 14; Winnipeg Tribune, 18 Oct. 1898, 5, illus. & descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 2 May 1908, 32, descrip.)
(with J. Cajetan Dufort ) NOTRE DAME STREET, tenement for the Estate of C.S. Rodier, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxix, 13 July 1900, 165)
ST. MAURICE STREET, near St. Henry Street, factory for William Ewing, 1901 (C.R., xii, 24 July 1901, 5)
STE. CATHERINE STREET, major alterations to store for A.B. Boas, 1901 (C.R., xiii, 14 May 1902, 8)
WESTMOUNT, residence for John Robinson, Roslyn Avenue, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 4 June 1902, 4; P. Lyall & Sons, Illustrations of Buildings, c. 1905, copy at the McCord Museum)
MOUNTAIN STREET, residence and stables for Alex McGarr, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 1 April 1903, 8)
D. CAMPBELL & SON, Brennan Street near Dalhousie Street, factory, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxv, 15 May 1903, 51)
H. KELLERT & SONS, St. James Street at St. Antoine Street, warehouse, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 37, 53)
CRESCENT STREET, residence for J.A. Pendergast, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 16, 52)
NORMAN DANCING ACADEMY & MUSIC HALL, Stanley Street at Cypress Street, at the rear of the Windsor Hotel, for Frank H. Norman, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 26 May 1905, 6, descrip.; C.R., xvi, 28 June 1905, 6)
STANLEY STREET, near Cypress Street, apartment block for Frank H. Norman, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 24, 62)
MULLINS STREET, factory for A.R. Whitall, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 30, 42)
CRESCENT TURKISH BATHS, Dorchester Street West, west of Drummond Street, 1906-07 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 Oct. 1906, 1, detailed descrip.; and 27 Oct. 1906, 15, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xvii, 31 Oct. 1906, 2)
AUDITORIUM CONCERT HALL, Berthelet Street, 1906-07 (Montreal Daily Star, 17 Nov. 1906, 14, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xvii, 28 Nov. 1906, 6)
GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, Mance Street at Prince Arthur Street, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 3 June 1908, 26)
MAISONNEUVE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Letourneux Avenue at Adam Street, 1908; burned January 1925 and rebuilt by Donald N. MacVicar in 1925-26 (C.R., xix, 13 May 1908, 19; Gazette [Montreal], 5 March 1925, 9; inf. Scott Edwards)
(with Thomas B. Daniel) MONTREAL ICE PALACE, beside Park Avenue, in Fletcher's Field, a commission won in a competition against 7 other architects, 1908; built in January 1909, in the "English Tudor Baronial style" (Gazette [Montreal], 25 Dec. 1908, 12, descrip.; and 15 Jan. 1909, 8, detailed descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 26 Dec. 1908, 24, detailed descrip.; Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 1908, 10, illus. & descrip.)
ARGYLE AVENUE, greenhouse conservatory for H.W. Dorken, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 14 April 1909, 21)
WESTMOUNT, two house for W.T. Rodden, Roslyn Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 11 Aug. 1909, 22)
WESTMOUNT, residence for M.K. Cowan, Belvedere Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 25 Aug. 1909, 21)
WESTMOUNT, three houses for Mr. Price, Winchester Avenue at Claremont Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 29 Sept. 1909, 23)
WESTMOUNT, four houses for John Stewart, Roslyn Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 17 Nov. 1909, 21)
WESTMOUNT, three houses for W.T. Castle & Son, Roslyn Avenue, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 Feb. 1910, 23)
COLUMBIA AVENUE, residence for Mrs. M.J. Pope, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 23, t.c.)
WESTMOUNT, Mount Royal Riding Academy, Hillside Avenue, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 24, t.c.; Montreal Standard, 25 June 1910, illus. & descrip.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for H.J. Allison, West Crescent Heights, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 6 Sept. 1911, 63)
WESTMOUNT, a rectory for St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Dorchester Boulevard West, at Atwater Avenue, located behind the church, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 31 July 1912, 74; inf. Scott Edwards)
LONGCHAMPS GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, Cote de Liesse Road, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 3 Oct. 1929, 64)
R.M. RODDEN (works elsewhere)
OTTAWA, ONT. indoor skating rink and concert hall, 1899 (Montreal Daily Star, 15 March 1899, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Citizen, 27 March 1899, 6, descrip.; C.R., x, 5 April 1899, 3, descrip.; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 19 April 1900, 8)
HUDSON HEIGHTS, QUE., farm buildings for Thomas B. Macaulay, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 18 June 1902, 2)
TORONTO, ONT., Indoor Ice Arena, Shuter Street at Mutual Street, 1907 (Toronto Daily Star, 21 March 1907, 13, detailed descrip.)
BEACONSFIELD, QUE., country house at Beaurepaire for George Hart, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 13 Oct. 1909, 22)
STE. AGATHE DES MONTS, QUE., residence for an unnamed owner, located at 150 Mount Alouette Street, near St. Jean Street, 1910; demol. 2021 (inf. and illus. on website for L'Evolution du Patrimoine bati et des paysages du Quebec [Evolution of Built Heritage and Quebec Landscapes, 2021; inf. Mr. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
CARTIERVILLE, QUE., a large horse racing track, for the Cartierville Jockey Club, 1922 (Montreal Daily Star, 15 May 1922, 22, descrip.)