PERRIN, Winfield Monroe (1868-1956) was born in Rochester, N.Y. on 4 April 1868 and was active there from 1885 onward. He moved to Montreal in 1891 and opened his own office. The following year he submitted an entry in the competition for the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria (M. Segger, The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, 1979, 83), but his scheme was not among the finalists. His practice included preparation of designs for a variety of institutional and ecclesiastical structures, but he was '....especially prominent in connection with residential work' (Gazette [Montreal], 5 June 1897, 15, with list of works). No references to his activities has been found after 1904. He is likely the same "Winfield Monroe Perrin " who died in Los Angeles, Calif. on 4 November 1956.
W.M. PERRIN (works in Montreal)
DOUGLAS METHODIST CHURCH, Ste. Catherine Street West at Chomedy Street, addition of a Sunday School, 1893 (Montreal Star, 25 March 1893, 3, descrip.; Christian Guardian [Toronto], 11 Oct. 1893, 644, descrip.)
PROTESTANT ORPHAN ASYLUM, Cote des Neiges Road at Summerhill Avenue, 1893; demol. c. 1960 (Montreal Star, 25 March 1893, 3, descrip.)
PINE AVENUE, residence for Mrs. G.A. Holland, 1894 (Le Prix Courant, xv, 19 Oct. 1894, 248)
CADIEUX STREET, near Lionais Street, residence for Dr. George Ross, c. 1897 (Gazette [Montreal], 5 June 1897, 15)
WESTMOUNT, 'Craigholme', a residence for Joshua Bell, 1897 (Gazette [Montreal], 5 June 1897, 15)
WESTMOUNT, two houses for Henderson Bishop, Columbia Avenue, 1899 (C.R., x, 28 June 1899, 5)
FRENCH METHODIST CHURCH, Delisle Street at Atwater Avenue, 1899 (C.R., x, 9 Aug. 1899, 3)
ST. PAUL STREET, major alterations to store for James Coristine, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxix, 20 July 1900, 250)