MacFARLANE, Henry Hepburn (fl. 1840-52), a native of Scotland who emigrated to Lower Canada in 1840 (Donald Whyte, A Dictionary fo Scottish Emigrants to Canada Before Confederation, 1986, Vol. 1, 223). He was an architect and surveyor in Montreal, and described himself as a 'Civil Engineer' when, in 1843, he submitted a design in the competition for Brock's Monument, Queenston, Ont. (OA, MU296, Design No. 7). His proposal for a tall cast iron shaft with a cupola and urn was not premiated, and the jury awarded the First Prize to Thomas Young. MacFarlane's drawings survive and can be found at the Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (Baldwin Room: Arch. Cabinet - Brock Monument).
In 1844, along with James Cane and Goodlate R. Browne, he formed the partnership of Cane, MacFarlane and Browne, but the relationship existed for less than three months, and after the departure of James Cane the new firm of MacFarlane & Browne was formed (Montreal Transcript, 2 March 1844, 2, advert.; 29 June 1844, 2, advert.). Their sophisticated neoclassical designs for the City Bank and the Odd Fellow's Hall became important landmarks in Montreal, but their attempt to win the competition for the design of the new headquarters building for the Bank of Montreal in 1845 was not successful (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Aug. 1845, 2, list of competitors; M. Denison, Canada's First Bank-The Bank of Montreal, 1967, ii, 20-1). Browne appears to have been responsible for most, if not all, of the architectural work in the firm until April of 1847 when the partnership was dissolved (Montreal Transcript, 12 April 1847, 2, advert.). MacFarlane moved to Lachine in 1846 and continued to practise as a surveyor until at least 1852 (Montreal City Directory, 1852, 165). He should not be confused with another architect, James S. McFarlane, who was also active in Montreal from 1842 until 1855.
H.H. MacFARLANE
NOTRE DAME STREET, two houses for Charles Tait, 1842 (ANQM, W. Ross, Notaire, 25 April 1842, No. 429, 433, 439, 474)
COTE VISITATION, a house for Hugh Scott, 1856 (dwgs. at ANQM, 254, dated 23 Sept. 1856)
MacFARLANE & BROWNE
ST. MARY STREET, two houses for Miss C. Malcolm, 1844 (ANQM, T.J. Pelton, Notaire, 16 May 1844, No. 1843)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, cottage for Capt. J.H. Maitland, 1844 (ANQM, T.J. Pelton, 1844, No. 1883)
CHAMPS DE MARS STREET, row of five houses for R. Unwin, 1844 (Montreal Transcript, 27 Aug. 1844, 2, t.c.)
FABRIQUE STREET, conversion of the Nelson Hotel into a theatre, perhaps the Olympic Theatre, 1844 (Montreal Transcript, 1 Oct. 1844, 2, t.c.)
BOUCHERVILLE ISLAND, cottage for Hon. John Molson, 1844 (Montreal Transcript, 1 Oct. 1844, 2, t.c.)
PUBLIC THEATRE, for Mrs. G. Jones and others, perhaps The Olympic Theatre cited above, 1844 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 Oct. 1844, 2)
SPALDING NORTH AMERICAN CIRCUS, Vitre Street at Cote Street, 1844 (Montreal Transcript, 25 Oct. 1844, 2, t.c.)
ODD FELLOW'S HALL, Great St. James Street, 1845; later altered for new Nordheimer's Music Hall in 1859 (Montreal Transcript, 22 Feb. 1845, 3, t.c.; N. Bosworth, Hochelaga Depicta-Addenda, 1846, 22, descrip.; Pilot [Montreal], 4 Aug. 1859, 2)
CITY BANK, Place d'Armes, begun by Cane, MacFarlane & Browne, 1844; completed by MacFarlane & Browne, 1845 (Gazette [Montreal], 27 May 1845, 2, illus. & descrip.)
LACHINE, QUE., manse for St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, St. Joseph Boulevard, 1845 (list of works in Quebec Mercury, 12 Dec. 1848, 2)
LAPRAIRIE, QUE., Scotch Presbyterian Church, c. 1845 (list of works in Quebec Mercury, 12 Dec. 1848, 2)
BARCLAY STREET, row of seven houses for R. Kirkup, 1845 (ANQM, T.J. Pelton, Notaire, 17 July 1845, No. 2151, 2152)