DAVIS, Huntly Ward (1875-1952), partner in the Montreal firm of Hogle & Davis, was born in Montreal on 22 October 1875 and studied architecture in Boston at the Massachusetts Inst. of Technology where he graduated in 1898. He returned to Montreal and articled in the office of Sir Andrew T. Taylor, and there met his future professional partner Morley Hogle. Before Taylor returned to England in 1904 he invited both of his junior associates to become partners in the firm of Taylor, Hogle & Davis. Much of the design work by that firm from 1904 onward can be attributed solely to Hogle & Davis, who were retained by the Merchants Bank of Canada to design branches for the bank in six provinces. Their collaboration would have extended for many years had it not been for the sudden death of Hogle in January 1920. Davis then commenced practice in Montreal under his own name and he '...allied himself with that small group of young architects who saw beyond the ornate fashion of the day and consistently designed quiet, dignified town houses, country homes, banks and institutes of higher learning, always in the tradition of fine craftsmanship and classical proportion' (comments from Norton A. Fellowes, in the R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, Dec. 1952, 369). Davis died at Ste. Marguerite, Que. on 12 October 1952 (obit. Gazette [Montreal], 13 Oct. 1952, 14; obit. & port. Montreal Daily Star, 14 Oct. 1952, 8; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, Dec. 1952, 369; biog. in W.H. Atherton, Montreal from 1535 to 1914, iii, 103)
(works in Montreal unless noted)
MARCIL TRUST CO., St. James Street, major addition, 1921 (C..R., xxxv, 12 Oct. 1921, 47)
OUTREMONT, residence for Archibald W. Collard, Joyce Avenue, 1922 (C..R., xxxvi, 7 June 1922, 56)
SOBIE SILK SHOP, Ste. Catherine Street West, c. 1925 (Architectural Forum [New York], xliii, Aug. 1925, 106-07, illus.)
DARWIN'S SHOP, Ste. Catherine Street West, c. 1925 (Architectural Forum [New York], xliii, Aug. 1925, 106-07, illus.)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, near Guy Street, apartment block for Stanley Bagg Corp., 1926 (Montreal, Les appartements, 1991, 326-8, illus.)
FRASER INSTITUTE PUBLIC LIBRARY, Dorchester Street West near Union Street, 1928 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, March 1928, xxix)
BANK OF TORONTO, Sherbrooke Street West at Melrose Avenue, 1928 (C..R., xlii, 11 Jan. 1928, 50)
HAMILTON, ONT., Bank of Toronto, James Street South near Main Street East, 1929 (dwgs. at OA, MacDonnell Coll., Acc. 13834)
GREENFIELD PARK, a new Parish Hall for St. Paul's Anglican Church, Empire Street, 1929 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 May 1929, 4, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
BANK OF TORONTO, Peel Street, south of Ste. Catherine Street West, extensive alterations and new facade on the site of the former Henry Marks Store, 1929-30 (Gazette [Montreal], 18 Oct. 1929, 4, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Cedar Avenue, major addition, 1930-31; demol. (Montreal Daily Star, 2 Jan. 1930, 3; C.R., xliv, 12 Feb. 1930, 54; Const., xxiv, June 1931, 193-203, illus. & descrip.; xxvi, May-June 1933, 69, 71-2, illus. & descrip.)
MONTREAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, St. Antoine Street at Guy Street, major alterations and extension, 1931 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1932, 2, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ST. PAUL'S MASONIC LODGE, MacKay Street near Ste. Catherine Street West, extensive interior alterations, 1933 (Gazette [Montreal], 25 March 1933, 5)
LACOLLE, QUE., additions and alterations to country house for H. McCulloch, 1933 (Const., xxvi, May-June 1933, 72-4, illus. & descrip.)
CUSHING, QUE., residence for Dr. H.B. Cushing, c. 1933 (Const., xxvi, May-June 1933, 70-2, illus. & descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., Church of St. Andrew & St. Paul, Sherbrooke Street West at Redpath Street, 1929. Huntley W. Davis was one of twelve Montreal architectural firms invited to submit an entry (R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Dec. 1929, 442-3, illus.). His proposal was set aside in favour of the modern Gothic design by Harold L. Fetherstonhaugh, who was declared the winner.