COOKE, Arthur J. (1863-1903) was born in London, England and articled in the London office of Sir Andrew T. Taylor. When Taylor came to Montreal in 1883 he brought Cooke, his young assistant, who continued to work for him until 1885. Cooke then spent six years in the office of W.M. Walbank and commenced his own practice in St. Lambert, on the south side of the St. Lawrence River, in 1891. He was '...well known especially in Westmount, where he had built [and presumably designed] upwards of one hundred houses'. Cook died unexpectedly on 23 February 1903 at the age of 40 years (obit. Gazette [Montreal], 25 Feb. 1903, 10; C.A.B., xvi, March 1903, 60)
A.J. COOKE (works in St. Lambert, Que.)
VICTORIA AVENUE, two houses for G.W. Dawson, 1891; still standing in 2023 at 581-585 Victoria Avenue at Woodstock Street (C.R., ii, 25 July 1891, 3; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
LORNE AVENUE, house for Thomas H. Lightbound, 1891; still standing in 2023 at 27 Lorne Avenue, but significantly altered, with additions at rear (C.R., ii, 25 July 1891, 3; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
LORNE AVENUE, house for George W. Adams, 1891; still standing in 2023 at 23 Lorne Avenue (C.R., ii, 25 July 1891, 3; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
LORNE AVENUE, house for Mayor A.J. Whimbey, 1891; still standing in 2023 at 58-62 Lorne Avenue at Aberdeen Street (C.R., ii, 25 July 1891, 3; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
UPPER EDISON STREET, near Victoria Avenue, residence for Robert Terroux, 1891; still standing in 2023 at 15-17 Upper Edison Street (Historic Architecture of St. Lambert, 1980, 17; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
ST. BARNABAS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Elm Street at Lorne Avenue, major addition, 1891; still standing in 2023, but in a ruinous state (Gazette [Montreal], 26 Sept. 1896, 8, article on the history of the church; Historic Architecture of St. Lambert, 1980, 16; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
LORNE AVENUE (now Victoria Avenue), near Edison Avenue, two houses for Mrs. Mary MacKay, at 915-917 Victoria Avenue, 1895; still standing in 2023 (C.R., v, 10 Jan. 1895, 2; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
VICTORIA AVENUE, near Reid Street, house for Mayor Joseph Horsfall, 1895; still standing in 2023 at 946 Victoria Avenue, and recently restored (C.R., v, 10 Jan. 1895, 2; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
LAPRAIRIE ROAD [now Riverside Drive], or on Hickson Avenue, house for J.W. Hill, 1895; possibly demolished after 1950 (C.R., v, 10 Jan. 1895, 2; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
A.J. COOKE (works in Westmount)
WESTMOUNT METHODIST CHURCH, Landsdowne Avenue at Western Avenue, 1895 (C.R., vi, 14 March 1895, 2)
MELBOURNE AVENUE, house for Howard Ransom, 1895 (C.R., vi, 23 May 1895, 2)
unnamed street, residence for Archibald McGowan, 1896 (C.R., vii, 5 March 1896, 3)
COLUMBIA AVENUE, pair of houses for John Creed, 1896 (C.R., vii, 23 July 1896, 2)
COLUMBIA AVENUE, eight houses for W.F. Borland, 1896-97 (C.R., vii, 5 Nov. 1896, 3)
WESTERN AVENUE, six houses for W.F. Borland, 1896-97 (C.R., vii, 5 Nov. 1896, 3)
LANSDOWNE AVENUE, at Sherbrooke Street West, two houses for Bacon & Scott, 1896-97 (C.R., vii, 5 Nov. 1896, 3)
ROSEMOUNT AVENUE, residence for Lucius H. Packard, 1897 (C.R., viii, 20 May 1897, 3)
METCALFE AVENUE, four houses for James C. McCormick, 1897-98 (C.R., viii, 25 Nov. 1897, 5)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, near St. Mark Street, residence for Thomas Jordan, 1898 (Le Prix Courant, xxii, Week No. 17, June 1898)
ST. MATTHAIS ANGLICAN CHURCH, Churchill Avenue, major additions, 1900 (Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 15 Feb. 1900, 105, descrip.)
WESTERN AVENUE, at Lansdowne Avenue, residence for J.H. Sherrard, 1901 (C.R., xi, 30 Jan. 1901, 3)
ELM AVENUE, two houses for T.H. Christmas, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, near Weredale Park, two houses for Walter Grose, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4, t.c.)
BRUCE AVENUE, residence for John McD. Hains, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
COTE ST. ANTOINE ROAD, residence for William E. Broome, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
ROSLYN AVENUE, residence for George M. Webster, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
ROSLYN AVENUE, residence for A.R. Whittal, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
COLUMBIA AVENUE, three houses for William Rutherford, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
ARLINGTON AVENUE, two houses for William McMaster, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 4 June 1902, 2, t.c.)
A.J. COOKE (works in Montreal)
WELLINGTON STREET, two houses for Alderman Edwin Thompson, 1895 (C.R., vi, 18 April 1895, 2, t.c.)
PROSPECT AVENUE, eight houses for W.F. Borland, 1895 (C.R., vi, 10 Oct. 1895, 3)
CONCORD STREET, seven houses for the Proctor Estate, 1895 (C.R., vi, 10 Oct. 1895, 3)
PRINCE ARTHUR STREET, addition and alterations to building for Joseph B. Clearihue, 1895 (C.R., vi, 7 Nov. 1895, 3)
UPPER STANLEY STREET, additional flats for James Davidson, 1896 (C.R., vii, 23 July 1896, 2)
DORCHSTER STREET WEST, residence for Dr. Thomas P. Shaw, 1897 (C.R., viii, 20 May 1897, 3)
SUMMERHILL AVENUE, residence for H.W. Walker, 1900 (C.R., xi, 13 June 1900, 3)
POINT ST. CHARLES BAPTIST CHURCH, Wellington Street at Liverpool Street, 1900 (C.R., xi, 10 June 1900, 3; Montreal Daily Star, 11 June 1900, 11, illus. & descrip.; and 24 Nov. 1900, 17, illus. & descrip.; and 3 May 1902, illus. & descrip.; H. Bergevin, Eglises Protestantes, 1981, 91, illus.)
ST. GEORGE'S CLUB OUTDOOR ARCH, Dominion Square, for the visit of the Duke & Duchess of York, designed "...in the Baronial style", 1901 (Montreal Daily Star, 26 Aug. 1901, 12, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 19 Sept. 1901, 5, descrip.)
GOULD COLD STORAGE CO., Grey Nuns Street, warehouse, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
ST. FAMILLE STREET, near Pine Avenue, four houses for J.G. Kennedy, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 19 March 1902, 4)
PINE AVENUE, residence for H. Reinhardt, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 18 June 1902, 6)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Cote des Neiges Hill, major addition to residence for R. Stanley Bagg, 1902-03 (C.R., xiii, 12 Nov. 1902, 6)
PRINCE ALBERT AVENUE, bakery for Dent Harrison, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 26 Nov. 1902, 4)
A.J. COOKE (works elsewhere)
CHATEAUGUAY, QUE., 'Woodlands', a residence for W.G. Ross, 1895; two summer pavilions, 1896; major addition, 1899 (C.R., vi, 12 Sept. 1895, 3; and vii, 23 July 1896, 3; and x, 12 April 1899, 6)
DIXIE, QUE., 'Summerlea', a residence for Dr. Arthur L. Smith, 1895 (C.R., vi, 10 Oct. 1895, 2)