Ross and Macdonald

, the firm originally operated as a partnership between George Allen Ross and David MacFarlane ("Ross and MacFarlane") from 1907 to 1912. MacFarlane retired in 1913, and Robert Henry Macdonald became a partner. The Ross and Macdonald name was used until 1944.

George Allen Ross

Ross (1879-1946) was born in Montreal, and later studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Ross was apprenticed to Brown, MacVicar & Heriot in Montreal, and later become a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway. He also did work with Parker & Thomas in Boston and Carrere & Hastings in New York before partnering with MacFarlane in Montreal.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, becoming an Associate in 1904 and a Fellow in 1913.

Robert Henry Macdonald

Macdonald (1875-1942) was born in Melbourne, Australia. He articled to Richard B. Whitaker, M.S.A. of Melbourne, and became a junior draftsman to Robert Findlay in Montreal in 1895. After positions as a draftsman for George B. Post starting in 1903, a senior draftsman with Crighton & McKay in Wellington, New Zealand in 1905, and head draftsman with W.W. Bosworth in New York in 1906, Macdonald joined Ross and MacFarlane in Montreal as a junior partner and draftsman in 1907. He ultimately became a partner of the firm in 1912.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He served as president of the Quebec Association of Architects in 1939, and was a recipient of the association's Award of Merit.

Important works of the firm

Commercial Buildings:
* Complexe Les Ailes, Montreal, 1925-27 (Former Eaton's department store)
* Holt Renfrew Store, Montreal, 1937
* College Park, Toronto, 1928-30 (Former Eaton's department store)(with Sproatt and Rolph)
** ( [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/architecture/record_eatons.htm Archives of Ontario - Eaton's College Street] )
* Saskatoon Board of Education offices, Saskatoon, 1928-29 (Former Eaton's department store)
* Calgary Eaton's Store, Calgary, 1928-29 (demolished 1988, façade incorporated into Calgary Eaton Centre)
** ( [http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/calgary/historic_tours/corner/eat.htm Calgary Public Library - Eaton's Store] )
* Bank of Toronto branch (Guy St. and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1908

Hotels:
* Château Laurier Hotel, Ottawa, 1909-12 (with Bradford Lee Gilbert)
** ( [http://www.fairmont.com/FA/en/CDA/Home/Hotels/AboutHotel/CDHotelHistory/0,1142,nav%253D7%2526entity%25255Fvalue%253D100109%2526property%25255Fseq%253D100109%2526entity%25255Fkey%253Dproperty%25255Fseq,00.html History of the Fairmont Château Laurier] )
* Lord Elgin Hotel, Ottawa, 1940-41
* Royal York Hotel, Toronto, 1927-29 (with Sproatt and Rolph)
** ( [http://www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/page_attachments/Library/1/1785874_Royal_York_ENG.pdf#search='Royal%20York%20Hotel%20was%20built%20by' Royal York Hotel] )
* Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, 1910-14
* Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, 1926-27
* Hotel Macdonald, Edmonton, 1912-14
* Les Cours Mont-Royal, Montreal, 1920-24 (Former Mount Royal Hotel, now a shopping mall)

Public Buildings:
* Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, (Former Ottawa Union Station)
** ( [http://www.heritageottawa.org/english/features/unionstation-f.htm The Architecture of Ottawa's Union Station] )
* Union Station, Toronto (with Hugh G. Jones, John Lyle)
** ( [http://www.toronto.ca/culture/pdf/484-050506-Carr.pdf Toronto Union Station - Heritage Character Analysis] )

Office Buildings:
* Architects' Building, Montreal, 1929-34 (demolished)
* Confederation Building (McGill College Ave. and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1927-28
* Castle Building (Stanley Street and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1924-27
* Dominion Square (Peel Street and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal, 1928-40
* Montreal Star Building (St. Jacques St.), Montreal, 1926-31
* Royal Bank Building (Yonge Street and King Street East), Toronto, 1913-15
* Édifice Price (Sainte-Anne street), Quebec City, 1929-1930.

;Residential
*Le Chateau Apartments,(Sherbrooke and De La Montagne) Montreal, 1926

Other:
* The Hydrostone, Halifax, 1918
* Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 1931-32

External links

* [http://www.erudit.org/livre/lachapellej/2001/index.htm Le fantasme métropolitain : l'architecture de Ross et Macdonald : bureaux, magasins et hôtels 1905‑1942] (In French)
* [http://www.magma.ca/~djeanes/architects/RossGA.html Ross career summary]
* [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/biotxt/bio07.htm Ross bio, McGill University]
* [http://www.magma.ca/~djeanes/architects/Macdonald.html Macdonald career summary]
* [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/biotxt/bio07.htm Macdonald bio, McGill University]
* [http://www.imtl.org/montreal/search.php?kind=1&vsearch=1&name=&floor=&floormax=&location=&borough=0&year=&yearmax=&subType=0&architect=Ross+et+MacDonald&sub=Search&TYPE=&interval=10&resume=2&sortBy=YEAR&sortType=DESC Photos of Ross and MacDonald buildings in Montreal]