George Allen Ross (October 24, 1878 – January 21, 1946) was a Canadian architect, for many years senior partner in the important Montreal firm of Ross and Macdonald.
George Allen Ross | |
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| Born | October 24, 1878 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | January 21, 1946 (aged 67) Montreal, Quebec |
| Resting place | Mount Royal Cemetery |
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| Occupation | Architect |
Life
editBorn in Montreal on October 24, 1878, Ross was educated at the High School of Montreal, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1][2]
After returning from Paris, Ross was apprenticed to Brown, MacVicar, & Heriot in Montreal and later become a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway. He also worked for Parker & Thomas in Boston and Carrere & Hastings in New York City, then in 1907 went into partnership in Montreal with David MacFarlane as Ross and MacFarlane. When MacFarlane withdrew from the firm in 1912, Ross established a new partnership with Robert Henry Macdonald called Ross and Macdonald.[3]
Honours
edit- Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
- Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1904
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1913
- President of the Quebec Association of Architects
Notable buildings
editReferences
edit- ^ Antonia Brodie, ed., Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) (A. & C. Black, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001), p. 504
- ^ Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time, Volumes 6-7. International Press Limited. 1914. p. 252. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ David Rose, Geoffrey Simmons, Ross & Macdonald in The Canadian Encyclopedia online (December 2013), accessed January 7, 2018
- ^ "George Ross Dies at 67". Windsor Star. January 22, 1946. p. 11. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- Ross, George Allen ~ career outline at magma.ca
- Le fantasme métropolitain : l'architecture de Ross et Macdonald : bureaux, magasins et hôtels 1905‑1942
- George Allen Ross, Biography at mcgill.ca (McGill University)