IN004 |
| Sherwin-Williams Company Limited |
2855, rue Centre;
| Firm/Partnership: |
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MacVicar & Heriot |
| Building Type: |
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industrial complex |
| Materials: |
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red brick, stone foundation |
| Completed: |
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1903 |
| Alterations: |
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1925, 1930,1937,1942,1946,1947,1965-67,1974, 1997 |
| Alteration Architect: |
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T. Pringle & Son, engineers (1925); Ross & Macdonald (1930, 1937, 1942) Michel Letourneau (1997) |
| Note: |
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Renovated in 1997 for residential use. The majority of the original buildings in complex have been demolished. |
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| Looking south from the intersection of Atwater Ave. and rue Centre (1999) |
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| Company advertisement from 1932; Montreal, the Metropolis of Canada: A Comprehensive Record of the Growth and Development of the Canadian Metropolis (Montreal: Montreal Industrial Commission, 1932), 43. |
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"Factory Transformed." . Montreal Gazette, 4 Sept. 1997: A4
Archemi. Inventaire et évaluation des ressources culturelles Canal de Lachine. Montréal: Parcs Canada, 1995. .
Location: Centre de documentation. Parcs Canada- secteur de Lachine.
Visuals: exterior photo.
Faucher et al. Canal de Lachine et ses abords: Étude de zone prioritaire sur la mise en valeur du patrimoine. Montréal: Ville de Montréal, Service de l'habitation et du developpement urbain, 1991. .
Visuals: exterior photo.
Rose, David. Guide du fonds Ross & Macdonald/ Guide and Inventory to the Ross & Macdonald Archive. Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1991. : 218-220, 251
Note: Describes the plans and drawings for a linseed oil mill (1937) and a proposed extension to the Sherwin Williams plant (1943). Drawings held at Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Sijpkes, Pieter. "Skeletons of defunct buildings like paleontologists' fossils; Relics of another era worth recycling." . Montreal Gazette, 3 Sept. 1994: H6
Visuals: exterior photo.
Whittaker, Stephanie. "Industrial area reborn as residential community." . Montreal Gazette, 24 Oct. 1998: E1
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