Sherwin-Williams Company Limited
- Title:
- Sherwin-Williams Company Limited
- Address:
- 2855 rue Centre
- Type of Building:
- industrial complex
- Architectural Firm or Partnership:
- MacVicar & Heriot
- Building Materials:
- red brick; stone foundation
- Date Construction Completed:
- 1903
- Date(s) of Alteration:
- 1925, 1930,1937,1942,1946,1947,1965-67,1974, 1997
- Notes:
- Renovated in 1997 for residential use. The majority of the original buildings in complex have been demolished.
- Sources:
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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
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Sherwin-Williams Company Limited", Industrial Architecture of Montreal, McGill Libraries
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/items/in004.html