Watson Foster Co. Ltd.

View, looking south-west the...
View, looking south-west the intersection of rue Ontario and ave. Desjardins(1999)
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View, looking north-west, along...
View, looking north-west, along ave. Desjardins (1999)
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Looking north from boul....
Looking north from boul. Pie IX and rue Ontario (1999)
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Illustration of company factory...
Illustration of company factory (1903); from Ernest Chambers, The Book of Montreal: a Souvenir of Canada's Commercial Metropolis (Montreal: Book of Montreal, 1903), 264.
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Company advertisement from 1907;...
Company advertisement from 1907; from Montreal: The Commercial Metropolis of Canada and the History of the Gazette 1778-1907 (Montreal: Gazette Printing, 1907), 189.
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Title:
Watson Foster Co. Ltd.
Address:
4115 rue Ontario est
Type of Building:
factory
Architect:
Hutchison, Alexander Cowper
Building Materials:
stone foundation; brick
Date Construction Began:
1896
Date Construction Completed:
1897
Notes:
The building was originally used as a wallpaper factory.
Sources:
l’atelier d’histoire Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Inc. Evolution de l’architecture industrielle. Un quartier-type: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Montréal: l’atelier d’histoire Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Inc., 1982. : 6
Visuals: exterior photo.

Linteau, Paul-André. Maisonneuve: Comment des promoteurs fabriquent une ville. Montréal: Boréal Express, 1981. : 116-118
Visuals: exterior photo.
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Watson Foster Co. Ltd.", Industrial Architecture of Montreal, McGill Libraries
Reference Link:
https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/items/in016.html