Industrial Architecture Montreal 
 
 

 

IN139

  Ames, Holden & Co.

43, Victoria Square;

Building Type: factory, assembly plant
Begun: before 1879
Demolished: 1930s?
Note: Boot & Shoe factory, fronting Victoria Square, corner of Jurors Street (Jurors was changed to de Vitré in 1927 which was renamed Viger in 1979).

 

Images:
Illustration (ca. 1891) of building exterior; from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 40.
Interior illustration (ca. 1891) of the cutting room; from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 40.
Illustration (ca. 1891) of the fitting room; from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 40.
Illustration (ca. 1891) showing an interior view of the sole leather room; from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 40.
Interior illustration (ca. 1891) of the bottoming room; from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 40.
Interior Illustration (ca. 1891); from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 41.
Interior Illustration (ca. 1891); from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 41.

Sources:

Special number of the Dominion Illustrated devoted to Montreal, the Commercial Metropolis of Canada. Montréal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co., 1891. : 40-41
Visuals: interior renderings.

Montreal, The Metropolis of Canada, Illustrated. Montréal: Consolidated Illustrating, 1894. : 113
Location: Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. McGill University Library.
Visuals: exterior photo.

Choko, Marc H. The Major Squares of Montreal. Translated by Kathe Roth. Montréal: Meridian Press, 1990. : 82, 91

 

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