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Hugh Griffith Jones
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CA CAC 19
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(1872-1947)
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Hugh Griffith Jones (1872-1947) was born in Randolph, Wisconsin. He studied architecture at the University of Wisconsin and with G.E. Bertrand of Minneapolis and at the University of Minnesota. He practiced architecture in Chicago and later in New York and in 1908 moved to Montreal and assumed the post of assistant chief architect for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for which he designed a number of railway hotels and stations.
The Montreal Windsor Station extension was his first important commission in Canada. During the 1920s Jones worked on the Montreal Terminal development, as well as on the design for Union Station in Toronto. His outstanding achievement was a redevelopment plan for the downtown core of Montréal on property owned by the Canadian National Railways; the plan occupied his interest 1923-32 but was thwarted by the world financial slump.
While the majority of Jones' work involved railway companies and stations, he also designed churches and public buildings in Montreal, Dominion-Douglas United Church, Roslyn Avenue, Westmount, 1925- 27 being one of them.
Besides enjoying a successful private practice, Jones received wide recognition for his watercolours and oils, examples of which are in the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.
Custodial history
Mrs. Jones donated drawings, photographs and a model of the Montreal Central Station, as well as drawings of a large church in Westmount, to the CAC.
Mme Jones a remis à la CAC des dessins, des photographies et une maquette de la Gare centrale de Montréal de même que des dessins d'une grande église située à Westmount.
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"Architectural Drawings, 1908-47."
1.CNR Headquarters Office & Garage building Montreal [CNR MONTREAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL]*
2.Hotel (John Scofield)[CNR MONTREAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL]
3.International aviation Building [CNR MONTREAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL]
4.Queen Elizabeth Hotel [CNR MONTREAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL]
5.Winnipeg City Hall Competition
6.Chicago Tribune Competition
7.Molson Bank Building
- Piazza San Marco [photograph]
- Watercolors (2)
- Presentation Panel
- Proposal Office Tower Canadian National Railway
- Musee de Lausanne (concours d’architecture)*
- Sunlife Assurance Building*
- CPR Dining cars interior, 1912
- Toronto Union Stations, Ontario, 1917
- CPR Station & Office Building, Moose Jaw, SK 1921
- Canadian National Railway, St-John Terminals, NB, 1921
- Residence for C.B. Brown, Montreal, Quebec, 1928*
- Residence for the Ottawa Evening Citizen, Ontario, 1936
- Residence for Dr. John Puddicombe, Ottawa, Ontario, 1936
- Lion’s Gate Bridge, Vancouver BC, 1937
- St-Johns Presbyterian Church, Moncton, New-Brunswick
- Proposed Golf Club Manoir Richelieu, Quebec
- Fulford Home for Aged Women, Brockville, Ontario*
- Miscellaneous drawings
*Drawings signed by John Wood
"Dessins architecturaux, 1908-1947, 9 dessins." - Six dessins du fonds se rapportent à un projet de tour à bureaux pour la société Canadien National, boulevard René-Lévesque; les autres sont des perspectives non identifiées ainsi qu'un dessin de la Piazza San Marco à Venise. Il y a en outre des dessins de la Gare centrale de Montréal ainsi que d'une église à Westmount.
"Photographie, s.d., 1 photo." Le fonds contient une photo de la Piazza San Marco à Venise. E y a aussi des photos de la Gare centrale de Montréal.
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Hugh Griffith Jones (1872-1947) was born in Randolph, WI; he studied at the University of Minnesota and practised architecture in Chicago and later in New York. In 1908 he moved to Montreal and assumed the post of assistant chief architect for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for which he designed a number of railway hotels and stations. The Montreal Windsor Station extension was his first important commission in Canada. During the 1920s Jones worked on the Montreal Terminal development, as well as on the design for Union Station in Toronto, in collaboration with John MacIntosh Lyle (1872-1945). While the majority of Jones' work involved railway companies and stations, he also designed churches and public buildings in Montreal.
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Hugh Griffith Jones (1872-1947) est né à Randolph (Wisconsin); il a étudié à l'Université du Minnesota et a exercé l'architecture à Chicago et plus tard à New York. En 1908, il s'est installé à Montréal et exercé les fonctions d'adjoint au premier architecte de la société Canadien Pacifique pour le compte de laquelle il a dessiné bon nombre d'hôtels et de gares. L'annexe à la gare Windsor de Montréal a été son premier projet d'importance au Canada. Au cours des années 20, Jones a travaillé au projet de la Garre centrale de Montréal de même que sur les plans de la gare Union de Toronto, en collaboration avec Joli Maclntosh Lyle (1872-1945). Si Jones a surtout réalisé des gares et divers autres travaux pour le compte de sociétés ferroviaires, il a aussi dessiné des églises et des immeubles publics à Montréal.
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98
Wikidata Identifier
Q71844254
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q71844254