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Jones, Hugh Griffith, 1872-1947
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Dates of existence
1872-1947
History
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.