Ross and Macdonald
Ross and Macdonald was one of Canada's most notable architecture firms in the early 20th century. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the firm originally operated as a partnership between George Allen Ross and David MacFarlane from 1907 to 1912. MacFarlane withdrew from the firm in 1912, and Robert Henry Macdonald became a partner.
The Ross and Macdonald name was used until 1944, after which it became Ross & Ross, Architects, when John Kenneth Ross joined his father as partner. Following George Allen Ross's death in 1946, the firm continued as Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan. By 1970, the firm was known as Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett. Since 2006, it has operated as DFS Inc. Architecture & Design.
George Allen Ross
Ross was born in Montreal, and later studied at the High School of Montreal, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.Ross was apprenticed to Brown, MacVicar & Heriot in Montreal, and later become a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway. He also did work with Parker & Thomas in Boston and Carrere & Hastings in New York before partnering with MacFarlane in Montreal.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, becoming an Associate in 1904 and a Fellow in 1913.
Robert Henry Macdonald
Macdonald was born in Melbourne, Australia. He articled to Richard B. Whitaker, M.S.A. of Melbourne, and became a junior draftsman to Robert Findlay in Montreal in 1895. After positions as a draftsman for George B. Post starting in 1903, a senior draftsman with Crighton & McKay in Wellington, New Zealand in 1905, and head draftsman with W.W. Bosworth in New York in 1906, Macdonald joined Ross and MacFarlane in Montreal as a junior partner and draftsman in 1907. He ultimately became a partner of the firm in 1912.He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He served as president of the Quebec Association of Architects in 1939, and was a recipient of the association's Award of Merit.
Important works
| Name of Building | Type | Location | Construction period | Image | Notes |
| Bank of Toronto branch | Commercial | Guy St. and St. Catherine St. W.), Montreal | 1908 | As Ross and MacFarlene. | |
| Complexe Les Ailes | Commercial | Montreal | 1925-27 | Former Eaton's department store. | |
| Saskatoon Board of Education offices | Commercial | Saskatoon | 1928-29 | Former Eaton's department store. | |
| Former Eaton's Store | Commercial | Calgary | 1928-29 | Main structure demolished 1988, partial façade incorporated into Calgary Eaton Centre. | |
| Dominion Square Building | Commercial | Montreal | 1928–1930 | ||
| College Park, Toronto | Commercial | Toronto | 1928-30 | Former Eaton's department store - with Sproatt and Rolph. | |
| Holt Renfrew Montreal | Commercials | 1300 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal | 1937 | Holt Renfrew closed in 2020, moved with nearby Ogilvy's store on St.Catherine Street. Building converted as residential building called Le Château Apartments. | |
| Château Laurier Hotel | Hotel | Ottawa | 1909-12 | As Ross and MacFarlene with Bradford Lee Gilbert. | |
| Lord Elgin Hotel | Hotel | Ottawa | 1940–41 | ||
| Royal York Hotel | Hotel | Toronto | 1927-29 | With Sproatt and Rolph | |
| Fort Garry Hotel | Hotel | Winnipeg | 1910–14 | As Ross and MacFarlene. | |
| Hotel Saskatchewan | Hotel | Regina | 1926–27 | Used beams from the incomplete Chateau Qu'Appelle also designed by Ross and Macdonald. | |
| Hotel Macdonald | Hotel | Edmonton | 1912–14 | As Ross and MacFarlene. | |
| Les Cours Mont-Royal | Hotel | Montreal | 1920-24 | ||
| Senate of Canada Building | Public building | Ottawa | 1911-1912 | 150px | As Ross and MacFarlene designed building, formerly as Ottawa Union Station and later as Government Conference Centre. Now as temporary home of Senate. |
| Union Station | Public building | Toronto | 1914-1920 | With Hugh G. Jones, John Lyle | |
| Architects' Building | Office building | Montreal | 1929-34 | demolished | |
| Confederation Building | Office building | Montreal | 1927–28 | ||
| Castle Building | Office building | Montreal | 1924–27 | ||
| Dominion Square Building | Office building | Montreal | 1928–40 | ||
| Montreal Star Building | Office building | Montreal | 1926–31 | ||
| Royal Bank Building | Office building | Toronto | 1913–15 | ||
| Édifice Price | Office building | Quebec City | 1929–1930 | ||
| Medical Arts Building | Office building | Montreal | 1922 | ||
| Le Chateau Apartments, | Residential | Montreal | 1926 | ||
| The Gleneagles, | Residential | Montreal | 1929 | ||
| Central Technical School | High School | Toronto | 1915 | ||
| The Hydrostone | Commercial | Halifax | 1918 | ||
| Maple Leaf Gardens | Hockey arena | Toronto | 1931–32 |