Automobile Sales Building

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• Fonds: Ross & Macdonald fonds, 1902-1982
•    Series: Projects, 1902-1972
•      Project: Automobile Sales Building, 1925-1926

People

• Ross & Macdonald (creator)
• Ross & Macdonald (architectural firm)
• Saint Catherine Improvement Company (client)
• Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

Title

Automobile Sales Building

Dates of creation

1925-1926

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 52 drawings
• 0.02 l. m. of textual records
• 1 photograph

Scope and Content

File documents an executed project for an automobile showroom in Montréal, Québec. Material in this file was produced between 1925 and 1926.

File contains index cards, survey drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, a photograph, and textual documents.

Reference Number

AP013.S1.D104

Arrangement

Material in this series is not arranged.

Location

Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26771
  • Title: Site plans
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • drawings, measured

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 ink on linen, 1 blueprint

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26773
  • Title: Floor plans, elevation, office layouts, boiler flue, tea room
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  14 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawing
  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 12 graphite on tracing paper, 2 sepias

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26787
  • Title: Plans, elevations, sections
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  6 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 6 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26793
  • Title: Ramp, boiler room, garage layout, elevation details, spandrels, auto wash stand, entrance, store
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  12 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 12 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26805
  • Title: Masonry, metal work, carpentry, ceramic tile, plasterwork
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  13 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 13 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26818
  • Title: Mechanical and electrical plans, layout of tea room, kitchen and toilets
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  5 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • mechanical drawing (building system drawing)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 3 ink on linen, 2 graphite on tracing paper

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26824
  • Title: Building specifications, draft of engineering specifications
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l. m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH26826
  • Title: Lists of shop drawings
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l. m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: ARCH285306
  • Title: Automobile Sales Building, Saint Catherine St. facade and west elevation
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • S. J. Hayward (Firm) (photographer)
  • Ross & Macdonald (architectural firm)
  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 photograph

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver print

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 18 x 23.8 cm

  Location:

  Montréal Island of Montréal Québec Canada

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • ARCH26823
    • Automobile Sales Building, Saint Catherine St. facade and west elevation
    • Form: photographs
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