1253 McGill College Avenue (french: 1253 avenue McGill College) is an office building in

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, Canada. It is located on the corner of

McGill College Avenue McGill College Avenue (officially in french: avenue McGill College) is a street in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Named for McGill University, the street was widened in the 1980s and transformed into a scenic avenue with McGill's Roddick Gates ...

and Saint Catherine Street West in

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. It was formerly known as the Confederation Building. It is currently owned by

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. It is 11 stories tall, the first two floors are retail space while the top nine floors are offices. 1253 McGill College Avenue was designed in 1923 by Montreal architecture firm

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 (known as Ross and MacFar ...

and was completed in 1927. The first three stories of the exterior of the building along Saint Catherine and McGill College (from ground level to the second stringcourse), apart from its two corner entrances, retain their original

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cladding, as does the entire elevation along Cathcart Street. The cladding above the second stringcourse along the building's north and west elevations (Saint Catherine and McGill College, respectively) were completely replaced by prefabricated concrete panels emulating the original units between 2012 and 2014. The building's architecture is considered to be Neoclassical.

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Office buildings in Montreal Downtown Montreal Limestone buildings Neoclassical architecture in Canada Office buildings completed in 1927 Ross and Macdonald buildings 1927 establishments in Quebec {{Quebec-struct-stub