Alexander Francis Dunlop (August 4, 1842 – April 30, 1923), was a

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architect from

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Biography

Dunlop worked as an apprentice to Montreal architects George Browne and

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. From 1871 to 1874 he lived and worked in

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. He opened his own architectural firm in Montreal in 1874. The firm operated until his death in 1923. He became the president of the ''Association of Architects of the Province of Quebec'' in 1890 and in 1907 became the first president of the

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. He was a member of the

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. The career of Dunlop took off following the realization of the

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in Montreal, which took place from 1887 to 1889. He designed major alterations to the East Wing of McGill College (now called the Arts Building,

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) for Prof. Bovey and the Science Dept., 1888. Afterward he designed numerous prestigious commercial buildings and residences in the

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. He designed the first

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. Various promising Montreal architects learned their trade working with Dunlop, including

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and

Georges-Alphonse Monette Georges-Alphonse Monette (13 March 1870, Montréal —16 July 1941, Montréal) was a Canadian architect who worked mainly in his native city of Montréal. He apprenticed in Montréal with architect Alexander Francis Dunlop Alexander Francis Dunlo ...

. He was a member of the organizing committee of the Province of Quebec Association of Architects and a founding member and first president of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada from 1907 to 1910. The A.F. Dunlop Scholarships in the

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were created in his memory. File:Église Unie St-James United Church.JPG, St. James United Church File:Arts Building, McGill University, Aug 31 2022.jpg,

Arts Building

External links

Fiche sur Alexander Francis Dunlop

Alexander Francis Dunlop fonds
CAC 16, Canadian Architecture Collection, McGill University. Contains two undated architectural drawings and one photograph of Drummond Street houses, taken approximately 1890.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunlop, Alexander Francis 1842 births 1923 deaths Architects from Montreal Canadian architects Anglophone Quebec people Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts