John Smith Archibald (December 14, 1872 – March 2, 1934) was a Canadian

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Biography

John Smith Archibald was born in Inverness, Scotland on December 14, 1872. He arrived in Montreal in 1893. He worked as chief architect in

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's cabinet. Archibald and his colleague Charles Saxe then started their own firm until 1915. Archibald was president of the

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1924-1925 and was elected a

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in 1930. He built several prominent hotels for Canadian National Railway, including the Windsor Hotel,

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, and the

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. He also worked on several projects in Montreal, including the

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, the Emmanuel Congregational Church, and the

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. Other significant commissions included the

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, Elizabeth Ballantyne School, the Queen's University gymnasium and swimming pool in Kingston (1930), and three Montreal hospitals: the Royal Edward Institute, the Montreal Convalescent Hospital, and St. Mary's Hospital. He died at

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on March 2, 1934.

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Canadian Encyclopedia - John Smith ArchibaldFinding aid for the John S. Archibald collection

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