David Robertson Brown (August 28, 1869 – March 28, 1946) was a Canadian architect.

Early life and education

David Robertson Brown was born in

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on August 28, 1869, the son of James Brown and Elizabeth Robertson. He was educated at the

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"Brown, David Robertson", in ''The Canadian Who's Who'' (1929) and then studied architecture for four years in Montreal under A. F. Dunlop.

Career

Childrens Memorial Hospital Cedar Avenue Montreal 1913

In 1890, Brown went to

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, Massachusetts, where he worked for architectural firms, including

Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was a successful architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, operating between 1886 and 1915, with extensive commissions in monumental civic, religious, and collegiate architecture in the spirit and style of Henry ...

, heirs to the practice of

Henry Hobson Richardson Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...

, before returning to Montreal in 1894 and forming the architectural firm of Brown, McVicar, and Heriot. From 1900 to 1905 he worked alone,Marilyn Baker, ''Symbol in Stone: the Art and Politics of a Public Building'', p. 35 then formed a temporary working partnership with

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, and finally in 1907 went into partnership with Hugh Vallance. Brown served as President of the

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and the Quebec Association of Architects. Brown was a member of the Canada Club and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club.

Personal life

In 1900 Brown married Harriet Fairbairn Robb, a daughter of William Robb, City Treasurer of Montreal. He died at his home in Montreal on March 28, 1946.

Notable buildings

*Board of Trade Building, Montreal *Medical Building of

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(1904) *Standard Shirt Building * Southam Building, Calgary (1912–13, demolished) *Memorial Gates,

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(1927)

References

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