Archibald and Schofield was a collaborative relationship between

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

and John Schofield. They designed for the

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for the

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(1872–1934) first trained with local architect William Maclntosh in his home town of

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. In 1893 he emigrated to Canada and worked with

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in Montreal as a draughtsman and assistant. In 1897 he formed a partnership with another former Maxwell draughtsman, Charles Jewett Saxe (1870–1943), which lasted until 1915. Archibald's designs included a number of stations and hotels for the Canadian National Railway. He designed sports buildings including the

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, several schools, churches, commercial buildings, and hospitals, as well as residential buildings in Montreal and

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. After his death in 1934, Archibald's practice was continued by his son Ian T. Archibald and Hugh Percival Illsley. They were later joined by Francis Orr Templeton to form the firm of Archibald, Illsley and Templeton which practised in Montreal until 1950. John Schofield immigrated to Canada from

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in the early 1900s. In 1907, he became the draftsman for the

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in Winnipeg. After the

formed in 1920, he was the main architect, based in Montreal. Schofield was involved in almost every design of the CNR stations and hotels. He retired in 1948.

Commissions

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1939

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