Images & Buildings of Montréal 
201-215 Saint-Jacques Street | Montréal
Quebec, Canada
See original plan and drawings for this building on Edwards Maxwell Archive on McGill website.
Constructor and other companies involved in construction:
The Fondation Company
This building was built after the new municipal bill of 1901 that limits commercial skyscraper's height at 10 floors or 130 feet. This regulation was in force until 1923 and marked the second generation of skyscrapers in Montreal. In addition to the height, another characteristic of this generation of skyscrapers is the division into three parts of the facade. The first part, one to two floors generally offers larger windows and a different facade materials. The second part between the second and eight or ninth floor shows smaller windows close to each others, very regular. The third part usually includes the top two floors and marks a break in the rhythm of the front with an horizontal line and often a decoration more pronounced of windows.
A Concise History of Canadian Architecture
Harold Kalman, 2000
The architecture of Edward & W. S. Maxwell 
, 1991
Les gratte-ciel de Montréal
Madelain Forgete, 1990
Répertoire d'architecture traditionnelle: Les Hôtels Les immeubles de bureaux , 1983
Vieux-Montréal : Le patrimoine en détail
Ville de Montréal
Near subway station Place-d'ArmesGet directions to this building from (zip code)
Architecture - skyscrapers
Building achieved the same year (1912)
DowntownSaint-Henri / Petite-BourgogneWestmountSaint-LaurentAhuntsic / CartiervilleLachineNDGCentre-SudOld MontrealOutremontMile-endPlateau Mont-RoyalRosemontVilleray / Saint-MichelHochelaga-Maisonneuve Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1912) See History of Montreal Section
Facts about Montreal
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