Edward Maxwell, as well as working alone, formed several partnerships throughout his career: first with George Cutler Shattuck and Charles Allerton Coolidge, and later with his brother William Sutherland. After Edward's death, William formed a partnership with Gordon Pitts and continued the firm started by his brother. The West Island, the Laurentians, and St-Andrews, New Brunswick, were popular summer spots for the Maxwell clientele, and the architecture of these country houses varied from log houses and the picturesque Shingle Style to stone mansions and the classic elegance of the Beaux Arts Style.

The public commissions received by Edward, and later William, expanded their reputation in other prominent building typologies. By way of recommendation from previous business patrons, the Maxwell brothers designed elegant structures for banks, hotels, office buildings, and retail stores. Art establishments also requested their talents for cultural houses, as did private clubs where most of their clients were members. A small sampling of Maxwell religious architecture exists, but unfortunately many of the churches are no longer standing. When William joined Edward's firm, there was an increase in participation in competitions for government complexes, a talent acquired by William in his apprenticeship years.

An important branch of the Maxwell contribution to Canadian architecture is their Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) Stations and Hotels across the country. Initiated by Sir William Van Horne, the 'art of the station' created an ensemble of rail buildings from the humble one storey station, a symbol of the community's link with the outside world, to monumental landmarks, the epitome in hotel design. Such CPR stations graced the country from St-Johns, Newfoundland in the east coast, to Vancouver, British Columbia in the west coast.

It was evident that both Edward and William Maxwell were inspired in design by their education and travel abroad, particularly the United States and Europe. Each had a distinct and recognizable style of architectural composition and when they collaborated on projects, they created a unique collection of Canadian buildings that stand as a testament of a prosperous era.

CHRONOLOGY of E. and W.S. MAXWELL COUNTRY HOUSES

West Island and Montreal Vicinity

• 1893-94 Clark, Beaconsfield [1]
• 1894 Abbott, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue* [2]
• 1895-96 Allan, Senneville* [3]
• 1895-97 McEachran (Inverneck), Borde-à-Plouffe [4]
• 1896 Goodhugh, Beaurepaire [5]
• 1897 Meredith (Bally Bawn), Senneville [6]
• 1898 Alger, Grand'Mère [7]
• 1899 Clouston, Senneville [8]
• Hamilton, Dorval [9]
• 1900 MacDougall (Ashburton), Dorval [10]
• Porteous, Ile d'Orléans* [11]
• 1900-08 Forget, Senneville [12]
• 1901-04 Angus (Pine Bluff), Senneville [13]
• 1903 Dumont-Laviolette, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue [14]
• Whitehead, Dorval [15]
• 1904 Shearer, Lachine [16]
• Wanklyn / Patterson, Senneville [17]
• 1907 Johnson, Lachine* [18]
• 1908 Boyer, Senneville [19]
• Wanklyn (Birchfield), Senneville [20]
• 1909-10 Cameron, Huntingdon [21]
• 1910 Maxwell (Maxwelton), Baie d'Urfé [22]
• 1911 Dowker, Baie d'Urfé* [23]
• 1913 Bethune, Longue Pointe** [24]
• Lafleur, Hudson Heights [25]
• n.d. Darling, Hudson Heights* [26]

The Laurentians, QC

• 1896 Hodgson (Château-du-Lac), Ste-Agathe-des-Monts [27]
• 1896-97 Gardner (Nowentesa), Ste-Agathe-des-Monts [28]
• 1898 Crathern, Ste-Agathe-des-Monts [29]
• 1911 Wilson, Lac Brûlé [30]
• 1920 Stewart, Ste-Agathe-des-Monts [31]

St-Andrews, NB

• 1893-94 Shaughnessy** [32]
• 1899 Maxwell (Tillitudlem) [33]
• Van Horne (Coven Hoven), Minister's Island [34]
• 1900 Mahon (The Manse) [35]
• 1901 Hope (Dalmeny) [36]
• 1907 Smith (Rosemount) [37]
• 1908-16 Davis* [38]
• 1909 McColl* [39]
• Thompson (Meadow Lodge) [40]
• 1910 Hosmer (Hillcrest) [41]
• Markey (Les Goélands) [42]
• O'Dell [43]
• 1912 MacKlem [44]
• 1918-1924 Tait (Link's Crest) [45]
• 1924 Russell (Cedar Nook) [46]
• 1930 Dodd [47]

St-Bruno, QC

• 1896-99 Pease [48]
• 1898 Brown (Inverlochan) [49]
• 1899 Dummond (Donnacona) [50]
• n.d. Meredith [51]

Canadian Pacific Railway Series

• [1880s], 1897 CPR Hotel-Fraser Canyon House, North Bend, BC [52]

• 1887, 1901-02, 1915 CPR Hotel-Mount Stephen House, Field, BC [53]

• 1911-14 CPR Hotel-The Palliser, Calgary, AB [54]

• [1880s] CPR Hotel & Resort-Glacier House, Glacier, BC [55]

• [1898] CPR Station-Arnprior, ON [56]

• 1897-98 CPR Station-Galt, ON [57]

• 1914 CPR Station-Ivry, QC [58]

• 1899, 1910-11 CPR Station-McAdam, NB [59]

• 1898 CPR Station-Moosejaw, SK [60]

• 1898-99, 1910 CPR Station-Sicamous, BC [61]

• 1897-98 CPR Station-Vancouver, BC [62]

• c.1915 CPR Station-Woodstock, ON [63]

• 1921 CPR Station & Hotel-Revelstoke, BC [64]

• 1904-06 CPR Station & The Royal Alexandra-Winnipeg, MB [65]

• 1900, 1906, 1912-13 CPR Windsor Station-Montreal, QC [66]

• 1900, 1910-26 Newfoundland Hotel-St-Johns, NF [67]

• additions and alterations

** studies only