McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
Store for Henry Birks and Sons Ltd.
File
114 drawings : 57 pencil on paper, 3 watercolour on paper, 54 blueprints
cm of textual records
File consists of architectural drawings for retail store (basement, 2 floors; marble; cast iron; steel frame) and file folder of notes. Drawings include:
4 development drawings: floor plan, stained glass cartoons
9 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections
57 detail drawings: floor plan, arch, stained glass, screens, lettering, stair, skylights, windows, staircase, doors, lighting, fittings, doorway, sidewalk, zodiac panels, marquise, sash, leaded glass, partitions, elevator, mullions, structure, sills, woodwork (including panelling, trim, handrail, windows, doors), ironwork (including mullions, frame, metal breasts), plasterwork (including cornice, rosettes, ornament), bronze work, marble work (including trim, baseboards, door frame, flooring, entrance, pilasters, entablature, grilles)
42 shop drawings: bronze work (including shop front, decoration, threshold), mullions, structural plans, show cases, door
2 consultant drawings: windows, show cases
Fordyce and Stevenson, resident architects in Calgary, Alberta.