Harry Brown residence (1899) secretary-treasurer of the Montreal Lumber Company.
Andrew Allan was the president of the Montreal Lumber Company.
From Appletons’ Cyclopedia of American Biography by Aaron Crandall:
“Allan Andrew, Canadian capitalist, brother of Sir Hugh Allan, b. in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1 Dec., 1822. He emigrated to Canada, in 1839 and in 1846 became a member of the ship-owning firm of which his brother Hugh was partner. In addition to this connection with the Allan line steamship company, he is a president of the merchant’s bank, the Montreal telegraph company, the Manitoba and N. W. railway company, the Canadian rubber company and the Montreal lumber company.”
The company was located at 1712 Basin Street – now a derelict building.
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