Rain clouds on a Sunday afternoon.

View on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

J. M. Riddell residence, freight agent, Grand Trunk Railway (1900)

J. Fraser residence – Johnston Steamship Line (1900)

The Johnston Steamship Line was operated by the William Johnston Company Limited. Their company operated steamships between Newport News, Liverpool and the Danube.

John Strond residence, tea merchant (1900)

K. Gafftey residence, managing director, Montreal Terra Cotta Lumber Company (1900)

From: http://terryroz.wordpress.com/brick/

“…there was a demand for hollow clay tiles to be used in flat arched floors for steel frame buildings, in partitions, and in fireproof coverings for the steel members. The Montreal Terra Cotta Lumber Co. Limited had advertised as early as 1891 that its tiles were fire proof, sound proof, vermin proof, and damp proof.

Also in the 1890 came the appearance of architectural terra cotta which was set into brickwork as decoration.”

Advertisement from the Montreal Gazette, June 1, 1892

“Porous Terra Cotta
Manufactured by the Montreal Terra Cotta Lumber Company
Now being laid in the Royal Victoria Hospital.”

James Cleghorn residence – John Hope & Co. (1900) – Lachute Bobbin and Shuttle Works. The largest shuttle manufacturer, in Canada, of bobbins and spools for cotton and woolen mills.

A. A. Ayer residence – the Whitham Shoe Company (1900)

Advertisement from The Commercial: Vol. 5, No. 13 (Dec. 21, 1886)

James Whitam A. A. Ayers Special Partners
Manufacturers of & Wholesale Dealers
Boots & Shoes
43, 45 and 47 St. Maurice Street,
Near McGill Street
Montreal
Represented by Thompson & MacDonald
525 Main St. Winnipeg

J. J. Houghton residence, manager of the watch department at H. Birks & Sons (1900)

Westmount Transfer & Storage Ltd. and Westmount Plumbing & Roofing Co. (1940). In addition, this was the former location of Queen’s School.