Nationality Canadian Died 1923 Occupation Architect | Name Alexander Dunlop Role Architect | |
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Born 1842 Montreal, Quebec. Practice George Browne and John James Browne. | ||
Structures St. James United Church Buildings St. James United Church | ||
Alexander Francis Dunlop (1842–1923), was a Canadian architect from Montreal, Quebec.
Biography
Dunlop worked as an apprentice to Montreal architects George Browne and John James Browne. From 1871 to 1874 he lived and worked in Detroit, Michigan. He opened his own architectural firm in Montreal in 1874. The firm operated until his death in 1923. He became the president of the Association of Architects of the Province of Quebec in 1890 and in 1907 became the first president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
The career of Dunlop took off following the realization of the Saint James United Church on Saint Catherine Street in Montreal, which took place from 1887 to 1889. He designed major alterations to the East Wing of McGill College (now called the Arts Building, McGill University) for Prof. Bovey and the Science Dept., 1888. Afterward he designed numerous prestigious commercial buildings and residences in the Golden Square Mile. He designed the first Montreal Star Building.
Various promising Montreal architects learned their trade working with Dunlop, including Edward Maxwell, Robert Findlay, David R. Brown and Georges-Alphonse Monette.