The mansion at the corner of Drummond Street wears a facade of reddish-brown sandstone, intricately carved with faces and floral patterns that distinguish it from the neighboring stone row houses. Built in eighteen eighty-three for George…
Golden Square Mile Mansions
Walk up the slopes of Mount Royal through the exclusive historic neighborhood that once housed Canada's Gilded Age industrial and financial titans.
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1. Le Mount Stephen
2. Maison Reid Wilson
The Maison Reid Wilson stands out on the street for its heavy, rusticated stone masonry and the grand, arched entranceway that interrupts the residential rhythm of the block. Built in the late nineteenth century for a prominent local…
3. Hosmer House
The Hosmer House features a heavy, ornate limestone facade capped by an oversized, copper-clad mansard roof. Built in nineteen oh one for the shipping magnate Charles Hosmer, the mansion displays the wealth of Montreal’s Golden Square…
4. Lady Meredith House
The Lady Meredith House features an ornate, grey limestone facade tucked behind a high iron fence on Pine Avenue. Sir Hugh Allan built this mansion in eighteen ninety-four for his son, Andrew, and his wife, Lady Meredith. The house…
5. Allan Memorial Institute
The Allan Memorial Institute sits behind a heavy iron gate, distinguished by the massive stone lions guarding its entrance. Originally the mansion of industrialist Hugh Allan, it was once the most opulent home in Montreal, featuring over…
6. Maison Baumgarten
The Maison Baumgarten stands out with its distinct grey stone facade and the rounded, decorative pediment sitting atop the main entrance. Built in eighteen ninety-four for the merchant Paul-Hermann Baumgarten, the house replaced the…
7. Redpath Museum
The Redpath Museum sports a Greek Revival facade of grey limestone, standing apart from the surrounding modern campus buildings like a fossil in a display case. Peter Redpath, a wealthy sugar magnate, paid for its construction in eighteen…