FINDLAY, Robert (1859-1951), a talented and remarkably prolific architect in Montreal, Que. who practiced for nearly 50 years from 1887 to 1937. He was active in the following offices:
Wright & Findlay, Montreal, 1888 (with James Wright)
Robert Findlay, Montreal, 1890 to 1905
Findlay & McGregor, Montreal, 1906 (with James W. McGregor)
Robert Findlay, Montreal, 1907 to 1920
Findlay & Son, Montreal, 1922 to 1937 (with Frank R. Findlay)
(biography in preparation)
R. FINDLAY (Residential works in Montreal unless noted)
BISHOP STREET, for Walter P. Scott, 1890 (Le Prix Courant, vii, Week no. 14, 1890; Montreal, Les Residences, 1890, 630-1, illus.)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., for Dr. Alex W. Hyndman, Montreal Street, 1891 (C.R., ii, 14 Feb. 1891, 2)
WESTMOUNT, for Thomas B. Macauley, Dorchester Street West, 1891 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 431, illus.; Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 39, illus.)
MOUNTAIN STREET, for Daniel Stroud, 1891 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 688-9, illus.)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., for Harry Abbott Jr., 1892; addition of conservatory, 1910 (Le Prix Courant, 21 Oct. 1892, 11; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 2-3, illus.)
SAULT-AU-RECOLLETS, for J. Corbett, Norwood Avenue near the Black River, 1892 (C.R., iv, 8 Oct. 1892, 2)
STE. ANNE DE BELLEVUE, for James Morgan, 1892 (C.R., iii, 8 Oct. 1892, 2). Robert Findlay exhibited his architectural drawings for this project at the Montreal Art Association Autumn Exhibition in 1894 (Montreal Daily Star, 5 Oct. 1894, 6, list of exhibitors).
PINE AVENUE WEST, pair of houses for Mrs. James A. Cuttle and William Patterson, 1892-93 (Le Prix Courant, xi, 23 Dec. 1892, 11)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, two pairs of houses for Alfred G. Walford, 1893 (C.R., iv, 9 Nov. 1893, 2)
MOUNTAIN STREET, for George Wait, 1893 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 24, 1893; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 746-7, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, three houses for J.A. Sheffield, Metcalfe Avenue, 1894 (C.R., v, 22 March 1894, 2; Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8)
MOUNTAIN AVENUE, for James Osborne, 1894 (C.R., v, 22 March 1894, 2)
WESTMOUNT, for J.A. Provost, Argyle Avenue, 1894 (C.R., v, 24 May 1894)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, near Atwater Avenue, row of five stores and dwellings for M.J. Hogan, 1894 (C.R., v, 24 May 1894; Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8)
MANCE STREET, for John Allan, 1894 (C.R., v, 9 Aug. 1894, 2; Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8)
BISHOP STREET, for Dr. David F. Gurd, 1894 (Montreal Star, 3 Nov. 1894, 8; C.A.B., viii, Dec. 1895, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 318, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for W.M. Knowles, Aberdeen Avenue, 1895 (C.R., vi, 18 April 1895, 2, t.c.; C.A.B., ix, April 1896, illus. L. Maitland, Queen Anne Revival Style in Canadian Architecture, 1990, 173, illus.)
UPPER STANLEY STREET, for William R. Miller, 1895 (C.R., vi, 23 May 1895, 4; Gazette [Montreal], 14 June 1895, 3, descrip.; C.A.B., ix, Dec. 1896, 199, descrip. & plate illus.)
METCALFE STREET, for Frank J. Hart, 1895 (C.R., vi, 23 May 1895, 4)
METCALFE STREET, for Robert Harvie, 1895 (C.R., vi, 23 May 1895, 4)
WESTMOUNT, pair of houses for Robert Findlay architect, Lansdowne Avenue, 1895 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 233-4, illus.; City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 55, illus.)
WILLIAM STREET, at Shannon Street, two lodging houses for H.B. Ames, 1896 (C.R., vii, 24 Sept. 1896, 2; C.A.B., x, Feb. 1897, 36)
DRUMMOND STREET, for John L. Morris, 1896-97 (C.R., vii, 3 Dec. 1896, 3; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 538-9, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for Thomas Fraser, Prince Albert Avenue, 1897 (C.A.B., xi, Feb. 1898, 27)
WESTMOUNT, for Arthur N. Paxton, Ste. Catherine Street West near Victoria Avenue, 1897 (C.R., viii, 25 March 1897, 3)
WESTMOUNT, pair of houses for Mrs. George Wait, Cote Ste. Antoine Road, 1897 (C.R., viii, 29 April 1897, 2)
WESTMOUNT, for Arthur Hodgson, St. Matthew Street, 1897 (C.R., viii, 10 June 1897, 3)
WESTMOUNT, for Henry Fry, Dorchester Street West, 1897 (C.R., viii, 12 Aug. 1897, 3; C.A.B., xi, Feb. 1898, 27)
WESTMOUNT, row of seven houses for J.E. Bulmer, Prince Albert Avenue at Chesterfield Avenue, 1898 (C.R., ix, 3 Feb. 1898, 4; Montreal Daily Star, 18 Jan. 1899, 5, descrip. in real estate advert., City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 55, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for G.E. Blackwell, Roslyn Avenue near Ste. Catherine Street West, 1898 (C.R., ix, 13 April 1898, 3)
WESTMOUNT, for Richard Harvey, Brooke Avenue, 1898 (C.R., ix, 7 Sept. 1898, 3)
ONTARIO AVENUE, for Farquhar Robertson, 1899 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 590-1, illus.)
DRUMMOND STREET, for R. Wilson Reford, 1900; demol. 1968 (C.R., xi, 12 Sept. 1900, 4; inf. Alexander Reford)
DRUMMOND STREET, for Fred W. Molson, 1900; demol. 1957 (C.R., xi, 12 Sept. 1900, 4; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 58-9; dwgs. at McGill Univ., Canadian Architecture Coll.)
DRUMMOND STREET, for F.L. Hutchinson, 1900 (C.R., xi, 13 June 1900, 3)
THOUSAND ISLANDS, ONT., 'Mississauga', a summer residence for George Benson, on Rabbit Island, Ont., 1900; burned late June 1900, and rebuilt in 1900-01 using the original plans by Findlay (Pierre du Prey et al, Ah, Wilderness! Resort Architecture in the Thousand Islands, 2004, 82-7, illus. & descrip.)
DRUMMOND STREET, for A.A. Wilson, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 4 June 1902, 4)
DRUMMOND STREET, for George H. Smithers, 1902; demol. 1974 (C.R., xiii, 2 July 1902, 3; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 61-2, illus.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Peel Street, for F.E. Meredith, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 17 July 1903, 52)
BISHOP STREET, for Octavia G. Ritchie, 1904 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 588-9, illus.)
McGREGOR STREET, for Harold E. Stearns, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week no. 11, 1904, 60; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 673, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for A.E. Morris, Westmount Avenue near Cote des Neiges Road, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week no. 12, 1905, 55)
SYDNEY, N.S., additions and improvements to 'Dumbro', for James Ross, King's Road, 1905-06 (The Record [Sydney], 28 Nov. 1905, 5)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, near Mansfield Street, for William A. Molson, 1905-06 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 522-3, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 182-3, illus.)
FINDLAY & McGREGOR (residential works in Montreal)
PINE AVENUE WEST, at Peel Street, for Mortimer B. Davis, 1906; addition to greenhouse 1909 (C.A.B., xix, Aug. 1906, 122; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 182-5, illus.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 182-5, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
ONTARIO AVENUE, near Sherbrooke Street West, for John J.M. Pangman, 1906 (C.A.B., xix, Aug. 1906, 122; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 118-20, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, 'Oaklands', a large residence for George Sumner, Belvedere Road, 1906 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 696-9, illus.; City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 57, illus.)
R. FINDLAY (residential works in Montreal unless noted)
WESTMOUNT, for Hugh Brodie, Roslyn Avenue, 1907 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 86, illus.)
CARTIERVILLE, QUE. "Grey Gables", a mansion for Albert Edward Ogilvie, Gouin Boulevard West opposite Wilfrid Street, designed 1908-10 (E. McMann, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970, 1988, 125; City of Montreal Heritage Inventory, 2007; inf. Scott O. Edwards)
WESTMOUNT, for S.J. Watson, Westmount Boulevard, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 5 May 1909, 20)
WESTMOUNT, for Alfred Muer, Roslyn Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 13 Oct. 1909, 22)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., major additions and alterations to Holland House, for James G. Ross, 1909 (F.G. Pratte, Les Villas, 1980, 258, illus.; dwgs. at ANQ, Stavely Coll. 361)
SENNEVILLE, QUE., additions and improvements to 'Ballybawn', the residence for Charles Meredith, 1909 (C.H.G., ix, May 1932, 26-7, 42, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
OUTREMONT, for T.H. Higginson, Ste. Catherine Road, 1910 (Outremont b.p. 322, 21 May 1910)
WESTMOUNT, for George H. Bishop, Roslyn Avenue, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 23)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Cedar Street, for J.E.C. Meagher, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 23)
COLDSTREAM, B.C., mansion for Ronald C. Buchanan, Kidston Road opposite Linden Drive, overlooking Kalamalka Lake, 1910 (D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 463-4)
COLDSTREAM, B.C., mansion for Ronald P. McLimont, Kalamalka Lake, 1910; burned c. 1970 (D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 463-4)
STE. AGATHE, QUE., two houses for Herbert Molson, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 19 July 1911, 61)
WESTMOUNT, 'Ardincaple', a large residence for Robertson Macaulay, originally on Avenue Road, [later renamed Cedar Avenue], at Mount Pleasant Avenue, 1911-13; completed 1915 (C.R., xxv, 8 Nov. 1911, 59; and xxvi, 3 Jan. 1912, 66; Montreal Daily Star, 31 Jan. 1920, 33, advert. and descrip.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 430, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
ONTARIO AVENUE, at McGregor Avenue, for Herbert Molson, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 25 Oct. 1911, 61; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 511-15, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 208-11, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for Tancrede Bienvenue, Mt. Pleasant Avenue, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 29 Nov. 1911, 62; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 66-8, illus.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for Travers Allan, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 6 Dec. 1911, 56)
WESTMOUNT, for Archibald McGouin, Bellevue Avenue, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 6 Dec. 1911, 57)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for George R. Greene, 1911 (Const., viii, June 1915, 271-2, illus. & descrip.)
WESTMOUNT, 'Cairnbrae', a large residence for Thomas B. Macaulay, Braeside Place at Westmount Boulevard, 1912-13 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 68; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 432, illus.)
ONTARIO AVENUE, for Gordon MacDougall, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 27 March 1912, 67)
PINE AVENUE WEST, for Kenneth Molson, 1912 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
MOUNTAIN AVENUE, for Berthe A.E. Boyer, 1912 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 79-80, illus.)
PEEL STREET, for Daniel C. Macarow, 1912 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 326-9, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 206-07, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, for Duncan H. McLennan, Westmount Avenue, 1912-13 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 472, illus.)
MOUNTAIN STREET, for Mrs. Charles M. Hays, 1914 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
KNOWLTON, QUE., summer house for William Scully, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 1 April 1914, 81)
POINTE CLAIRE, QUE., "Mull Hall", a mansion for Charles W. MacLean, Lakeshore Road, 1915-16, later called "Stewart Hall" and now the Stewart Hall Art Gallery (C.R., xxix, 13 Oct. 1915, 46; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 436-9, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
WESTMOUNT, for Harriet Frothingham, Surrey Gardens, 1916 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 257-9, illus.)
MOUNTAIN STREET, for Clara J. Glegg, 1916-17 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 309, illus.)
NANTEL, QUE., residence and garage for Alice H. Ogilvie, 1917 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxx, 3 Aug. 1917, 28; inf. Scott O. Edwards; dwgs. in the Findlay Collection, Canadian Architectural Archives, McGill Univ.)
PIERREFONDS, QUE., for Frank S. Meighen, Meighen Boulevard, 1919 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 485-6, illus.)
MOUNTAIN STREET, for Jules Hamel, 1920 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
R. FINDLAY (other works in Montreal unless noted)
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., Notre Dame Street West at St. Alexis Street, 1890 ; Jubilee Memorial Fountain, 1897 (C.A.B., iii, Jan. 1890, 5, descrip.; and Oct. 1890, illus.; and xi, Feb. 1898, 27; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 129-32, illus.)
LACHINE, QUE., the Dissentient Protestant Public School, Sackville Street, 1895-96 (C.R., vi, 4 July 1895, 4; Gazette [Montreal], 25 Jan. 1896, 5, descrip.)
ST. LAMBERT, QUE., St. Lambert Academy, Notre Dame Avenue at Green Avenue, a 2 storey Protestant school, 1896; demol. c. 1924 and replaced by a new and larger school by Ross & MacDonald (C.R., vii, 2 July 1896, 3; Montreal Daily Star, 23 Dec. 1896, 7, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 24 Dec. 1896, 6, descrip.)
(with Samuel A. Finley) CORNWALL, ONT., General Hospital, 1897; Nurses Home, c. 1900 (C.R., vii, 7 Jan. 1897, 1-2; Freeholder [Cornwall], 11 June 1897, 4, descrip.; 31 Dec. 1897, 1, illus. & descrip.)
WESTMOUNT PUBLIC LIBRARY, Sherbrooke Street West at Arlington Avenue, 1898-99; addition 1910; another addition 1924 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Dec. 1898, 5, descrip.; and 15 Aug. 1924, 4, descrip.; and 20 March 1993, page K6, architectural history of the Westmount Library, illus. & descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 21 June 1899, 12, descrip.; C.A.B., xii, June 1899, illus.; and xiv, Oct. 1901, illus.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 28-9, illus.; City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 44, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
HENRY MORGAN & CO. DEPARTMENT STORE, Ste. Catherine Street West at Aylmer Street, major warehouse addition facing Aylmer Street, 1899 (Gazette [Montreal], 6 May 1899, 10, descrip.; C.R., x, 24 May 1899, 3)
WILLIAM V. DAWSON, Cathedral Street, factory, 1901 (Le Prix Courant, xxxi, 26 April 1901, 646)
SEYBOLD & SONS, St. Paul Street, large warehouse and factory, 1901 (C.R., xii, 11 Sept. 1901, 2)
JOHN MOLSON & BROTHERS, Notre Dame Street East, rebuilding and additions to factory '.....destroyed by fire recently' for Fred W. Molson, 1901 (C.R., xii, 6 Nov. 1901, 3)
DE LAVAL MANUFACTURING CO., William Street, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 1 Oct. 1902, 2)
MONTREAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL, St. Urbain Street at Prince Arthur Street, 1903-04 (C.R., xiv, 2 Dec. 1903, 2)
MONTREAL QUILTING CO., Guy Street near Notre Dame Street West, factory 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 22, 1904, 60)
PATERSON MANUFACTURING CO., Carriere Street at St. Hubert Street, 1904; addition 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 35, 1904, 54; and Week No. 46, 1907, 40)
VERDUN, residence for the Superintendent at the Protestant Hospital for the Insane, 1905 (C.R., xv, 8 March 1905, 6)
G.A. HOLLAND & SONS, Ste. Catherine Street West at Stanley Street, major addition of two floors above existing building, and alterations to existing retail store, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 7 June 1905, 6, descrip.)
A.C. LESLIE & CO., St. Paul Street near McGill Street, office & warehouse, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 15, 1905, 46, illus. & descrip.)
L.H. PACKARD CO., St. Genevieve Street at St. Antoine Street, a 5 storey factory, 1905-06 (Montreal Daily Star, 7 Nov. 1905, 14, descrip.)
TOBIQUE RIVER, NEW BRUNSWICK, a new club house for the New Brunswick Fish & Game Company, near Saint John, 1906 (Evening Mail [Halifax], 28 Sept. 1906, 4, but incorrectly credited to "Mr. Findley [sic] of Montreal"; Daily Standard [St. Catharines, Ont.], 28 Sept. 1906, 6; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
(with James W. McGregor) AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., St. Antoine Street near Bourget Street, factory, 1906 (C.A.B., xix, July 1906, 108; Const., ii, March 1909, 55, illus.)
MOSELEY SHOE & LEATHER CO., St. Ambroise Street at Turgeon Street, factory, 1907; but project later cancelled and never built (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 30, 1907, 44; Gazette [Montreal], 23 Aug. 1907, 3; inf. Scott Edwards)
GENERAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO., McCord Street, factory, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 25 Nov. 1908, 27-8)
W.J. McGUIRE & CO., Craig Street West, warehouse and office, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 10 March 1909, 26-7, illus.)
WHITBY, ONT., Nurses Home, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 23 Feb. 1910, 23)
LINDSAY, ONT., Nurses Home for Ross Memorial Hospital, 1911 (Lindsay Post, 21 Oct. 1910,12; McGill Univ., Canadian Architectural Archives, Findlay Record Book)
ANGLO CANADIAN LEATHER CO., Recollet Street near St. Pierre Street, factory, 1911 (Le Prix Courant, 29 April 1911, 41)
WESTMOUNT, Calvary Congregational Church, Dorchester Street West at Greene Avenue, 1911; demol. 1963 (C.R., xxv, 5 July 1911, 59)
DE RAZILLY STREET, residence for the Roman Catholic Brothers of the Holy Cross, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 8 Nov. 1911, 57)
PRINCE ARTHUR STREET EAST, at St. Dominique Street, store for P. Paliger & Steinberg, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 20 March 1912, 69)
HARROW, ONT., William Clark Co Ltd., Erie Street North at Clark Street, a three storey cannery and processing plant, 1916; still standing in 2018 (C.R., xxx, 3 May 1916, 48; inf. Scott Edwards)
R. FINDLAY & F. R. FINDLAY (works in Montreal unless noted)
WESTMOUNT CITY HALL, Sherbrooke Street West at Argyle Avenue, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 9 Aug. 1922, 53; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 126-7, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 712-13, illus.; City of Westmount, Westmount: A Heritage to Preserve, 1991, 51, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for the architect Frank R. Findlay, Upper Lansdowne Avenue, c. 1923 (The Studio Yearbook [London], 1924, illus.)
MURRAY BAY, QUE., major addition to the Manoir Richelieu Hotel, 1924; burned September 1928 (Gazette [Montreal], 1 July 1924, 9; inf. Scott Edwards)
MOUNTAIN STREET, at McGregor Avenue, residence for Bernard M. Hallward, 1925 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 291-3, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 226-7, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, near Redpath Crescent, residence for Edward W. Beatty, addition of a new 4th floor to existing house, 1925; with rear addition and other alterations, 1927 (City of Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 339-42, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for William B. Wood, Lexington Avenue, 1927 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 770-1, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Harold W. Soper, Cedar Avenue, 1928 (C.H.G., viii, Aug. 1931, 30, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Dec. 1931, 411; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 666-7; illus.)
DR. PENFIELD AVENUE, near McGregor Avenue, large residence for Joseph A. Raymond, 1929-30; still standing in 2023 (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Dec. 1931, 411; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 576-79, illus.; F. Remillard & B. Merrett, Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930, 1987, 234-5, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for W.C. McLeod, Thorncliffe Avenue, c. 1930 (C.H.G., viii, Aug. 1931, 31, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Allan A. Bronfman, Westmount Avenue at Carleton Avenue, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 29 July 1931, 58; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 87-9, illus.; dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
POINTE-AU-PIC, QUE., residence for Alexander Buchanan, 1931 (E. McMann, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970, 1988, 125)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Charles N. Sommer, Lexington Avenue, c. 1932 (C.H.G., ix, Aug. 1932, 24-7, illus.)
SARAGUAY, mansion for William W. Ogilvie, Gouin Boulevard West, c. 1932 (R.A.I.C. Journal, x, Dec. 1933, 202, 204, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., xi, Dec. 1934, 28-31, illus.)
WESTMOUNT, Murray Park Pavilion, 1936 (dwgs. at McGill Univ.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for William G. Cuttle, Lexington Avenue, 1937 (C.R., vol. 50, 1 Sept. 1937, 32)
HAMPSTEAD, residence for Boyden Kinsey, Kilburn Crescent, 1937 (E. McMann, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970, 1988, 125)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., Masonic Temple, Dorchester Street West at Union Street, 1894-95. Findlay was among 11 architects who submitted a design in this competition (Montreal Daily Star, 6 Oct. 1894, 8). He was awarded the Third Prize for his effort. The winner was David R. Brown of Montreal.
MONTREAL, QUE., McGill University, Medical Faculty Building, 1907. Findlay was one of eight local architects from Montreal who were invited to submit a design for this major educational building (Gazette [Montreal], 22 July 1907, 3). His proposal was set aside in favour of the winning scheme by Brown & Vallance.
HAMILTON, ONT., Carnegie Library, 1910. Robert Findlay was one of 20 architects from Canada and the United States who submitted a design in this important competition. He was not one of three finalists, and the winners were Stuart Pavey of London, Ont. with Harold E. Shorey and Atwell J. King of Montreal. However, their winning design was rejected because it was mistakenly assumed they were Americans who had submitted their entry from a New York City address. The commission was later awarded to A.W. Peene of Hamilton (inf. Robert Hamilton).
WINNIPEG, MAN., City Hall, 1913. Findlay was one of 39 architects from across Canada who submitted plans in this national competition, but he was not among the five finalists (City of Winnipeg Archives, Council Communications, 1913, Box A169, Item 9741, list of entrants). The winners were Clemesha & Portnall of Regina, but their scheme was never built.