FINLEY, Samuel Arnold (1874-1933)
(biography in preparation)
S.A. FINLEY (works in Montreal unless noted)
CORNWALL, ONT., General Hospital, Manchester Street at Marlborough Street, 1897 (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 12 May 1896, 5, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 17 Nov. 1896, 2; Freeholder [Cornwall], 11 June 1897, 4, descrip.; 31 Dec. 1897, 1, illus. & descrip.)
MOUNTAIN STREET, residence for Anna M. Morris, 1900 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 536-7, illus.)
(with D. Jerome Spence) HER MAJESTY'S CAFE, Guy Street, immediately beside Her Majesty's Theatre, a large cafe for John A. Grose and William Mann, 1900 (Montreal Daily Star, 4 June 1900, 8, descrip.; and 15 Nov. 1900, 12, descrip.; Le Prix Courant, xxviii, 22 June 1900, 991)
VERDUN INSANE ASYLUM, Lasalle Boulevard, new isolation hospital on the hospital grounds, begun by S.A. Finley 1901; completed by Finley & Spence 1901-02 (C.R., xi, 16 Jan. 1901, 3, xii, 31 July 1901, 6; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 248-55, illus.)
MANCE STREET, residence for John Allen, 1901 (C.R., xii, 26 June 1901, 2)
DORVAL, QUE., Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, "The Bungalow", a dormitory near the existing clubhouse consisting of new lodging rooms for club members, 1901 (Montreal Daily Star, 13 May 1901, 2, descrip.; and 16 May 1901, 2, illus. & descrip.)
FINLEY & SPENCE (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal unless noted)
GAULT BROS., Inspector Street at William Street in Hay Market Square, factory, 1901; demol. (C.A.B., xiv, May 1901, 92, t.c.; C.R., xii, 12 June 1901, 3; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 122-3, illus.)
(with Henry I. Cobb) GUARDIAN FIRE & LIFE ASSURANCE CO., St. James Street near St. John Street, a commission won in a competition, 1902 (Montreal Daily Star, 3 Jan. 1902, 7, and 9 April 1902, 10, detailed architectural descrip.; and 2 May 1902, 7, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 10 April 1902, 5, descrip.; and 19 Feb. 1903, 5, descrip.; C.A.B., xvi, Jan, 1903, plate illus.; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 51-4, illus.)
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY CO., Chaboillez Square at Albert Street, warehouse and offices, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 30 May 1902, 41-2)
EXETER, ONT., Molson's Bank, Main Street South, 1902; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xiii, 9 July 1902, 8)
JAMES J. RILEY & SONS, St. John Street, office block, 1903; demol. (C.R., xiv, 18 Feb. 1903, 3; C.A.B., xvi, Dec. 1903, 194, descrip. & plate illus.)
DOMINION BANK, St. James Street near St. John Street, located on the ground floor of the Guardian Fire & Life Assurance Building (see above), 1903 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1903, 5, descrip.)
MOLSON'S BANK, St. Jacques Square at St. Paul Street, extensive alterations and addition, 1903 (Montreal Daily Star, 6 March 1903, 2, descrip.)
METROPOLITAN BANK, St. James Street at McGill Street, office block, 1903 (Montreal Daily Star, 17 April 1903, 14, descrip.; C.R., xiv, 22 April 1903, 3; and 2 Sept. 1903, 4; Gazette [Montreal], 17 April 1903, 7, descrip.; and 28 August 1903, 6, descrip.; and 5 March 1904, 9, descrip.; C.A.B., xvii, Dec. 1904, 201; Montreal, Les Hotels Les Immeubles de Bureaux, 1983, 85-6, illus.)
SAVOY HOTEL, Victoria Street, major addition, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 17 July 1903, 52)
WILLIAM ST. PIERRE CO. LTD., Union Avenue, retail clothing store, 1903 (Gazette [Montreal], 30 Sept. 1903, 6, descrip.)
COLONIAL BLEACHING & PRINTING CO., St. Ambroise Street at St. Elizabeth Avenue, major addition, with a new power plant for the factory, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 25 June 1904, 21; Le Prix Courant, Week No. 23, 62)
CANADA MALTING CO., St. Ambroise Street, brewery, malting house and grain elevator, 1904-05 (Montreal Daily Star, 18 June 1904, 17; Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 25, 59; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 92-3, illus.)
CANADA LITHOGRAPHIC CO., Parthenais Street, factory, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 18 June 1904, 17)
BROCKVILLE, ONT., alterations and remodelling of the Metropolitan Bank, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 25 June 1904, 21)
UNION CARD & PAPER CO., Parthenais Street near Marianna Street, factory, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 32, 53)
MOUNT ROYAL FOUNDRY CO., Shannon Street, major addition, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 25, 62)
HAMILTON, ONT., Federal Life Assurance Co., James Street at Main Street, 1905-06, a commission won in a competition (Montreal Daily Star, 10 Aug. 1905, 6, descrip.; C.R., xvi, 9 Aug. 1905, 5; C.A.B., xix, May 1906, 68, descrip. & plate illus.; and July 1906, 112ff, illus.; Gazette [Montreal], 10 Aug. 1905, 5, descrip.; and 20 June 1906, 7, descrip.)
MOLSON'S BANK, Ste. Catherine Street West at Stanley Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 10; C.A.B., xix, March 1906, 41)
TORONTO, ONT., Molson's Bank, Bay Street near King Street West, 1906; demol. (C.R., xvi, 21 Feb. 1906, 6; Toronto Daily Star, 1 May 1906, 1, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., xix, April 1906, 53, descrip. & plate illus.; Financial Post [Toronto], 21 Sept. 1907, 4, descrip.; Toronto b.p. 4793, 2 Aug. 1906)
PRINCESS THEATRE, Ste. Catherine Street West, near Phillips Square, a theatre for the Canadian Theatre Co., 1907; damaged by fire Sept. 1915 and restored by Finley, 1915 (Le Prix Courant, 1907, Week No. 21, 38; Gazette [Montreal], 27 Sept. 1915, 10, descrip.; and 24 Dec. 1915, 5, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
MOUNT ROYAL SPINNING CO., St. Patrick Street, on the canal bank in Cote St. Paul, a bleaching finishing factory, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 18 Nov. 1908, 26; xxiii, 14 April 1909, 23; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 152-3, illus.)
MONTREAL STREET RAILWAY CO., Glen Avenue, power station, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 11 Aug. 1909, 23)
GRAND MERE, QUE., railway station for the St. Maurice Valley Railway, 1909-10 (dwgs. At NAC, Ottawa)
CRESCENT MFR. CO., Inspector Street near William Street, factory, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 2 March 1910, 26)
ORPHEUM VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, Ste. Catherine Street West at City Councillors Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 13 April 1910, 26)
BANK OF TORONTO, Lasalle Avenue at Ontario Street, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 12 Oct. 1910, 26)
MONTREAL HEAT, LIGHT & POWER CO., Notre Dame Street, 1910-11 (C.R., xxiv, 9 Nov. 1910, 27)
FREEMAN'S HOTEL, St. James Street, within the old Carsley Block, 1911 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 April 1911, 12, descrip.)
WILLIAM ST. PIERRE TAILORS LTD., Union Avenue, a new six storey retail store added to existing block, with stores and offices, 1911 (Gazette [Montreal], 5 July 1911, 6, descrip.; C.R., xxv, 19 July 1911, 64)
AMHERST STREET, near Craig Street, auto garage for Harry Weaver, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 30 Aug. 1911, 62; and 8 Nov. 1911, 62)
G.A. HOLLAND & SON CO., Ste. Catherine Street West near Peel Street, stores and offices, 1911-12 (Montreal Herald, 14 Oct. 1911; C.R., xxv, 6 Dec. 1911, 60)
BELGO-CANADIAN BUILDING, Ste. Catherine Street West at Bleury Street, 1912; garage, 1919 by D.J. Spence (Montreal Star, 7 May 1912, 9; C.R., xxvi, 29 May 1912, 61, illus.; and xxxiii, 2 April 1919, 54; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 36-7, illus.)
UNITY BUILDING, Lagauchetiere Street at St. Alexander Street, begun 1912 by Finley & Spence; completed by D.J. Spence 1912-13 (C.R., xxvi, 13 March 1912, 54, illus. & descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 14 April 2001, J 8, illus. & descrip.)
FINLEY & SPENCE (Residential Works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. MARK STREET, at Baile Street, major addition to residence for George R. Hooper, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 9 July 1902, 8)
MacGREGOR STREET, major addition to residence for James R. Smith, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 9 July 1902, 8)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, at Mansfield Street, major addition to residence for J.B. Tressider, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 9 July 1902, 8)
CARTIERVILLE, QUE., cottage for H.S. MacDougall, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxv, 22 May 1903, 46)
UPPER PEEL STREET, near Pine Avenue, residence for Herbert de M. Marler, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 18 June 1904, 17; Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 18, 133)
UNION AVENUE, an apartment house "....on the site of the old MacCallum Building" 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 18 June 1904, 17)
METIS, QUE., cottage for Lt. Col. Jeffrey H. Burland, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 37, 53)
PINE AVENUE, near Simpson Street, pair of houses for Alex Robertson, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 42, 59)
GROSVENOR APARTMENTS, Sherbrooke Street West at Guy Street, 1905 (Montreal Star, 11 Feb. 1905, 5, illus.; Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 16, 53; Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 380-3, illus.)
HAMPTON COURT APARTMENTS, Mountain Street, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 23, 59; Montreal Star, 10 March 1906, 19, illus.)
MacKAY STREET, residence for Hugh Henry, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 24, 61)
ST. ANDREWS, N.B., a mansion for Senator Robert Mackay of Montreal, located on the Bleaknay property, Clibrig Road, near St. Andrews, 1905-06; demol. c. 1970 (St. Andrews Beacon, 17 May 1906; inf. Scott Edwards)
PINE AVENUE APARTMENTS, Pine Avenue West near Durocher Street, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 28 Feb. 1906, 6; Montreal Star, 10 March 1906, 19, illus.; Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 288-9, illus.)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, major addition and alterations to mansion for Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, now part of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1906 (Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 102-05, illus.; L. Richards, edit., Canadian Centre for Architecture: Buildings & Gardens, 1989, 124, illus.)
LINTON APARTMENTS, Sherbrooke Street West at Simpson Street, 1906 (C.A.B., xix, April 1906, 53; descrip. & plate illus.; Gazette [Montreal], 20 June 1906, 7, descrip.; American Architect, xci, 5 Jan. 1907, 17, descrip. & plate illus.; Montreal, Les appartements, 1991, 376-79, illus.; I. Gournay & F. Vanlaethem, Montreal Metropolis 1880-1930, 1998, 161-2, illus.)
PINE AVENUE WEST, at Cedar Avenue, residence for George Hyde, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week 18, 88)
WESTMOUNT, residence for J.H. Sherrard, Forden Avenue, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 22, 44)
BELMONT STREET, major addition and alterations to residence for Lt. Col. Jeffrey H. Burland, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, 1909, Week No. 20, 40)
SEAFORTH APARTMENTS, Cote des Neiges Road, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 31 March 1909, 20)
WESTMOUNT, The Metcalfe Apartments, Cote St. Antoine Road, 1909 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 June 1909, 3, descrip.; C.R., xxiii, 7 July 1909, 21-2, t.c.)
WESTMOUNT, The Tayton Apartments, Cote Ste. Antoine Road, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 11 Aug. 1909, 21, t.c.)
POINTE CLAIRE, QUE., "Mull Hall", Lakeshore Road, the property of Charles W. MacLean, an addition of new farm buildings and improvements, including a large barn and multipurpose building, and extensive sea wall along the property shoreline overlooking Lake St. Louis, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 27 Sept. 1911, 63; and 1 Nov. 1911, 56; inf. Scott Edwards)
BERTHELET APARTMENTS, Ontario Street West, for J.S. Evans, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 1 Nov. 1911, 59; and xxvi, 6 March 1912, 68)
WESTMOUNT, three apartment houses on Western Avenue near Olivier Avenue, for L.H. Jacobs, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 20 March 1912, 68)
FINLEY & SPENCE (Institutional & Ecclesiastical Works in Montreal unless noted)
PARK SLOPE TOBOGGAN SLIDE, on the east side of Mount Royal, for the Park Toboggan Club, 1901 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Nov. 1901, 2; and 22 Nov. 1901, 2)
(with Joseph Perrault) HOSPITAL FOR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, 1902 (Gazette [Montreal], 20 June 1902, 7, descrip.)
DORVAL, QUE., major addition to the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club, Lakeshore Drive, overlooking Lake St. Louis, 1903; additions to clubhouse originally designed in 1895 by Edward Maxwell (Montreal Daily Star, 6 March 1903, 2, descrip.)
DORVAL, QUE., addition to the Ladies Golf Club building, at the Royal Montreal Golf Club, 1903 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 April 1903, 16)
MONTREAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL, St. Urbain Street at Prince Arthur Street, 1903-04 (Montreal Daily Star, 28 Nov. 1903, 19)
ST. GEORGE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Stanley Street, interior fittings for The A.F. Gault Memorial Installation, including Bishop's throne, a Bishop's chair, the sedilia, and dado wood wall panelling throughout the chancel, 1904 (Gazette [Montreal], 23 Nov. 1904, 7, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 23 Nov. 1904, 4, descrip.)
WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL, Dorchester Street West at Essex Avenue, designed 1902; built in 1905 (C.R., xiii, 24 Dec. 1902, 2; and xvi, 12 July 1905, 5; Montreal Daily Star, 6 July 1905, 14, descrip.; and 21 Oct. 1905, 8, illus. & descrip.)
McGILL UNIVERSITY Y.M.C.A., [also called "Strathcona Hall"], Sherbrooke Street West at McGill College Avenue, 1903-05; dismantled and rebuilt 1983-84 (C.R., xiv, 16 Dec. 1903, 3; Gazette [Montreal], 13 May 1904, 3, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 16 June 1903, 11, descrip., and 25 June 1904, 21, descrip.; C.A.B., xvii, Nov. 1904, 185; and xviii, Nov. 1905, 165, descrip. & plate illus.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 280-81, illus.)
MONTREAL AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOC., Peel Street, club house, , a commission won in a competition against David R. Brown, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 28 Oct. 1903, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 17 Nov. 1903, 2; Montreal Daily Star, 27 Nov. 1903, 2; C.A.B., xvii, Feb. 1904, 44)
EAST END METHODIST CHURCH, de Montigny Street at Bertrand Street, 1904 (Montreal Daily Star, 10 Oct. 1904, 3, descrip.; Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 30, 55)
BOY'S HOME, Mountain Street, major addition of two new wings, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 28 June 1905, 4)
FIFTH ROYAL SCOTS ARMOURY, Bleury Street at Concord Street, 1905 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 June 1905, 12, descrip.; C.R., xvi, 7 June 1905, 5; Montreal Star, 2 June 1905, 14, descrip., and 15 July 1905, 7, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., xviii, Dec. 1905, 190)
CARTIERVILLE, QUE., clubhouse pavilion at the Polo Grounds, 1907 (Montreal Star, 18 April 1907, 3, illus.; and 18 May 1907, 14, descrip.)
OLD BREWERY MISSION CHURCH & LODGING HOUSE, Craig Street West, 1908 (C.R., xix, 15 April 1908, 19)
ST. JOHN'S BOY'S SCHOOL, Royal Avenue, near the Westmount Athletic Grounds in Notre Dame de Grace, 1908-09 (C.R., xxii, 16 April 1908, 27; xxiii, and 5 May 1909, 20; Gazette [Montreal], 5 Sept. 1908, 3, descrip.; and 16 April 1909, 8, descrip.)
FIRE HALL NO. 21, Mill Street, 1911-12; closed in 1972; converted to glass crafts centre; still standing in 2023 (C.R., xxv, 25 Oct. 1911, 59; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 208-09, illus.; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert, Que.)
FINLEY & GAGNON (works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. GABRIEL-DE-BRANDON, QUE., Post Office, 1913-14 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Oct. 1913, 19, t.c.; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1915, vol. 50, No. 19, 20, descrip.)
OUTREMONT, triplex for Emile P. Dame, Lajoie Avenue, 1914 (Outremont b.p. 939, 9 June 1914)
STE. AGATHE DES MONTS, QUE., Post Office, St. Vincent Street at St. Donat Street, 1914-15 (C.R., xxviii, 16 Dec. 1914, 58; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1916, Vol. 51, No. 19, 30-1, descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Co., Place d'Armes at St. James Street, 1901. S.A. Finley was one of six architects invited to submit designs for this large office building (Gazette [Montreal], 7 Aug. 1901, 5; C.R., xii, 14 Aug. 1901, 3). The firm of Hutchison & Wood was later declared as the winner.
MONTREAL, QUE., new clubhouse for the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association, Peel Street, 1903. The entry submitted by Finley & Spence was declared as the Second Prize winner, and David R. Brown was given First Premium. However, his design proved far too costly for the M.A.A.A. budget, and the commission was later handed to Finley & Spence (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Nov. 1903, 2; Montreal Daily Star, 17 Nov. 1903, 2)
MONTREAL, QUE., Medical Faculty Building, McGill University, Pine Avenue, 1907. Eight local Montreal architectural firms were invited to submit a design for the major educational building (Gazette [Montreal], 22 July 1907, 3). The design by Finley & Spence was set aside in favour of the winning scheme by Brown & Vallance.
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental & Justice Buildings, Major's Hill Park, 1907. Finley & Spence were among thirty entrants in this national competition. They submitted two designs, the first, marked 'No. 5', was ranked 8th out of thirty schemes, but was criticized because '.....the exterior is much less ornate than what might be expected from the plans, and [it] lacks character'. Their second scheme, marked 'No. 4', was ranked 16th out of thirty proposals; it too was set aside because '.....the cost of erection would be excessive'. The competition was won by another Montreal firm E. & W.S. Maxwell, but their winning design was never built.