MacDUFF, Joseph Honore (1868-1918) was a successful and prolific Montreal architect who practiced there from 1892 under his own name and then in partnership with Ludger Lemieux from 1897 until his death. He was born at Longueuil, Que. on 12 January 1868 and was a descendant of Scottish ancestors who had settled in the Montreal area in the early 19th century. He was the son of Eustache MacDuff and Malvina Brissette and received his education at both St. Henri College and at Bishop's Academy in Montreal. After serving a three year apprenticeship under J.H. Bernard from 1887 to 1890, he went to Toronto where he studied architecture under a private tutor for two years.
He opened his Montreal office in early 1892 and by 1895 he had completed buildings valued at over half a million dollars. In March 1897 he formed a partnership with Ludger Lemieux (C.A.B., x, May 1897, 90) and together with him completed many commissions for ecclesiastical, commercial and residential works, often executed in a highly eclectic style. Their designs appear as orthodox products of their time, never progressive, and are undistinguished by the refinements of scholarship which a younger generation of Montreal designers such as J.O. Marchand and Eugene Payette had begun to introduce before WWI. MacDuff died at l'Annunciation, Que. on 1 March 1918 and his partner continued the practice under the title of L. & P.M. Lemieux, Architects (death notice in La Presse [Montreal, 4 March 1918, 13; Le Devoir [Montreal], 5 March 1918, 2; biog. and port. in Rev. W. Cochrane, Canadian Album: Men of Canada, ii, 1893, 440). A major collection of architectural drawings prepared by the firm of MacDuff & Lemieux between 1897 and 1918 can be found in the L. & P.M. Lemieux Collection held at the the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal.
J.H. MacDUFF
NOTRE DAME STREET, at Bourget Street, block of stores and dwellings for B. Decarie, 1892 (C.R., iii, 8 Oct. 1892, 2)
WESTMOUNT, three cottages for MacDuff, Bray & Co., Clandeboye Avenue, 1894 (C.R., v, 21 June 1894, 2)
NOTRE DAME STREET, store for James Kelly, 1895 (C.R., vi, 13 June 1895, 4)
WESTMOUNT, two houses for Angus S. Mongeau, Greene Avenue, 1895 (C.R., vi, 13 June 1895, 4)
STE. ELIZABETH ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Ste. Elizabeth Street at Notre Dame Street, 1895 (C.R., vi, 18 July 1895, 2)
ST. HENRI CITY HALL, St. James Street, major alterations and improvements, 1895 (Gazette [Montreal], 10 Oct. 1895, 3, descrip.; C.R., vi, 17 Oct. 1895, 2)
PRINCE ARTHUR STREET, two tenements for Auguste Lachapelle, 1896 (C.R., vii, 19 March 1896, 2)
ST. HENRI, five tenements for J.B. Gazelais, St. James Street 1896 (C.R., vii, 19 March 1896, 2)
SANGUINET STREET, tenement for George Bail, 1896 (C.R., vii, 9 April 1896, 3)
STE. CUNEGONDE, tenement for Maurice Gabais, Notre Dame Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 7 May 1896, 2)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Alex Lalonde, Selby Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 6 Aug. 1896, 3, t.c.)
WESTMOUNT, four houses for MacDuff, Itzweire & Co., Clandeboye Avenue, 1896 (C.R., vii, 27 Sept. 1896, 2, t.c.)
ST. HENRI, tenement for J.S. Giroux, Annie Street, 1896 (C.R., vii, 15 Oct. 1896, 2)
MacDUFF & LEMIEUX
(Residential Works)
DELISLE STREET, five tenements for Benjamin Gervais, 1897 (C.R., viii, 22 July 1897, 3)
ST. BLAISE, QUE., cottage for Dr. A. Bouthillier, 1897 (C.R., viii, 22 July 1897, 3)
LASALLE STREET, four houses for R. Beauchamp, 1897 (C.R., viii, 28 Oct. 1897, 2, t.c.)
ST. HENRI, major alterations to the residence of Mayor Eugene Guay, St. Margaret Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 30 March 1898, 4)
LUSIGNAN STREET, tenements for J. Hormisdas Foisy, 1898 (C.R., ix, 30 March 1898, 4)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Albert Holmes, de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, 1899 (C.R., x, 5 July 1899, 3; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 338, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. FELIX STREET, tenement for the Martin Estate, 1899 (Le Prix Courant, xxv, Week No. 13, 1899)
HOTEL DE VILLE AVENUE, near Prince Arthur Street, tenement for Louis Ouimet, 1901 (Le Prix Courant, xxxii, 16 Aug. 1901, 250)
ST. HENRI, two tenements for Auguste Lachapelle, St. Augustin Street, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 28 Feb. 1902, 43)
ST. HENRI, three tenements for Edwin Leroux, St. Augustin Street at Maria Street, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxv, 10 April 1903, 42)
BIENVILLE STREET, at St. Andre Street, two tenements for Placide Laniel, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxv, 22 May 1903, 47)
ST. HENRI, three tenements for Edwin Leroux, St. Augustin Street, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxv, 29 May 1903, 40)
RIGAUD, QUE., three houses for A. Holmes, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 17 July 1903, 52)
PARK AVENUE, at Prince Arthur Street, tenement for Camile Legault, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 27 Nov. 1903, 48; dwgs. at CCA)
PARK AVENUE, near Pine Avenue, tenement for J.U. Cartier, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 25, 1904, 60)
SANGUINET STREET, near St. Louis Square, two tenements for Mrs. F. Deslauriers, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 29, 1904, 44)
VERDUN, tenement for F.X. Berthiaume, Lower Lachine Road, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week 36, 1904, 56)
ST. HENRI, tenement for Charles Fortier, Delinelle Street, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week. No. 30, 1905, 56)
WESTMOUNT, cottages for Harris Vineberg and A. Hart, Argyle Avenue, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 30, 1905, 56; dwgs. at CCA)
WESTMOUNT, houses for the architects J.H. MacDuff and L. Lemieux, Selby Street, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 17, 1906, 45; dwgs. at CCA)
AMHERST STREET, near Ontario Street, two tenements for J.D. Boileau, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 28, 1906, 46)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, near Ste. Elizabeth Street, tenement for H.A. Depocas, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 15, 1906, 46)
NOTRE-DAME-DE-GRACE, house for O. Lavallee, Decarie Avenue, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 26, 1906, 50)
WESTMOUNT, tenement for the Prudhomme Estate, Arlington Avenue, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 43, 1906, 41)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, near Lamontagne Street, tenement for R.D. Costello, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 13, 1909, 40)
STE. ROSE, QUE., summer house for W.A. Snowdon, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 25, 1909, 44)
ST. GERMAIN STREET, at Ontario Street, tenement for J.W. Gingras, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 25, 1909, 44)
WESTMOUNT, two flats for Ulric Beaupre & Sons, Old Orchard Avenue, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 2 March 1910, 25, t.c.)
MOUNT ROYAL AVENUE, at Park Avenue, residence for A. Fortin, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 6 April 1910, 27)
ILE PERROT, QUE., country house for L. Lemieux, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 6 April 1910, 27)
RIGAUD, QUE., house for Mr. Meilleur, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 6 April 1910, 27)
PINCOURT, QUE., country house for J.W. Fontaine, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 6 April 1910, 27)
QUINCHIEN, QUE., house for L.A. Jacques, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 6 April 1910, 27)
WESTMOUNT, residence for William Biltcliffe, Somerville Avenue at Victoria Avenue, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 27 April 1910, 29)
OUTREMONT, house for Camille Legault, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1912 (Outremont b.p. 601, 16 April 1912; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 412-13, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
OUTREMONT, house for L.N. Delorme, Bloomfield Avenue, 1913 (Outremont b.p. 784, 10 May 1913)
(Commercial & Industrial Works)
CHARLEVOIX STREET, at Chateauguay Street, store and six tenements for Cyrille Pare, 1897 (C.R., viii, 16 Sept. 1897, 2, t.c.; Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 319-20, illus.)
MOSELEY SHOE & LEATHER CO., Turgeon Street at St. Ambroise Street, factory, 1897; addition, 1900; converted to residential lofts c. 1990 (C.R., viii, 30 Sept. 1897, 2; Le Prix Courant, xxx, 30 Nov. 1900, 406; inf. Scott Edwards)
TOOKE BROTHERS LTD., St. Elizabeth Avenue, factory, 1899; addition, 1902, additions and alterations, 1907 (C.R., x, 5 July 1899, 3, t.c.; Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 16 May 1902, 46; Montreal, Architecture Industrielle, 1982, 190-91, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
CHARLES DEPOCAS & CO., St. James Street at Station Avenue, St. Henri, major alterations to factory, 1900 (C.R., xi, 3 Oct. 1900, 3)
ST. HENRI, two stores and flats for Octave Chicoine, St. James Street at St. Paul Street, 1901 (Le Prix Courant, xxxii, 16 Aug. 1901, 250)
C. DIGNARD & CO., Delorimier Avenue at Lafontaine Street, factory, 1902; addition, 1907-08 (C.R., xiii, 26 Nov. 1902, 3; dwgs. at CCA)
GRAND MERE, QUE., commercial block for H. St. Cyr, Chamberland Street, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 18 Sept. 1903, 46)
CENTRE STREET, at Charlevoix Street, public hall for Thomas Quintal, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 5, 1904, 45)
ULRIC BEAUPRE & SONS, St. Paul Street, factory, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 9, 1904, 48; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. LAWRENCE STREET, at St. Charles Borromee Street, four stores and flats for Mark Workman, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 15, 38)
CENTRE STREET, near Shearer Street, store and flats for Adelard Lanthier, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 18, 1904, 134)
COTE ST. PAUL, two stores and flats for D.F. Deslauriers, Eadie Street at 1st Avenue, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 39, 1904, 57)
ST. HENRI, two stores and flats for Dr. Oswald H. Letourneau, Notre Dame Street West at Ste. Marguerite Street, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week. No. 15, 1905, 56)
GRAND MERE, QUE., two stores and flats for J.J. Bordeleau, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 17, 1905, 80)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, near Windsor Street, a five storey warehouse for Mark Workman, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 22 Sept. 1905, 6, descrip.; C.R., xvi, 27 Sept. 1905, 2; Le Prix Courant, Week No. 39, 1905, 16; dwgs. at CCA)
H. VINEBERG & CO., Windsor Street near St. Antoine Street, factory, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 11, 1905, 55; dwgs. at CCA)
NOTRE DAME STREET WEST, near Bourget Street, store for Louis Abinovitch, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 22, 1905, 60; dwgs. at CCA)
NOTRE DAME HARDWARE CO., St. James Street at Fulford Street, two stores for George Lanouette, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 24, 1905, 54)
WESTMOUNT, block of six stores and apartments for Friedman & Jacobs, Ste. Catherine Street West at Greene Avenue, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 33, 1905, 60)
ST. HENRI, two stores and flats for Louis Lemarbre, Notre Dame Street West near Lacroix Street, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 40, 1905, 61)
HOLMES & ARPIN LTD., Chatham Street, factory, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 6, 1906, 56)
GRAND MERE, QUE., two stores and flats for J.W. Lemay, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 16, 1906, 44)
GRAND MERE, QUE., store and flat for Roy & Nicol, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 43, 1906, 41)
H.A. WILDER FURNITURE CO., Ste. Catherine Street West near Phillips Square, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 27, 1907, 42; Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 243-45, illus.)
C.E. DIGNARD CO., Nicolet Street at Duquette Lane, factory, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 38, 1907, 44)
LACHINE, factory for Tooke Bros. Ltd., 18th Avenue, Descarries Park, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 41, 1907, 46)
BERNARD STREET, at Esplanade Avenue, three stores and flats for L. Ethier, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 25, 1909, 44)
WESTMOUNT, store for William Biltcliffe, Victoria Avenue at Somerville Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 22 Sept. 1909, 22, t.c.; A. Gubbay & S. Hoof, Montreal's Little Mountain, 1979, 112-13, illus.)
(Institutional & Ecclesiastical Works)
ST. HENRI, Convent for the Sisters of Ste. Anne, St. Peter Street, 1897 (C.R., viii, 17 June 1897, 3; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. HENRI FIRE STATION, Notre Dame Street West at Ste. Elizabeth Avenue, 1897-98 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 Nov. 1897, 3; C.R., ix, 20 April 1898, 5)
GRAND MERE, QUE., Public Market Hall, 1901; altered 1978 (C.R., xii, 20 Nov. 1901, 4; Canada, Town Halls of Canada, 1987, 271; dwgs. at CCA)
MONT LASALLE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SCHOOL, LaSalle Street, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 7 March 1902, 46)
AMHERST PARK SCHOOL, Christopher Columbus Street at Comte Street, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 19, 1906, 40)
GRAND MERE, QUE., Eglise St. Paul, 6th Avenue, major alterations to the church, 1906-08 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 50, 1905, 56; Week No. 7, 1907, 55)
POINTE-AUX-TREMBLES, QUE., Roman Catholic School, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 20, 1907, 38; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. HENRI ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Albert Street near Green Avenue, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 20 Oct. 1909, 21)
RIGAUD, QUE., Post Office, 1910 (La Presse [Montreal], 29 April 1911, 14, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
ST HENRI, St. Zotique Roman Catholic Church & Presbytery, Notre Dame Street West at Cartier Square, church begun in 1910 and completed in 1926-27 by Rene Charbonneau and Ludger Lemieux (C.R., xxiv, 8 June 1910, 25, t.c.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 404-07, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. HENRI, St. Elizabeth du Portugal Roman Catholic Church, Decourcelles Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 April 1911, 53; La Presse [Montreal], 29 April 1911, 5, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. IRENEE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Atwater Avenue at Delisle Street, reconstruction of the church damaged by fire in 1912; presbytery, 1913; school, 1916 (C.R., xxvi, 22 May 1912, 59, illus. & descrip.; La Presse [Montreal], 13 June 1912, 1, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 222-25, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. CLOTHILDE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Bourassa Street at Cote St. Paul Road, 1913 (La Presse [Montreal], 18 Dec. 1912, 1, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxvii, 26 Feb. 1913, 67; dwgs. at CCA)
ST. CHARLES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Centre Street, 1913-14, reconstruction of the church originally designed by Perrault & Mesnard and built 1889-91 (C.R., xxvii, 23 July 1913, 71; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 164-7, illus.; dwgs. at CCA)
BERTHIERVILLE, QUE., buildings for the Forestry School, 1914 (dwgs. at CCA)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Academie Girouard, 1914-15 (dwgs. at CCA)
SHAWINIGAN FALLS, QUE., St. Pierre Roman Catholic Church, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 31 Jan. 1917, 44, t.c.)