George Allen Ross (October 24, 1878 – January 21, 1946) was a Canadian architect, for many years senior partner in the important Montreal firm of Ross and Macdonald.
Life Born in Montreal on October 24, 1878, Ross was educated at the High School of Montreal, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.Antonia Brodie, ed., Directory of British Architects, 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) (A. & C. Black, Royal Institute of British Architects, 2001), p. 504
After returning from Paris, Ross was apprenticed to Brown, MacVicar, & Heriot in Montreal and later become a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway. He also worked for Parker & Thomas in Boston and Carrere & Hastings in New York City, then in 1907 went into partnership in Montreal with David MacFarlane as Ross and MacFarlane. When MacFarlane withdrew from the firm in 1912, Ross established a new partnership with Robert Henry Macdonald called Ross and Macdonald.David Rose, Geoffrey Simmons, Ross & Macdonald in The Canadian Encyclopedia online (December 2013), accessed January 7, 2018
He died at his home in Montreal on January 21, 1946.
Honours Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1904 Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1913 President of the Quebec Association of Architects
Notable buildings
References
External links Ross, George Allen ~ career outline at magma.ca Le fantasme métropolitain : l'architecture de Ross et Macdonald : bureaux, magasins et hôtels 1905‑1942 George Allen Ross, Biography at mcgill.ca (McGill University)