Martlet House

Martlet House
Martlet House on Rue Peel.

Martlet House, formerly the Montreal headquarters of Seagram Company Ltd., is a Scottish baronial style building on Peel Street in Montreal, Quebec. The building was completed in 1928 by architect David Jerome Spence, with additions in 1931, 1947 and 1955.[1]

It was donated to McGill University by Vivendi Universal, which had acquired the property in 2002 after its merger with Seagram. The university spent $1.5 million renovating the site in order to house its Development and Alumni Relations department, which moved there in 2004.[1]

Previous Marlet Houses

Prior to 2004, the Martlet House designation had been applied to two properties: one on University Street, followed by a move in 1971 to a Mountain Street property built in 1925 by architect Robert Findlay for Alice Hallward.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b DESJARDINS, SYLVAIN-JACQUES (2004-04-25). "Seagram Building reborn as Martlet House". McGill Reporter. http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/36/13/martlethouse/. Retrieved 2009-02-07. 
  2. ^ "Martlet House (formerly Hallward House)". Virtual McGill. http://cac.mcgill.ca/campus/buildings/Martlet_House.html. Retrieved 2009-02-07. 

Coordinates: 45°30′01″N 73°34′26″W / 45.500249°N 73.573758°W / 45.500249; -73.573758

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