Lady Meredith House
| Lady Meredith House | |
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Lady Meredith House, Montreal
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| Former names | Ardvana, H.-Vincent Meredith House |
| General information | |
| Type | Mansion |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne style architecture |
| Location | Golden Square Mile |
| Address | 1110, Pine Avenue Montreal, Quebec |
| Construction started | 1894 |
| Completed | 1894 |
| Client | Vincent & Brenda Meredith |
| Owner | The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (McGill University) |
| Landlord | Sir Vincent Meredith |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 1,253 m2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Edward & William Sutherland Maxwell |
| Official name | H. Vincent Meredith Residence National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1990 |
Lady Meredith House is located at 1110 Pine Avenue West at the corner of Peel Street, in what is today known as the Golden Square Mile, Montreal, Quebec. It is currently owned by McGill University. The house was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada November 16, 1990. Lady Meredith House is situated at an altitude of 129 m.
The land on which the house stands was originally part of the estate of Simon McTavish in the Golden Square Mile. In 1860, his heirs subdivided the land and sold it off in several large plots. The shipowner and financier, Andrew Allan, purchased one these plots just south of the fourteen acre plot purchased by his brother, Sir Hugh Allan, on which Ravenscrag was completed in 1863. Using the same architects as his brother, Andrew Allan built Iononteh, a greystone mansion completed in 1865 that dominated Upper Peel Street, but which has since been demolished.
In 1888, Andrew Allan gave a parcel of his land to his youngest daughter, Isabella Brenda Allan (1867–1959), on the occasion of her marriage to Sir Vincent Meredith, who would become the first Canadian-born President of the Bank of Montreal and in 1916 was created the 1st Baronet of Montreal. Meredith's brother, Charles, lived in the house immediately to the west of his home and their cousin, Frederick Meredith, lived only a few houses further down from them, also on Pine Avenue.
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