Phillips Square
unknown (Canadian architect)
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Date
1842Description
Monument to King Edward VII at the center of the square, looking northwest; Phillips Square is a public square located in downtown Montreal. Phillips Square was carved out of property that initially belonged to fur trader Joseph Frobisher, one of the founding partners of the North West Company, and named, for Thomas Phillips, a building contractor and city councillor who bought the land from Frobisher. When Phillips died, his widow donated the property to be used a perpetual memorial to her husband. In 1842, the square was first laid out, in what was at the time a wealthy residential area on the fringe of the city of Montreal. In 1891, Morgan's department store established itself in the square, followed soon thereafter by Henry Birks and Sons in 1894. The square was most recently renovated in 1995. The square features a monument to King Edward VII designed by Louis-Phillipe Hébert, which was erected in 1914. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/12/2010)
Type of Work
square (open space)Subject
architecture, business, commerce and trade, cityscape, City planning, Nineteenth century
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