May 29, 2009

Bruce Price



(Wikipedia) - Bruce Price (12 December 1845–29 May 1903) was the American architect of many of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Château-type stations and hotels. A fine example of his work for CP is Montreal's Windsor Station and the chateau of CP co-founder James Ross now known as Chancellor Day Hall at McGill University.
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Bruce Price practiced briefly in Baltimore and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, before moving to New York in 1877. Price married Josephine Lee of Wilkes-Barre. His daughter Emily Price Post, was the author of books on etiquette. Continued


Photo: Old Washington County Library (Maryland Historical Trust).

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