{{Short description|Canadian architect (1872–1934)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = John Smith Archibald | image = John Smith Archibald.png | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | pronunciation = | birth_date = {{birth date|1872|12|14}} | birth_place = Inverness, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|03|02|1872|12|14}} | death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | burial_place = <!-- may be used instead of resting_place and resting_place_coordinates (displays "Burial place" as label) --> | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Architect | years_active = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | awards = }}
'''John Smith Archibald''' (December 14, 1872 – March 2, 1934) was a Canadian architect.
==Biography== John Smith Archibald was born in Inverness, Scotland on December 14, 1872.<ref name="Who's Who">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTkzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1583 |title=Who's Who in Canada, Volume 16 |editor1-first=Charles Whately |editor1-last=Parker |editor2-first=Barnet M. |editor2-last=Greene |publisher=International Press |pages=1583–1584 |year=1922 |access-date=2020-07-19 |via=Google Books}}</ref> He arrived in Montreal in 1893. He worked as chief architect in Edward Maxwell's cabinet. Archibald and his colleague Charles Saxe then started their own firm until 1915. Archibald was president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1924-1925 and was elected a fellow in 1930. He built several prominent hotels for Canadian National Railway, including the Windsor Hotel, Château Laurier, Halifax Hotel, and the Hotel Vancouver. He also worked on several projects in Montreal, including the Montreal Masonic Memorial Temple, the Emmanuel Congregational Church, and the École polytechnique de Montréal. Other significant commissions included the Montreal Forum, Baron Byng High School, Elizabeth Ballantyne School, the Queen's University gymnasium and swimming pool in Kingston (1930), and three Montreal hospitals: the Royal Edward Institute, the Montreal Convalescent Hospital, and St. Mary's Hospital.
He died at Montreal General Hospital on March 2, 1934.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55700913/john-s-archibald-architect-is-dead/ |title=John S. Archibald, Architect, is Dead |newspaper=The Gazette |page=5 |date=1934-03-03 |access-date=2020-07-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Works ==
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==See also== *List of Quebec architects
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==External links== *[https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-smith-archibald Canadian Encyclopedia - John Smith Archibald] *[https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/204455/john-s-archibald-collection Finding aid for the John S. Archibald collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813145454/https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/archives/204455/john-s-archibald-collection |date=August 13, 2020 }}, Canadian Centre for Architecture ([https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/search?digigroup=204455 digitized items]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }})
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Archibald, John Smith}} Category:1861 births Category:1934 deaths Category:Members of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Category:Architects from Montreal Category:Scottish emigrants to Canada