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BAROTT, Ernest Isbell (1884-1966), an important 20th C. Canadian architect active in Montreal, Que. whose works can be found across Canada from British Columbia to New Brunswick, and in the British West Indies. He worked as the owner and partner of the following offices in Montreal:
The practice operated as Barott, Blackader & Webster until 1916, when Blackader passed away during his military service in Ypres; Webster left the firm the following year. Although the practice operated as Barott & Blackader from 1917-1935, Barott was its sole principal.
Barrot's Montreal firm, Barott, Blackader & Webster (and its successors), was a stalwart of architecture in Canada during the first half of the 20th century. The firm's early work included the Beaux Arts style Bank of British North America (1914) facing Market Square in Saint John.
The American-born and trained architect Ernest Isbell Barott (1884-1966), immigrated to Montreal in 1911 to lead the American architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White's expansion of Windsor Station. The following year, with Daniel T. Webster and Gordon H. Blackader, he formed the Montreal firm of Barott, Blackader and Webster (1912-1916).
Oct 10, 2023 · Architects: Barott, Blackader & Webster. As the terminus for the Canadian Pacific Railway, this site has been an important landmark since the completion of the railway in 1886. This Neo-Classical building built between 1912 and 1914 is the third station on this site.
Architect: Barott, Blackader & Webster. Now known as Waterfront station, this was originally the Pacific terminus for the CPR’s transcontinental passenger trains to Montreal and Toronto. The previous CPR station was located one block west, at the foot of Granville, and unlike the current classical-styled Waterfront station was built in ...
In May of that year Ernest Barott invited both Blackader and Daniel T. Webster to form a partnership (see list of works under Barott, Blackader & Webster). The new firm was remarkably successful in obtaining dozens of commissions for major commercial and institutional buildings.
