Office Building for Imperial Oil Ltd.

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• Fonds: Ross & Macdonald fonds, 1902-1982
•    Series: Projects, 1902-1972
•      Project: Office Building for Imperial Oil Ltd., 1951-1954

People

• Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (creator)
• Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (architectural firm)
• Davison, Duffus, Romans & Davis (consulting architectural firm)
• Imperial Oil Limited (client)
• Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

Title

Office Building for Imperial Oil Ltd.

Dates of creation

1951-1954

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 109 drawings including reprographic copies
• 0.04 l. m. of textual records

Scope and Content

File documents an executed project for an office building in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Material in this file was produced between 1951 and 1954.

File contains index cards, survey drawings, miscellaneous drawings, preliminary drawings, preliminary and design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, detail and structural drawings, consultant drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.

Reference Number

AP013.S1.D363

Arrangement

Material in this series is not arranged.

Location

Halifax Nova Scotia Canada

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41600
  • Title: Sketch showing rock elevations, property plans, sketch showing location of services
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  4 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • drawings, measured

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 reprographic copies

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-01M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41604
  • Title: Owner's drawings for front elevation and medical department layout
  • Form: drawings
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  3 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 3 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-01M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41607
  • Title: Floor plans, perspective and plot plan, section, elevation
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  16 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 16 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-02M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41623
  • Title: Floor plans, penthouse floor addition, elevations, column layouts
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  18 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawing
  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 18 drawings including reprographic copies

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-03M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41641
  • Title: Telephone rooms, retaining wall, hose bibb locations, new office, stairs,
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Description:

  telephone rooms, retaining wall, hose bibb locations, new office, stairs, penthouse addition, proposed floor changes, flashing and coping, radiator covers, floor tile patterns, proposed mechanical and electrical changes

  Quantity / Object type:

  19 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development drawing
  • preliminary drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 19 drawings including reprographic copies

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-04M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41660
  • Title: Floor plans and schedules, penthouse plan, roof and plot plans, sections, elevations
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  8 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • working drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-05L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41668
  • Title: General details, front entrance and stair, windows, rear entrance door, washrooms, ceiling plans, ash hoist pit, cabinet, radiators, colour schedule changes, filing cabinet enclosures
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  11 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 11 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-05L

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41679
  • Title: Colour schedules, structural plans and details
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  10 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • structural drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 10 drawings

  Method of Projection:

  • detail drawings (drawings)

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-06M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41689
  • Title: Penthouse plan by Turnbull Elevator Co. Ltd., roof plan by L.E. Shaw Ltd.
  • Form: drawings
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • consultant drawing

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-06M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41691
  • Title: Mechanical floor plans, boiler room, plot plan and details, oil piping and control diagrams, electrical floor plans, transformer vault layout, x-ray room and boiler room electrical, power flow diagram
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  18 File

  Stage and Purpose:

  • mechanical drawing (building system drawing)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 18 drawings

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-07M

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41709
  • Title: Building specifications (copy no. 2)
  • Form: textual records
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-08T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41710
  • Title: Building specifications (copy no. 19)
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-09T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41711
  • Title: Lists of shop drawings
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.03 l. m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-10T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41712
  • Title: Engineering brief
  • Form: textual records
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l. m. of textual records

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-11T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41713
  • Title: Correspondence, engineering brief
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  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-12T

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  • Reference Number: ARCH41714
  • Title: Notes, reports, drawing and sketches for structural details, chart
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  People:

  • Ross & Macdonald (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 File

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 file

  Credit line:

  Ross & Macdonald fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  13-363-13T