David Robertson Brown

Born in Montreal, the son of James Brown and Elizabeth Robertson, he was educated at the High School of Montreal[1] and then studied architecture for four years in Montreal under A. F. Dunlop.[2]

In 1890, Brown went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked for architectural firms, including Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, heirs to the practice of Henry Hobson Richardson,[3] before returning to Montreal in 1894 and forming the architectural firm of Brown, McVicar, and Heriot. From 1900 to 1905 he worked alone,[2] then formed a temporary working partnership with Percy Erskine Nobbs,[4] and finally in 1907 went into partnership with Hugh Vallance. Brown served as President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Quebec Association of Architects.[2]

Brown was a member of the Canada Club and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club.[1]

In 1900 Brown married Harriet Fairbairn Robb, a daughter of William Robb, City Treasuer of Montreal.

• Board of Trade Building, Montreal[1]
• Medical Building of McGill University[1]
• Montreal Children's Hospital (1904)[1]
• Standard Shirt Building[1]
• Southam Building, Calgary (1912–13, demolished)[1]
• Memorial Gates, University of Saskatchewan (1927)[5]