Linton Apartments

Linton Apartments (also known as Le Linton) is an apartment building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1509 Sherbrooke Street West in the Golden Square Mile neighbourhood of Montreal.

Linton Apartments
General information
StatusComplete
TypeApartments
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
Location1509 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45.497152°N 73.581634°W / 45.497152; -73.581634
Construction started1907
Completed1908
Height
Roof31.63 metres (103.8 ft)
Technical details
Floor count10
Design and construction
ArchitectSamuel Arnold Finley
David Jerome Spence

Le Linton was designed by Samuel Arnold Finley and David Jerome Spence. Its construction began in 1907 and the building was completed in 1908. It has 10 floors and is 31.63 metres tall.[1] The building is considered to be of beaux-arts architecture. Its facade is made of terracotta and the ornamentation is made of baked clay.[1]

History

Montreal's largest apartment building upon completion, the Linton appealed to well-to-do tenants as a substitute for a large house requiring servants, which were becoming increasingly difficult to find, at the time. The building offered such services as a dry cleaner and caterer, and featured such then-modern amenities as an elevator, central heating, electric doorbell, telephone switchboard and dumbwaiter.[2]

References
  1. "Linton Apartments". Emporis. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  2. "VIEW-12777 | The Linton apartments, Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, QC, 1912-13". Our People Our Stories. McCord Museum. Retrieved 19 December 2011.


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