The prolific interpreter of the Olmsted vision: Frederick G. Todd, Canada’s first landscape architect Item Type Article Authors Pollock-Ellwand, Nancy Citation Nancy Pollock-Ellwand (2019) The prolific interpreter of the Olmsted vision: Frederick G. Todd, Canada’s first landscape architect, Planning Perspectives, 34:2, 191-214, DOI: 10.1080/02665433.2017.1389658 DOI 10.1080/02665433.2017.1389658 Publisher ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Journal PLANNING PERSPECTIVES Rights © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Download date 28/09/2021 21:54:31 Item License http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Version Final accepted manuscript Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/634840 Table One- List of Todd Projects 1900-19471 Public Works A. Parks, Parkway &recreation areas 2 1. 1902 Victoria Park, Sherbrooke, PQ 2. 1902 Mount Royal Park Lookout, Montreal, PQ (Olmsted) 3. 1904-1906 Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg Park Board, MA 4. 1904 Stratford Park, ON 5. 1905 Victoria Park, Galt, ON 6. 1905 Soper Park, Galt, ON 7. 1905 Dickson Park, Galt, ON 8. 1905 Centennial Park, Galt, ON 9. 1905 Mount Royal Outlook, Montreal PQ 10. 1906 Strathcona Square, Sherbrooke, PQ 11. 1907 Victoria Park, Regina, SK (Ref- P. Crawford) 12. 1909 Lafontaine Park, Montreal, PQ 13. 1909 Port Arthur Park, Current River Park, Thunder Bay, ON 14. 1909 Tuxedo Park (Olmsted Park), Winnipeg, MN (Olmsted, Job# 3704 (Heubach)) 15. 1909-1912 Battlefield Park (Champs de Bataille), Quebec City, PQ 16. 1910 Morgan Park (Maisonneuve) and Morgan Boulevard, Montreal, PQ 17. 1911 Bellevue Park, Sault-Ste-Marie, ON 18. 1912-1914 Bowring Park, St. John’s NFLD 19. 1912 Champs de Mars (Stairways), Montreal, PQ 20. 1913 Beaconsfield Boulevard, Montreal, PQ 21. 1914 MacDonald Park and the Belvedere 22. 1926-1944 Angrignon Park, Montreal, PQ 23. 1929-1938 St. Helene’s Island (Ile Ste-Hélène), Montreal, PQ 24. 1935 Mount Royal Park Roadway and Parking plans, Montreal, PQ 25. 1936-1937 Beaver Lake (Lac des Castors), Mount Royal Park, Montreal, PQ 26. 1937 Cabot Square, Montreal, PQ 1 List assembled from various sources including: V. Asselin. Frederick G. Todd architecte paysagiste: une pratique de l’aménagement ancrée dans son époque, 1900- 1948, Montréal, Faculté de l’Aménagement, Université de Montréal, 1995; his many obituaries (February 1948) in Montreal papers and The Municipal Review of Canada; Frederick Wright’s “Planned Beautification in Canada. The Works of Frederick G. Todd, Landscape Architect”. The Municipal Review of Canada. Vol.34(8): 11-13; The Municipal Review of Canada. “Honour for a Canadian Landscape Architect”. Vol.34 (4): 4. April, 1938; The National Reference Book on Canadian Men & Women. Canadian Newspaper Service, Registered Publishers, Sixth Edition, 1940; The Canadian Who’s Who. 1936-1937. Vol. II, Roberts and Tunnell; and his firm’s promotional material (dated July 28th, 1904) found in the Stratford-Perth Archives, Stratford, ON. 2 Table of jobs has been organized as per the format used for the Canadian projects of the Olmsteds (C.E. Beveridge and C.F. Hoffman, with S. Berg and A.A. Levee, The Master List of Design Projects of the Olmsted Firm, 1851-1950. Boston, MA: National Association of Olmsted Parks, 1987). No Master List of Todd projects as yet exists and this is the first comprehensive listing of these projects presented in this manner. As per the Olmsted Master List they are presented for public review and feedback. Through this iterative process the Todd list will hopefully become more refined. Also note those projects that started as Olmsted firm projects are noted, cross referenced to their Job Numbers. 27. 1938 Sauvé Park, Valleyfield, PQ 28. 1938-1945 Maisonneuve Park (Sports Centre), Montreal, PQ 29. 1947 Parc Pelletier, Granby Memorial Park, PQ 30. Nd. Place d’Armes, PQ B. City & Regional Planning and Improvement Projects 31. 1900-19043 City of Westmount, Montreal, PQ (Olmsted) 32. 1903 Dominion Government. Ottawa Improvement Commission Plan 33. 1906 City of Kingston, ON (P. Crawford. Shirley Spragge, Queen’s University) 34. 1907 City of Galt, ON 35. 1907 City of Edmonton Plan 36. 1907 City of Strathcona Plan 37. 1907 City of Calgary Plan 38. 1934 St. Lawrence Seaway, ON C. Subdivision & Suburban Communities 39. 1900-1910 Garden City, Sherbrooke (Canadian Connecticut Cotton Mills), PQ 40. 1905-1913 Bowling Green, Pointe Claire, PQ 41. 1907 Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver, BC 42. 1907-1925 Point Grey (Marine Drive), Vancouver, BC 43. 1912 Port Mann, Vancouver, BC 44. 1913 Coldbrook Garden City, St. John, NB 45. 1912 Leaside Garden City, Toronto, ON 46. 1912-1918 Town of Mount Royal, Montreal, PQ 47. 1920 Garden City, Ste-Anne de Bellevue, PQ 48. 1931 CNR Terminal, Long Point, Montreal 49. 1944 Arvida Townsite, Great Shipsaw Dam, Daguenay, PQ D. College & School Campuses E. Grounds of Residential Institutions 50. 1900-1904 Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, PQ (Olmsted) F. Grounds of Public Institutions 51. 1903 Trinity College, Toronto, ON (Olmsted) 52. 1907 Wascana Park, Saskatchewan Legislative Grounds, Regina, SK 53. 1907 Alberta Legislature, Edmonton, AB 54. 1910 Winnipeg Legislature, Winnipeg, MN 55. 1912 Ottawa Departmental Buildings, ON G. Private Estates & Homesteads 56. 1900 Ross, J. Montreal, PQ (Olmsted, Job #-57)- President, Dominion Coal Co. 57. 1900-1904 Allan, Sir H. M. President, Merchants Bank Canada, Montreal, PQ 3 Projects dated 1900-1904 indicate those listed in Todd’s promotional material that is dated July 28th, 1904, where no other dates are provided. Therefore, the projects listed date before that promotional material being published. (Stratford-Perth Archives, Stratford, ON- File # 72.27.337-338) 58. 1900-1904 Allan, J.B. Montreal, ON 59. 1900-1904 Boyer, L. Montreal, PQ- Dandurand, Brodeur & Boyer 60. 1900-1904 Campbell, A.H. Toronto, ON 61. 1900-1904 Dillon, St. George, Montreal, PQ- Bellhouse, Dillon and Co. 62. 1900-1904 Edwards, W.C. Ottawa, ON 63. 1900-1904 Forget, L.J. Montreal, PQ- President, Montreal Street Railway 64. 1900-1904 Forget, R. Montreal, PQ- L.J. Forget & Co. 65. 1900-1904 Fulford, Hon. G.T. Brockville, ON (Olmsted, Job #- 185) 66. 1900-1904 Gardner, J. Montreal, PQ- Hodgson, Sumner & Co. (Olmsted) 67. 1900-1904 Kemp, A.E. Toronto, ON- Kemp Mfg. Co. 68. 1900-1904 Kemp, W.A., Toronto, ON- Kemp Mfg. Co. 69. 1900-1904 King, J.C. Montreal, PQ- President, Warden King & Son Co. 70. 1900-1904 McGibbon, R.D. Montreal, PQ- McGibbon, Casgrain, Ryan & Mitchell 71. 1900-1904 Meighen, R. Montreal, PQ- President, Lake of the Woods Milling Co. 72. 1900-1904 Mount Murray Seigniory, Murray Bay, PQ 73. 1900-1904 Morey, S.F. Sherbrooke, PQ 74. 1900-1904 Nicholls, F. Toronto, ON (Olmsted)- GM, Canada Foundry Co. 75. 1900-1904 Osler, E.B. Toronto, ON- M.P. Toronto, Osler & Hammond 76. 1900-1904 Stimpson, Dr. D.M., Murray Bay, PQ 77. 1901-1903 Kemp, A.E., Toronto, ON- M.P. Toronto- Kemp M. Co. (Castle Frank) 78. 1901 Wellesley Crescent, Toronto, ON (Ontario Archives, Horwood Collection, Drawing # 848(3) from S.A. Otto (P. Crawford)) 79. 1901 Flavelle J.W. Toronto, ON (Olmsted, Job # 26) 80. 1901-1903 Angus, R.B. Montreal, PQ (Olmsted, Job #- 214)- Director CPR 81. 1902 Forget H.L.J. (Bois-de-la-Roche), Senneville, PQ (Olmsted) 82. 1903 Clouston, E.S. Montreal, PQ- GM, Bank of Montreal (Olmsted) 83. 1903 Mount Murray Seigneury, Murray Bay, PQ 84. 1904-1910 Mackenzie, W.M. Toronto, ON- President, Canadian Northern Railway (P. Crawford. Toronto. A City of Beautiful Homes, Avenue Road Hill, Toronto, ON) 85. 1904 Mulock, Toronto, ON 86. 1904 Munroe, J., Winnipeg, MA 87. 1905 Hosmer, C.R. Toronto, ON (St. Andrews, NB)- President, Ogilvie Flour Mills Co. 88. 1929 Meredith, Sir Vincent, St. Bruno, PQ 89. 1933 Sewell W.E., Seignory Club, Montebello 90. Nd. Bronfman, Harry and Samuel 91. Nd. Gordon, Sir Charles 92. Nd. Hodgson, T.E., Toronto, ON 93. Nd. Irwin, John 94. Nd. Nanton, A.M. Winnipeg, MN- Osler, Hammond & Nanton 95. Nd. Pitfield, Ward C., Bois de Leisse, PQ H. Monuments & Statue Designs and Cemeteries 96. 1905 St. James Cemetery, Toronto, ON (Ref- Shirley Morris, St. James Cathedral Reports 1897-1906) 97. 1934-1941 Montreal Memorial Park Cemetery, Montreal (St Laurent), PQ I. Grounds of Commercial & Industrial Firms 98. 1900-1904 Quebec Railway Light & Power Co., PQ 99. 1925 Alcan. 100. 1926 Celanese Co., Drummondville, PQ J. Country Clubs, Resorts, Hotels & Clubs 101. 1900-1904 CPR, St. Andrew’s Hotel and Land Development, NB (Olmsted) 102. 1900-1904 Royal Montreal Golf Club, Montreal, PQ (P. Crawford, Canadian Homes and Gardens, April 1929: 125) 103. 1900-1904 Mount Royal Club, Montreal, PQ 104. 1900-1904 R&O Nav. Co- Manoir Richelieu, Murray Bay, PQ (Olmsted) 105. 1904 Toronto Golf Club K. Grounds of Churches 106. 1900-1904 Olivet Baptist Church, Montreal, PQ 107. 1905 St. James Cathedral, Toronto, ON 108. 1928 St. Patrick’s Church, Montreal, PQ 109. 1942-1948 Stations of the Cross, St. Joseph’s Oratory or l’Oratoire Saint-Joseph de Montréal, Montreal, PQ L. Arboreta & Gardens 110. 1936-1937 Maisonneuve Park Botanical Gardens, Montreal, PQ M. Exhibitions & Fairs 111. 1932 Centre Sportif au Parc- Olympic Games proposal, Montreal, PQ US Projects4 1900-1904 Borland, Mrs. J.J. Chicago Estate, Camden, Maine 1900-1904 Cassard, Herbert. Manchester, Baltimore Estate, VT 1900-1904 Clark, C.M. Philadelphia Estate, Manchester VT (Olmsted) 1900-1904 Dillingham, E.F. Bangor, Maine 1900-1904 Hublard, E.K. Jr., Middleton, Conn. 1900-1904 Keep, C., Chicago Estate, Camden, Maine 1900-1904 Leland, L. Boston, Boston, Mass. 1900-1904 Lincoln, Robert T. Chicago, IL- President, Pullman Car Co., Manchester, VT. 1900-1904 Parker, E.J. Quincy, IL- President, American Park and Outdoor Art Association 1900-1904 Roger, T.O.