| Great Architects of New York: Henry J. Hardenbergh | |
| The Windsor Hotel Annex Address 1170, rue Peel Montréal, Québec H3B Location West side of rue Cypress from rue Peel to rue Stanley Neighborhood Ville-Marie Built 1906 Style Second Empire Use Offices upstairs with banquet halls on the ground floor. Originally built as an addition to a large and grand hotel, and was converted in the 1980s. Web resources Wikipedia Emporis Modern restoration, 1985-1987 — The characteristic verdigris-trimmed, dormer-enhanced mansard and the muted detail of the facades place this within Hardenbergh's best work. The window treatment is a bit less rich than some other works, like the Hotel Albert, while the large arched ground floor windows are similar to those at the Hotel Oakland of the same period. This building is faced with a different material on each of its three sides: white limestone on the front, yellow brick on the side street and red brick on the rear. Apart from that, all maintain a uniformity of design.
This was originally an addition, or annex, to the Windor Hotel on what was then called Dominion Square in Montreal. The main part of the hotel burned down in 1957, but this addition remains. It is now connected to the CIBC Building, a modern office tower, and in 1985-1987 was given a modern atrium on its east side, restored ballrooms and structural upgrades. According to a sign next to the building, Hardenbergh collaborated on the design with Bradford Lee Gilbert, a fact of which I had previously been unaware. (The building does not appear on the Bradford Lee Gilbert website as far as I can tell.) Regardless, Le Windsor, as it is now known, contributes quite a bit to the elegance of Dorchester Square in downtown Montréal.
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 The western facade, facing rue Cypress.
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