| Ravenscrag | |
|---|---|
 Ravenscrag from Pine Avenue, 1901 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Mansion |
| Architectural style | Italian Renaissance |
| Location | Golden Square Mile |
| Address | 1025 Pine Avenue West Montreal, Quebec |
| Coordinates | 45°30′21″N 73°34′56″W / 45.5059°N 73.5821°W |
| Construction started | 1860 |
| Completed | 1863 |
| Destroyed | Interior, 1943 |
| Client | Sir Hugh Allan |
| Owner | McGill University (since 1940) |
| Height | Tower of 75 feet |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | Frontage of 300 feet |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 floors, 72 rooms |
| Floor area | 4,968 m2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Victor Roy (Wm. Spier & Son) |
| Main contractor | William Spier & Son (Superintendant) George Roberts (Carpenter & Joiner) |
Ravenscrag is a former mansion that was built between 1860 and 1863 for Hugh Allan (later Sir Hugh Allan) in the Golden Square Mile of Montreal, Quebec. It stands at 1025 Pine Avenue West at the top of McTavish Street, on the slopes of Mount Royal. Upon its completion in 1863, the mansion of 72 rooms surpassed "in size and cost any dwelling-house in Canada," exceeding Dundurn Castle, built by Sir Allan MacNab in 1835.[1]
In 1940, Allan's second son, Sir Montagu Allan, donated the property to the Royal Victoria Hospital for use as a medical facility, when its famously sumptuous interior was completely stripped and gutted. Today, the building is known as the Allan Memorial Institute and is part of the McGill University Faculty of Medicine. Although reduced in size and lacking its former grandeur, Ravenscrag continues to dominate what remains of the Golden Square Mile today.
- ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography (1881-1890), Volume XI