Name/Title
1930 - Painting (architect rendering) by CGG WWI Veteran, Lieutenant Gratton Dalrymple Thompson, OBE - Famous Montreal Architect that designed McGill University's The Roddick Gate, Circa 1930Description
For Museum records only - Part of the Lieutenant Michael A. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection *** FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY - ARTIFACT NOT PART OF MUSEUM COLLECTION ***
1930 - Painting (architect rendering) of The Montreal Boys Association 'Club House' by CGG WWI Veteran, Lieutenant Gatton Dalrymple Thompson, OBE - Famous Montreal Architect that designed McGill University's The Roddick Gate, Circa 1930
ABOUT THE CGG OFFICER
Lieutenant Grattan Dalrymple Thompson gained much of his knowledge and experience in designing industrial and commercial buildings from the Montreal firm of Ross & MacDonald where he worked from 1919 to 1922. Born in Toronto on 2 January 1895 he was educated as public schools in Montreal and graduated from Lower Canada College in 1912. He served with the Canadian Grenadier Guards during WWI and later studied architecture at McGill University and graduated in 1919. He was known for his drawings in exploring new themes of the emerging Art Deco style and he credited with the design of The Roddick Gates (named after CGG Officer Sir Thomas George Roddick) at the entrance to McGill University. Thompson frequently exhibited his paintings and architectural work at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and was awarded an OBE for his services during WW1 and as administrator of the Montreal War Services Council. He died in Montreal on 18 September 1971.
ABOUT THE MONTREAL BOY'S ASSOCIATION (YOUTH HORIZON)
As early as 1899 the idea of a boys' home farm in the Laurentians for the training of delinquent boys was suggested by James R. Dick, the superintendent of the Boys' Home. In 1907 this idea came to fruition and a Boys' Farm and Training School was built at Shawbridge with a separate charter granted in 1917. A boys' camp was sponsored in 1918. First called Camp Boy, the following year it was renamed Camp Lewis in Memory of CGG Major John Lewis, a great friend of the boys in the school, who had been killed in the War.
The Boys' Welfare Association was reorganized to carry on the activities of the camp and to develop boys' clubs. This organization joined forces with the Big Brother movement in the 1930s to form the present Montreal Boys' Association. In 1934 the Rotary Club of Westmount gave 260 acres of land on Lac l'Achigan to Weredale House. Here, Camp Weredale was established to serve as a summer home for the boys and the staff. Weredale House was also one of the agencies of the Welfare Federation of Montreal which in the 1950s provided 50% of its funding. In 1977 Weredale House joined with Summerhill Homes, the Girls' Cottage School and Allencroft Reception Centres to form Youth Horizons.Created By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
July 17, 2025Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
July 25, 2025
