page_title: Drummond Street, Montreal
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Drummond Street, Montreal / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Drummond Street, Montreal, QC, about 1895 Wm. Notman &amp; Son About 1895, 19th century Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process 20 x 25 cm Purchase from Associated Screen News Ltd. VIEW-3337 © McCord Museum
context_page_description: Drummond Street is a north-south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Spanning a total of 1.2 kilometres, it links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the north and De la Gauchetière Street in the south.
  A mix of businesses are located on this street such as bookstores, pubs and restaurants. A branch of the YMCA and George Stephen House, the final location of the Mount Stephen Club, are also on this street.
context_section_description: Scots-Quebecer businessman John Redpath (1796-1869), was a member of Montreal City Council from 1840 until 1843. He ceded the land which became Drummond Street on May 13, 1842 and named the street after his second wife, Jane Drummond (1816-1907). The street was not named for General Gordon Drummond (no relation), as is sometimes thought.
  Upper Drummond Street was one of the principal streets of the Golden Square Mile. Around 1925, it was a quiet tree-lined avenue of mansions belonging to the Drummond, Smithers, Molson, Reford, MacIntyre, Meighen (inherited from Lord Mount Stephen), Wallis, Angus, Reid, Davis, Brainard, Wanklyn and Hosmer families.
  Following a demolition spree that culminated in 1975, Drummond Street had become another typical modern Montreal street, seen as it today. The George Stephen House, the final location of the Mount Stephen Club and former home of George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen remains, as does the home of Charles Hosmer, but the others have long since disappeared.
caption: Drummond Street, 1895
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