George Stephen

On this picture you can see the entrance of the Mount Stephen Club located at 1440, Drummond Street. George Stephen was the first Canadian to attain the status of peer. Originally from Scotland, he emigrated to Canada at the age of 21. His major field was the railroad business. He won a contract with the Government of Canada to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Named the company's first president, he oversaw the huge and difficult task of constructing the costly transcontinental railway.
After his passing in 1921, his home in Montreal, built at an estimated cost of $600,00 in 1880, was converted to a private club in 1928. Today, the Mount Stephen Club has a gourmet restaurant open to the public and the building is regarded as one of the city's most important heritage properties. To see some more pictures of the house, click here.