Built from 1889 to 1891 to a design by the American architect John Pearce Hill ( 1849 – 1920 ) , the four-storey Neo-Romanesque building was constructed from imported Scottish Old Red Sandstone for Morgan 's Department Store ( which HBC acquired in 1960 ) . The site had previously been occupied by terrace-type townhouses along Saint Catherine , Union and Alymer , built with stones from the ruins of the 1849 Parliament Building , including the former home of Dr William Hales Hingston , mayor of Montreal from 1875 to 1877 , at the southwest corner
Parliament Building
Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal
Henry Morgan Building