Sumner Godfrey Davenport
Sumner Godfrey Davenport (November 6, 1877 – March 9, 1956) was an American-born Canadian architect who served as Chief Architect for the Royal Bank of Canada. Life and career Davenport was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, and graduated as an architect from Harvard University in 1901. His first two decades were spent with firms in Boston and New York City. After working with the Royal Bank of Canada in 1917, he was hired by the Canadian bank to work in Cuba in 1920 and shortly after as Chief Architect. Retired from the bank in 1942, he supervised projects with the bank until 1951. Davenport died in Georgeville, Quebec, in 1956. Projects List of projects involving Davenport, either as supervising or primary architect, from 1901 onwards: Royal Bank of Canada Building, Havana, 1917 From 1920 to 1942, he worked on building branch buildings across Canada, with the exception of his own residence at 50 Forden Crescent, Westmount, in 1927. Royal Bank Branch Park Avenue at Bernard Street, Montreal, 1920 Royal Bank Branch Tecumseh Road at Albert Road, Walkerville, Ontario, 1929 – active RBC branch Royal Bank Branch Atwater Avenue at 2753 Notre Dame Street, Montreal, 1933 – now Bui Optometriste Bank of