Allan Memorial Institute
Date: c1905
Allan Memorial Institute (Ravenscrag).
Note the misspelling on the card "Raavenskrag".
The “Allan” was constructed in 1863 on the southern slope of Mount Royal for the shipping magnate Sir Hugh Allan. It was named Ravenscrag after a castle in Scotland. It had 72 rooms, including an imposing central tower from which Allan could view his steamships arriving in Montreal’s harbor. The building was given to the Royal Victoria Hospital by Allan’s descendants in 1940 to house its Psychiatry Department. Unfortunately, much of the building’s ornate interior was destroyed during its transformation for this purpose. The building is still being used for outpatient psychiatric service by the McGill University Health Center.