William Workman (Canadian politician)
William Workman, of Mount Prospect House, Montreal, was an Irish-born Canadian entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. He was a partner in Canada's largest wholesale hardware house of Frothingham & Workman, and President of Montreal's City Bank. He was Mayor of Montreal and invested in railways, shipping, real estate and charity. His home was in Montreal's Golden Square Mile and he is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery.
William Workman (Canadian politician)
Premises of Frothingham & Workman, 1852
'Mount Prospect House', William Workman's home, built in 1842 within the Golden Square Mile
Mrs Eliza (Bethell) Workman
John Frothingham was a Canadian merchant. He established British North America's largest wholesale hardware house, Frothingham & Workman. He was President of the City Bank of Montreal from 1834 to 1849, and a generous contributor to Queen's University, McGill University and Montreal's Protestant schools. The house he purchased in the 1830s, Piedmont, was one of the early estates of the Golden Square Mile. In 1890, its ten acres of grounds were purchased for $86,000 by Lords Strathcona and Mount Stephen, on which they built the Royal Victoria Hospital.
John Frothingham
Label from the Hardware House of Frothingham & Workman
City Bank, Montreal. Frothingham was president from 1834 to 1849
Piedmont House, home to the Frothinghams from the early 1830s to 1910