Roddick Gates
45°30′13″N73°34′29″W/ 45.50361°N 73.57472°W
 The Roddick Gates andBurnside Hall | |
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| Location | Sherbrooke StreetandMcGill College Avenue,Montreal,Quebec, Canada |
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| Designer | Gratton D. Thompson |
| Type | Monumental gates |
| Beginning date | 1924 |
| Opening date | May 28, 1925 |
| Dedicated to | Thomas George Roddick |
TheRoddick Gates,also known as theRoddick Memorial Gates,aremonumentalgates inMontrealthat serve as the main entrance to theMcGill Universitycampus. They are located onSherbrooke Street Westand are at the northern end of the very short but broadMcGill College Avenue,which starts atPlace Ville Marie.
History
[edit]In 1924, Amy Redpath Roddick donated the Roddick Gates to McGill University in memory of her late husband, SirThomas George Roddick,a renowned doctor and dean of McGill's Faculty of Medicine from 1901 to 1908. Amy Redpath Roddick (May 16, 1868 – February 16, 1954) was the first-born child and only daughter of Ada Mills and John James Redpath. She became the second wife of Thomas Roddick on September 3, 1906.
Amy Redpath Roddick commissionedGrattan D. Thompson(1895–1971) to carry out the work on the monument.[1]In 1922, Gratton D. Thompson had married Elizabeth Grace Redpath.
The Roddick Gates were formally opened by Amy Redpath Roddick on May 28, 1925. There are other significant buildings at McGill University that bear the Redpath family name, including theRedpath Libraryand theRedpath Museum.
The four clocks andWestminster QuartersStrike were made by theSeth Thomas Clock Companyand the four bells byMeneely Bell Foundry.In 2010, the clocks were repaired by theElectric Time Companyand rededicated.[2][3]
Since April 2024, daily pro-Palestine protests have taken place at Roddick Gates in connection with theMcGill student encampment.Since the dismantlement of the encampment the protests have been led by Samar Alkhdour.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^Johnson, David."Roddick Gates & Gatehouse (demolished)".Virtual McGill.McGill University.Retrieved1 May2018.
- ^"Keeping watch on the Roddick Gates: McGill Reporter".publications.mcgill.ca.Retrieved1 May2018.
- ^"Refurbished Clocks at Roddick Gates".McGill University. 19 October 2010.Retrieved1 May2018– viaYouTube.[dead YouTube link]
- ^"'Time is blood in Gaza,' says Palestinian Montrealer urging Canada to get relatives out ".Retrieved2 October2024.
External links
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