Gilbert, Bradford Lee, 1853-1911, New York

• articled to railroad engineer/architect Octave Chanute
• no known formal academic training
• architect to Erie Railroad, numerous modest stations
• railroad Stations, Concord NH, Bernardsville NJ, Atlanta, Mexico City, Halifax NS
• designed Illinois Central Chicago terminal station (1893), Richardsonian Romanesque
• chief architect to South Carolina and West Indian exhibition (Queen Anne Revival)
• associate of Henry Hardenbergh for Windson Hotel extension, Montreal (2nd Empire)
• architect to Grand Trunk Railway for Ottawa union Station and Chateau Laurier (1906-8)
• produced 4 designs for station and 3 for hotel. All but last hotel design rejected by Laurier cabinet, City Council, or railway.
• associated with Meredith for final redesign (1907-8)
• dismissed and replaced by Ross & Macfarlane
• final Chateau design externally similar to Gilbert's, but decorative style changed
• final station design different, except for relationship of waiting room, some ancillary facilities concourse, and shed.
• Gilbert alleged plagiarism but sued Grand Trunk for non-payment of fees
• lawsuit settled on a technicality in 1909 for earned fees only, no damages or fault