The Allan Memorial Institute (AMI; sometimes colloquially referred to as The Allan), located in Montreal, Quebec, houses the Psychiatry Department of the Royal Victoria Hospital, part of the McGill University Health Centre. Although currently a respected psychiatric hospital, the institute is known for its role in the Project MKULTRA by the CIA. The Agency's initiative to develop drug-induced "mind control" techniques were implemented in the institute by its then Director Donald Ewen Cameron from 1957 to 1964.
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The institute occupies the mansion built by Sir Hugh Allan, a wealthy Montreal businessman. This Italianate villa-like building, named Ravenscrag by the Allan family, is perched on the side of Mount Royal at the top of McTavish Street. It is one of many old, large homes that dot the southern slope of Mount Royal in the Golden Square Mile district. When it was still a residence for Sir Hugh Allan, Andrew Taylor extended the east wing, 1889 and enlarged the stables, 1898. [1] Sir Hugh Allan's heirs donated Ravenscrag to the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1940, after which its interior was entirely gutted and replaced.
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- ^ http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1349 Biographic Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950 Andrew Taylor (Architect)
