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Architecture of Quebec

17 December 2009
1910 – Notre-Dame-Du-Sacre-Couer Sanctuary, Quebec City, Quebec

1910 – Notre-Dame-Du-Sacre-Couer Sanctuary, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: François-Xavier Berlinguet The construction of this shrine, which is located in Old Québec, began in 1909. On May 31, 1910 Monsignor Bégin, Archbishop of Québec, performed the official blessing of this new...

30 June 2010
1914 – Former Bank, Quebec City, Quebec

1914 – Former Bank, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: Victor Daniel Horsburgh Fine branch of Canadian Bank of Commerce with tastefully curving corner entrance at the corner of Paul and Pierre. No longer in use as a bank. Designed by Victor...

17 December 2009
1915 – Gare du Palais, Quebec City, Quebec

1915 – Gare du Palais, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: Harry Edward Prindle Built in the Chateau style to reflect the dominant Chateau Frontenac on the old town above the station, the real glory of the Gare du Palais is the entrance...

30 June 2010
1916 – L’édifice Jean-Baptiste-De La Salle, Quebec City, Quebec

1916 – L’édifice Jean-Baptiste-De La Salle, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: Georges-Emile Tanquay Formerly the Academie Commerciale de Quebec, and now used as Quebec Government offices. Originally the corner was surmounted by a cupola and dome.

17 December 2009
1919 – Pont de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec

1919 – Pont de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec

The Quebec Bridge is a riveted steel truss structure and is 3,239 feet long, 94 ft wide, and 340 ft high. Cantilever arms of 580 ft support a 640 ft central span, for...

30 June 2010
1921 – Former Église Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec City, Quebec

1921 – Former Église Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: Arthur Régnault The local priest was a native of Rennes in France, and he commission a Rennes architect Arthur Régnault to design the church. The plans that he sent over to Quebec...

30 September 2009
1924 – Victoria Hall Community Centre, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec

1924 – Victoria Hall Community Centre, Westmount, Montreal, Quebec

Architect: Hutchison & Wood The original Victoria Jubilee Hall was designed by Robert Findlay and erected in 1898. That building was razed by fire in 1924. The present-day version was designed by architects...

14 December 2009
1926 – Ernest-Cormier Building, Montreal, Quebec

1926 – Ernest-Cormier Building, Montreal, Quebec

Architect: Ernest Cormier The columned neoclassical building erected in 1926 as the city’s main criminal court is today the home of the Quebec Court of Appeal. Its massive bronze doors are richly carved...

14 December 2009
1930 – Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, Quebec

1930 – Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, Quebec

Architect: Monsarrat & Pratley The Jacques Cartier Bridge is a cantilever bridge from Montreal Island, Montreal to the south shore at Longueuil. Locally it is also known as the Pont de la rive-Sud...