This hotel-Train station was commissioned by William Cornelius Van Horne the president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad(CPR). The station was built with orange bricks of Scotland and Montreal’s gray stones.
This building was converted in 1951 into offices to house services and departments of Montreal city.
In 2006 it was sold to private interests for the modest sum of $ 9 million (largely under evaluation because of poor maintenance over time).
(2008) A huge development project is now evolving on plans. The building witch is located in a large land would be surrounded by 12 to 20 storey tall apartments building.
Constructor and other companies involved in construction:
Félix Labelle, Peter Lyall & Sons
This building is located in the «Secteur de valeur patrimoniale exceptionnelle Square Viger» AKA : "Area of outstanding heritage value Square Viger.
This building is also visible on those pictures
L'Architecture de Montréal
Pierre-Richard Bisson, 1990
Montréal, son histoire, son architecture tome 2
Guy Pinard, 1988
Répertoire d'architecture traditionnelle: Les Édifices Publics , 1981
Architecture - public building
Building achieved the same year (1898)
DowntownSaint-Henri / Petite-BourgogneWestmountOld MontrealOutremontPlateau Mont-Royal Facts about Montreal
Statistics about this page 281 page views for this month 72224 hits on this page Imtl.org has no relation with owner of this building All pictures on this website are protected through copyright. Anyone who uses them on personal or commersial websites or other media, commits a violation of the law |