BEAUPRE, Donat (1891- c. 1964), born in Montreal, Que. on 26 January 1891, was active in that city where he registered with the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects in 1914. In 1922 he accepted the position of City Architect for Montreal and held this post for more than thirty years, making a unique contribution to municipally funded architecture in the Montreal area. One of his best known landmarks is the Levis Tower, a cylindrical stone lookout structure on Ile Ste. Helene, completed in 1936. Beaupre resigned from the P.Q.A.A. in 1964.
Donat BEAUPRE (works in Montreal unless noted)
LA SARRE, QUE., presbytery for the Roman Catholic church, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 25 Aug. 1920, 52)
Donat BEAUUPRE (buildings for the Montreal civic government)
SCHUBERT PUBLIC BATHS, St. Lawrence Boulevard at Bagg Street, public baths, 1931-32 (C.R., xlv, 21 Jan. 1931, 48, t.c.; Gazette [Montreal], 24 March 1932, 11, descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect; inf. Scott Edwards)
l'ESPERANCE STREET, at Ontario Street, public baths, 1930-31 (C.R., xliv, 24 Dec. 1930, 47)
CLARKE STREET, City administrative offices, shelter and stables, 1932 (C.R., xlv, 2 Dec. 1931, 54)
WESTERN STREET, near Madison Street, City stables, 1931-32 (C.R., xlv, 30 Dec. 1931, 183)
BEAUGRAND STREET, near Hochelaga Street, office building and garage, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 17 Feb. 1932, 45)
LAURIER WARD, gymnasium and health clinic, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 20 Jan. 1932, 44)
ILE STE. HELENE, Levis Tower, 1936 (Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 286-7, illus.)
BEAVER LAKE, QUE., clubhouse for the provincial Dept. of Labour, 1939 (C.R., lii, 1 Feb. 1939, 32)
LEVESQUE PUBLIC BATHS, Boyer Street, major interior alterations and improvements, 1939 (Montreal Daily Star, 2 Feb. 1939, 32, descrip.)
ILE STE. HELENE, a summer Auto Bus Terminal, "....in the Norman style", with a nearby year-round bus station close to the Jacques Cartier Bridge, 1939 (Montreal Daily Star, 4 Feb. 1939, 26, illus. & descrip.)
MUNICIPAL GARAGES, des Carriers Street at Grand Trunk Street, 1941 (C.R., liv, 12 March 1941, 33)
DE FLEURIMENT STREET, near Chateaubriand Avenue, major addition to civic office building for the City of Montreal, 1941 (Montreal Daily Star, 7 Jan. 1941, 24; C.R., liv, 19 March 1941, 31)
MONTREAL ZOO, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Feb. 1950, 124)
PARC LAFONTAINE, pavilion, 1950-51 (Batiment, xxvii, Jan/Feb 1952, 3, 30-2, illus.)