Bergeron, Hippolyte

BERGERON, Hippolyte (1860-1930) was active in Montreal where he developed a specialised practice in the design of hospitals and houses of refuge for several Roman Catholic dioceses in Quebec . He was also active in local political circles and served at one time as alderman in the Town of Longue Pointe before it was amalgamated into the City of Montreal (obituaries in La Presse [Montreal], 14 Feb. 1930, 29; R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, March 1930, xxxiv)

(works in Montreal unless noted)

HOSPICE SAINT-JEAN-DE-DIEU, Hochelaga Street at Curatteau Street, at the Longue Pointe Insane Asylum, 1897-99 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Sept. 1899, 7, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 13 April 1901, 8, detailed architectural descrip.; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 180-87, illus.)
SOUERS DE LA PROVIDENCE, St. Hubert Street near De Montigny Street, a residence for the Sisters, 1899 (C.R., x, 31 May 1899, 3)
SOUERS DE LA PROVIDENCE, Mother House, Ste. Catherine Street East at Fullum Street, 1900 (C.A.B., xiii, Jan. 1900, 7, descrip.)
SOUERS DE LA PROVIDENCE, Ontario Street, a hospice, 1901 (Le Prix Courant, xxxi, 7 June 1901, 875)
HOPITAL DES INCURABLES, Cote St. Luc Road at Decarie Boulevard, enlargement of, and repairs to, the old monastery, 1902 (Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 156-9, illus.)
SOUERS DE LA PROVIDENCE, a hospital in Maisonneuve, Pie IX Boulevard at Adam Street, 1904; with addition of new buildings in 1913 (La Presse [Montreal], 10 May 1904, 1, illus. & descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 24 July 1913, 3)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Boucher Street, two tenements for Hermas Poitras, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 34, 1904, 53)
LAPRAIRIE, QUE., convent for the Soeurs de la Congregation, 1905 (La Presse [Montreal], 14 March 1905, 8, illus.)
EGLISE ST. LEONARD DE PORT-MAURICE, Jarry Street, reconstruction of the church after a fire, 1907-08; burned 1930; rebuilt by G.A. Monette (La Presse [Montreal], 21 March 1908, 16, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 312-15, illus.)
EMARD, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1909-10 (La Presse [Montreal], 6 March 1909, 9, illus. & descrip.; 24 Dec. 1913, 9, illus.)
OUTREMONT, flats for A. Boileau, Bloomfield Avenue, 1910; demol. (Outremont b.p. 344, 22 June 1910)
EMARD, QUE., Notre Dame Convent, 1910 (La Patrie [Montreal], 26 Feb. 1910, 9, illus. & descrip.)
HOSPICE GAMELIN, Dufresne Street at Ste. Catherine Street East, addition of fourth floor, 1910 (Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 174-77, illus.)
LONGUE POINTE, QUE., college for the Freres-a-Notre-Dame, 1911 (La Presse [Montreal], 29 July 1911, 9, illus. & descrip.)
LONGUE POINT, QUE., Ecole de Parc Lebrun, 1911 (La Presse [Montreal], 3 Aug. 1911, 2, illus. & descrip.)
PROVIDENCE DU SAINT-ENFANT-JESUS, St. Dominique Street, completion of the building begun in 1894 and addition of floors to building facing St. Dominique Street, 1913 (Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 344-7, illus.)