PERRAULT, Henri Maurice (1828-1903)
(biography in preparation)
(works in Montreal)
Institutional & Ecclesiastical works
with John Ostell) OLD COURT HOUSE, Notre Dame Street East, 1850-56; altered 1890-94 (Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 296-99, illus.; E. James, John Ostell - Architect, Surveyor, 1985, 72-4, 77-83, illus.)
(with John Ostell) NOTRE-DAME-DE-NEIGES CEMETERY, Cote des Neiges, 1854 (La Minerve [Montreal], 10 Oct. 1854, 2, descrip.)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Lagauchetiere Street near Beaver Hall, 1857 (dwgs. at ANQM, 310, dated 8 Sept. 1857)
ST. JACQUES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, St. Denis Street near Ste. Catherine Street East, 1858 (dwgs. at ANQM, 337, dated 22 July 1858)
CENTRAL FIRE STATION, Craig Street at Chenneville Street, 1863 (Montreal Herald, 6 Feb. 1863, 2, t.c.; 14 Jan. 1864, 2; Montreal Daily Transcript, 10 Nov. 1863, 2, descrip.)
OTTAWA STREET, in Griffintown, a children's school 'for the fathers of the Seminary of Montreal', 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.)
ACADEMY ST. DENIS, St. Denis Street at Ste. Catherine Street near Viger Avenue, 1865 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 6-9, illus.)
CENTRAL FIRE STATION, Craig Street, reconstruction after a fire, 1868 (Montreal Herald, 18 Aug. 1868, 3, t.c.)
VILLA MARIA ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT, Decarie Boulevard at Brillon Avenue, for the Sisters of the Congregation, on their grounds at Monklands, an addition of east wing with chapel, 1868-70; Mother House, 1877; east and west wings for the Convent, with new Chapel, 1879-84 (Gazette [Montreal], 24 Sept. 1877, 3, descrip.; chapel described in Montreal Daily Star, 16 June 1884, 4, and Gazette [Montreal], 17 June 1884, 3, descrip.; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 370-77, illus.)
GRAND SEMINAIRE DE MONTREAL [also called College Masson], Sherbrooke Street West, construction of the east wing for College de Montreal, 1868-71 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1). All burned in January 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 11 Jan. 1875, 3, descrip. of original building by H.M. Perrault; which was then rebuilt after the fire [see below].
GRAND SEMINAIRE DE MONTREAL [also called College Masson], Sherbrooke Street West, rebuilding and reconstruction of old building after a fire in January 1875, with new west wing and addition of mansard roof to existing building, 1875-77 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 140-55, illus.)
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Cotte Street at Lagauchetiere Street, major addition, 1872 (inf. Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
MONTREAL POST OFFICE, St. James Street at St. Francois Xavier Street, 1873-75; demol. (Montreal Herald, 14 July 1873, 2; Canadian Illustrated News, viii, 26 July 1873, 53, 55, illus. & descrip.; Canada, Sessional Papers, 1873, No. 2, Appendix 18, 127-28, descrip.; Evening Star [Montreal], 12 July 1873, 3, descrip.; and 12 Nov. 1874, 2, descrip.; and 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.; and 7 Oct. 1876, 2, detailed descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 9 Oct. 1876, 4, descrip.; L. d'Iberville-Moreau, Lost Montreal, 1975, 116-17, illus.)
(with Alexander C. Hutchison) MONTREAL CITY HALL, Notre Dame Street East, designed 1870; built 1874-78; burned 1922, rebuilt 1922-26 (Evening Star [Montreal], 15 Aug. 1871, 4, t.c.; and 3 May 1876, 1, descrip.; Canadian Patent Office Record & Mechanics Magazine, i, Dec. 1873, 271, illus.; Gazette [Montreal], 15 Jan. 1877, 4, descrip.; Canadian Illustrated News, xvii, 19 Jan. 1878, 40, illus.; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 110-15, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 562-3, illus. & descrip.)
POLICE STATION, Kempt Street, Griffintown, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 10 Nov. 1875, 3, descrip.)
POLICE STATION, Ontario Street at Beaudry Street, 1876 (Gazette [Montreal], 4 Feb. 1876, 3, t.c.)
POLICE STATION, Grand Trunk Street at Seigneurs Street, 1876 (Gazette [Montreal], 5 May 1876, 3, t.c.)
Commercial & Industrial works
(with John Ostell) LACHINE CANAL, Toll Collector's Office opposite Basin No. 1, 1851, demol. (La Minerve [Montreal], 30 Sept. 1851, 2, t.c.)
PLACE D'ARMES, commercial block for Rev. Toupin, 1861 (Pilot [Montreal], 1 Feb. 1861, 2, descrip.)
THOMAS WILSON HARDWARE, St. Paul Street East at Jacques Cartier Square, 1862 (Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 146-8, illus.)
JOHN PRATT & CO., St. Paul Street at St. Eloi Street, a pair of stores and warehouses, each 4 storeys high, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.; Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.)
ST. PAUL STREET, commercial block for Hon. Charles Wilson occupied by Alex Robertson & Co. and by Thomas May, 1863 (Montreal Daily Transcript, 19 Nov. 1863, 2, descrip.)
ST. PAUL STREET, two warehouses for Jean Guy of Longue Point, 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2)
NOTRE DAME STREET WEST, two stores for Charles Alexander, 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.; 22 March 1867, Supplement, 4, illus. & descrip.)
NOTRE DAME STREET, at Gosford Street, three stores for Come S. Cherrier, and improvements to the old Commercial Building adjacent, 1865 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.)
JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, hotel for Amable Prevost, 1865 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.)
JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, two stores for Serafino Giraldi, facing Notre Dame Street, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6)
JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, at St. Amable Street, commercial block with four shops for Come S. Cherrier, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6)
NOTRE DAME STREET WEST, commercial block for John and Thomas Caverhill, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6, illus. & descrip.)
HENRY BEAUDRY BLOCK, Notre Dame Street West near St. Laurent Boulevard, 1869 (Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 6-8, illus.)
LACHINE CANAL, workshop and warehouse for J.B. Auger, opposite the shipyard of A. Cantin, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
ST. JAMES STREET, store for James Baylis, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
NOTRE DAME STREET WEST, near St. John Street, reconstruction of stores for John Carlisle and others after the fire of August 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
ST. FRANCOIS XAVIER STREET, commercial block of four buildings erected by the Seminary of Montreal '.....suitable for insurance offices and banking houses', 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1, descrip.)
CHAMP DE MARS STREET, at Gosford Street, four stores for Come S. Cherrier, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
FOGARTY BROTHERS, St. Laurent Boulevard at Ste. Catherine Street, commercial block, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
JACQUES CARTIER BANK, St. James Street facing Place d'Armes, 1872-73 (La Minerve [Montreal], 5 Oct. 1872, 2; Canadian Illustrated News, vii, 7 June 1873, 354, 357, illus.)
VICTOR HUDON COTTON MILL CO., Mill Street at Hochelaga Street, 1872-74 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Feb. 1874, 1, descrip.; Canadian Illustrated News, ix, 28 Feb. 1874, 132, 139, illus. & descrip.)
BANQUE DU PEUPLE, St. James Street near Place d'Armes, 1873 (Montreal, Les Banques, 1980, 78-9, illus.). A photographic plate of this building taken c. 1880, together with a history of the company, appears in the publication called Dominion Illustrated: Special Number Devoted to Montreal, 1891, 133.
CANADIAN RUBBER CO., Ste. Marie Street near Cote St. Paul Road, factory, 1873 (dwgs. at ANQM, No. 1897, 30 Sept. 1873)
ST. DIZIER STREET, at des Bresoles Street, 'Block No. 4', a commercial block of shops and warehouses for the Religieuses Hospitalieres de St. Joseph, 1873-74 (Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 109-10, illus.)
Residential works
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, a two storey house for C.S. Cherrier, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.; ANQM, Greffe Belle, 19960, 20 March 1862)
ST. DENIS STREET, a large three storey residence for A.E. Montmaghet, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
ST. DENIS STREET, two houses for Joseph Grenier, each three storeys, "....which complete his block", and the entire row is likely a design from H.M. Perrault, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
COTE DES NEIGES ROAD, a two storey villa for W.F. McLaren, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
DORCHESTER STREET, a two storey residence for the architect H.M. Perrault, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, residence for J.A. Gravel, 1862 (Gazette [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1863, 2, descrip.)
SHERBROOKE STREET, residence for Joseph Duhamel, 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2)
UPPER PEEL STREET, residence for Francois Leclaire, 1864 (Montreal Herald, 3 Dec. 1864, 2, descrip.)
ST. FAMILLE STREET, residence for James O'Heir, 1865 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1)
UNIVERSITY STREET, two houses for Charles Scholes, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6, descrip.)
VIGER SQUARE, a 4 storey stone mansion for J.F. Sincennes, located at No. 71 Dubord Street, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 6 April 1878, 3, Notice of Sale of Property, descrip.)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, residence for J.B. Auger 'on the Priest's Farm, opposite the residence for Hon. C. Wilson', 1867 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2)
UNION AVENUE, residence for Paul M. Galarneau, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
DUBORD STREET, residence for Henri M. Perrault architect, at No. 57 Dubord Street, facing Viger Square, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1, descrip.; Montreal Daily Star, 15 Jan. 1886, 4, Notice of Sale of Property by the architect, descrip.)
ST. FAMILLE STREET, residence for James O'Heir, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, at St. Philip Street, residence for Dr. Louis G. Turgeon, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, residence for Thomas Leeming, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1, descrip.)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, residence for the Pare Estate, 1870 (Montreal Herald, 28 Nov. 1870, 1, descrip.)
MATTHEW STREET, on the Priests' Farm, row of six houses, 1875 (Gazette [Montreal], 20 Feb. 1875, 2, t.c.)
MATTHEW STREET, Priests' Farm, three stone houses for the Seminary of Montreal, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
MARK STREET, Priests' Farm, three houses for the Seminary of Montreal, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
CROSS STREET, Priests' Farm, eight small houses for the Seminary of Montreal, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
UPPER BLEURY STREET, residence for D. Masson "....on the Lunn property", 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
(works elsewhere)
ST. JEAN, QUE., public building for the Baronie de Longueuil, 1858-59 (dwgs. at ANQM, 116, dated 22 Dec. 1858)
LOTBINIERE, QUE., lighthouse, 1860 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 July 1860, 2, t.c.)
ST. EUSTACHE, QUE., villa for Charles Globensky, 1862 (Revue Agricole [Montreal], ii, Nov. 1862, 55-64, illus. & descrip.)
POINTE AUX TREMBLES, QUE., lighthouse, 1862 (dwgs. at ANQM, CN/601/135, 18016)
ISLE AUX RAISINS, Lake St. Peter, Que., high light house, 1863 (dwgs. at ANQM, CN/601/135, 20209)
LACHINE, QUE., boarding school for the Sisters of Ste. Anne, 1864; addition 1875 (inf. from Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
L'ISLET, QUE., Lighthouse, 1865 (dwgs. at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, DR 1981, 039)
PORT ST. FRANCIS, on Lake St. Peter, lighthouse, 1865 (dwgs. at ANQM, CN/601/135, 24703)
ST. DENIS-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUE., convent for the Congregation Notre Dame, 1866 (inf. Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
ISLE AUX PRUNES, opposite Vercheres, Que., lighthouse, 1866 (dwgs. at Canadian Centre for Architecture, DR 1981, 039)
ISLE AUX RAISINS, QUE., a movable lighthouse, 1867 (dwgs. at Canadian Centre for Architecture, DR 1981, 041)
BASTICAN, QUE., low light house for Trinity House, Montreal, 1867 (dwgs. at Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1867, DR 1981, 042)
POINTE CLAIRE, QUE., Couvent de la Pointe Claire, St. Joachim Street, 1867-68 (Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 76-7, illus.)
ST. HUBERT, QUE., Roman Catholic convent for the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, 1870 (inf. Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
TERREBONNE, QUE., major addition to Masson College, 1871 (Le Journal de Quebec [Montreal], 10 April 1871, 3)
NICOLET, QUE., St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Cathedral, 1871-73 (Le Journal de Quebec [Montreal], 6 Feb. 1871, 2)
TROIS RIVIERES, QUE., Post Office & Custom House, Notre Dame Street, 1873; burned 1908 (Canada, Sessional Papers, 1875, No. 7, Appendix 19, 126, descrip.; R. Gauthier, Trois Rivieres disparue, 1978, 58-61, illus.)
RICHELIEU RIVER, QUE., above St. John's, Que., two lighthouses north of Halfway Point, 1873 (Gazette [Montreal], 22 Jan. 1873, 3, t.c.)
RICHELIEU RIVER, QUE., above St. John's, Que., two lighthouses at St. Valentine, 1873 (Gazette [Montreal], 22 Jan. 1873, 3, t.c.)
RICHELIEU RIVER, QUE., above St. John's, Que., two lighthouses at Lacolle, 1873 (Gazette [Montreal], 22 Jan. 1873, 3, t.c.)
LACHINE, QUE., Christian Brothers School, 1875 (inf. Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
STE. ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, Ste. Anne Street, completion of the interior of the church, 1875 (Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 408-09, illus.)
OKA, QUE., Annunciation Roman Catholic Church, 1879 (Evening Star [Montreal], 25 June 1879, 3)
TERREBONNE, QUE., the Masson Bridge, 1885 (dwgs. at ANQM, 1388, dated 12 Aug. 1885)