LEVESQUE, or LEVEQUE, Adolphe (1829-1913)
(biography in preparation)
A list of works by the architect can be found in the thesis prepared by Ms. Raymonde Gauthier entitled 'Victor Bourgeau et l'Architecture Religieuse et Conventuelle dans le Diocese de Montreal' (Laval University, Quebec City, 1983, 396-97)
A lengthy illustrated essay and analysis of the career and work of Adolphe Levesque, prepared by Prof. Luc Noppen of the University of Montreal, has recently been published in 2020. This essay, now accessible online, is entitled "Adolphe Levesque and the Influence of A.W.N. Pugin on the Architecture of the Roman Catholic Church in Lower Canada", and can be found in A Medieval Legacy - Essays in Honour of Prof. Malcolm Thurlby, 2020, 263-296, illus. & descrip. [online])
Adolphe LEVESQUE (Ecclesiastical & Institutional works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. STANISLAS-DE-KOSTKA, QUE., a presbytery and a chapel for the Roman Catholic Church, 1858 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
LACHINE, QUE., alterations and improvements to the Manoir Simpson for the Lachine Convent, St. Joseph Boulevard, 1861 (Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 68)
ST. ANNE-DE-BELLEVUE, QUE., extension to the Roman Catholic Church and construction of a new presbytery, Ste. Anne Street, 1864 (Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 408-09, illus.)
HUNTINGDON, QUE., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 1866 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
ACADEMIE COMMERCIALE CATHOLIQUE, Ontario Street, 1867 (La Minerve [Montreal], 19 Sept. 1867, 3, t.c.)
ANTIGONISH, N.S., ST. Ninian's Roman Catholic Cathedral, St. Ninian Street at Notre Dame Avenue, 1867-74; still standing in 2023 (Evening Express [Halifax], 21 Dec. 1868, 2, descrip.; E. Pacey, More Stately Mansions-Churches of Nova Scotia 1830-1910, 1983, 88-94, illus. & descrip.)
ECOLE CHAMPLAIN, Fullum Street, 1870 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
ECOLE SAARFIELD, Point St. Charles, 1870 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
BEAUHARNOIS, QUE., steeple for St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, 1871 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
HINCHINBROOKE, QUE., St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, additions to the church and sacristy, 1872 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE & SURGERY, St. Famille Street, 1873 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
(with Napolean Bourassa) NOTRE-DAME-DE-LOURDES CHAPEL, Ste. Catherine Street East near Berri Street, 1873-76 (Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 118-21)
COMMERCIAL ACADEMY, Ste. Catherine Street West at St. Urbain Street, 1874 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 Jan. 1875, Supplement, 5, illus. & descrip.)
ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC ACADEMY, near the St. Gabriel Farm, 1874 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 Jan. 1875, 2, descrip.)
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ROMAN CATHOLIC ACADEMY, Fullum Street, 1874 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 Jan. 1875, 2, descrip.)
ECOLE MONTCALM, Craig Street, 1875 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
ROMAN CATHOLIC HOSTEL (or Hotel) for sewing girls, Ste. Catherine Street East near Berri Street, a 4 storey institution, 500 ft. long, with central tower and mansard roof, located "...in the rear of the Church of Notre Dame de Lourdes", 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 13 April 1875, 3, descrip., and 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
EGLISE ST. VINCENT-DE-PAUL, Ste. Catherine Street East at Fullum Street, "....in the Roman style", 1875-76; replaced by present church in 1925 (Evening Star [Montreal], 14 April 1875, 3, descrip.; and 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.; Le Devoir [Montreal], 25 July 1913, 2, list of works in obituary)
HOCHELAGA, Roman Catholic school, Desery Street at St. Jean Baptiste Street, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
EGLISE ST. PAUL, Church Avenue near Laurendeau Street, 1876-84; burned July 1899; rebuilt by J.A. Godin (R. Gauthier, list of works)
JACQUES CARTIER NORMAL SCHOOL, Sherbrooke Street East at Visitation Street, 1876 (Gazette [Montreal], 6 Sept. 1876, 2, t.c.)
ECOLE OLIER, Roy Street, 1876 (ANQM, L.O. Hetu, Notaire, 13 April 1876, No. 7693)
EGLISE DU SACRE-COEUR-DE-JESUS, Ontario Street at Plessis Street, begun 1876; completed by Joseph Venne, 1886-87 (La Minerve [Montreal], 5 May 1876, 3, t.c.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 144-9, illus.)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Roman Catholic Cathedral, Girouard Street West, 1877-80; rebuilt 1908-09 (Album Historique du Centenaire du Diocèse de St. Hyacinthe 1852-1952, 43; L. Voyer, Saint-Hyacinthe, 1980, 36, 75-6, illus.)
STANSTEAD, QUE., Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, 1877 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
ECOLE BELMONT, Guy Street, 1877 (Le Devoir [Montreal], 25 July 1913, 2, list of works in obituary)
ECOLE PLESSIS, Plessis Street, 1877-81; enlarged 1891-92 by Perrault & Mesnard (La Minerve [Montreal], 23 Jan. 1877, 4, t.c.; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 180-3, illus.)
EGLISE ST. GABRIEL, Centre Street, 1879; replaced by present church in 1891 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., chapel for the Seminary, 1880 (L. Voyer, St. Hyacinthe, 1980, 80-2, illus.)
BEAUHARNOIS, QUE., addition of steeple and bell tower for St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, 1881; demol. 1925 (L. Voyer, Eglises Disparues, 1981, 49)
ST. CALIXTE-DE-KILKENNY, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1881 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
STE. JUSTINE-DE-NEWTON, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1882 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
STE. ANNE-DES-PLAINES, QUE., convent for the Sisters of Ste. Anne, 1883 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
COATICOOK, QUE., St. Edmond Roman Catholic Church, 1883 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
MOUNT ROYAL HOSPITAL, a new smallpox hospital on the Exhibition Grounds, 1885 (Montreal Daily Star, 12 Oct. 1885, 2)
CIVIC HOSPITAL, Dorchester Street East at St. Dominique Street, 1886 (Montreal Daily Star, 1 June 1886, 4; Sanitary Engineer [New York], xiv, 1 July 1886, 117, descrip.; La Minerve [Toronto], 27 July 1886, 1, t.c.; Gazette [Montreal], 7 Aug. 1886, 5; 18 Feb. 1887, 3, descrip.)
SMALLPOX HOSPITAL, Moreau Street near Sherbrooke Street East, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal, 21 May 1887, 5, descrip.)
COURT HOUSE, St. James Street at St. Gabriel Street, major addition, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 20 Jan. 1888, 3, descrip.)
VICTORIA SCHOOL, St. Luke Street, 1888 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
COTEAU DU LAC, QUE., St. Ignace Roman Catholic Church, 1891 (R. Gauthier, list of works)
Adolphe LEVESQUE (Residential works in Montreal)
NOTRE DAME STREET, two houses for Mr. Rolland and Mr. Dubord, 1858 (dwgs. at ANQM, 328, dated 8 April 1858)
BERRI STREET, row of six houses for Jean B. Rolland, 1865; with addition of three houses, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 19 Dec. 1865, 1, descrip.; 22 March 1867, Supplement, 1, descrip.)
DORCHESTER STREET WEST, relocation and renovation of a brick cottage for John McDougall, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 1, descrip.)
VIGER SQUARE, at Dubord Street, residence for Charles Robin, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 1, descrip.)
ALBERT STREET, two houses for Abraham Rastoul, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 6)
ST. JANVIER STREET, at Bison Street, large residence for C.S. Rodier, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ST. DENIS STREET, a block of 18 tenement houses, for G.B. Roland, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ST MARY STREET, at Fullum Street, large residence for an unnamed owner, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
HUTCHISON STREET, house for F.X. Mayotte, 1890 (C.R., i, 30 Aug. 1890, 1)
Adolphe LEVESQUE (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal)
ST. PAUL STREET, a hotel for A. Dubord near Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Church, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 4, descrip.)
ST. JOSEPH STREET, two stores and dwellings for A. Lapierre, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 4)
CRAIG STREET, at St. Lambert's Hill, block of two shops for A. O. Richer for a studio and gallery, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 22 March 1867, Supplement, 4)
MILE END HOTEL, Cote St. Louis, reconstruction of building, with additions, for Thomas Wiseman, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.)
ST. LAWRENCE STREET, commercial block for J.B. Dufort, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2, descrip.)
ST. LAMBERT STREET, block of shops and offices for J.A. Achille Belle, 1867 (Montreal Herald, 7 Dec. 1867, 2)
ST. LAURENT STREET, major alterations to large business store for Jean B. Dufort, 1875 (ANQM, L.O. Hetu, Notaire, 4 Feb. 1875, No. 6614; Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
NOTRE DAME STREET, store for J.S. Rison Estate, 1890 (C.R., i, 30 Aug. 1890, 1)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Viger Square, house for A. Brazeau, 1896 (Le Prix Courant, xviii, 29 May 1896, 624)
LAPRAIRIE STREET, residence for Adolphe Laprairie, 1897 (C.R., viii, 5 Aug. 1897, 3)
JARDIN STREET, residence for Joseph A. Lefebvre, 1897 (Le Prix Courant, xxi, Dec. 1897, No. 15)
VITRE STREET, at St. Charles Borromee Street, two houses for Alphonse Brazeau, 1899 (C.R., x, 3 May 1899, 5)
ST. URBAIN STREET, near Rachel Street, house for J.A. Bissonneault, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 4 Dec. 1903, 48)