Frechet, Rene Arthur

FRECHET, Rene Arthur (1878-1950)
(biography in preparation)

R.A. FRECHET (works in Moncton, N.B.)

MARY'S HOME, Mountain Road, a Roman Catholic refuge for the aged and needy, 1906-08 (L. Hynes, Moncton's Catholic Roots, 1982, 100, 104, illus.; J. Leroux, Building New Brunswick: An Architectural History, 2008, 138, 140, illus.)
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Lutz Street, a theatre for Torrie & Winter, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 6 Jan. 1909, 21)
FIRE STATION, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 28 June 1911, 57)
ST. BERNARD'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Queen Street at Botsford Street, rectory for the church, 1914-15; entrance porch and stairs for the church, 1916 (C.R., xxviii, 1 July 1914, 73, t.c.; L. Hynes, Moncton's Catholic Roots, 1982, 127-29, illus.)
HOTEL BRUNSWICK, Main Street at Highfield Street, for Patrick Gallagher, 1917-18 (C.R., xxxi, 22 Aug. 1917, 41, t.c.; and xxxii, 10 July 1918, 549, illus. & descrip.)
ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 14 May 1919, 43, t.c.)
CAPITOL THEATRE, Main Street, for the Eastern Amusement Co., 1920; burned 1926; rebuilt by Frechet in 1926 (C.R., xxxiv, 14 April 1920, 64, t.c.)
unidentified location, group of houses for the Moncton Housing Commission, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 26 April 1922, 58)
ROMAN CATHOLIC COLLEGE, for the L'Assomption Society, 1922-23 (C.R., xxxvi, 13 Dec. 1922, 53)
CHURCH STREET ACADEMY, Church Street at Victoria Street, 1922-23 (list of works in the Moncton Transcript, 29 May 1950, 2)
CAPITOL THEATRE, Main Street near Oak Street, reconstruction after a fire, 1926 (C.R., xl, 7 April 1926, 51; Daily Times [Moncton], 18 Oct. 1926, 8)
ROMAN CATHOLIC HOSPITAL (now the Hopital George Dumont) for the Sisters of Providence, Highfield Street at Providence Street, 1927; Nurse's Home, 1945; addition to the Hospital, 1949 (C.R., xli, 8 June 1927, 52;and lviii, Aug. 1945, 154; and lxii, Jan. 1949, 186)
EXHIBITION GROUNDS, rink and exhibit building for the Moncton Exhibition Co., 1928 (C.R., xlii, 29 Aug. 1928, 52)
ESSEX STREET ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Essex Street at Dominion Street, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 17 May 1933, 34)
(with Louis N. Audet) NOTRE-DAME-DE-l'ASSOMPTION ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, St. George Street at Lutz Street, 1938-40 (C.R., li, 21 Sept. 1938, 23; and lii, 8 Feb. 1939, 28; l'Evangeline [Moncton], 21 Nov. 1940, 10-11, illus. & descrip.)
HOUSE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, orphanage, 1945 (C.R., lviii, Oct. 1945, 132; L. Machum, A History of Moncton 1855-1965, 366)

R.A. FRECHET (works elsewhere in New Brunswick & Nova Scotia)

SCOUDOUC, N.B., St. Jacques Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery, 1909 (Histoire de la Paroisse St. Jacques-le-Majeur, 1932, 12-13, illus.)
SHEDIAC, N.B., Leger Pharmacy, 1910 (J. Leroux, Building New Brunswick: An Architectural History, 2008, 138, 140, illus.)
NEGUAC, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 20 July 1910, 24)
ESCUMINAC, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 20 July 1910, 24)
CHURCH POINT, DIGBY COUNTY, N.S., St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church, Nova Scotia Highway No. 1 near Petit Paradis Road, overlooking St. Mary's Bay; begun 1910; opened in 1942; church deconsecrated June 2022, but church still standing in 2023 (C.R., xxiv, 3 Aug. 1910, 24, t.c.)
ABOOUJAGANE, N.B., major addition and remodelling of the Roman Catholic Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 3 May 1911, 54)
AMHERST, N.S., Opera House, Victoria Street, 1911 (Amherst Daily News, 12 May 1911, 1, descrip.)
CAMPBELLTON, N.B., theatre for H.A. Marcus, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 28 June 1911, 57, t.c.)
SHEDIAC, N.B., Roman Catholic Home for the Aged, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 28 June 1911, 58)
CAMPBELLTON, N.B., hotel for J. Damboise, Water Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 5 July 1911, 61, t.c.)
MEMRAMCOOK, N.B., major additions to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic College, 1914, 1930; rebuilding of the college, 1934 (C.R., xxvii, 3 Dec. 1913, 64; and xliv, 12 Feb. 1930, 53; and xlvii, 6 Dec. 1933, 35)
PAQUETVILLE, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 15 April 1914, 78)
SHEDIAC, N.B., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 1914-15; demol. 1960 (C.R., xxviii, 18 Nov. 1914, 60)
ST. ANSELME, N.B., Notre Dame Convent, 1915-16 (Saint Anselme: 150 Annees de vie Pariossale 1832-1982, 88-9, illus.)
CHARLO, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 18 July 1917, 38-40)
BATHURST, N.B., Sacred Heart Roman Catholic College, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 18 July 1917, 38)
FREDERICTON, N.B., residence for O.C. Hicks, Grey Street, c. 1919 (dwgs. in the possession of Mr. Barry Poole, Fredericton; inf. John Leroux, Fredericton)
EDMUNSTON, N.B., Registry Office for Madawaska County, c. 1920 (dwgs. at PANB, MC 176)
EDMUNSTON, N.B., High School, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 22 March 1922, 50)
STE. ANNE, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 12 April 1922, 52)
ST. ANTOINE, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 28 March 1923, 54)
GRAND FALLS, N.B., convent for the Franciscan Sisters, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 17 Sept. 1924, 66)
BATHURST, N.B., high school, 1924-25 (C.R., xxxviii, 24 Dec. 1924, 45)
EDMUNSTON, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 20 May 1925, 50)
WOODSTOCK, N.B., St. Gertrude's Roman Catholic Church, 1925-26 (list of works in the National Reference Book, iii, 1929-30, 148)
TRACADIE, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1926 (C.R., xl, 13 Jan. 1926, 46)
LAMEQUE, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1926-27 (C.R., xl, 17 Nov. 1926, 47)
PAQUETVILLE, N.B., Roman Catholic Church, 1927 (C.R., xli, 16 Feb. 1927, 47)
GRAND PRE, N.S., Evangeline Memorial Chapel, 1929-30 (dwgs. at the Centre d'Etude d'Acadien, Univ. of Moncton)
(with Frank J. Leger) GLACE BAY, N.S., hotel for the Community Hotel Committee, Main Street, 1937 (C.R., vol. 50, 24 March 1937, 54)
ROGERSVILLE, N.B., Post Office, 1937-38 (dwgs. at PANB, MC 176)
NORTH HEAD, GRAND MANAN ISLAND, N.B., Post Office, Main Street, 1938 (inf. from G. Utas, Parks Canada; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 65, illus. & descrip.)
MINTO, N.B., Post Office, King Street, 1938 (inf. from G. Utas, Parks Canada)
ST. LEONARD, N.B., Post Office, 1939 (inf. from G. Utas, Parks Canada)