CHAUSSE, Joseph Alcide (1868-1944)
(biography in preparation)
J. Alcide CHAUSSE (Residential works in Montreal unless noted)
BLACK RIVER, QUE., three cottages for Miss C. Desjardins, 1890 (C.R., i, 24 Jan. 1891, 2)
MIGNONNE STREET, residence for Mr. Bourdon, 1891 (C.R., i, 24 Jan. 1891, 2)
LACHINE, QUE., cottage for B. Leduc, 1891 (C.R., ii, 14 Feb. 1891, 2)
ST. DENIS STREET, tenement for J.E. Beaudoin, 1891 (C.R., ii, 20 June 1891, 2)
JACQUES CARTIER STREET, residence for V. Tellevrate, 1891 (C.R., ii, 25 July 1891, 3)
SHERBROOKE STREET EAST, near St. Andre Street, tenement of three flats for Alexis Brunet, 1891 (American Contractor [Chicago], xii, 6 June 1891, 41, descrip.)
SHERBROOKE STREET EAST, at St. Andre Street, residence for Alexis Brunet, 1891 (American Contractor [Chicago], xii, 6 June 1891, 41, descrip.)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, at St. Andre Street, twelve flats for Olivier Robert, 1891 (American Contractor [Chicago], xii, 6 June 1891, 41, descrip.)
SHERBROOKE STREET EAST, residence for the architect, 1891 (American Contractor [Chicago], xii, 6 June 1891, 41, descrip.)
CRAIG STREET, tenement for J. Gravel, 1891 (American Contractor [Chicago], xii, 6 June 1891, 41, descrip.)
ST. ANDRE STREET, four dwellings for A. Brunet, 1893 (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 2)
PLESSIS STREET, residence for Joseph Lauzon, 1893 (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 2)
ST. DENIS STREET, two residences for Turner, St. Pierre & Co., 1894 (C.R., v, 8 Feb. 1894, 2)
PAPINEAU AVENUE, four houses for Joseph Lauzon, 1894 (C.R., v, 8 Feb. 1894, 2)
ST. LAWRENCE STREET, two stores and flats for Michel Drouin, 1894 (C.R., v, 8 Feb. 1894, 2)
MONTCALM STREET, six tenements for Elzear Pelletier, 1895 (C.R., vi, 2 May 1895, 3)
DELORIMIER AVENUE, residence for John Towle, 1895 (C.R., vi, 2 May 1895, 3)
RACHEL STREET, at Panet Street, residence for Mrs. Picotte, 1895 (C.R., vi, 3 Oct. 1895, 2)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, at Papineau Avenue, residence for Narcisse Vezina, 1896 (C.R., vii, 27 Aug. 1896, 3)
ST. DENIS STREET, residence for Henri St. Pierre, 1896 (C.R., vii, 3 Sept. 1896, 2, t.c.)
DROLET STREET, three dwellings for Henri St. Pierre, 1897 (C.R., viii, 7 Oct. 1897, 2)
SUSSEX STREET, nine dwellings for Alexander Hogue, 1897 (C.R., viii, 7 Oct. 1897, 2)
MANCE STREET, four dwellings for Joseph Hogue, 1897 (C.R., viii, 7 Oct. 1897, 2)
ST. DOMINIQUE STREET, tenement for Thomas Gauthier, 1897 (C.R., viii, 14 Oct. 1897, 4)
ST. HUBERT STREET, two dwellings for Alexander Hogue, 1897 (C.R., viii, 14 Oct. 1897, 2)
CHAMPLAIN STREET, residence for Joseph Cote, 1897 (C.R., viii, 9 Dec. 1897, 2)
NANANCOURT STREET, six dwellings for Francois X. Lalonde, 1897-98 (C.R., viii, 23 Dec. 1897, 2)
DELORIMIER AVENUE, tenement for C. Bourdon, 1898 (C.R., ix, 30 March 1898, 3)
ST. HUBERT STREET, residence for Dr. Louis J. Guerin, 1898 (C.R., ix, 1 June 1898, 3, t.c.)
MAISONNEUVE STREET, dwelling for Julien Therrien, 1898 (C.R., ix, 27 July 1898, 3)
LACHINE, residence for P.L. O'Donoughue, Brewster Street, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 April 1889, 3)
VALLEYFIELD, QUE., dwellings for Charles T. Verner, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 April 1899, 2)
MAISONNEUVE, residence for Gustave Ecrement, Letourneaux Street, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 April 1899, 6)
CRAIG STREET, at Beaudry Street, two houses for J. Laurier, 1899 (C.R., x, 3 May 1899, 5)
MAISONNEUVE STREET, four houses for J. & P. Hemond, 1899 (C.R., x, 2 Aug. 1899, 3)
DELORIMIER AVENUE, three dwellings for George Robinson, 1899 (C.R., x, 2 Aug. 1899, 3)
ONTARIO STREET, two houses for Napolean Massy, 1899 (C.R., x, 2 Aug. 1899, 2)
OUTREMONT, QUE., apartment house for W.A. Handfield, Ste. Catherine Road, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 29 Nov. 1922, 50)
LAPRAIRIE, QUE., four houses for the Metropolitan Housing Co., 1922-23 (C.R., xxxvi, 20 Dec. 1922, 48)
LONGUEUIL, QUE., twenty four houses for the Metropolitan Housing Co., 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 2 Aug. 1922, 52)
ST. JOHN'S, QUE., fifty houses for the Metropolitan Housing Co., 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 2 Aug. 1922, 52)
VERDUN, QUE., thirty six houses for the Metropolitan Housing Co., 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 2 Aug. 1922, 52)
ST. LAMBERT, QUE., several houses for the Metropolitan Housing Co., 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 2 Aug. 1922, 52)
NOTRE DAME DE GRACES APARTMENTS, Notre Dame de Grace Avenue (now Decarie Boulevard), at Northcliffe Avenue, for H. Toupin, 1929-30 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 Jan. 1930, 3; Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 126-8, illus.)
J. Alcide CHAUSSE (Commercial & Industrial works in Montreal unless noted)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, at Montcalm Street, three stores and apartments for M. Saxe, 1891 (American Contractor [Chicago], xii, 6 June 1891, 41, descrip.)
ST. JAMES STREET, at Seigneurs Street, five stores and flats for Phileas Vanier, 1893 (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 2)
MIGNONNE STREET, at Panet Street, store and five flats for Gaspard Dufresne, 1893 (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 2)
ONTARIO STREET, at Gain Street, two stores and flats for Dr. Thomas B. Wheeler, 1893 (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 2)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, at Parthenais Street, three stores and flats for Joseph St. Martin, 1893 (C.R., iv, 20 April 1893, 2)
ST. JAMES STREET, near Chatham Street, four stores and eight flats for Phileas Vanier, 1894 (C.R., v, 8 Feb. 1894, 2)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., hotel on Girouard Street for C.A. Coderve, 1895 (C.R., vi, 2 May 1895, 3)
MOREAU STREET, store and two dwellings for Avila Tremblay, 1895 (C.R., vi, 2 May 1895, 3)
PAGNUELO BROS., Cascades Street, alterations and additions to store, 1896 (C.R., vii, 19 March 1896, 3)
STE. CATHERINE STREET, at Panet Street, four stores and two meeintg halls for Thomas Dionne, 1897 (C.R., vii, 28 Jan. 1897, 2)
STANLEY HOTEL, Windsor Street, addition of two storeys, 1897 (C.R., viii, 18 March 1897, 3)
ST. LAWRENCE STREET, two stores and flats for George M. Gravel, 1897 (C.R., viii, 14 Oct. 1897, 3)
CHAMBORD STREET, at Marianne Street, store and dwellings for J.W. Guerin, 1898 (C.R., ix, 16 Feb. 1898, 3)
SHAW STREET, at Ste. Catherine Street, office and residence for the architect, 1898 (C.R., ix, 30 March 1898, 3; 6 April 1898, 4)
ONTARIO STREET, two stores and flats for Joseph Pelletier, 1898 (C.R., ix, 19 Oct. 1898, 2)
ST LOUIS DU MILE END, piano factory for George Ducharme, Clarke Street at Bernard Avenue, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 April 1899, 2)
VALLEYFIELD, QUE., printing factory for the Progie family, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 April 1899, 2)
THEATRE DES VARIETES, Ste. Catherine Street West at Papineau Street, for Oswald Chaput, 1899 (C.R., x, 26 April 1899, 4, t.c.)
PLACE VIGER COLD STORAGE TERMINAL, Notre Dame Street at Berri Street, a ten storey warehouse, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 9 May 1919, 9; and 23 May 1919, 11, detailed descrip.)
GRANBY, QUE., movie theatre for Sheridan & Costrie, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 21 April 1920, 56)
AMOS, QUE., movie theatre for P.J. Lyons, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 14 July 1920, 49)
LE BLANC, QUE., hotel for unnamed client, 1921 (C.R., xxxvi, 26 Oct. 1921, 47)
EMPRESS THEATRE, Sherbrooke Street West at Old Orchard Street, 1927-28 (Montreal Daily Star, 23 July 1927, 26, illus.; Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 29 Sept. 1927, 1, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Nov. 1928, 392-6, illus. & descrip.; D. Lanken, Montreal Movie Palaces, 1994, 124-9, illus. & descrip.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 745-6, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 242-43, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at ANQM, 2738)
NATIONAL PAPER BOX CO., Rivard Street at Bibaud Street, factory, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 10 Oct. 1928, 57, t.c.)
TROIS RIVIERES, QUE., stores on Hart Street for J. Aboud, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 18 Jan. 1928, 50)
VILLERAY THEATRE, 1931 (MacLean Builder's Guide [Toronto], Vol. 9, No. 2, March 1931, 88-89, illus. & descrip.)
J. Alcide CHAUSSE (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. ELIZABETH AVENUE, presbytery for the Roman Catholic Church in St. Henri, 1895 (C.R., vi, 25 April 1895, 4)
ST. LAMBERT ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH & PRESBYTERY, Lorne Avenue, 1895 (C.R., vi, 22 Aug. 1895, 2)
L'ASSOMPTION, QUE., Agricultural College, 1896; model dairy and cheese factory, 1897 (C.R., vii, 30 April 1896, 2; viii, 14 Oct. 1897, 1)
ST. BRIDGET'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Maisonneuve Street, addition of a chapel, 1896 (C.R., vii, 30 April 1896, 2)
L'ASSOMPTION, QUE., presbytery for the Roman Catholic Church, 1897; major addition and alterations to the church, 1899 (C.R., viii, 8 April 1897, 4; and x, 2 Aug. 1899, 2; Montreal Daily Star, 26 Oct. 1897, 7)
ST. ZOTIQUE, QUE., presbytery for the church for Rev. E.A. Coalier, 1896 (C.R., vii, 22 Oct. 1896, 2)
ST. ZOTIQUE, QUE., renovation and restoration of the Roman Catholic church, 1897-98 (Montreal Daily Star, 26 Oct. 1897, 7)
MAISONNEUVE CITY HALL, Letourneaux Avenue, extensive alterations, 1897 (C.R., viii, 2 Dec. 1897, 3)
BONFIELD, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1897-98 (C.R., viii, 23 Dec. 1897, 2)
ECOLE MAISONNEUVE, Lafontaine Street at Avenue de la Salle, a Roman Catholic Academy, 1898; demol. 1980 (C.R., ix, 10 Feb. 1898, 2; Montreal Daily Star, 3 Sept. 1898, 3, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 114-17, illus.)
MANIWAKI, QUE., Roman Catholic convent and school, 1898 (C.R., ix, 20 April 1898, 2)
VINET STREET ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, in St. Cunegonde, extensive alterations, 1899 (C.R., x, 2 Aug. 1899, 2)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Town Hall, 1901-02 (L. Voyer, St. Hyacinthe, 1980, 107-08, illus.)
GRANBY, QUE., major extension to the Presbytery for the Roman Catholic Congregation, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 26 May 1919, 19)
GRANBY, QUE., Roman Catholic Convent for the Sisters of Presentation, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 22 Oct. 1919, 42, t.c.)
MONTREAL NORTH, QUE., Ste. Gertrude Roman Catholic Church, 1925 (La Presse [Montreal], 9 May 1925, 21, illus.)
ECOLE STADACONA, Adam Street, major addition, 1930 (Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 278-9, illus.)
BERTHIERVILLE, QUE., Federal Building, Frontenac Street, 1935 (Parks Canada, Summary Classification of Heritage Buildings, by Gregory Utas, 1982, 51)
COMPETITIONS
REGINA, SASK., WW1 War Memorial Cenotaph, Victoria Park, 1926. Chausse was one of 51 architects and artists who submitted a design in this national competition (Morning Leader [Regina], 9 Feb. 1926, 1, full list of competitors). The winner was Robert G. Heughan of Montreal.