Audet, Louis Napoleon

AUDET, Louis Napoleon (1881-1971), the undisputed master of the modern Gothic style in the Eastern Townships of Quebec for more than 40 years. He was active in the following firms:

L.N. Audet, Sherbrooke, 1905-1906
Gregoire & Audet, Sherbrooke, 1907-1910 (with J.W. Gregoire)
L.N. Audet, Sherbrooke, 1911-1914
Audet & Charbonneau, Sherbrooke, 1914-1921 (with Rene Charbonneau)
L.N. Audet, Sherbrooke, 1922-1950
Audet, Tremblay & Audet, Sherbrooke, 1950 (with Denis Tremblay and Jean-Paul Audet)

(biography in preparation)

Louis N. AUDET (Ecclesiastical works in Quebec & New Brunswick)

SHERBROOKE, QUE., St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, Conseil Street, 1905-06 (La Presse [Montreal], 17 Oct. 1905, 14, illus.)
(with Joseph A. Godin) MEGANTIC, QUE., St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 16 Aug. 1911, 60)
(with Rene Charbonneau) COATICOOK, QUE., St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, 1914 (ANQ, notes of G. Morisset)
(with Rene Charbonneau) SHERBROOKE, QUE, St. Michael's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Cathedral Street, 1916 (C.R., xxx, 6 Sept. 1916, 877, illus.)
(with Rene Charbonneau) MONTREAL, QUE., St. Enfant-Jesus-du-Mile-End Roman Catholic Church, St. Dominique Street, new glass dome, 1916 (Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 184-89, illus.)
(with Rene Charbonneau) MONTREAL, QUE., St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church & Presbytery, Cote St. Antoine Road, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 10 July 1919, 21, t.c.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 162-63, illus.)
(with Heliodore Laberge) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Grande Allee, new Presbytery, 1922 (D. Blanchet, Decouvrir la Grande Allee, 1984, 40)
DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE., St. Frederic Roman Catholic Church, Brock Street, extensive alterations and restoration, 1922-23 (C.R., xxxvi, 10 May 1922, 58, t.c.)
STE. THERESE D'AVILA, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 5 July 1922, 49)
(with Joseph E.C. Daoust & M. Roisin) STE. ANNE DE BEAUPRE, QUE., reconstruction of the Basilica, 1923-31; (C.R., xxxvii, 30 May 1923, 121, illus. & descrip; Const., xvi, May 1923, 182-84, illus. & descrip; R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, April 1941, 63, illus.; L. Noppen et al, Quebec monumental 1890-1990, 40, 160, illus.)
EAST ANGUS, QUE., St. Louis-de-Westbury Roman Catholic Church, 1923 (l'Almanach de l'Action Sociale Catholique, 1924, 108-110)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., St. Roch Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph Street, interiors for the church originally built in 1915-20 and designed by Talbot & Dionne, c. 1923 (L. Noppen et al, Quebec-Trois Siecles d'Architecture, 1979, 187, illus.)
ASBESTOS, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 3 Sept. 1924, 51)
DISRAELI, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 9 July 1924, 55)
PRICE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 11 March 1925, 52)
DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1928-29 (C.R., xlii, 2 May 1928, 53)
(with Eugene St. Jean) MONTREAL, QUE., St. Alphonse d'Youville Roman Catholic Church, Cremazie Boulevard near Routhier Street, 1929-31 (Gazette [Montreal], 6 Aug. 1929, 4, descrip.; MacLean Builder's Guide [Toronto], Vol. 9, No. 2, March 1931, 94, illus. in advert.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 150-53, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
GRANBY, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1930 (C.R, xliv, 20 Aug. 1930, 90, t.c.)
DALHOUSIE, N.B., St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 17 June 1931, 66)
(with H. Labelle, J.M. Lafleur & J.F. Perron) VALLEYFIELD, QUE., St. Cecile Roman Catholic Cathedral, 1935 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, Dec. 1935, 199, 202, illus. & descrip.)
MARIA, QUE., Ste. Brigitte Roman Catholic Church, 1937 (Continuite [Quebec City], No. 47, Spring 1991, 44)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., St. Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Kennedy Street, 1938-39 (C.R., li, 17 Aug. 1938, 33)
STE. ANNE DES MONTS, QUE., reconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church after a fire, 1939 (Continuite [Quebec City], No. 47, Spring 1991, 41)
MONCTON, N.B., Cathedral of Notre Dame of the Assumption, St. George Street at Lutz Street, 1939-40 (Moncton Daily Times, 21 Nov. 1940, 6-7, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, April 1942, 64, illus.; J. Leroux, Building New Brunswick-An Architectural History, 2008, 158-9, illus.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 96, illus. & descrip.)
GRANDE ANSE, N.B., major alterations and repairs to the Roman Catholic church, 1946 (C.R., lix, Sept. 1946, 142)
NEQUAC, N.B., major alterations and repairs to the Roman Catholic church, 1946 (C.R., lix, Sept. 1946, 142)
LOUISVILLE, QUE., St. Antoine-le-Padove Roman Catholic Church, 1949 (C.R., lxii, March 1949, 138)

Louis N. AUDET (Educational works in Quebec & New Brunswick)

LEVIS, QUE., College de Levis, major addition, 1922-24 (E. Roy, Le College de Levis, 1953, 172-75, illus.)
(with Jean O. Marchand) SHERBROOKE, QUE., Normal School, Ontario Street, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 26 March 1924, 49)
CHATHAM, N.B., St. Michael's Roman Catholic School, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 17 Sept. 1930, 53)
(with J.A. Poulin) SHERBROOKE, QUE., Sacred Heart Academy, Ball Street at Gillespie Street, 1935 (C.R., xlix, 3 April 1935, 34)
(with J.A. Poulin) SHERBROOKE, QUE., Industrial School for the Prov. of Quebec Public Works Dept., 1939 (C.R., lii, 25 Jan 1939, 35)
DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE., Roman Catholic Separate School, 1945 (C.R., lviii, Aug. 1945, 154)
BATHURST, N.B., Roman Catholic Separate School, 1948 (C.R., lxi, Feb. 1948, 168)
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, QUE., Roman Catholic Separate School, 1949-50 (C.R., lxii, Nov. 1949, 125)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Roman Catholic Boy's School and Residence, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, March 1950, 134, t.c.)

Louis N. AUDET (Institutional and Commercial works in Quebec and New Brunswick)

SHERBROOKE, QUE., Monastery for the Redemptorist Fathers, Beckett Road, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 29 March 1911, 52; 28 June 1911, 58)
(with Rene Charbonneau) DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE., store and bank building for the Canadian Bank of Commerce, 1916-17 (dwgs. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Archives, Toronto, Box P 148)
(with Heliodore Laberge) QUEBEC CITY, QUE. Presbytery for the Redemptorist Fathers, Grande Allee Avenue, 1922 (City of Quebec Archives, Permit No. 7400, 21 Aug. 1922)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Fire Station, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 25 April 1923, 60)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Convent for the Sisters of Ste. Famille, Drummond Road, 1926-28 (C.R., xl, 24 March 1926, 54, t.c.; xlv, 9 Sept. 1931, 63, illus. in advert.)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., major addition to the convent for the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Grove Street, 1927 (Daily Commerical News [Toronto], 25 May 1927, 3)
COLLINSVILLE, QUE., Roman Catholic convent, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 18 July 1928, 48)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., convent and chapel for the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart, Bowen Street South, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 29 Aug. 1928, 52)
(with Asselin & Denoncourt) TROIS RIVIERES, QUE., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Seminary and Chapel, 1929 (Raymonde Gauthier, Trois Rivieres disparue, 1978, 124-27, 180, illus.)
(with Arthur Ware & Franklin B. Ware, New York) SHERBROOKE, QUE., Young Men's Christian Assoc., William Street at Montreal Street, 1929 ( C.R., xliii, 24 April 1929, 63; 5 June 1929, 59)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., convent for the Sisters of Saint Sacrement, 18th Street, 1930 (City of Quebec b.p. 4113, 8 May 1930)
ARTHABASKAVILLE, QUE., major addition to Roman Catholic hospital, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 16 April 1930, 68)
STE. ANNE DES MONTS, QUE., hospital for the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 3 June 1931, 56)
(with Lawson & Little) SHERBROOKE, QUE., office building, Wellington Street North, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 14 Jan. 1931, 55)
ASBESTOS, QUE., hotel for the Canadian Johns-Manville Co., 1931 (C.R., xlv, 26 Aug. 1931, 73)
BATHURST, N.B., tuberculosis sanatorium at Vale Farm for the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chatham, N.B., 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 30 March 1932, 44-5)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Roman Catholic Seminary, 6th Avenue, 1939 (C.R., lii, 31 May 1939, 29)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Carnation Milk Co., factory, Wellington Street South, 1939 (C.R., lii, 31 May 1939, 30)
ST. JOSEPH, N.B., Mother House for the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 1940 (C.R., liii, 27 March 1940, 64)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., rebuilding of Hotel Dieu Hospital, with addition for a sanatorium, Bowen Street South, 1940 (C.R., liii, 20 March 1940, 22)
MEMRAMCOOK, N.B., convent for the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 1940 (C.R., liii, 19 June 1940, 42, t.c.)
BATHURST, N.B., Hotel Dieu Roman Catholic Hospital, 1941 (C.R., liv, 26 Feb. 1941, 114)
DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE., Roman Catholic hospital, 1945 (C.R., lviii, Dec. 1945, 70)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Nurses Home for the Roman Catholic hospital, 1948-49 (C.R., lxi, Oct. 1948, 180)

L.N. AUDET (Residential works in Quebec)

(with Rene Charbonneau) OUTREMONT, QUE., Montcalm Apartments, Bernard Avenue at Durocher Avenue, 1914 (Montreal, Les appartements, 1991, 20-23, illus.)
(with Rene Charbonneau) MONTREAL, QUE., apartment house for Zotique St. Pierre, Closse Street, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 29 April 1914, 79)
(with Rene Charbonneau) MONTREAL, QUE., Drummond Apartments, Drummond Street, 1919-20 (C.R., xxxiii, 2 July 1919, 650-51, illus. & descript.; Const., xiv, Feb. 1921, 45-8, illus. & descript.; Montreal, Les appartements, 1991, 161-67, illus.)
(with Rene Charbonneau) OUTREMENT, QUE., residence for William J. King, Wilden Avenue, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 23 June 1920, 70)
(with Heliodore Laberge) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., duplex house for J.B.E. Pelletier, St. Flavien Street, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7629, 12 Oct. 1922)
(with Heliodore Laberge) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., tenement house for L.P. Lion, des Erables Avenue, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7669, 26 Oct. 1922)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., residence for Jacob Nicol, Vimy Street, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 3 Sept. 1930, 65)

AUDET, TREMBLAY & AUDET (works in Quebec)

SHERBROOKE, QUE., hotel for Alphonse Vigneault & Assoc., 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Feb. 1950, 134)
DRUMMONDVILLLE, QUE., retreat house for the R.R. Peres Montfortains, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, June 1950, 121)
ARTHABASKA, QUE., monastery for the Missionary Fathers of Sacred Heart, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Oct. 1950, 151