PINSONNAULT, Joseph Leon (1871-1938) was active in Quebec City where he first registered with the Province of Quebec Association of Architects on 9 August 1898. He joined the office of Rene P. Lemay as an assistant in 1894, and later gained valuable experience and training in the office of Ouellet & Leveseque. In 1913 the Municipal Council of the City of Quebec appointed him as Chief Inspector of Buildings, a position that included the responsibilities of City Architect. During the next twenty-five years he designed several civic buildings including fire halls, police stations, hospitals, and public markets. He retired in 1934 and died in Quebec City on 22 April 1938 (obit. L'Evenement [Quebec City], 23 April 1938, 3; Le Soleil [Quebec City], 23 April 1938, 28 and 14; biog. L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 1990, 184)
(works in Quebec City)
ISOLATION HOSPITAL, 1913-14 (C.R., xxvii, 26 Nov. 1913, 67)
CIVIC HOSPITAL, Canardiere Road, 1914; major addition, 1929; addition, 1933-34 (City of Quebec Archives, greffe R. Chavigny, 7 Feb. 1914, No. 942; C.R., xliii, 16 Oct. 1929, 60; C.R., xlvii, 1 Nov. 1933, 34)
DUFFERIN TERRACE, reconstruction and rebuilding, 1914 (City of Quebec Archives, greffe J. Allaire, 24 Aug. 1914, No. 16700)
POLICE & FIRE STATION NO. 12, Cremazie Street at Bourlamaque Avenue, 1914 (City of Quebec Archives, greffe J.E. Boily, 17 July 1914, No. 11935; City of Quebec b.p. 635, 14 July 1914)
POLICE STATION, Finlay Ward, 1919 (dwgs. at City of Quebec Archives C 352.12 - St. Pierre - 1919)
FIRE STATION No. 13, Kitchener Street, 1923 (L. Noppen et al, Quebec - trois siecles d'architecture, 1979, 335, illus.; dwgs. at City of Quebec Archives C 352.5)
POLICE STATION NO. 3, St. Francois Street at Place Jacques Cartier, 1923 (Quebec City b.p. 8491, 27 July 1923)
POLICE STATION, Kitchener Street, 1923 (Le Prix Courant, lvi, 10 Aug. 1923, 30)
JACQUES CARTIER MONUMENT, St. Roch Ward, 1926 (dwgs. City of Quebec Archives C 352.13 1 May 1926)
FIRE STATION NO. 14, Canardiere Road, 1927 (Quebec City b.p. 1380, 4 Aug. 1927)
(with Ludger Robitaille) MONTCALM MARKET, Des Glacis Street, extensive rebuilding, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 4 Feb. 1931, 58)
PUBLIC MARKET, D'Aiguillon Street at St. Augustin Street, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 21 Sept. 1932, 98)
POLICE STATION NO. 13, 3rd Avenue at 9th Street, 1932-33 (C.R., xlvi, 2 Nov. 1932, 41)
CITY HALL, Chauveau Street, major addition, 1933-34 (C.R., xlvii, 1 Nov. 1933, 34)