SAINT-JEAN, Casmir (1864-1918) was active in Montreal, Que. where he opened an office in 1888 and continued to practise architecture until after 1913. Born and raised in St. Camille, Que., he came to Montreal about 1874, and trained under the Lapointe Brothers (Francois & D.A. Lapointe), and with Victor Roy. He devoted much of his career to the design of churches, convents, schools and institutional buildings for the Roman Catholic diocese in Montreal and in the nearby counties of Rouville, Bagot, Terrebone, and Iberville in southern Quebec. A biography and list of works by Saint-Jean appeared in the large promotional business book called Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282, and notes that “...Mr. St. Jean has been established in business in this city a period of five years and is not only prominently known, but has the reputation of being one of the most reliable and accomplished members of his profession in the Dominion”.
In 1912 he won the competition to rebuild St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church in Montreal, originally built in 1901-03 and designed by J. Emile Vanier, and destroyed by fire in June 1911. Saint-Jean died in Montreal on 4 July 1918 at the age of 53 years. His obituary in Le Devoir notes that “…he constructed or repaired forty churches” during his career. (obit. and port. La Presse [Montreal], 5 July 1918, 15; Le Devoir [Montreal], 5 July 1918, 3; biog. and list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282). His son Eugene Saint-Jean was his successor and continued the work of his office.
Casimir ST. JEAN (works in Montreal)
ROY STREET, residence for Henri Lesage, 1890 (C.R., i, 19 July 1890, 2)
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE ACADEMY, Sanguinet Street, c. 1890 (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282)
LAVAL AVENUE, residence for E.A. Riepert, c. 1890 (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282)
ST. FAMILLE STREET, large residence for P. Deslauriers, 1891 (C.R., ii, 13 June 1891, 3)
DORCHESTER BOULEVARD WEST, at Joseph-Hanseau Street, major addition to the convent for the Petites Soeurs des Pauvres, 1892-93 (C.R., ii, 13 June 1891, 2; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 14-17, illus.)
SHERBROOKE STREET EAST, near Berri Street, residence for Leon Lavigne, 1892 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xi, 14 Oct. 1892, 12)
ST. ANNE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, McCord Street, major addition, 1893 (Montreal Star, 25 March 1893, 3; list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282)
HOCHELEGA (East Montreal), factory for Dominion Cotton Mills, Co., 1893 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xii, 17 March 1893, 11)
MONTANA STREET, 3 storey stone residence for Telesphore Latourelle, 1894 (C.R., v, 28 June 1894, 2; Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xiv, 13 July 1894, 586)
AMHERST STREET, tenement for Mr. Desforges, 1894 (C.R., v, 20 Sept. 1894, 2)
OUTREMONT, a five storey stone workshop for the Deaf & Dumb Institute, 1894 (C.R., v, 4 Oct. 1894, 1, t.c.; Canadian Engineer [Montreal], ii, Nov. 1894, 219)
HOSPICE AUCLAIR, Sanguinet Street at Rachel Street, 1894-96 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xiv, 11 May 1894, 320; Gazette [Montreal], 6 Feb. 1895, 3; 11 July 1895, 3, descrip.; Elie J. Auclair, Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montreal, 1924, 65-7, illus.; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 170-73, illus.)
STE. THERESE ROMAN CATHOLIC SEMINARY, interior decoration of the chapel, 1896-97; altar and communion table, 1898 (C.R., vii, 5 Nov. 1896, 2; viii, 10 June 1897, 3; ix, 11 May 1898, 6)
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, Roman Catholic convent for the Sisters of Mercy, 1897-98 (C.R., viii, 25 Nov. 1897, 4)
ST. URBAIN STREET, tenement houses for M. Leclerc, 1898 (C.R., ix, 30 March 1898, 4, t.c.)
SISTERS OF MERCY ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT, Dorchester Street East at St. Hubert Street, a new fireproof building at the Convent site, 1898 (Montreal Daily Star, 16 April 1898, 11)
VERDUN, residence for William Doheney, Wellington Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 25 May 1898, 6)
NOTRE DAME DES NEIGES CEMETERY, granite monument for the Doheney Family, 1898 (C.R., ix, 25 May 1898, 3, t.c.)
RACHEL STREET, near Logan Park, residence for Charles Strubb, 1898 (C.R., ix, 12 Oct. 1898, 3)
MISERICORDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT, Lagauchetiere Street at St. Hubert Street, major addition, 1898 (Montreal Daily Star, 16 Nov. 1898, 9, detailed descrip.)
ACADEMIE ST. PAUL, St. Denis Street at Beaubien Street, 1899-1900; addition 1909 by Joseph A. Karch; converted to residential use in 1977 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxvii, 12 Jan. 1900, 157; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 260-1, illus.; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
ORLEANS STREET, row of ten houses for J.O. Bernier, 1900 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxviii, 25 May 1900, 644)
VILLE ST. LOUIS, residence and pharmacy for Dr. Joseph A. Sylvestre, Beaubien Street, 1901 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxxii, 5 July 1901, 21)
HOPE STREET, near Dorchester Street West, two houses for Narcisse Nolin, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 28 May 1902, 3)
ST. EDOUARD ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Beaubien Street, interior finishing and decoration, 1903 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxxvi, 10 July 1903, 50)
ST. LOUIS DE MILE END, pharmacy and residence for Dr. J.G. Dugas, St. Laurent Boulevard at Pacific Avenue, 1904 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1904, Week No. 19, p. 55)
OUTREMONT, presbytery for St. Viateur Roman Catholic Church, Outremont Avenue at Elmwood Place, 1904 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1904, Week No. 29, p. 44; Continuite [Quebec City], Autumn 1991, illus.; inf. Yves Guillet, Montreal)
HOTEL DE VILLE AVENUE, tenement for S. Jasmin, 1904 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1904, Week Nno. 36, p. 57)
VILLE ST. LOUIS, store and apartments for S. Gregoire, Villenueve Street, 1909 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1909, Week No. 13, p. 46)
STE. ELIZABETH STREET, near Vitre Street East, two tenements for E. Lamoreaux, 1909 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1909, Week No. 13, p. 40)
OUTREMONT, residence for Mme. Joseph Cyr, 1911 (Outremont b.p. 562, 17 Oct. 1911)
ST. ALPHONSE d’YOUVILLE, Cremazie Boulevard East, conversion of the Hotel Vervais into a chapel, school and parish hall, adjacent to the Roman Catholic church, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 14 Feb. 1912, 63; La Presse [Montreal], 19 July 1913, 24, illus.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 150-53, illus.)
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Rachel Street East, 1912-13, a rebuilding of the church destroyed by fire in June 1911 (La Presse [Montreal], 31 Dec. 1912, 1 & 2, illus. and descrip.; Elie J. Auclair, Saint Jean Baptiste de Montreal, 1924, 102, 110 ff; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 250-55, illus.)
Casimir ST. JEAN (works outside Montreal)
OKA, QUE., Trappist Monastery, c. 1890 (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282; C.A. Doucet, La Trappe d‘Oka, 1979, 70, illus.)
LONGUE POINTE, QUE., residence for Arthur Caron, 1892 (C.R., iii, 16 July 1892, 2; list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282)
ST. CESAIRE, QUE. Roman Catholic church, 1892-93 (C.R., iii, 27 Feb. 1892, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 15 March 1893, 5)
ST. BLAISE, QUE., Roman Catholic church and presbytery, 1893 (Gazette [Montreal], 15 March 1893, 5; list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 282)
SOREL, QUE., presbytery for St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 1893 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xiii, 22 Sept. 1893, 114)
UPTON, QUE., repairs and restoration of St. Ephrem Roman Catholic church, 1894 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xiii, 9 Feb. 1894, 670; C.R., v, 3 May 1894, 2)
ST. NAZAIRE, QUE., Roman Catholic church and presbytery, 1894 (Gazette [Montreal], 25 April 1894, 6; C.R., v, 31 May 1894, 2, t.c.; Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xiv, 27 July 1894, 642)
STE. SCHOLASTIQUE, QUE., a Roman Catholic convent, 1894 (Gazette [Montreal], 25 April 1894, 6)
UPTON, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1894 (Gazette [Montreal], 25 April 1894, 6)
ST. MARIE SALOME, QUE., Co. Joliette, installation of a new stone façade for the Roman Catholic church, 1894 (C.R., v, 23 Aug. 1894, 2; Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xvii, 25 Oct. 1895, 330)
ST. MATHIAS, QUE., a new presbytery for the Roman Catholic church, 1894-95 (C.R., v, 27 Dec. 1894, 1, t.c.; vi, 7 Feb. 1895, 3)
ST. JEROME, QUE., a new presbytery for the Roman Catholic church, 1895; enlargement of the church, 1904 (C.R., vi, 4 April 1895, 2; 23 May 1895, 4; Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1904, Week No. 23, p. 62)
IBERVILLE, QUE., major repairs and rebuilding of St. Athasthase Roman Catholic church, 1896 (C.R., vii, 18 June 1896, 3)
NICOLET, QUE., a new Roman Catholic Cathedral and sacristy, 1896 (C.R., vii, 10 Sept. 1896, 3; 17 Sept. 1896, 2; C.A.B., xii, April 1899, 72-3, descrip. of structural collapse of the cathedral)
SAULT AUX RECOLLETS, QUE., villa for Mr. Smith, 1896 (C.R., vii, 17 Sept. 1896, 2)
ST. SAVEUR DES MONTS, QUE., Roman Catholic church and sacristy, 1896-97 (C.R., vii, 24 Sept. 1896, 2; 24 Dec. 1896, 2, t.c.; La Presse [Montreal], 10 Oct. 1903, 5, illus.)
ST. JEROME, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1896-97; addition of a larger altar, 1906 (C.R., vii, 19 Nov. 1896, 3, t.c.; viii, 18 Feb. 1897, 2, t.c.; La Presse [Montreal], 21 Jan. 1907, 11, illus. & descrip.)
ST. SABINE, QUE. addition of a manse, and repairs to the Roman Catholic church, 1896-97 (C.R., vii, 10 Dec. 1896, 2)
ST. ANTOINE DE RICHELIEU, QUE., a chalet for J.J. Cartier, 1897 (C.R., viii, 15 July 1897, 2, t.c.)
ST. SEBASTIEN, QUE., repairs and interior decoration of the Roman Catholic church, 1897 (C.R., viii, 30 Sept. 1897, 3)
ST. BARNABE, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1898 (C.R., ix, 11 May 1898, 6)
STE. THERESE DE BLAINVILLE, QUE., residence for Dr. Samuel Desjardins, 1900 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxix, 20 July 1900, 249; xxx, 19 Oct. 1900, 118)
PAPINEAUVILLE, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1901-02 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxxii, 5 July 1901, 21; Montreal Daily Star, 18 Nov. 1901, 4; C.R., xii, 27 Nov. 1901, 3)
ST. URBAIN, QUE., Co. Chateauguay, alterations and repairs to the Roman Catholic church, 1902 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxxiii, 7 Feb. 1902, 38)
GRANBY, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1904-05 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1904, Week No. 12, p. 40; 1905, Week No. 7, p. 52; La Presse [Montreal], 8 May 1904, 7, illus.)
SAINT REMI d’AMHERST, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1905-06 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1904, Week No. 19, p. 55; La Presse [Montreal], 5 June 1906, 1 and 12, illus.)
ST. PIE DE BAGOT, QUE., major reconstruction and enlargment of the Roman Catholic church, 1910 (La Presse [Montreal], 19 Feb. 1910, 31, illus. & descrip.)
EAST ANGUS, QUE., a new convent for Soeurs des St. Nomus de Jesus & Marie, 1905-10 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1905, Week No. 17, p. 80; La Presse [Montreal], 8 Oct. 1910, 6, illus.)
L’ANGE GARDIEN, QUE., Co. Rouville, reconstruction of the Roman Catholic church, 1907 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], 1907, Week No. 6, p. 40)
ST. CESAIRE, QUE., tobacco factory for the Planters Co-Operative, 1911 (La Presse [Montreal], 15 July 1911, 28, illus. & descrip.)