MAILHIOT, Francois Xavier (1846 - 1928), active in Montreal, Que. in a partnership with Casimir Coursolles from 1873 to 1875 (Montreal City Directory, 1874-75, 474). From 1876 he was active under his own name, and was credited with the design of the Fire Hall, Longueuil Street, at ST. JEAN SUR RICHELIEU, QUE. (Continuite [Quebec City], No. 50, Summer 1991, 52, illus.). In 1878 he was described as the architect of two large cast iron-fronted warehouse buildings for Thomas Judah, on Bonaventure Street, MONTREAL, QUE. (Gazette [Montreal], 27 Nov. 1878, 2, descrip.). Each block was 4 stories in height, and measured 22 ft. wide, and 97 ft. deep.
By 1884 he was active in a new partnership with Pierre Lortie as Mailhiot & Lortie, Architects, and they were credited with the design of elaborate street archways and decorations for St. Jean Baptiste Day in Montreal in June 1884. Their design stretched near 1,000 feet along St. Joseph Street, from McGill Street to Dupre Lane "...in an imitation of the Brooklyn Bridge" (Gazette [Montreal], 31 May 1884, 3, descrip.). Mailhiot died in Montreal on 4 June 1928 (death notice Le Devoir [Montreal], 6 June 1928, 2).