MAINGUY, Lucien (1911-1986), a prominent architect of the post-war era in Quebec City who designed many of the faculty buildings on the Ste. Foy campus of Laval University. Born in Quebec City on 7 September 1911, he studied architecture at the local Ecole des Beaux Arts there in 1933. Mainguy articled in the office of Lacroix & Bergeron in 1933-35, then opened his own office in Quebec City in 1935. From this date until his retirement in 1980, he completed over 300 projects, including designs for commercial, educational, religious, residential, institutional and government buildings. He was particularly productive during the period from 1940 to 1965, and on the campus of Laval University in Quebec City his major works include the Faculty of Sciences and Administration (1950), the Faculty of Medicine (1957), the Faculty of Pure Sciences (Pavillon Vachon) 1964, the Faculty of Applied Sciences (Pavillon Pouliot), and the Student Residence (Pavillon Lacerte) 1965. His early work was executed in a distinctive Art Deco style, which can best be seen in his monumental design for the Fire Hall and Police Station in Victoriaville, Que.(1943). He was elected as a Fellow of the R.A.I.C. in 1953, and served as President of the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects in 1954.
Mainguy retired in 1980 and died in Quebec City on 5 September 1986 (biog. and list of works in Qui Etes-Vous [Montreal], 1946, 143; biog. L. Noppen et al, Quebec Monumental 1890-1990, 182; inf. from Mr. Lucien Mainguy, Architect, rec’d by the author 11 Jan. 1983). A major collection of architectural drawing prepared by Mainguy during the period from 1927 to 1983 is now held at the Archives Nationales du Quebec, located on the campus of Laval University in Quebec City.
VICTORIAVILLE, QUE., St. David Roman Catholic School, Olivier Street, 1937; major addition 1947 (C.R., Vol. L, 2 June 1937, 27; Architecture Batiment Construction, ii, March 1947, 32)
(with Lorenzo Auger) MOUNT JOLI, QUE., St. Georges Sanatorium, for the Quebec Provincial Dept. of Public Works, 1938-39; major addition, 1947 (C.R., li, 8 June 1938, 35; lii, 24 May 1939, 121; lx, March 1947, 118)
(with Lorenzo Auger) LAUZON, QUE., the Guay Roman Catholic Hospital for Soeurs du Bon Conseil, 1938 (C.R., li, 8 June 1938, 35)
ST. JOSEPH DE BEAUCE, QUE., marble and slate stone mill for Les Products Cap., 1938-39 (C.R., li, 16 Nov. 1938, 34)
ST. VALERIEN, QUE., Co. Rimouski, Roman Catholic Church, 1939 (list of works in Qui Etes-Vous [Montreal], 1946, 143)
VICTORIAVILLE, QUE., Fire Hall and Police Station, Gamache Street, 1943 (list of works in Qui Etes-Vous [Montreal], 1946, 143; inf. Isabelle Ferland, Archivist, City of Victoriaville)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Maison St. Vincent Ferrier, a retreat house for the Dominican Order, 1946-47 (C.R., lix, May 1946, 120; Architecture Batiment Construction, ii, March 1947, 32)
(with G.F. Caron) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., addition and major alterations to a building on St. Jean Street, 1947 (Architecture Batiment Construction, ii, March 1947, 32)
SILLERY, QUE., Roman Catholic school and teacher’s residence, 1948 (C.R., lxi, Aug. 1948, 235-7)
(with Pierre Rinfret) STE. GERMAINE, QUE., a large Sanatorium overlooking Lake Etchemin, Dorchester Co., 1948-49 (Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxv, Nov. 1948, 32, illus. & descrip.)
STE. FOY, QUE., Roman Catholic School of Commerce, for the Christian Brothers, 1949-50 (C.R., lxii, June 1949, 113; liii, May 1950, 140; Dec. 1950, 106)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., David Pik & Co. Weavers Ltd., large production plant and factory, in the St. Malo Industrial district, 1950 (Financial Post [Toronto], 22 April 1950, 14, descrip.)
ST. RODRIGUE, QUE., Roman Catholic school for the Municipality of Gros Pins, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, May 1950, 142, t.c.; July 1950, 121)