DUMAIS, Joseph Honore Roland (1910-1982), a successful architect in Montreal, Que. who specialized in the design of educational buildings and private residences which were built in Montreal and surrounding towns. Born in Montreal on 13 September 1910, he graduated from the local Ecole des Beaux Arts in that city in 1935 and trained in the office of Rodolphe Lajoie of Montreal. He then worked as assistant for J. Albert Larue of Montreal, and for David Deshaies of Nicolet, Que. Dumais joined the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects in 1937. In 1946 he received First Prize (Quebec Region) for his residential design submitted in the Canadian Small House Competition (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, Jan. 1947, 16, illus. & descrip.). Dumais retired from the profession in 1975, and died in Montreal on 13 October 1982 (obituary and port. La Presse [Montreal], 15 October 1982, C 11; inf. Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects, Montreal). The Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal holds a large collection of drawings by Dumais dating from c. 1939 to c. 1970 (CCA Acc. AR 1983: 0002).
J.H.R. DUMAIS (works in Montreal unless noted)
ST. LAMBERT, QUE., The Edgewater Apartments, a small apartment block for Philippe Blais, Riverside Drive, between Lorne Avenue at Argyle Avenue, 1939-40; demol. c. 2010 (Montreal Daily Star, 16 Dec. 1939, 27, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 10 Feb. 1940, 21, illus. & descrip.; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
OUTREMONT., residence for Gaston Bernard, Hazelwood Avenue, 1944 (City of Outremont b.p. 3836, 19 May 1944)
MONT TREMBLANT, QUE., Roman Catholic school, 1945-46 (Montreal Daily Star, 15 Sept. 1945, 29, t.c.; Architecture Batiment Construction, ii, March 1947, 20-21, illus.)
LAC MASSON, QUE., villa at Ste. Marguerite, 1946 (Architecture Batiment Construction, i, July 1946, 24-5, illus. & descrip.)
LAC MASSON, QUE., villa at Domaine l’Esterel for Pierre Gauthier, 1946 (Architecture Batiment Construction, i, Oct. 1946, 20-22, illus. & descrip.)
OUTREMONT., residence for P. Ouellette, McDougall Avenue, 1947 (City of Outremont b.p. 4188, 27 March 1947)
LAPRAIRIE, QUE., St. Isidore Roman Catholic school, 1947 (Architecture Batiment Construction, ii, July 1947, 32-33, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Jolicoeur Laundry & Dry Cleaning Ltd., large brick warehouse, Parthenais Street near Rachel Street East, 1947 (Architecture Batiment Construction, iii, Jan. 1948, 32, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., J.R. Paris Tea & Coffee Imports., Rachel Street East at d’Iberville Street, 1947 (Architecture Batiment Construction, iii, Jan. 1948, 30, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Grissol Bread Specialties Inc., 12th Avenue near Masson Street, office and factory, 1948 (Architecture Batiment Construction, iii, Jan. 1948, 31, illus.)
NAPIERVILLE, QUE., Academie Daigneau Roman Catholic School, 1948 (C.R., lxi, July 1948, 132; Architecture Batiment Construction, v, Jan. 1950, 28, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Ste. Catherine de Sienne Roman Catholic School, Somerled Avenue at Coronation Avenue, 1948 (Architecture Batiment Construction, iii, Feb. 1948, 24, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery, Hochelega Avenue at Pie IX Boulevard, 1949 (C.R., lxii, April 1949, 153; and May 1949, 162; Architecture Batiment Construction, v, Feb. 1950, 29, illus.)
CHARLEMAGNE, QUE., Roman Catholic school and residence, 1949 (C.R., lxii, April 1949, 152; Aug. 1949, 222)
MONTREAL, QUE., retail store for Louis N. Lalonde Hardware Co., Masson Street near 9th Avenue, 1949 (Architecture Batiment Construction, iv, May 1949, 34, illus.)
OUTREMONT., residence for Raphael Boutin, Duchastel Avenue at Maplewood Avenue, 1949 (City of Outremont b.p. 4496, 3 June 1949)
OUTREMONT., residence for J.A. Parent, Mont Royal Boulevard at Springgrove Avenue, 1949-50 (City of Outremont b.p. 4560, 20 Sept. 1949; Batiment, xxvi, Oct. 1951, 19-21, illus. & descrip.; Canadian Builder [Toronto], i, Nov.-Dec. 1951, 35-6, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., St. Albert le Grand Roman Catholic Church & Presbytery, Mont Royal Avenue East at d’Orleans Avenue, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Jan. 1950, 148; dwgs. at CCA, Montreal)
OUTREMONT., residence for Jean Paul Bourque, Mont Royal Boulevard, 1950 (City of Outremont b.p. 4778, 12 Sept. 1950)