DUMAIS, Charles (1887-1954) of Quebec City, P.Q. opened an office in that city under his own name in 1914 and was active there for over forty years. Born in St. Denis de Kamouraska on 5 March 1887, he was educated and trained in Quebec City and joined the Province of Quebec Association of Architects in 1914. Much of his practise was devoted to private residences in the Quebec City area, and Couillard Residence located at 10 Grande Allee West is a typical example (built 1930), with a wide curved verandah and projecting bay window on the principal façade. Only one institutional work by Dumais has been located, that of the Town Hall in Vanier, Quebec City (1927). Dumais died in Quebec City on 26 Feb. 1954 (obit. L’Action Catholique [Quebec City], 26 Feb. 1954, 9; obit. Le Soleil [Quebec City], 26 Feb. 1954, 13; inf. Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects, Montreal).
(works in Quebec City)
MARIE DE L’INCARNATION STREET, residence for Telesphore Martin, 1915 (City of Quebec b.p. 1518, 28 June 1915)
ST. ADELARD STREET, duplex residence for J.C. Marcoux, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 6620, 13 March 1922)
1st AVENUE, pair of duplex houses for Joseph Drolet, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 6862, 6 May 1922)
ST. SAUVEUR STREET, duplex residence for William Laplante, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7098, 12 June 1922)
TURNBULL STREET, at Maisonneuve Street, rooming house for Major Alex Dupuis, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7235, 10 July 1922)
LANAUDIERE STREET, at Francis 1st Avenue, residence for Joseph E. Racine, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7360, 11 Aug. 1922)
1st AVENUE, at 18th Street, residence for H. Grosleau, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7419, 24 Aug. 1922)
TURNBULL STREET, rooming house for Napolean Lachance, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7508, 15 Sept. 1922)
LEMAY AVENUE, residence for Thomas Dionne, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7557, 23 Sept. 1922)
1st AVENUE, rooming house for Albert Cantin, 1922 (City of Quebec b.p. 7616, 7 Oct. 1922)
HAMILTON AVENUE, duplex for Albert Beausoleil, 1923 (City of Quebec b.p. 7816, 2 March 1923)
ST. LOUIS STREET, rooming house for Eugene Guimond, 1923 (City of Quebec b.p. 8046, 12 May 1923)
ST. CYRILLE STREET, large residence for J. Alphonse Cote, 1923 (City of Quebec b.p. 8142, 23 May 1923)
ST. ADELARD STREET, residence for Maxime Hellam, 1923 (City of Quebec b.p. 8581, 21 Aug. 1923)
DESY AVENUE, at Des Franciscains Street, duplex house for Patrick Allen, 1925 (City of Quebec b.p. 10023, 17 Aug. 1925)
DES BRAVES AVENUE, residence for John Evoy, 1925 (City of Quebec b.p. 10459, 29 June 1925)
BERNIERES STREET, at Galipault Street, large residence for Jacques A. Desy, 1926 (City of Quebec b.p. 103, 8 April 1926)
DES BRAVES AVENUE, large residence for F.X. Lemieux, Deputy Minister, Quebec Lands & Forests Dept., 1926 (City of Quebec b.p. 306, 25 May 1926)
LAURIER AVENUE, a chalet for the Highway Sports Club, 1926-27 (City of Quebec b.p. 814, 10 Dec. 1926)
ST. VALLIER STREET, residence for Dr. Louis A. Destrempes, 1927 (City of Quebec b.p. 1013, 27 April 1927)
DES BRAVES AVENUE, residence for Jules Canac-Marquis, 1927 (City of Quebec b.p. 1284, 5 Juy 1927)
MONCTON AVENUE, residence for Eugene Barry, 1927 (City of Quebec b.p. 1395, 10 Aug. 1927)
MONCTON AVENUE, residence for Louis Philippe Morin, 1927 (City of Quebec b.p. 1425, 18 Aug. 1927)
1ST AVENUE, at Leclerc Avenue, pair of houses for Joseph Audibert, 1928 (City of Quebec b.p. 2202, 7 June 1928)
3rd AVENUE, four houses and two stores for Messrs. Bakus, Hangletres, March, Alias, and Barabutt, 1928 (City of Quebec b.p. 3452, 21 Aug. 1928)
LA CANARDIERE ROAD, residence for Wilfrid Cantin, 1928 (City of Quebec b.p. 2686, 6 Nov. 1928)
MONCTON AVENUE, large residence for Dr. Albet Jinchereau, 1930 (City of Quebec b.p. 3968, 8 April 1930)
GRANDE ALLEE, at Salaberry Avenue, large residence for Georges Couillard, 1930 (City of Quebec b.p. 4269, 6 June 1930; D. Blanchet, Decouvrir la Grande Allee, 1984, 144, illus.)
1st AVENUE, pair of houses for Augustin Barras, 1930 (City of Quebec b.p. 4336, 25 June 1930)
R. DUMAIS LTD., St. Sacrement Hill, large office block with warehouse, 1950-51 (C.R., lxiii, Nov. 1950, 123-24)
(works elsewhere)
VANIER, QUE., Town Hall, Fire Hall and Police Station, Plante Avenue near Chabot Street, 1927 (Minute Book, Vanier Town Council, 5 Aug. 1927, 223; Parks Canada, Town Halls of Canada, 1987, 276)
SILLERY, QUE., a country club for an unnamed client, located at the Quebec Bridge, 1931-32 (C.R., xlv, 25 Nov. 1931, 48)