Grenier, Charles

GRENIER, Charles (1907-1987), active in Montreal, Que. from 1933 until after 1975. Grenier became a registered member of the Province of Quebec Association of Architects in 1933, and resigned from the Association in 1980. Born in Montreal on 17 May 1907, he was educated and trained there, and he specialized in the design of apartment blocks as well as low rise residential blocks of fourplex units in Montreal, Dorval, Outremont and in the suburb of St. Laurent. He retired in 1980, and later died at Nominingue, Que. in 1987.

Charles GRENIER (works in Montreal)

LACHINE, a double duplex house with 4 units, 39th Avenue, between St. Joseph Street and Notre Dame Street, 1939 (Montreal Daily Star, 3 March 1939, 32, descrip.)
GEORGE APARTMENTS, Cote Ste. Catherine Road at Mountain Sights Avenue, for Lucien Durand, 1939 (C.R., lii, 10 May 1939, 43; 28 June 1939, 30)
BEAUBIEN STREET, apartment block for Treffle St. Louis, 1939 (C.R., lii, 8 March 1939, 34, t.c.)
KING EDWARD APARTMENTS, Sherbrooke Street West at King Edward Avenue, 1939 (City of Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 419-20, illus.)
SUNDALE APARTMENTS, Grand Boulevard at Somerled Avenue, two separate apartment blocks for Aime Cote, each called The Sundale Apartments, 1938-39 (Gazette [Montreal], 29 Oct. 1938,9, illus. & descrip.; 5 Aug. 1939, 4, illus. & descrip.; 12 Aug. 1939, 5, illus. in advert.; C.R., lii, 13 Sept. 1939, 31; inf. Scott Edwards)
GRAND BOULEVARD, at Somerled Avenue, block of 6 stores and 21 apartments for the Estate of A. Corbeil, 1940 (C.R., liii, 17 Jan. 1940, 24)
WINSTON APARTMENTS, Cote des Neiges Road at de l'Oratoire Avenue, 1940 (Gazette [Montreal], 20 July 1940, 17, illus.; 3 Aug. 1940, 6, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
McTAVISH APARTMENTS, McTavish Street, for Andre Bartheau, 1941 (C.R., liv, 26 March 1941, 34; Gazette [Montreal], 27 Sept. 1941, 23, illus. & descrip.)
ST. JOSEPH BOULEVARD, apartment block for Rene Lafleur, 1941 (C.R., liv, 21 May 1941, 113)
ROSEDALE APARTMENTS, Sherbrooke Street West at Rosedale Avenue, for Attilio Moro, 1941 (C.R., liv, 26 March 1941, 34)
DARLINGTON AVENUE, apartment block for Marcel Durocher, 1941 (C.R., liv, 15 Jan. 1941, 32)
COTE STE. CATHERINE ROAD, residence for an unnamed client, 1947 (Architecture Batiment Construction, ii, May 1947, 35, illus.)
COTE STE. CATHERINE ROAD, at McEachran Avenue, two apartment blocks for Bernard Segal, 1947 (C.R., lx, May 1947, 124)
BROADWAY FUR MFR. CO., Aylmer Street at Ontario Street East, factory and offices, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Sept. 1950, 134)

Charles GRENIER (works in Outremont)

ST. GERMAIN AVENUE, at Kelvin Avenue southward to Cote Ste. Catherine Road, five pairs of houses on both sides of St. Germain Avenue for Philippe Forest and The Forest Homes Co., 1937-38 (Outremont b.p. 3212, 11 June 1937; b.p. 3225, 7 July 1937; b.p. 3237, 9 Aug. 1937; b.p. 3249, 30 Aug. 1937; b.p. 3278, 4 Dec. 1937; b.p. 3377, 23 Dec. 1938)
MANSEAU AVENUE, a row of duplex houses, for an unnamed client, 1941 (Montreal Daily Star, 13 Jan. 1941, 25)
BANK OF TORONTO, Van Horne Avenue at McEachran Avenue, 1941 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 April 1941, 21, illus.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, with 8 apartments units, Van Horne Avenue at McEachran Avenue, for Max Lipsey, 1941; demol. April 1973 (Outremont b.p. 3528, 10 Jan. 1941; C.R., liv, 5 March 1941, 34)
SPRING GROVE CRESCENT, residence for Andre Bertheau, 1944 (Outremont b.p. 3805, 18 Feb. 1944)
COTE STE. CATHERINE ROAD, duplex for Arnold Balinsky, 1945 (Outremont b.p. 3903, 16 Jan. 1945)
COTE STE. CATHERINE ROAD, residence for G. Renzi, 1945 (Outremont b.p. 3964, 24 July 1945)
SPRING GROVE CRESCENT, residence for Jean A. Lapointe, 1945-46 (Outremont b.p. 4023, 13 Nov. 1945)
COTE STE. CATHERINE ROAD, duplex for Elaine & Jean J. Denis, 1946 (Outremont b.p. 4038, 24 Jan. 1946)
WILDER AVENUE, residence for Mrs. B. Segal, 1947 (Outremont b.p. 4175, 15 Jan. 1947)
MAPLEWOOD AVENUE, residence for Camille J. Grenier, 1948 (Outremont b.p. 4392, 13 Sept. 1948)

Charles GRENIER (works elsewhere)

DORVAL, QUE., a large tract of 75 housing units each costing $4,000 to $6,000, 1943 (C.R., lvi, 3 March 1943, 25)
ST. LAURENT, QUE., eleven apartment houses for Gerard Daneau, 1948 (C.R., lxi, July 1948, 138)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Recreation Hall for the Parish of Notre Dame du Rosaire, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, June 1950, 126)