PERRON, J. Eugene (1899-1969) was active in Montreal for more than 35 years, and specialised in the design of churches and institutional buildings for various Roman Catholic dioceses in and around Montreal. Born in the parish of St. Timothee, Beauharnois, Que. on 6 December 1899, he graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal in 1929, and registered with the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects in 1932. Perron died in Montreal on 19 January 1969 (obit with port. Le Devoir [Montreal], 20 Jan. 1969, 2; death notice La Presse [Montreal], 20 Jan. 1969, 47; inf. from P.Q.A.A., Montreal).
VALLEYFIELD, QUE., Ste. Cecile Roman Catholic Cathedral, 1935. Prize of an Honorable Mention in the 5th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Architectural Inst. of Canada, awarded to J. Eugene Perron and J.M. Lafleur, Associate Architects to Henri S. Labelle and Consulting Architect Louis N. Audet (R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, Nov. 1935, 191; Dec. 1935, 199, 202, illus. & descrip.)
LACHUTE, QUE., Ste. Anastasie Roman Catholic Church, Bethany Street, 1936 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 26 Dec. 1935, illus. & descrip.; 25 June 1936, 1, illus.; C.R., Vol. 50, 25 March 1936, 35, t.c.; Vol. 50, 20 Jan. 1937, 31; Architecture Batiment Construction [Montreal], ii, Oct. 1947, 50, illus.)
ST. MARTIN, QUE., a Roman Catholic Novitiate for the Rev. Peres Blancs, 1937 (C.R., Vol. 50, 24 March 1937, 51)
MONTREAL, QUE., major addition of a five storey wing at the west side of the Grand Seminaire, Sherbrooke Street West, 1938 (C.R., li, 25 May 1938, 31)
DUNSMORE AVENUE, at Cote St. Catherine Road, a duplex house for an unnamed client, 1941 (Montreal Daily Star, 10 Jan. 1941, 29)
VERDUN, a small apartment block with 6 units, De Chateaubriand Avenue near St. Zotique Street, 1941 (Montreal Daily Star, 31 Jan. 1941, 33)
MAPLEWOOD AVENUE, at Victoria Avenue, a group of two duplex houses, for an unnamed client, 1941 (Montreal Daily Star, 27 Feb. 1941, 37, descrip.)
CEDARS, QUE., Roman Catholic Boy’s Orphanage for the Freres du Sacre Coeur, 1942 (C.R., lv, 14 Oct. 1942, 26)
VALLEYFIELD, QUE., Auditorium for the Seminaire de Valleyfield, 1946 (C.R., lix, May 1946, 118; Architecture Batiment Construction [Montreal], iii, Nov. 1948, 46, illus. )
VALLEYFIELD, QUE., a Roman Catholic presbytery, and extension of the Roman Catholic Church for the Parish of Sacre Coeur, 1946 (C.R., lix, June 1946, 141)
MONT LAURIER, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, with Recreation Hall adjacent, designed 1950, but project not built (C.R., lxiii, Jan. 1950, 144; April 1950, 122)
JOLIETTE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery for the Paroisse du Christ-Roi, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Feb. 1950, 124)
MONT ST. MICHEL, QUE., St. Michel Archange Roman Catholic Church, with Presbytery and Recreation Hall, 1950 (inf. Joanne Birtz, Montreal)
MONTREAL, QUE., Recreation Hall for the Parish of St. Jean Baptiste, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Feb. 1950, 132; Architecture Batiment Construction [Montreal], vi, May 1951, 19-20, illus. & descrip.)