LACROIX, Raoul (1874-1936) was active in Montreal, Que for his entire career. Born there on 2 February 1874, he was educated and trained in that city, and became a registered member of the Province of Quebec Association of Architects in September 1898. In late 1902 or early 1903 he formed a partnership with Pierre Piche, an engineer by training. They collaborated together for at least three years, but by 1908 Lacroix was again working under his own name. Only a few references to his architectural work can be found after 1912, but he later became a member of the Town Planning Commission in Montreal (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Jan. 1931, 38), and a member of the Public Buildings Commission of Montreal. He also served as secretary of the P.Q.A.A., and was later chairman of the Board of Examiners of the Association.
Lacroix died at Rosemere, Quebec on 5 July 1936 (obit. & port. La Presse [Montreal], 6 July 1936, 13; Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 9 July 1936, 6; Le Devoir [Montreal], 10 July 1936, 4; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, July 1936, 146; biog. and port. in Biographies Canadiennes Francaises, vol. 10, 1931-32, 260; inf. from Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects, Montreal).
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(works in Montreal unless noted)
MASSUE STREET, near Gilford Street, a pair of three storey tenement houses for Joseph Daniel, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 7 March 1902, 46)
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BERRI STREET, near Ste. Catherine Street East, a three storey residence for Phillipe Hebert, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxv, 8 May 1903, 42)
J.A. SIMARD & CO., St. Jean Baptiste Street, near St. Paul Street, a five storey factory, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 28 Aug. 1903, 51)
BENALLACK LITHOGRAPHING & PRINTING CO., Latour Street at Victoria Square, a five storey printing plant, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 10, p. 61)
L. MARTINEAU & CO., Dorion Street near Logan Street, a two storey brick stables and storage building, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 19, p. 42); with addition of a long two storey manufacturing building, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 28, p. 57)
ONTARIO STREET EAST, at Aylwin Street, a three storey tenement for J. Alfred Richard, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 32, p. 53)
CRESCENT STREET, near Ste. Catherine Street West, a pair of three storey houses for Louis Boyer, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 42, p. 59)
STE. ANDRE STREET, near Dubord Street, a pair of three storey tenements for The Estate of L. Prevost, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, 1904, Week No. 43, p. 57)
TERREBONNE, QUE., Federal Post Office, St. Pierre Street at St. Andre Street, 1904 (Canada, Sessional Papers, Vol. 40, No. 19, 1906, Report of the Chief Architect, 14, descrip.)
OLIER ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL,, Roy Street near St. Denis Street, 1905; addition of two new wings, 1906 (C.R., xvi, 6 Sept. 1905, 2; Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 33, p. 44)
HOCHELAGA WARD, Public Baths, 1905 (Montreal Daily Star, 8 July 1905, 6; C.R., xvi, 16 Aug. 1905, 4, t.c.; 11 Oct. 1905, 2, t.c.)
(with Charles E. Horn, New York City) BENNETT’S THEATRE, Ste. Catharine Street West at City Councillor’s Street, 1906-07 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 47, p. 24; C.A.B., xix, Nov. 1906, 170)
STE. ROSE, QUE., summer residence for Raoul Lacroix, Architect, on Bel-Air Island, c. 1908 (Montreal Daily Star, 22 June 1912, 30, advert.)
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BEAUDRY ESTATE, a three storey brick block for stores and two dwellings, but street location not listed, 1911-12 (C.R., xxv, 15 Nov. 1911, 63)
POINT ST. CHARLES, major addition to St. Charles Roman Catholic School, Island Street near Richardson Street, 1933 (Gazette [Montreal], 4 April 1933, 5)
(with E.A. Doucet and J. Dalbe Viau) DOMINION PUBLIC BUILDING, McGill Street at Youville Square, an 8 storey warehouse block for Canada Customs, 1934-36 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 Aug. 1935, 8, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)