SAINT JEAN, Eugene (1892-1950) was the successor to the architectural practise of his father Casimir Saint Jean, who died unexpectedly in 1918. Eugene was born in Montreal on 21 March 1892 and graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique there in 1917. He trained under his father, but the untimely death of his father in July 1918 was a setback for the professional development of the career of his son, and Eugene did not open his own office until late 1922. He collaborated on the design of two significant ecclesiastical landmarks in Montreal, including the remarkably sophisticated modern Gothic design for St. Alphonse d’Youville Church (1929) for which Louis N. Audet of Sherbrooke, Que. is usually credited as the sole designer.
After 1930, only two projects by Saint Jean have been located, and it is unclear if he was working as a professional architect during this period. Saint Jean died in Montreal on 30 July 1950 (death notice La Presse [Montreal], 1 Aug. 1950, 29; biog. and port. in Biographies Canadiennes Francaises, 1928-29, 269; inf. from the Prov. of Quebec Assoc. of Architects, Montreal)
Eugene SAINT JEAN (works in Montreal unless noted)
OUTREMONT, a row of five triplex flats for the Estate of Leonidas Villeneuve, McEachran Avenue near Van Horne Avenue, 1922 (Outremont b.p. 1588, 13 Oct. 1922)
OUTREMONT, residence for Joseph A. Gourd and Alex Gourd, Courcelette Avenue, near Maplewood Avenue, 1924 (Outremont b.p. 1837, 16 Oct. 1924)
GEDEON-OUIMET ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, a residence for teachers at the school, Poupart Street, 1924 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 June 1924, 13, t.c.)
(with J. Albert Larue) STE. CECILE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, De Gaspe Road at Castelnau Street East, 1926-27; with Nuns Residence, 1927 (Montreal Daily Star, 13 May 1927, 33, t.c.; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
(with J. Albert Larue) ST. VINCENT FERRIER ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Henri Julien Avenue at Jarry Street East, 1927 (C.R., xli, 27 July 1927, 49)
GEORGE VANDELAC LTD., Rachel Street East at De Bullion Street, a three storey block of stores and flats, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 15 Feb. 1928, 50)
MONTREAL REFORM CLUB, Sherbrooke Street West near Clark Street, major addition and alterations to existing building, 1928, originally designed by George W.R. Browne and built in 1865 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 Jan. 1929, 7, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
(with Louis N. Audet) ST. ALPHONSE d’YOUVILLE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Cremazie Boulevard East at Lajeunesse Street, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 2 April 1929, 64; 19 July 1929, 59)
ST. GERARD D'YOUVILLE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Berri Street at Liege Street East, 1929-30, a major addition to school originally built in 1924 and designed by Irenee Vautrin; school demolished in 2014 (C.R., xliii, 30 Oct. 1929, 60; City of Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 226-27, illus.; inf. Scott Edwards)
NOTRE DAME ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, Place d'Armes at Notre Dame Street West, extensive restoration, alterations and improvements to both exterior and interior of the cathedral, 1931 (Gazette [Montreal], 27 June 1931, 4, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
POINT VIAU, QUE., major addition to the Roman Catholic School, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Sept. 1949, 160-61)