DOUCET, Emmanuel Arthur (1888-1960), an American-born architect active in Montreal, Que. for nearly forty years. He was a native of Merrimac, Massachusetts, born there on 16 September 1888, and was brought to Canada by his family after 1900. Doucet graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1912; one of his classmates at that school was J. Albert Morissette, with whom he formed a partnership later that year. They collaborated for two years, but the events of WWI interrupted their practise, and no references to the work of Doucet have been found until 1922 when he re-opened an office in Montreal under his own name. He devoted much of his career to residential and commercial projects, but he is best known for the eclectic designs for Notre Dame de Victoire Roman Catholic Church (1925-26), and for his Renaissance Revival design of the Granada Movie Theatre (1928-29), in which he collaborated with the local decorator and stylist Emmanuel Briffa. Doucet retired after 1950 and died in Montreal on 11 June 1960 (obituary La Presse [Montreal], 14 June 1960, 47; biog. and port. Biographies Canadiennes Francaises, 1926, 318; inf. Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects)
DOUCET & MORISSETTE (works in Montreal)
OUTREMONT, residence for Osias Lamoreaux, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1912 (Outremont b.p. 695, 18 Sept. 1912; City of Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 388-89, illus.)
CROWN APARTMENTS, Dorchester Street West at St. Mathieu Street, 1912-13 (La Presse [Montreal], 14 Dec. 1912, 29, illus. & descrip.)
OUTREMONT, five row houses with 14 apartments, for U. Limoges, Lajoie Avenue at de l’Epee Avenue, 1913-14 (Outremont b.p. 886, 30 Dec. 1913)
NATIONAL CLUB, 1914, perhaps a competition entry, 1914 (La Presse [Montreal], 12 Feb. 1914, 6, illus.)
ROMAN CATHOLIC GIRLS SCHOOL, in St. James Parish, de Montigny Street at Ontario Street, 1914 (Montreal Daily Star, 11 March 1914, 9)
OUTREMONT, Joffre Apartments, Bernard Avenue at Querbes Avenue, for Henry Blais, 1914 (C.R., xxviii, 1 April 1914, 83; Outremont b.p. 942, 2 July 1914; City of Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 32-33, illus.)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., store and two flats for Omer Michaud, Racine Street, 1914 (City of Quebec, b.p. 585, 22 June 1914)
E.A. DOUCET (works in Montreal)
OUTREMONT, residence for F. Corriveau, Holyrood Avenue, 1921 (Outremont b.p. 1410, 14 Sept. 1921; Le Prix Courant [Montreal], liv, 30 Sept. 1921, 80)
OUTREMONT, pair of houses for Joseph Beaulac, Maplewood Avenue, 1922 (Outremont b.p. 1463, 3 April 1922)
SHERBROOKE STREET EAST, at Visitation Street, residence for the architect Emmanuel Doucet, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 24 May 1922, 55)
OVERDALE GARAGE, Dorchester Street West, for Patrick Labelle, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 19 July 1922, 54)
OUTREMONT, residence for A. Prud’homme, Nelson Street near St. Joseph Street, 1923 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], lvi, 2 Feb. 1923, 44)
OUTREMONT, triplex house for T.C. Casgrain, Wiseman Avenue near Van Horne Street, 1923-24 (Outremont b.p. 1722, 13 Nov. 1923; Le Prix Courant [Montreal], lvi, 14 Dec. 1923, 32)
PRUD’HOMME & SONS LTD., Craig Street near St. Denis Street, warehouse, 1923-24 (C.R., xxxvii, 25 July 1923, 53, t.c.; 10 Oct. 1923, 53)
(with Ernest Cormier) STE. MARGUERITE MARIE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Ontario Street East at Bordeaux Street, 1924-25 (City of Montreal b.p. 4385, 1923; C.R., xxxviii, 26 March 1924, 49)
(with Ernest Cormier) STE. MARGUERITE-MARIE PRESBYTERY, Dorion Street near Ontario Street East, a rectory for the church, 1923-24 (C.R., xxxvii, 28 Nov. 1923, 51; inf. Scott Edwards)
LONGSHOREMAN’S ASSOCIATION BUILDING, Bonsecours Street at the Champ de Mars, a public hall and office building, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 30 Jan. 1924, 53; 23 April 1924, 51)
OUTREMONT, duplex house for E.A. Fortin, Rockland Avenue, 1925 (Outremont b.p. 1945, 21 July 1925)
PEPIN APARTMENTS, Ste. Catherine Street East at Viau Street, 1925 (City of Montreal, Les Appartments, 1991, 323-25, illus.)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, at Prefontaine Street, a ten storey warehouse for an unnamed client, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 18 Feb. 1925, 54)
OUTREMONT, three duplex residences for A. Fortin, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 19 Aug. 1925, 52)
NOTRE DAME DE VICTOIRE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Lacordaire Street, 1925 (C.R., xxxix, 22 July 1925, 50; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, May 1927, xxxvii, illus. in advert.; City of Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 126-9, illus.)
OUTREMONT, residence for Mrs. N.Z. Cordeau, Fernhill Avenue, 1927 (Outremont b.p. 2188, 30 April 1927)
GRANADA THEATRE, Ste. Catherine Street East at Morgan Street, 1928-29; interior altered c. 1975 (C.R., xlii, 22 Aug. 1928, 89; xliii, 25 Dec. 1929, 193; City of Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 360-63, illus.; Dane Lanken, Montreal Movie Palaces, 1994, 144-47, illus.& descrip.)
ST. ANDRE STREET, a four storey brick apartment block for Lucien Prefontaine, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 3 Oct. 1928, 61)
GENERAL MOTORS LTD., Motor Car Showroom & Garage, Mount Royal Avenue East at Fabre Street, 1929 (C.R., 3 July 1929, 63; Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1929, 4, descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
CHAPLEAU APARTMENTS, Sherbrooke Street East at Chapleau Street, 1930 (City of Montreal, Les Appartements, 1991, 354-56, illus.)
POLICE & FIRE STATION NO. 21, St. Dominique Street at Shamrock Street, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 4 Feb. 1931, 57; City of Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 224-25, illus.)
FIRE STATION NO. 48, Chambly Street at Hochelega Street, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 25 Feb. 1931, 160, t.c.; City of Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 236-37, illus.)
FIRE STATION, Ogilvy Avenue at Blomfield Street, major addition, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 10 Feb. 1932, 52)
LEVESQUE PUBLIC BATHS, Boyer Street at Beaubien Street, 1932-33 (C.R., xlvi, 23 Nov. 1932, 34)
LAGRENADE SHOE MFR. CO., Rachel Street East at Iberville Street, a large factory for H.B. Lagrenade, 1932 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1932, 4, C.R., xlvi, 20 July 1932, 48)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Rosemount Boulevard at De Lorimier Avenue, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 30 Aug. 1933, 36)
(with Raoul Lacroix and J. Dalbe Viau) DOMINION PUBLIC BUILDING, McGill Street at Youville Square, an 8 storey warehouse for Canada Customs, 1934-36 (Gazette [Montreal], 8 Aug. 1935, 8, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
(with Lucien Keroack) MONTREAL BOTANICAL BUILDING, at Maisonneuve Park, near Pie IX Boulevard, addition of a large new greenhouse, designed 1937-38; built 1939 (C.R., vol. 50, 1 Dec. 1937, 29; Montreal Daily Star, 9 Feb. 1939, 32, descrip.)
ST. ALPHONSE D’YOUVILLE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, Henri Julien Avenue at Cremazie Boulevard, 1938-39 (C.R., li, 2 Nov. 1938, 50, t.c.; and lii, 22 Feb. 1939, 132-33; Gazette [Montreal], 6 Dec. 1938, 5, illus. & descrip.; inf. Scott Edwards)
PIE IX BOULEVARD, near Sherbrooke Street East, an apartment building with 12 suites, for William Tremblay, 1941 (Montreal Daily Star, 7 Jan. 1941, 24)
NOTRE DAME STREET EAST, office building for L. Charpentier, 1946-47 (C.R., lix, Dec. 1946, 76)
NAPOLEAN SENECAL LTD., Ste. Catherine Street East, warehouse, 1946-47 (C.R., lix, Dec. 1946, 76)
QUEBEC LIQUOR COMMISSION, Craig Street East at De Lorimier Avenue, large warehouse and offices, 1947-48 (C.R., lx, Sept. 1947, 174; Architecture Batiment Construction, ii, May 1947, 24-29, illus & descrip.)
ST. BARNABE-APOTRE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, March 1950, 130)
E.A. DOUCET (works elsewhere)
SOREL, QUE., Balmoral Hotel, du Roi Street, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 21 March 1923, 60; and 2 May 1923, 62, t.c.)
ST. JEROME, QUE., a hotel for the Laurentian Hotel & Sanatorium, 1924-25 (C.R., xxxviii, 5 Nov. 1924, 53)
POINTE AUX TREMBLES, QUE., Roman Catholic Convent for the Filles Consolatrices de Divin Coeur, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 7 June 1933, 34, t.c.)
PIERREVILLE, QUE., large factory for Supreme Food & Milk Products Ltd., 1938 (C.R., li, 27 July 1938, 120)
MONT LAURIER, QUE., a meat processing plant for Joseph Belanger, 1946-47 (C.R., lic, Dec. 1946, 78)