SAINT LOUIS, Arthur (1873-1955), a prolific architect in Montreal, Que. who catered to the speculative building boom in residential architecture in that city during the period of rapid urban growth from 1890 to 1914. He began his career about 1896, and became a registered architect with the Province of Quebec Association of Architects on 13 September 1898. He specialized in the design of traditional three-storey tenement flats which still line the streets of many residential neighbourhoods in downtown Montreal and Outremont. He served many “repeat” clients such as John B. St. Louis (perhaps a brother), Joseph A. Pominville, Arthur Toupin, Zotique Riopelle, and other land owners, building contractors, and tradesmen who hired St. Louis to develop their vacant properties with designs for walk-up residential blocks featuring greystone-fronted facades required by the local City of Montreal building code during this era. Arthur St. Louis appears to have declined commissions for industrial, commercial and ecclesiastical work, and only one institutional project has been linked to his name, that of the City Hall for the Town of Montreal North (1917). His last recorded work dates from 1920, and he later died in Montreal on 22 April 1955 (obituary and port. La Presse [Montreal], 25 April 1955, 16).
Arthur SAINT LOUIS (works in Montreal)
CHESTERFIELD AVENUE, at Prince Albert Avenue, row of five houses and two tenements for Narcisse Nolin, 1897 (C.R., viii, 22 July 1897, 4)
RACHEL STREET, residence for Thomas Forest, 1897 (C.R., viii, 26 Aug. 1897, 2, t.c.)
FAIRMOUNT STREET, two houses and three tenements for F.X. Morency, 1897 (C.R., viii, 26 Aug. 1897, 2)
MENTANA STREET, tenement block for Arthur Toupin, 1897 (Le Prix Courant, xxi, Issue No. 6, Oct. 1897)
RIVARD STREET, between Rachel Street and Duluth Street, tenement block for John B. St. Louis, 1897-98 (Le Prix Courant, xxi, Issue No. 14, Dec. 1897)
ST. DENIS STREET, three tenement houses for Theodore Lessard, 1897-98 (C.R., viii, 2 Dec. 1897, 3)
ST. DENIS STREET, residence for John B. St. Louis, 1897-98 (C.R., viii, 9 Dec. 1897, 3)
CHURCH STREET, two tenement blocks for John B. St. Louis, 1898 (Le Prix Courant, xxii, Issue No. 16, June 1898)
ST. ANDRE STREET, between Ontario Street and De Montigny Street, two tenements blocks for Mrs. E. Mayer, 1899 (Le Prix Courant, xxvi, Issue No. 7, November 1899)
ST. HUBERT STREET, four tenement houses for Albert Paquette, 1900 (C.R., xi, 6 June 1900, 3)
ST. HUBERT STREET, tenement block for Arthur Toupin, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxix, 24 Aug. 1900, 641)
SACRED HEART ROMAN CATHOLIC ACADEMY, Drolet Street near Rachel Street, major addition of a four storey wing, 1901 (C.R., xii, 16 Oct. 1901, 2; Gazette [Montreal], 4 Nov. 1901, 3)
ST. HUBERT STREET, near Marie Anne Street, residence for Wilfrid Champagne, 1901 (C.R., xii, 13 Nov. 1901, 2)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Bienville Street, three tenement houses for Zotique Riopelle, 1901 (Le Prix Courant, xxxii, 6 Dec. 1901, p. 1042)
CHAMBORD STREET, near Gilford Street, tenement block for J. Collette, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiv, 3 Oct. 1902, 38)
TUPPER STREET, near Fort Street, two tenement blocks for Narcisse Nolin, 1903 (Le Prix Courant, xxxv, 29 May 1903, 40)
GAIN STREET, near Ontario Street, two tenement blocks for A. Dubuc, 1903; and retail store at the corner, facing Ontario Street, 1905, for same client (Le Prix Courant, xxxvi, 31 July 1903, 52; Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 18, p. 55)
HOTEL DE VILLE AVENUE, near Prince Arthur Avenue, tenement block for S. Gagnon, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 35, 1904, p. 53)
LAVAL AVENUE, at Pine Avenue, residence for John Foster, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 36, p. 57)
HOTEL DE VILLE AVENUE, near Prince Arthur Avenue, two tenement blocks for E. Choquette, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 11, p. 54)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Duluth Street, tenement block for Dr. Alex Germain, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 13, p. 53)
HOTEL DE VILLE AVENUE, near Prince Arthur Avenue, tenement block for D.B. Gooley, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 19, p. 55)
BERRI STREET, near Marie Anne Street, four tenement blocks for O. Vanier, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 28, p. 54)
HUNTLEY STREET, near Fleurimont Street, duplex for Albert Pleau, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 24, p. 55)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Marie Anne Street, two tenements for M. Dagenais, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 40, p. 61)
RIVARD STREET, near Duluth Street, tenement block for John B. St. Louis, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 11, p. 50)
AMHERST STREET, near Dorchester Street West, two tenements for Francis Rasconi, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 12, p. 50)
ST. LAWRENCE BOULEVARD, near Roy Street, flats with retail store for A. Desroches, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 12, p. 46)
ST. HUBERT STREET, tenement block for J.O. Couture, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, 1906, Week No. 16, p. 44)
WOLFE STREET, near Ste. Catherine Street West, two tenements with two retail stores, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 13, p. 43)
HOTEL DE VILLE AVENUE, near Prince Arthur Avenue, tenement block for Emery Choquette, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 14, p. 40)
ST. HUBERT STREET, near Duluth Street, tenement block for Lydia De Ladurantaye, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, 1907, Week No. 38, p. 44)
ST. DOMINIQUE STREET, near Roy Street, three tenement blocks for S. Arnovitz, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, 1907, Week No. 43, p. 42)
ARSENE LAMY DEPARTMENT STORE, St. Denis Street near Duluth Avenue, 1908 (La Presse [Montreal], 10 March 1908, 5, illus.)
FULLUM STREET, near De Montigny Street, four tenement blocks for A. Valiquette, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, 1909, Week No. 14, p. 46)
MOUNT ROYAL AVENUE, near Brebeuf Street, retail store for F. Demers, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, 1909, Week No. 18, p. 42)
MOUNT ROYAL AVENUE, near Marquette Street, flats and retail store for A. Doutre, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, 1909, Week No. 24, p. 48)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Rachel Street, flats and retail store for John B. St. Louis, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, 1909, Week No. 33, p. 44)
ST. DOMINIQUE STREET, near Marie-Anne Street, two tenement blocks for S. Arnovitz, 1910 (Le Prix Courant, 1910, Week No. 10, p. 40)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Rachel Street, tenement and two stores for Arthur Taschereau, 1910 (Le Prix Courant, 1910, Week No. 12, p. 42)
ST. URBAIN STREET, near Marie-Anne Street, 4 tenement blocks for A. Cadieux, 1911 (Le Prix Courant, xliv, 15 April 1911, 36)
FAIRMOUNT AVENUE, at Esplanade Avenue, stores and apartments for S. Arnovitz, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 14 Feb. 1912, 68)
ST. JOSEPH BOULEVARD WEST, residence for Wilfred Duquette, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 29 Oct. 1913, 69)
Arthur SAINT LOUIS (works in Outremont)
HUTCHISON STREET, duplex flats for J.H. Vanier, 1908 (Outrement b.p. 153, 21 July 1908)
HUTCHISON STREET, row of five duplex flats for Michel Drouin, 1910 (Outrement b.p. 315, 9 May 1910)
OUTREMENT AVENUE, residence for M.F. Farrell, 1911 (Outrement b.p. 421, 15 March 1911)
OUTREMONT AVENUE, residence for H. Paiement, 1911 (Outrement b.p. 422, 15 March 1911)
No. 135 to No. 145 DE L’EPEE AVENUE, triplex flats for Joseph Pominville, 1911 (Outrement b.p. 530, 31 July 1911)
No. 147 to No. 157 DE L’EPEE AVENUE, triplex flats for Joseph Pominville, 1912 (Outrement b.p. 594, 4 April 1912)
No. 159 to No. 169 DE L’EPEE AVENUE, triplex flats for Joseph A. Pominville, 1912 (Outrement b.p. 711, 9 Oct. 1912)
ST. JOSEPH BOULEVARD, residence for W. Duquette, 1913 (Outrement b.p. 847, 12 Sept. 1913)
DE L’EPEE AVENUE, a row of 4 triplex flats, for A. Cadieux, 1914 (Outrement b.p. 938, 8 June 1914)
Arthur SAINT LOUIS (works elsewhere)
MONTREAL NORTH, QUE., City Hall, Hotel de Ville Square, 1917-18 (C.R., xxxi, 19 Sept. 1917, 40, t.c.; City of Montreal, Les Edifices Publiques, 1981, 118-19, illus.; Parks Canada, Town Halls of Canada, 1987, 273)