PATRY, Michel (1806-1865), an architect and builder of Quebec City, was the son of Michel Patry, a master joiner, and was active there from 1829 where he frequently worked as carpenter, joiner and timber framer. After 1843 he styled himself as an architect undertaking the design and construction of houses as well as churches and institutional buildings (Le Journal de Quebec [Quebec City], 10 July 1845, 3, advert.). The citations to his works in Quebec City noted below are based on the comprehensive list of commissions compiled by A.J.H. Richardson and printed in his book entitled Quebec City: Architects, Artisans and Builders, 1984, 449-50, 473. Patry died in Quebec City on 1 March 1865 (death notice in Le Journal de Quebec, 2 March 1865, 3)
(works in Quebec City unless noted)
Design for a Wharf at Cul-de-Sac, 1833 (L. Noppen & M. Grignon, l'art de l'architecte - Three Centuries of Architectural Drawing in Quebec City, 1983, 206-07, illus.)
ST. JEAN STREET, residence for Dr. Francois Fortier, 1844
McMAHON STREET, row of three houses for John McLeod, 1844
d'AUTEUIL STREET, row of four houses for the Ursuline Sisters, 1845
ST. ROCH SUBURB, residence for Edward Thivierge, 1845
ST. FRANCOIS STREET, at Craig Street, residence for Narcisse Bouchard, 1846
CRAIG STREET, at Richardson Street, residence for Pierre Laberge, 1846
CRAIG STREET, at du Roi Street, residence for Pierre Silvain, 1846
ANNE STREET, at Richardson Street, residence for Joseph Maheux, 1846
ST. NICHOLAS STREET, residence for Felix Thomas, 1846
ST. JEAN STREET, reconstruction of the 'General Wolfe' corner house for Hon. Francois Evanturel and Issaac Dovian, 1847
GROSSE ILE, QUE., house and barracks building at the Government quarantine station, 1848
MARKET HALL, Berthelot Street, c. 1848 (signed drawings at the City of Quebec Archives, LC CPH B4, Neg. FC 370)
(with J.B. St. Michel) EGLISE ST. SAUVEUR, des Oblats Avenue, 1851-52 (L. Noppen et al, Québec - trois siècles d'architecture, 1979, 70, 188, illus.)
COTE DE LA MONTAGNE, house for Narcise Turcot, 1852
DE LA COURONNE STREET, residence for Louis Morel, 1854
ST. AMABLE STREET, row of seven houses for Abraham Joseph, 1854
(with J.B. St. Michel) ST. ISIDORE, QUE., interiors of the Roman Catholic Church, 1855
BELAIR STREET, at de la Couronne Street, residence for Miss Marie J. Mailloux, 1863
ST. VALLIER STREET, residence for Narcisse Fages, 1863