POITRAS, Joseph Roch (1844-1885), born at St. Epiphane, Que. in 1844, he came to Montreal c. 1872 and commenced practice under his own name. In 1877 he formed a partnership with Louis G. Martin but their collaboration was brief and by 1880 Poitras had entered into a new partnership in Montreal with Victor Roy. Together they executed a number of ecclesiastical commissions for the Roman Catholic Diocese both in the city of Montreal, and in southern Quebec, and likely would have continued to flourish had it not been for the untimely death of Poitras on 1 October 1885 at the age of 41 years. He was buried at Cote des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal (obituary in La Minerve [Montreal], 3 Oct. 1885, 1; Gazette [Montreal], 5 Oct. 1885, 3; Le Monde [Montreal], 5 Oct. 1885, 3)
J.R. POITRAS
MONTREAL, QUE, building for Jean B. St. Louis, Ste. Elizabeth Street, 1873 (ANQM, L.O. Hetu, Notaire, 21 Feb. 1876, 5846)
MONTREAL, QUE., Female Prison, Fullum Street, 1873-76; enclosure wall and sheds, 1876 (Evening Star [Montreal], 17 July 1874, 2, descrip.; Gazette [Montreal], 25 Feb. 1873, 4, t.c.; 17 July 1874, 2, descrip.; 5 Aug. 1876, 2, t.c.; 12 Jan. 1877, 2, descrip.; Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1)
ST. DENIS STREET, two cut stone houses for H.P. Lepin, each 4 storeys high, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ST. DENIS STREET, residence for A. Mayer, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ST. HUBERT STREET, residence for D. Corrineau, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ST. HUBERT STREET, six houses for H.P. Lepin, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ST. HUBERT STREET, a four storey house for N. Cadieux, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ST. HUBERT STREET, two houses for A. Mayer, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
ONTARIO STREET, two retail stores for F. Guerrette, each 3 storeys high, 1875 (Evening Star [Montreal], 20 April 1875, 1, descrip.)
POITRAS & MARTIN
TERREBONNE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church and Sacristy, 1877 (La Minerve [Montreal], 23 Jan. 1877, 4, t.c.)
MONTREAL, QUE., Alfred Pilon & Co., Ste. Catherine Street East near St. Andre Street, department store, 1878 (Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 221-24, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., residence for Dame M.J.T. LaRocque, St. James Street, 1878 (ANQM, J. Lonergan, Notaire, 11 March 1878, No. 893)
ST. TELESPHORE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1878 (inf. from Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
MONTREAL, QUE., St. Brigit's Roman Catholic Church, Maisonneuve Street at Dorchester Boulevard East, 1879-81; completed by Poitras & Roy in 1881; tower and steeple by Victor Roy, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 June 1879, 2; Evening Star [Montreal], 24 July 1878, 2; ANQM, J. Lonergan, Notaire, 7 Oct. 1880, No. 1586; 7 March 1881, No. 1665; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 410-15, illus.)
POITRAS & ROY
(works in Montreal)
McGILL STREET, tenements house for Marie E.C. Perrault, 1880 (ANQM, L.O. Hetu, Notaire, 26 March 1880, 9747)
STE. ELIZABETH STREET, additions and alterations to residence for Judge Mathais C. Desnoyers, 1880 (ANQM, L.O. Hetu, Notaire, 1880, 9841)
ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Craig Street at Panet Street, 1881 (ANQM, J. Lonergan, Notaire, 7 Oct. 1880, No. 1584; La Minerve [Montreal], 22 Feb. 1881, 2, t.c.; Gazette [Montreal], 7 Nov. 1881, 3, descrip.)
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Rachel Street East, interior decoration of the church, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 252)
CRAIG STREET, stores for A.H. Demers, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, a large tract of private houses, perhaps a long row of dwellings, for J.O. Dupuis, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3)
ST. DENIS STREET, residence for Hormisdas Jeannotte, City Alderman, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3)
ST. HUBERT STREET, two houses for Octave Lawrence, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3)
ERNEST STREET, two houses, each 4 storeys high, for Octave Lawrence, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ERNEST STREET, two houses for E. & J.B. St. Louis, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
CRAIG STREET, two stores, with cast-iron fronts, for A.G. Demers, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
NOTRE DAME STREET EAST, major alterations to two stores for D.C. Brosseau, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ST. LAWRENCE STREET, near Migonne Street, retail store for Cyriac Filiatrault, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ST. MARY STREET [later called Notre Dame Street], near Jacques Cartier Street, retail store for Patrick Wright, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ERNEST STREET, a row of six houses, for E. & J.B. St. Louis, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ST. HUBERT STREET, two houses for Joseph Robert, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
BERRI STREET, two houses for Lavoie & Beaubien, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ACADEMIE MARIE ROSE, Rachel Street at Sanguinet Street, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
POINT ST CHARLES, a presbytery on Centre Street for Rev. S. Rouleau, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
ALBINA STREET, facing St. Louis Square, two houses for Narcisse Trudel, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
ALBINA STREET, facing St. Louis Square, two houses for Letendre & Arsenault, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
ONTARIO STREET, tenement for E.L. DeBellefeuille, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, house for Joseph Robert, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
GERMAN STREET, three houses for Napolean Prefontaine, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
ST. CUNEGONDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, St. Jacques Street West at Vinet Street, 1884-85; burned 1904; rebuilt by Jean O. Marchand (La Minerve [Montreal], 27 March 1885, 1, descrip.; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 420-23, illus.)
HOCHELAGA WARD, a school, 1885 (inf. from Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
(works elsewhere)
ST. ROCH-DE-L'ACHIGAN, QUE., convent for the Soeurs Saints-Noms-de-Jesus-et-de-Marie, 1881 (G. Morisset, l'Architecture en Nouvelle-France, 1949, 137)
RAWDON, QUE., Roman Catholic Church and sacristy, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
STE. THERESE, QUE., a new four storey Roman Catholic College & Seminary, 1882-83 (Evening Star [Montreal], 7 Jan. 1882, 6; Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3, descrip.; 27 June 1883, 5, descrip.)
L'ASSOMPTION, QUE., addition to the Roman Catholic College, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3)
ST. JACQUES L'ACHIGAN, QUE., a new Roman Catholic Convent, 1882 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 July 1882, 3)
L'ASSOMPTION, QUE., addition and alterations to the Roman Catholic College, including new roof, cupola, and Assembly Hall, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
L'ASSOMPTION, QUE., brick house and retail store, for A. Archambault, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
STE. ROSE, QUE., presbytery for the Roman Catholic Church, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5; G. Morisset, l'Architecture en Nouvelle-France, 1949, 137)
ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, QUE., residence for Charles & James Stuart, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5; Quebec City Archives, J.A. Charlebois, Notaire, 16 March 1883, No. 2892)
ST. VICTOR, QUE., interiors for the Roman Catholic Church, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ST. BARTHELEMI, QUE., Roman Catholic convent, 1883 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5)
ST. JEAN, QUE., military barracks, 1883 (dwgs. at NAC, National Map Coll., H2/350-St. Jean-1883)
ST. LIBOIRE, QUE., Court House & Registry Office, Lemonde Street, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2; M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 214, illus.)
ST. TIMOTHEE, QUE., convent for the Sisters of Hochlega, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
BELOEIL, QUE., Roman Catholic convent for the Sisters of Hochlega, 1883-84 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5; 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
L'EPIPHANIE, QUE., Roman Catholic convent for the Sisters of Hochelaga, 1883-84 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 July 1883, 5; 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
MATTAWIN, QUE., Roman Catholic hospital and college for the Rev. Sisters, 1884 (Gazette [Montreal], 12 Jan. 1885, 2)
L'EPIPHANIE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1885 (inf. from Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
MARIEVILLE, QUE., Court House, 1885 (La Minerve [Montreal], 22 July 1885, 2, t.c.; M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 211, illus.)
MARIEVILLE, QUE., Ste. Marie Roman Catholic Seminary, 1885 (inf. from Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)