MERCIER, Joseph A. (fl. 1884-1914) designed many stone-fronted rental houses and tenement flats for various owners in Montreal which featured distinctive ornamental towers and mansard roofs. His best known work is the Renaissance Revival design of the St. Gabriel Village Fire Hall No. 15, Hibernia Street, 1891 (now the Pointe St. Charles Municipal Library). Born in Montreal he began work as a carpenter in 1870 and was active in that trade until 1884 when he listed himself as an architect. He was 'a gentleman of superior executive abilities, and as an architect, vaulator and measurer has achieved a wide reputation' (biography in Montreal Illustrated: The Metropolis of Canada, 1894, 255).
(works in Montreal unless noted)
ST HUBERT STREET, two houses for Lafrance & Huot, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
ST. HUBERT STREET, house for Joseph Mercier, Contractor, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
BERRI STREET, residence for Arthur Bourret, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
ST. HUBERT STREET, house for L.A. Senecal, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
ST. HUBERT STREET, two houses for Joseph Paquette, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
ST. LAWRENCE MAIN STREET, three stores and two dwellings for Joseph Christin Estate, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
ST. LOUIS STREET, at Ernest Street, with front on St. Denis Street, pair of houses for Olivier Robert, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
ST. GEORGE STREET, three houses for Joseph Compte, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2, descrip.)
LAGAUCHETIERE STREET, at Anderson Street, row of five houses for Joseph Compte, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. CONSTANT STREET, near Fortier Street, house for F.X. Rousseau, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
PAPINEAU ROAD, at Marie Anne Street, store and dwelling for Amelia Gareau, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
LABELLE STREET, two houses for Louis Favreau, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
SANGUINET STREET, near Roy Street, house for J.D. Latour, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
DUFAUX STREET, two houses for Calixte Rousseau, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. HUBERT STRET, house for Edmond Renaud, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. HUBERT STREET, houses for J.R. Archambault, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Migonne Street, residence for Damase W. Brunet, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
DESERY STREET, two houses for Augustin Tetrault, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
SHERBROOKE STREET EAST, at Maple Street, residence for L.E. Beauchamp, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. HUBERT STREET, residence for Auguste Robert, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
CHERRIER STREET, two houses for Octave Drouin, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. CESAIRE, QUE., Banque Ville Marie, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
STE. CATHERINE STREET WEST, at Papineau Road, two stores and dwellings for Charles Vezina, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
BERRI STREET, row of houses for Joseph Jobin, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
SANGUINET STREET, near Mount Royal Avenue, row of houses for Alzear Jobin, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
DESERY STREET, five houses for Elzear Benoit, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
STE. CATHERINE STREET EAST, near Jacques Cartier Street, stores for Olivier Robert, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST DENIS STREET , near Rachel Street, house for J.B. St. Louis, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
MIGONNE STREET, five houses and a store for Ald J. Perreault, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST. LAWRENCE MAIN STREET, in St. Jean Baptiste village, store and tenement for Narcisse Richer, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST JUSTIN STREET, two tenements for Henry Kieffer, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST. DENIS STREET, at Perreault Street, residence for Felix Mercier, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST. CONSTANT STREET, row of houses for J.A. Lepailleur, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST. ANDRE STREET, four houses for J.W. Renauld, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
JACQUES CARTIER STREET, three houses for James Auger, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST. HENRI-DE-MASCOUCHE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church and presbytery, c. 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 3 Jan. 1890, 7; list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 255)
ST GABRIEL FIRE HALL NO. 15, Hibernia Street at Mullins Street, 1891 (C.R., ii, 4 July 1891, 2; Montreal Daily Star, 29 July 1891, 4; Montreal, Les Edifices Publics, 1981, 206-07, illus.)
METANA STREET, house for Alfred Desroches, 1894 (Le Prix Courant, xv, 7 Sept. 1894, 28)
STE. ROSE STREET, house for L. Cousineau, 1894 (C.R., v, 13 Sept. 1894, 2)
LACROIX BUILDING, Sherbrooke Street East at St. Hubert Street, c. 1894 (list of works in Montreal Illustrated, 1894, 255)
AMHERST STREET, house for Joseph Pelletier, 1895 (Le Prix Courant, xvii, 18 Oct. 1895, 267)
PICARD LANE, two houses for F.X. Deom, 1897 (Le Prix Courant, xx, Week No. 9, April 1897)
ONTARIO STREET, three houses for Joseph Giroux, 1897 (C.R., viii, 29 July 1897, 3)
ONTARIO STREET, at St. Hubert Street, house for Joseph Laurier, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxix, 7 Sept. 1900, 789)
STE. ELIZABETH STREET, house for J.B. Drapeau, 1901; three houses for the same client, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxi, 26 April 1901, 646; xxxiii, 2 May 1902, 46)
BIENVILLE STREET, at Massue Street, house for Evariste Boisclair, 1901(Le Prix Courant, xxxii, 8 Nov. 1901, 869)
LAURIER AVENUE, near St. Denis Street, house for P. Theriault, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 23, 1902, 42)
NOTRE DAME STREET EAST, near Desery Street, two houses for E. Brossoit & Co., 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 43, 1904, 56)
DEMONTIGNY STREET EAST, near St. Christophe Street, store and two houses for Joseph Jeannotte, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 14, 1905, 56)
MONTCALM STREET, near Ontario Street, house for A. Laurier, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 40, 1905, 61)
CHAUSSE STREET, near Rachel Street, house for Napolean Houle, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 6, 1907, 40)
POPLAR AVENUE, near Ste. Emelie Street, bakery for Adolphe Lord, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 38, 1906, 46)
ST. ANTOINE STREET, house for J.A. Drapeau, 1906 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 39, 1906, 46)
CHURCH STREET, house for James McCormack, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 48, 1907, 42)
ST. DENIS STREET, near Laurier Avenue, store and two houses for P. Theriault, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 23, 1909, 42)
LABRECQUE LANE, near DeMontigny Street, two houses for T. Ethier, 1909 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 26, 1909, 42)