CARON, G. Fernand (1905-1963), born in Quebec City on 7 June 1905, studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Quebec City and graduated in 1930. He later studied at Columbia University in New York City in 1931 and after his return to Quebec City he worked in the office of J.G. Gabriel Vallerand. After the sudden death of Vallerand in 1937 Caron practiced under his own name and was assisted by a young and talented designer Robert Blatter, who was later to become his business partner. Together they collaborated on one of the early modernist landmarks in the province, that of the Cartier Theatre in Rimouski, Que. (1937). Caron died in Quebec City on 12 May 1963 (obit. Le Soleil [Quebec City], 13 May 1963, 31; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, xl, Sept. 1963, 16; biog. and port. Les Biographies Francaises d'Amerique, 1950, 807)
G.F. CARON (works in Quebec City and elsewhere)
RIMOUSKI, QUE., Cartier Theatre, 1937 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, Feb. 1938, 10, illus. in advert.)
(with Philippe Cote) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., convent for the Soeurs de la Charite, Richelieu Street, 1938 (C.R., li, 17 Aug. 1938, 33)
(with Philippe Cote) LEVIS, QUE., major addition to St. Joseph de la Deliverance Hospital, 1939 (C.R., lii, 14 June 1939, 41)
LORETTEVILLE, QUE., School of Household Science for the Soeurs de la Charite, 1941 (C.R., liv, 27 Aug. 1941, 45)
HAVRE-ST. PIERRE, QUE., hospital for the Soeurs de la Charite, 1942 (C.R., lv, 15 April 1942, 91)
(with Robert Blatter) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., major addition to the hospital for the Soeurs de St. Francois d'Assise, Leclerc Avenue at 1st Street, 1944-47 (C.R., lvii, 30 Aug. 1944, 28; Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxv, July 1948, 36-7, 84, illus. & descrip.)
GASPE, QUE., convent for the Ursuline Sisters, 1944-45 (C.R., lvii, 22 Nov. 1944, 30)
(with Robert Blatter) SILLERY, QUE., residence for Joseph Kerhulu, St. Louis Road, adjacent to St. Patrick Cemetery, designed 1939; built 1945 (France Vanlaethem, Patrimoine en Devenir: l'Architecture Moderne du Quebec, 2012, 56, illus.)
(with Charles A. Jean and Robert Blatter) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., Veteran's Hospital, Laurier Boulevard at Jean Dequen Avenue, designed 1948-49; completed 1953-54 (C.R., lxii, Feb. 1949, 151)
(with Pierre Rinfret) QUEBEC CITY, QUE., The Coliseum, 1949-50 (C.R., lxii, June 1949, 118, t.c.)
BEAUPRE, QUE., Roman Catholic church, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, May 1950, 136)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., monastery for the Carmelite Sisters, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, May 1950, 140)