CARON, Joseph Henri (1877-1954), a member of the Caron architectural family dynasty, was one of two sons of Louis Caron who continued the architectural practice of their father. Joseph H. was born in Arthabaskaville, Que. in 1878 and graduated from the Seminary at Nicolet in 1896. He did not receive a formal education in architecture but instead gained all of his knowledge of the profession as a student in the office of his father. He opened his own office in Montreal in 1912 and continued to practice there until 1929 when he moved to Nicolet and remained active until 1940. Caron died in Montreal on 18 December 1954 (death notice La Presse [Montreal], 20 Dec. 1954, 47; biog. R. Hamilton, Prominent Men of Canada, 1931-32; 365; port. Montreal Old & New, c. 1914, 361). A detailed biography and partial list of works by J.H. Caron prepared by A. Caron-Dricot was published in 1997 in Les Caron: Une Dynastie d'architectes depuis 1867, 1997, 195-213, 281. The Archives Nationales du Quebec at Trois Rivieres holds a major collection of architectural drawings by members of the Caron family.
Joseph H. CARON (works in Montreal unless noted)
OUTREMONT, houses for Conrad Comtois, Outremont Avenue at St. Cyril Avenue, 1913 (Outremont b.p. 772, 24 April 1913)
EGLISE DU TRES ST. NON DE JESUS, Desjardins Street, rood screen, organ and vault decorations, 1914 (Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 458)
NAPIERVILLE, QUE., remodelling of the Roman Catholic Church, 1919 (Montreal Daily Star, 24 June 1919, 13)
EGLISE STE. PHILOMENE DE ROSEMONT, Masson Street, 1920 (C.R., xxxiv, 5 May 1920, 61)
EGLISE ST. EUSEBE DE VERCEIL, Fullum Street, completion of the church begun in 1913-14 by A. Beaugrand-Champagne, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 8 March 1922, 50; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 194-7, illus.)
COLLEGE ROUSSIN, Notre Dame Street East and St. Jean Baptiste Boulevard, skating arena for the college, 1924 (C.R.,.xxxviii, 29 Oct. 1924, 1076, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Couvents, 1984, 56-9, illus.)
OUTREMONT, four houses for Rodrigue Potvin, Querbes Avenue, 1925-26 (Outremont b.p. 2000, 11 Nov. 1925)
SOREL, QUE., completion of Eglise Notre Dame du Perpetuel Secours, 1926, a building originally begun by Louis J. Caron (C.R., xl, 16 June 1926, 53)
ST. MAURICE, QUE., convent for the Trappist Fathers, 1930-31 (C.R., xliv, 6 Aug. 1930, 69)
OKA, QUE., agricultural school for the Trappist Fathers, 1931-33 (C.R., xliv, 31 Dec. 1930, 243)
NICOLET, QUE., hospital for the Grey Nuns, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 20 April 1932, 55)
(with Louis N. Audet) NICOLET, QUE., Grand Seminary, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 11 Jan. 1933, 35)