CHAUSSE, Charles H. (1862-1921) opened an office in Montreal in 1879 and for the next decade he was active there as a successful designer of churches, hospitals and public buildings. By 1890 he had established a reputation for making '..a speciality of producing artistic designs and fine architectural plans and specifications for churches and public buildings' (Dominion Illustrated [Montreal], 1891-92, 140). His office was busy enough to provide continual employment for two draughtsmen. In late 1890 he joined the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects and formed a partnership with Ernest Mesnard, perhaps a brother of Albert Mesnard (C.R., ii, 21 Feb. 1891, 1). Within a matter of months, however, their business operation was dissolved and Chausse continued to work under his own name until after 1915. He also took an active interest in local politics and served as an alderman from 1899 to 1902 in Ville St. Louis (now part of the Laurier Ward in Montreal). Chausse died in Montreal on 10 March 1921 (obit. and port. La Presse [Montreal], 12 March 1921, 6; inf. ANQM, Members Register for the P.Q.A.A.)
C. CHAUSSE (works in Montreal, Que. unless noted)
JEANNE MANCE STREET, at Ste. Famille Street, a row of 3 and 4 storey houses for the Sisters of the Hotel Dieu, 1886, still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at Religieuses Hospitalieres de Hotel-Dieu, Montreal, Acc. CH2 B8 - 2053.02; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
WINDSOR, ONT., Hotel Dieu Hospital, Ouellette Avenue at Erie Street, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 June 1889, 3; Catholic Record [London], 19 Oct. 1889, 1, descrip.; 26 Oct. 1889, 5, illus.)
ST. LAWRENCE STRET, hotel for the Grothe Estate, on a plot of land backing on St. Charles Borromee Street, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 3 June 1889, 3)
ST. URBAIN STREET, residence for Joel Leduc, 1890 (C.R., i, 5 July 1890, 2)
CHAUSSE & MESNARD (works in Montreal unless noted)
UNION CATHOLIQUE, Bleury Street at St. Edward Street, assembly hall, 1890 (C.R., i, 25 Oct. 1890, 2)
VAUDREUIL, QUE., summer residence for Ald. Raymond Prefontaine, 1890 (C.R., i, 1 Nov. 1890, 2)
MONTREAL BEDDING CO., Drolet Street, a house, perhaps for the President or a manager, 1890 (C.R., i, 15 Nov. 1890, 2)
HYPOLITE STREET, residence for Dr. R.T. Godfrey, 1891 (C.R., ii, 13 June 1891, 2)
LAVAL AVENUE, near St. Louis Square, pair of houses for an unnamed client, 1891 (C.R., ii, 11 July 1891, 3)
C. CHAUSSE (works in Montreal unless noted)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, residence for Fred L. Beique, 1892 (C.R., iii, 12 March 1892, 2, t.c.)
PHILIPPE STREET, house for J.A. Fowler, 1892 (Le Prix Courant, xi, 7 Oct. 1892, 12)
OSBORNE STREET, at Cathedral Street, house for the Benoit Estate, 1893 (Le Prix Courant, xi, 3 Feb. 1893, 11)
SHERBROOKE STREET WEST, house for John Millen, 1893 (Le Prix Courant, xii, 12 May 1893, 11)
PARK AVENUE, row of five houses for Judge S. Pagnuelo, 1893 (Le Prix Courant, xiii, 27 Oct. 1893, 258)
GUY STREET, residence for Joseph Marien, 1894 (C.R., v, 24 May 1894, 2)
ST. CUTHBERT STREET, tenement for John McD. Hains, 1894 (C.R., v, 30 Aug. 1894)
WESTMOUNT, house for Felix Mercier, Greene Avenue, 1897 (C.R., viii, 6 May 1897, 3, t.c.)
CHERRIER STREET, four houses for the Estate of Hon. L. Tourville, 1897 (C.R., viii, 1 July 1897, 3)
ST. LOUIS SQUARE, major alterations to residence for Stanislas D. Joubert, Drolet Street at Ernest Street, 1897 (C.R., viii, 1 July 1897, 2)
WESTMOUNT, four houses on Mount Pleasant Avenue for Felix Mercier, 1897 (C.R., viii, 2 Sept. 1897, 4)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Hotel Dieu, rebuilding of the small farm and residence adjacent to the hospital, , 1898 (L. Voyer, St. Hyacinthe, 1980, 88-9, illus.)
NONANCOURT STREET, five houses for Joseph Lamarche, 1898 (C.R., ix, 30 March 1898, 4, t.c.)
PRINCE ARTHUR STREET, pair of houses for Antoine Charron, 1898 (Le Prix Courant, xxii, Week No. 34)
PLESSIS STREET, house for Alfred Pelletier, 1900 (C.R., xi, 23 May 1900, 3)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., St. Vincent de Paul Hospital, 1908-09 (La Presse [Montreal], 18 June 1909, 5, illus.)
OUTREMONT, residence for Victor Leduc, Outremont Avenue, 1910 (Outremont b.p. 384, 19 Oct. 1910)
OUTREMONT, residence for Charles Chausse, architect, Pagnuelo Avenue, 1912 (Outremont b.p. 706, 3 Oct. 1912)
OUTREMONT, triplex for C. Normand, Durocher Avenue, 1913 (Outremont b.p. 788, 13 May 1913)
OUTREMONT, house for Armand A. Grothe, Maplewood Avenue at Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1913-14 (C.R., xxvii, 12 Nov. 1913, 72, t.c.; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 314-16, illus.)
OUTREMONT, house for Joseph W. Jalbert, Cote Ste. Catherine Road, 1913-14 (C.R., xxvii, 12 Nov. 1913, 74; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 362-3, illus.)
SYNDICAT DES DEBARDEURS, Champs de Mars Street near Berri Street, office block, 1913 (La Presse [Montreal], 22 March 1913, 35, illus. & descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
MONTREAL, QUE., Laval University, St. Denis Street at Ste. Catherine Street, 1893. Charles Chausse was one of three architects who submitted a design for this major educational complex (Montreal Daily Star, 10 June 1893, 10). The winners were Perrault, Mesnard & Venne of Montreal.