CONTENT, Joseph Charles Alphonse (1872-1942) was active in Montreal and devoted much of his career to restoring and rebuilding the structures of many Roman Catholic churches in Montreal and surrounding counties. He registered with the Province of Quebec Assoc. of Architects on 13 September 1898 and after 1900 carried on a practice under his own name until 1922. He was one of several competitors to submit a design for St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church in Montreal in 1912, but his scheme was passed over in favour of that by Casimir St. Jean. Many of his commissions were commissioned by the Roman Catholic Diocese in Montreal and surrounding towns in southern Quebec, and his works can also be found in Newfoundland and in eastern Ontario. J.C.A. Content died in Montreal on 21 August 1942 (death notice La Presse [Montreal], 22 Aug. 1942, 51; Le Devoir [Montreal], 24 Aug. 1942, 2). He should not be confused with another Montreal architect, L. Alphonse Contant, who lived and worked in Montreal during this period.
MONTREAL
DELORIMER PARK, a pavilion, restaurant and stage, 1900-01 (C.R., xi, 5 Dec. 1900, 2, t.c.)
HOTEL-DIEU-DE-MONTREAL, Pine Avenue at St. Urbain Street, major addition, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 21 May 1902, 3)
EGLISE ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, City Hall Avenue, major addition, 1902; tower, 1904; interior decoration, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 23 May 1902, 42; 1904, Week No. 22, 59; 1905, Week No. 18, 49)
COTE DES NEIGES CEMETERY, monument for Dr. M.T. Brennan, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week, No. 11, 54)
LACHINE, reconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 5 May 1909, 19)
ST. PHILOMENE ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, 5th Avenue, 1901-11 (C.R., xxiv, 10 Aug. 1910, 25; Montreal, Les Edifices Scolaires, 1980, 272-3, illus.)
ELSEWHERE
DORVAL, QUE., Eglise de la Presentation de la Ste. Vierge, 1900-01 (Le Prix Courant, xxvii, 2 March 1900, 707; Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 134-7)
WARWICK, QUE., St. Medard Roman Catholic Church, St. Louis Street opposite Baril Street, 1901; still standing in 2023 (Le Prix Courant, xxxi, 24 May 1901, 795)
ST. ESPRIT, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1901-02; burned 1932 (Le Prix Courant, xxxi, 31 May 1901, 850; La Patrie [Montreal], 1 Aug. 1901, 1, illus.; inf. Yves Guillet, St. Lambert)
RIGAUD, QUE., a large 5 storey school for Bourget Roman Catholic College, 1902 (Montreal Daily Star, 30 Jan. 1902, 2, descrlp.; Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 31 Jan. 1902, 42)
BELOEIL, QUE., cemetery monument for Rev. J.A. Gravel, 1902 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiii, 20 June 1902, 46)
L'AVENIR, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1902-03 (Le Prix Courant, xxxiv, 10 Oct. 1902, 42)
STE. JULIENNE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1904 (Le Prix Courant, Week No. 12, 1904, 40)
SHERBROOKE, QUE., Roman Catholic Cathedral, 1904 (La Presse [Montreal], 27 Aug. 1904, 11, illus.)
ST. GEORGES, NFLD., St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Main Street near School Road, 1905-06; still standing in 2023 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 3, 51; Parks Canada, Canadia's Historic Sites, designated in 25 March 2000, but lacking attribution to the architect)
ST. PHILIPPE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 22, 60)
BEAUHARNOIS, QUE., restoration of St. Clement Roman Catholic Church, 1905; Stations of the Cross at the church cemetery, 1905; cemetery office, 1907 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 31, 61; Week No. 46, 58; 1907, Week No. 15; 40)
ST. EMILE, QUE., interiors and steeple for the Roman Catholic Church, 1905 (Le Prix Courant, 1905, Week No. 38, 64)
ST. THERESE, QUE., Roman Catholic Seminary, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 24 Nov. 1909, 21, t.c.; La Presse [Montreal], 12 April 1910, 1, 5, illus. & descrip.)
COTEAU STATION, QUE., presbytery for St. Medard Roman Catholic Church, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 9 March 1910, 22)