Roy, Victor
ROY, Victor (1837-1902)
(biography in preparation)
VICTOR ROY
(works in Montreal)
(with William Spier) PINE AVENUE WEST, ‘Ravenscrag’, a mansion for Sir Hugh Allan, 1861-63 (Canadian Illustrated News, vi, 30 Nov. 1872, 339; with correction 7 Dec. 1872, 355; Montreal, Les Residences, 1987, 18-25, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 609-11, illus. & descrip.)
NOTRE DAME STREET, near St. Gabriel Street, commercial block for Joseph Valois, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 9 April 1886, 3; 17 Aug. 1886, 5, descrip.)
ST. FRANCOIS XAVIER STREET, at St. Sacrement Street, commercial block for Judge J.A. Berthelot, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 16 Feb. 1886, 3; 17 Aug. 1886, 5, descrip.)
ST. BRIGIT’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Maisonneuve Street at Dorchester Street East, addition of tower and steeple, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 19 March 1886, 3)
DORCHESTER STREET EAST, at Sanguinet Street, house for Octave Bernier, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
RACHEL STREET, at St. Denis Street, residence for L.E. Gingras, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
DORCHSTER STREET WEST, at Drummond Street, residence for Dr. James J. Guerin, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
JOSEPH ROBERT & SONS, Papineau Road, factory, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
ST. HUBERT STREET, two houses for Joseph Robert, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
NOTRE DAME STREET, at St. Vincent Street, two stores for Joseph Valois, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
STE. CUNEGONDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT, St. Antoine Street at Vinet Street, for the Sisters of Ste. Anne, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
RACHEL STREET, house for P. Terreault, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
PARK AVENUE, residence for T.L. Deslauriers, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
NOTRE DAME STREET, near St. Gabriel Street, store for G.H. Cadieux, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. LAURENT BOULEVARD, two stores and apartments for Napolean Prefontaine, 1888 (ANQM, L.O. Hetu, Notaire, 9 Jan. 1888, No. 11771)
PLESSIS STREET, at Ste. Catherine Street, block of six stores and dwellings for Joseph Barsalou & Co., 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ERNEST STREET, residence for the architect, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
BERRI STREET, tenement for J.H. Jeannotte, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
ST. DENIS STREET, near St. Emery Street, residence for F.H. St. Charles, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
HOTEL CECIL, St. Gabriel Street, major additions and alterations, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxvii, 19 Jan. 1900, 237)
SHERBROOKE STRET EAST, near St. Timothee Street, residence for Helen A. Rafter, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxx, 16 Nov. 1900, 263)
(works outside Montreal)
CHICAGO, ILL., U.S.A., Ballard Block (later called the Ely Block), South Wabash Avenue at East Monroe Street, 1873; demol. 1912 (Frank A. Randall, History of Chicago Buildings, 1949, 81)
ST. CANUT, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1886 (inf. from Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
L’ASSOMPTION, QUE., addition of an assembly hall at the College, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
ST. HILAIRE, QUE., cottage for C. Corneille, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
STE. JULIENNE, QUE., interior decoration of the Roman Catholic Church, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
ST. SCHOLASTIQUE, QUE., residence for Dr. J. Jette, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
ST. THERESE, QUE., oratory or chapel at the College, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
STE. CLOTHILDE, QUE., interior decoration of the Roman Catholic Church and a presbytery, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
MARIEVILLE, QUE., addition to the College, 1886 (Gazette [Montreal], 13 Jan. 1887, 2)
CHAPEAU, QUE., St. Alphonse de Ligouri Roman Catholic Church, 1886-87 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
PEMBROKE, ONT., addition of a vestry and steeple to the Roman Catholic Church, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
CLARENCE CREEK, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. JOACHIM, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. ESPRIT, QUE., presbytery for the Roman Catholic Church, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, QUE., chapel for Rev. Auclair, 1887 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
ST. GABRIEL, QUE., presbytery for the Roman Catholic Church, 1888 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1888, 2)
CALIXA-LAVALLEE, QUE., Ste. Theodosie Roman Catholic Church, 1888-90 (Quebec, Calixa-Lavallee-Repertoire d’Architecture Traditionnelle, 1977, 66, illlus.)
THURSO, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1889 (Gazette [Montreal], 17 Jan. 1889, 2)
MATTAWA, ONT., Ste. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, 1889-90 (Catholic Record [London], 31 Aug. 1889, 6)
ST. JACQUES-DE-L’ACHIGAN, QUE., convent for the Sisters of Ste. Anne, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxviii, 1 June 1900, 731)
STE. MARIE, QUE., branch of the Quebec Bank, 1900 (Le Prix Courant, xxix, 7 Sept. 1900, 790)
ROY & RESTHER
ST. ROBERT, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1875 (La Minerve [Montreal], 28 May 1875, 2)
ST. JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUE., rebuilding of commercial buildings on Richelieu Street after the fire of 1876 (H. Archambault & S. Tanguay, ‘Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu’, in Continuite, No. 50, Summer 1991, 54)
MONTREAL, QUE., Provincial Exhibition Grounds, Bleury Street north of Mount Royal Park, grandstand, restaurant pavilions, judging pavilion, sheep pens and poulty house, 1876 (Gazette [Montreal], 2 Aug. 1876, 3, descrip.; Canadian Illustrated News, xiv, 2 Sept. 1876, 124, illus.; 126, descrip.)
ST. HYACINTHE, QUE., Market Hall, Ste. Anne Street at St. Antoine Street, 1876 (L. Voyer, St. Hyacinthe, 1980, 100-01, illus.)
ROY & GAUTHIER
MONTREAL, QUE., E. Lepage & Co., a commercial block of stores and offices for the Estate of F.X. Beaudry, St. Laurent Boulevard at Ste. Catherine Street, 1890 (C.R., i, 5 July 1890, 2; list of works in obituary in the Montreal Star, 25 July 1902, 7)
MONTREAL, QUE., a presbytery for Saints-Anges-de-Lachine Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph Boulevard, 1890 (Montreal, Les Eglises, 1981, 440)
ST. MICHEL, QUE., Napierville Co., facade for the Roman Catholic Church, 1890 (inf. from Raymonde Gauthier, Montreal)
HULL, QUE., interior decoration of Notre Dame-de-Grace Roman Catholic Church, begun in 1888 by L.Z. Gauthier and completed by Roy & Gauthier in 1890-92 (Ottawa Free Press, 29 July 1890, 4, descrip.)
CLARENCE CREEK, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, c. 1890 (list of works in obituary in Montreal Star, 25 July 1902, 7)
MONTREAL, QUE., commercial block of two stores for Mdm. Adelaide Catherine Aubert de Gaspe, 1891 (ANQM, L.O. Hetu, Notaire, 16 March 1891, No. 12180, 12313, 12326, 12343)
MONTREAL, QUE., residence for Alexander Dube, Dorchester Street West at Sussex Street, 1891 (C.R., ii, 17 Oct. 1891, 2)
OTTAWA, ONT., Roman Catholic Separate Schools for the Dalhousie Ward and for St. George’s Ward, 1891 (Ottawa Free Press, 28 Oct. 1891, 1)
SHEFFORD, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 April 1892, 2)
STANBRIDGE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 April 1892, 2)
PAKENHAM, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 April 1892, 2)
ST. ALBERT, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 April 1892, 2)
ST. PRUDENTIENNE, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 April 1892, 2)
FITCHBURG, MASS., U.S.A., Roman Catholic Church, 1892 (C.R., iii, 23 April 1892, 2)
MONTREAL, QUE., brewery and bottling plant for John Labatt Ltd., Delorimier Avenue, 1892 (C.R., iii, 11 June 1892, 2)
AYLMER, QUE., interior decoration of the Roman Catholic Church, 1892-93 (Le Prix Courant, xi, 2 Dec. 1892, 11)
GUYENNE, QUE., presbytery for the Roman Catholic Church, 1893 (C.R., iv, 9 March 1893, 1)
MONTREAL, QUE., tenement for John B. St. Louis, St. Denis Street, 1893; 1894 (Le Prix Courant, xii, 24 March 1893, 11; xiv, 27 April 1894, 264)
OTTAWA, ONT., interior decoration of Sacre Coeur Roman Catholic Church, Laurier Avenue at Cumberland Street, 1893 (Le Prix Courant, xii, 24 March 1893, 11)
CURRAN, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1893 (Le Prix Courant, xiii, 3 Nov. 1893, 286; La Minerve [Montreal], 23 March 1895, 1)
SOREL, QUE., orphanage, 1894-95 (C.R., v, 17 May 1894, 2)
WATERBURY, CONN., U.S.A., Ste. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church, 1894 (Le Prix Courant, xiii, 5 Jan. 1894, 530)
SOREL, QUE., cottage for Philomene Beauchemin, 1894 (Le Prix Courant, xiii, 5 Jan. 1894, 530)
MONTREAL, QUE., cottage for Anselme Labrecque, Sherbrooke Street East near St. Hubert Street, 1894 (Le Prix Courant, xiv, 13 April 1894, 200)
GRAND CALUMET, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1894 (Le Prix Courant, xiv, 13 July 1894, 586)
SARSFIELD, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1894 (C.R., v, 30 Aug. 1894, 1)
VINTON, QUE., Roman Catholic Church, 1894 (C.R., v, 30 Aug. 1894, 1)
MONTREAL, QUE., St. Louis-de-France Roman Catholic Church, Roy Avenue at Laval Avenue, designed 1890; built 1895-96 (La Minerve [Montreal], 26 Feb. 1895, 1, descrip.; 9 Sept. 1895, 4; 22 May 1897, 3, descrip.; Montreal Star, 22 May 1897, 16, illus. & descrip.)
EGANVILLE, ONT., Roman Catholic Church, 1895-97 (C.R., v, 17 May 1894, 2; Catholic Register [Toronto], 3 Oct. 1895, 2, descrip.; 8 July 1897, 1, descrip.)
HAWKESBURY, ONT., Roman Catholic Church and sacristy, 1896 (Le Prix Courant, xviii, 6 March 1896, 28)
PRESCOTT, ONT., addition to the Roman Catholic Church, 1896 (Le Prix Courant, xviii, 6 March 1896, 28)
BELOEIL, QUE., Roman Catholic Church and sacristy, 1896 (Le Prix Courant, xviii, 26 March 1896, 28)
MONTREAL, QUE., residence for E.L. De Belleveuille, St. Hubert Street near Ontario Avenue, 1896 (Le Prix Courant, xviii, 15 May 1896, 536)
STANDFORD, WISC., U.S.A., Roman Catholic Church, 1896 (Le Prix Courant, xviii, 14 Aug. 1896, 1080)
ROY & CONTENT
RADEGONDE STREET, a house for the Estate of Duncan Macdonald, 1897 (C.R., viii, 1 July 1897, 3)
MONTREAL, QUE., residence for Arthur J. Martin, Plymouth Grove Street, 1898 (C.R., ix, 18 May 1898, 3)
CHAPEAU-ILES-AUX-ALLUMETTES, QUE., interior decoration of the Roman Catholic Church, 1898 (C.R., viii, 20 Jan. 1898, 2, t.c.)
COMPETITIONS
OTTAWA, ONT., Governor General’s Residence, 1859. Roy was among eighteen competitors from the United States and Canada who submitted plans for one of three buildings in this competition (NAC, RG 11, Letter Books, Vol 131, Letter 29189; Carolyn Young, The Glory of Ottawa: Canada’s First Parliament Buildings, 1995, 117). His entry was designed in an ‘ornate Elizabethan’ style, but it was not premiated.
CHIGAGO, ILL., City Hall and Court House, 1871-72. During his practise in Chicago after the Great Fire of October 1871 Roy was one of fifty-two entrants who submitted designs for the new City Hall. His scheme was among the six finalists (W. Cochrane, Canadian Album-Men of Canada, ii, 1893, 147)
CONCORD, MASS., State Prison, 1874. Roy submitted an entry in this competition from his office in Boston, but his scheme was not premiated (W. Cochrane, Canadian Album-Men of Canada, ii, 1893, 147)