Donat R. Baribault

Donat R. Baribault
Donat R. Baribault
Born	February 3, 1885; New Haven, Connecticut
Died	March 19, 1970; Springfield, Massachusetts
Known for	Donat R. Baribault, Architect

Donat R. Baribault (February 3, 1885[1] – March 19, 1970[1]) was an American architect who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in Western Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Early life and career

Baribault was born in New Haven Connecticut and attended school in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, later studying architecture at the École Polytechnique de Montréal (1909). He also studied privately with Professor J Haynes of Montreal.

Architectural practice

After school he spent the years 1912–17 as an architect in Winnipeg, Canada. Thereafter he moved to Springfield, Massachusetts where he worked for 2 years as a designer for the architectural firm of S.M. Green before starting his own practice.

He was a member of the Architectural Society of Western Massachusetts for whom he served as Secretary (1942–43) and President (1944–45).

Works include

New Hampshire

Mary Keane Chapel, Enfield, New Hampshire [2]
Sacred Heart Church, Concord, New Hampshire
Assumption Church, Dover, NH
Novitiate Oblate Fathers, Hudson, NH

Massachusetts

Notre Dame Church, Worcester, MA[3]
St. Cecelia Church, Leominster, MA (with Albert J. Roy, Supervising architect)
Notre Dame Rectory, Southbridge, MA (church by Joseph Venne)
St. Joseph Rectory, School and Convent, Springfield, MA (Baribault was a parishioner here)
Immaculate Conception Church, Holyoke, MA
Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Turners Falls, MA

References

"Donat Rodolphe Baribault (1885–1970) – Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
"The Center for Advanced Musical Studies". Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Mary Keane Chapel
Morrill, Frank J.; Hultgren, William O.; Salomonsson, Eric J. (2005). Worcester. Arcadia Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7385-3864-8.

Baribault, Donat R. "AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

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[:0-1] "Donat Rodolphe Baribault (1885–1970) – Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.

[2] "The Center for Advanced Musical Studies". Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Mary Keane Chapel

[3] Morrill, Frank J.; Hultgren, William O.; Salomonsson, Eric J. (2005). Worcester. Arcadia Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7385-3864-8.