Ludger Lemieux

Ludger Lemieux (February 9, 1872 – October 27, 1953) was a Quebec architect who designed a number of notable Art deco structures in Montreal's Saint-Henri district.[1] While he often worked in partnership with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff, his best-known structure, the Atwater Market, was designed not with MacDuff but with his son Paul M. Lemieux.[2]

Ludger Lemieux
BornFebruary 9, 1872
Farnham, Quebec Canada
DiedOctober 27, 1953 (aged 81)
Montreal Quebec, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma materMcGill University
OccupationArchitect
Practice1897-1953
BuildingsSaint-Henri Fire Station, Atwater Market
Atwater Market.
Saint-Henri fire hall.

He was born in Farnham, Quebec to parents Moïse Lemieux and Marie Melanie Serre.[3] He studied at McGill University[4] before his architectural practice after 1897.

He was married to Marie Louise Pare and had six children including Paul Marie Lemieux.

He worked with Macduff from 1897 to 1918, then on his own until 1931 when his son Paul M. Lemieux (1902-1968) joined to work with father.[2]

Projects

Lemieux, his partner as well as his sons were involved in 500 projects from the late 19th Century to mid 20th Century:[5]

  • Atwater Market (1938 avenue Atwater) 1933
  • Église Saint-Vincent-Ferrier (301 rue Jarry est) 1931[6]
  • Saint-Henri Fire Station (Caserne de Pompiers 23 - 521-523 Place Saint-Henri) 1930[4][7][8]
  • Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (2310 rue Sainte-Catherine est) 1928[9]
  • Église Saint-Zotique (4565 rue Notre-Dame ouest) 1927 - with René Charbonneau, the architect of the Outremont Theatre.
  • 831 avenue Rockland 1914[10] with Joseph-Roméo Gadbois et Jean-Julien Perrault
  • Église Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Portugale (670 rue de Courcelle) 1912[11] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff; replaced in 1957-1958[12] and now demolished
  • Wilder Store (282-288 rue Sainte-Catherine ouest) 1912[13] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff
  • Maison Camille Legault (557 rue Cote-Sainte-Catherine) 1912[14] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff
  • Grovers Building (Tooke Brothers Limited factory) (640-644 rue de Courcelle) 1907-1912[15] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff
  • Workman Building 1907
  • Église Sainte-Irénée (3030 rue de Delisle & avenue Atwater next to Atwater Market) 1904[16] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff
  • Église St. Charles Church (2115 rue Centre) 1899[17] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff
  • Maison Albert Holmes (4286 rue de Maisonneuve Boulevard ouest) 1899[18] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff
  • Saint-Jeanne-de-Chantal school
  • Bibliotheque Notre Dame (4707 rue de Notre-Dame ouest) 1898 - formerly Caserne de pompiers 24[19] with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff

Other

Ludger is a bar in Saint-Henri named after Lemieux.[20]

References
  1. "Trois architectes, trois quartiers : Ludger Lemieux (St. Henri), Ernest Cormier (Cité universitaire), Ernest Isbell Barott (St. Antoine)". Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  2. "Lemieux, Paul M. | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada". www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  3. "Ludger Lemieux (1860-1941)". Ancestry. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. "Montreal Insites". Heritage Montreal. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
  5. "Fonds: Ludge and Paul M. Lemieux fond, 1897-1966". Canadian Centre for Architecture. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. "Saint-Vincent-Ferrier Church - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  7. "Saint-Henri Fire Station". Images Montreal. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  8. "Station de pompiers N o 23". Footnotes (in French). Montreal: Centre de formation sur l’enseignement en milieux défavorisés. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  9. "Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Church - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  10. "831 Rockland - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  11. "Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Portugale Church - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  12. "Église de Sainte-Elisabeth-du-Portugal - Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec". www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  13. "Wilder Store - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  14. "Camille Legault House - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  15. "Tooke Brothers Limited Building - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  16. "St. Irénée Church - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  17. "St. Charles Church - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  18. "Albert Holmes House - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  19. "Former Notre-Dame Library - Montreal". imtl.org. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  20. News Desk (16 August 2013). "New Bar Ludger in St. Henri". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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