In the early 50s an immigrant named Francois Mayor built a round house in the east end on Victoria between Laurendeau and Broadway. It was considered a local landmark and got a ton of attention. He insisted that inspectors didn't even visit during the construction because they knew he'd do such a great job building a house that would last for a long time. Somewhere along the line the building disappeared without much fanfare.
There's a round house in Chateauguay, with an odd orange dome on the roof.
ReplyDeleteWas it converted to a Petro-Can storage tank?
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As long as we're talking about round buildings, Riverdale High in Pierrefonds has a round building. It's larger than it looks in the satellite photo in the link below. I think it's the school's gymnasium?
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Sure there is still a round house in Montréal… Two, in fact.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, there is the CP roundhouse in St-Luc yard:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45.467354,-73.673691&sll=45.467354,-73.673691&sspn=0.00177,0.003272&ie=UTF8&ll=45.467354,-73.673691&spn=0.00177,0.003272&t=k&z=19&iwloc=A
And this one on Henri-Bourassa at the corner of Ste-Colette:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45.60502,-73.623958&sll=45.605027,-73.62395&sspn=0.001766,0.004292&ie=UTF8&ll=45.60502,-73.623958&spn=0.001766,0.003272&t=k&z=19&iwloc=A
Thanks. Let me amend it to say our stock of round houses.
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