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Bonsecours Market Marché Bonsecours 
Bonsecours Market, as seen from the Old Port of MontrealGeneral information Address 300 Rue Saint-Paul East Town or city Montreal Country Canada Construction started 1844 Design and construction Architect William Footner Website http://www.marchebonsecours.qc.ca/en/index.html National Historic Site of CanadaDesignated: 1984 Bonsecours Market (French: Marché Bonsecours), at 350 rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal, is a two-story domed public market. For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849.[1]
Named for the adjacent Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, it opened in 1847. During 1849 the building was used for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The market's design was influenced by Dublin's Customs House.[2]
Construction began in 1844 by British architect William Footner, and alterations completed in 1860 by Irish-born Montreal architect George Browne (1811–1885).[3] Bonsecours Market also housed Montreal City Hall between 1852 and 1878. The former city hall chambers is now a 3700-square-meter meeting room.
The market was also a venue for banquets, exhibitions and other festivals. Browne was charged with adding a 900-square-meter concert hall and banquet hall.[4]
Closed in 1963 as a farmer's central market, it was slated for demolition.[5] Today, the market is multi purpose facility:
- an up-scale mall that houses outdoor cafés, restaurants and boutiques on the main and second floors.
- Hall and banquet rooms are rented on the lower and upper floors.
- municipal office space
Bonsecours Market was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Government of Canada Honours Bonsecours Market". News Release (Government of Canada). http://newsblaze.com/story/2008042108040200002.cc/topstory.html. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
- ^ http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/montreal/montreal3.html
- ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001050
- ^ http://www.marchebonsecours.qc.ca/en/historique.html
- ^ http://www.marchebonsecours.qc.ca/en/historique.html
- ^ "Bonsecours Market". Directory of Designations of National Historic Significance of Canada. Parks Canada. http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=0656&oqeName=Bonsecours+Market&oqfName=March%E9+Bonsecours. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
- ^ Bonsecours Market. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
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Coordinates: 45°30′32″N 73°33′05″W / 45.50889°N 73.55139°W
National Historic Sites of Canada by locationProvinces Territories Northwest Territories · Nunavut · YukonOther countries FrancePreceded by
St. Anne Market - now Place d'YouvilleSite of the Legislative Assembly of the United Provinces of Canada
1849–1850Succeeded by
Parliament of Canada West (3rd site), TorontoCategories:- Old Montreal
- Buildings and structures in Montreal
- Markets in Canada
- Heritage sites in Quebec
- City and town halls in Canada
- Buildings and structures completed in 1860
- Legislative buildings in Canada
- Landmarks in Montreal
- Province of Canada
- National Historic Sites in Quebec
- Neoclassical architecture in Canada
- Shopping malls in Montreal
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