Erskine and American United Church Building - Montreal, Canada
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Erskine and American United Church National Historic Site of Canada, today it is part of the Montreal Museum of Art: the Claire and Marc Bourgie Pavilion.
Waymark Code: WM10NNF
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 06/03/2019
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County of site: Quebec, Canada
Location of site: Sherbrooke St & Avenue du Musée, Montreal
Architectural Style: Romanesque Revival
Architect: Alexander Cowper Hutchinson
Built: 1894
"The Erskine and American United Church National Historic Site of Canada is located in the Golden Square Mile of Montréal. Built in 1893-94, this Romanesque Revival style church contains stained glass windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The façade, crowned by a gable, includes a large demi-rose window above smaller windows framed by a massive central arch. Smaller towers balance the tall tower dominating the composition. The stonework is heavily rusticated. Official recognition refers to the interior and exterior of the building.
"The Erskine and American United Church was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1998 because;
- it is an excellent example of a large church designed in the Romanesque Revival style influenced by American
architect Henry Hobson Richardson and remarkable for unusual fenestration patterns and attractive stonework;
- the cycle of windows by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the sanctuary and in the chapel are unique, as they form the
most extensive collection of Tiffany’s religious stained glass windows in Canada;
- the interior of the church is an attractive and finely executed example of an amphitheatre plan, altered to the
designs of prestigious Montréal architect Percy Nobbs, to reflect the new program of the United Church.
"Constructed in 1893-1894 to the designs of Montreal architect Alexander Cowper Hutchinson as the Erskine Presbyterian Church the richly textured exterior is a splendid example of the Romanesque Revival style influenced by Richardson. The interior is a finely executed example of a 19th-century amphitheatre plan altered in 1938-39 by architect Percy Nobbs to reflect the new values of the United Church. The Tiffany windows in the sanctuary and chapel date from 1903, and were installed in 1938-39 to form the most extensive group of Tiffany religious stained glass identified in Canada to date."
~ Canada's Historic Places
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