Bonsecours Market - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Metro2
N 45° 30.530 W 073° 33.076
18T E 613166 N 5040498
Located at: 350, rue Saint-Paul Est Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1H2
Waymark Code: WMWDHH
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 08/19/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 15

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"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.

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...

Construction of this Palladian style building began in 1844 and was designed by British architect William Footner, and alterations completed in 1860 by Irish-born Montreal architect George Browne (1811–1885). 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.

Closed in 1963 as a farmer's central market, it was slated for demolition. 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."
Stamp Issuing Country: Canada

Date of Issue: 5/28/1990

Denomination: 5

Color: green

Stamp Type: Single Stamp

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