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, Canada. It is located at 1463

, at the corner of De Maisonneuve Boulevard West in

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. The apartment building is three stories, and comprises three wings, linked together in a "U" shape around a small interior

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. It formerly consisted of six apartments of six rooms per wing, for a total of 18 apartments. It is built in

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style, and is reflective of a 15th-century

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manor house. Its facade is

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Scottish

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. The metal grille in the archway entrance was added in the 1970s.

History

The Bishop Court Apartments were built on land that was formerly a

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. The building was constructed in 1904 for C$50,000. The plans were prepared by Saxe and Archibald for Robert Neville Jr. Charles Jewett Saxe (1870-1943) has also worked on the Ernest Cormier Building, the Montreal Technological Institute, and Emmanuel United Church. Between 1953 and 1956, De Maisonneuve Boulevard (then Burnside Street) was widened between Stanley Street and

Guy Street Guy Street (officially in french: rue Guy) is a north-south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia University's Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex is located on this street, as is the John Mols ...

to provide more room for automobile traffic. The adjacent building was demolished, leaving Bishop Court with a blank wall facing De Maisonneuve Boulevard.

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

began leasing the building in 1975 to provide offices for its senior administration. Following the threat of its demolition in 1976, the

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recognized the facade on Bishop Street, as well as the interior courtyard, as historic sites. Concordia purchased the building in February 1981. The building was renovated extensively in 1975 for C$600,000 to adapt it into offices from residential units. The renovations were controversial at the time, although contributed to preventing the building from being demolished. It was renovated again in 1995. Concordia University sold Bishop Court in 2010 for approximately C$3.2 million.

References

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