The Church of Saint-Léon-de-Westmount (french: Église Saint-Léon de Westmount) is a
Roman Catholic church located in
Westmount, Quebec at 4311
De Maisonneuve Boulevard West. Built in 1901, the church was designed by well known Montreal
architect Georges-Alphonse Monette
Georges-Alphonse Monette (13 March 1870, Montréal —16 July 1941, Montréal) was a Canadian architect who worked mainly in his native city of Montréal. He apprenticed in Montréal with architect Alexander Francis Dunlop
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and decorated by
Guido Nincheri from 1901 to 1903, using the wet plaster
buon fresco technique. Designed in the
Romanesque Revival style, and featuring an
Italianate façade with
bell tower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
, the Church of Saint-Léon-de-Westmount was designated a
National Historic Site of Canada in 1997 and plaqued in 1999.
Romain Pelletier
Romain Pelletier (sometimes spelled Peltier) (22 August 1875 – 24 November 1953) was a Canadian organist, choir conductor, composer, and music educator. His compositional output consists entirely of works for solo organ and motets. He was ...
was notably the church's organist from 1909 to 1951.
His brother
Frédéric Pelletier
Frédéric Pelletier (1 May 1870 – 30 May 1944) was a Canadian choir conductor, music educator, composer, music critic, journalist, civil servant, military officer, and physician. He was one of the principal music critics in Montreal ...
also briefly served as choirmaster at the church.
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References
External links
Paroisse Saint-Léon de Westmount
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National Historic Sites in Quebec
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20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Canada
Italianate church buildings