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Hudson's Bay Montreal Downtown (french: La Baie D'Hudson Montréal Centre-Ville) is a building complex on the corner of Saint Catherine Street West and Union Avenue in
Built from 1889 to 1891 to a design by the American architect John Pearce Hill (1849–1920), the four-storey
downtown Montreal
Downtown Montreal ( French: ''Centre-Ville de Montréal'') is the central business district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal, and occupies the western portion of the borough of Vil ...
, Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada. It was originally named the Henry Morgan Building (French: ''Maison Morgan''), and operated as the flagship store of the Morgan's
Henry Morgan & Company (colloquially Morgan's) was a Canadian department store chain founded by Henry Morgan in 1845. The first store was located in Montreal, and expanded to include 11 stores in Ontario and Quebec before being bought by Hudson's ...
department store chain from 1891–1972. It became the provincial flagship store of its successor, The Bay, in 1972 (rebranded to Hudson's Bay in 2013).
The store is accessible to the Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro (french: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, ...
via McGill station
McGill station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie (Montreal), Ville-Marie in the Downtown Montreal, downtown core of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the L ...
, for which an entrance is located on Union Avenue.
History
1891–1972: Morgan's
Built from 1889 to 1891 to a design by the American architect John Pearce Hill (1849–1920), the four-storey Neo-Romanesque
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
building was constructed from imported Scottish Old Red Sandstone
The Old Red Sandstone is an assemblage of rocks in the North Atlantic region largely of Devonian age. It extends in the east across Great Britain, Ireland and Norway, and in the west along the northeastern seaboard of North America. It also exte ...
for Morgan's
Henry Morgan & Company (colloquially Morgan's) was a Canadian department store chain founded by Henry Morgan in 1845. The first store was located in Montreal, and expanded to include 11 stores in Ontario and Quebec before being bought by Hudson's ...
department store, which HBC acquired in 1960. The site had previously been occupied by terrace-type townhouses along Saint Catherine, Union and Alymer, built with stones from the ruins of the 1849 Parliament Building, including the former home of Dr. William Hales Hingston
Sir William Hales Hingston (29 June 1829 – 19 February 1907) was a Canadian physician, politician, banker, and Senator.
Biography
Born in Hinchinbrooke near Huntingdon, Quebec, he received his MDCM from McGill University in 1851.
...
, mayor of Montreal from 1875 to 1877, at the southwest corner.
The building was modified in 1923 (eight-storey Beaux-Arts style addition clad with red stone to match the original store) and 1964 (eight-storey modernist annex along De Maisonneuve Boulevard
De Maisonneuve Boulevard (officially in french: boulevard De Maisonneuve) is a major westbound boulevard located in Downtown Montreal, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named after the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. It ...
). The later addition is mostly windowless, with windows only on ground level and in four arch features along De Maisonneuve and Union.
1972–present: Hudson's Bay
While the Morgan's stores in Ontario were converted to the Hudson's Bay Company nameplate in 1960 and rebranded to The Bay in 1965, the Morgan's stores in Quebec retained their original name until 1972. HBC announced plans to renovate Hudson's Bay Montreal Downtown to accommodate aSaks Fifth Avenue
Saks Fifth Avenue (originally Saks & Company; Colloquialism, colloquially Saks) is an American Luxury goods, luxury department store chain headquartered in New York City and founded by Andrew Saks. The original store opened in the F Street and ...
facing De Maisonneuve Boulevard
De Maisonneuve Boulevard (officially in french: boulevard De Maisonneuve) is a major westbound boulevard located in Downtown Montreal, downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named after the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. It ...
in 2016. The project was expected to be completed by fall 2018, but plans had been shelved by that February.
See also
*Phillips Square
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, located south of the store
* Promenades Cathédrale
Promenades Cathédrale is a retail complex on Saint Catherine Street in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The complex is located beneath Montreal's Anglican Christ Church Cathedral. Constructed in 1987, the mall is integrated into the undergro ...
, connected underground with the store
* Hudson's Bay Queen Street
Hudson's Bay Queen Street is a building complex on the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Queen Street West in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was originally named the Simpson's Department Store, and operated as the flagship store of the ...
, flagship store in Toronto
* Hudson's Bay Vancouver Downtown
The Bay Building is a six-storey building on the corner of Granville Street and Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is a flagship store of the Hudson's Bay (department store), Hudson's Bay department store chain. The ...
, flagship store in Vancouver
References
{{reflist Hudson's Bay Company Landmarks in Montreal Downtown Montreal Sandstone buildings in Canada Department store buildings in Canada Romanesque Revival architecture in Canada Beaux-Arts architecture in Canada