Ludger Lemieux (February 9, 1872 – October 27, 1953) was a

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who designed a number of notable

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structures in

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district. While he often worked in partnership with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff, his best-known structure, the

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, was designed not with MacDuff but with his son Paul M. Lemieux. He was born in Farnham, Quebec to parents Moïse Lemieux and Marie Melanie Serre. He studied at

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before his architectural practice after 1897. He was married to

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and had six children including Paul Marie Lemieux. He worked with Macduff from 1897 to 1918, then on his own until 1931 when his son Paul M. Lemieux (1902-1968) joined to work with father.

Projects

Lemieux, his partner as well as his sons were involved in 500 projects from the late 19th Century to mid 20th Century: *

(1938 avenue Atwater) 1933 * Église Saint-Vincent-Ferrier (301 rue Jarry est) 1931 * Saint-Henri Fire Station (Caserne de Pompiers 23 - 521-523 Place Saint-Henri) 1930 * Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (2310 rue Sainte-Catherine est) 1928 * Église Saint-Zotique (4565 rue Notre-Dame ouest) 1927 - with René Charbonneau, the architect of the

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. * 831 avenue Rockland 1914 with Joseph-Roméo Gadbois et Jean-Julien Perrault * Église Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Portugale (670 rue de Courcelle) 1912 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff; replaced in 1957-1958 and now demolished * Wilder Store (282-288 rue Sainte-Catherine ouest) 1912 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff * Maison Camille Legault (557 rue Cote-Sainte-Catherine) 1912 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff * Grovers Building (Tooke Brothers Limited factory) (640-644 rue de Courcelle) 1907-1912 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff * Workman Building 1907 * Église Sainte-Irénée (3030 rue de Delisle & avenue Atwater next to Atwater Market) 1904 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff * Église St. Charles Church (2115 rue Centre) 1899 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff * Maison Albert Holmes (4286 rue de Maisonneuve Boulevard ouest) 1899 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff * Saint-Jeanne-de-Chantal school * Bibliothèque Notre Dame (4707 rue de Notre-Dame ouest) 1898 - formerly Caserne de pompiers 24 with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff

Other

Ludger is a bar in Saint-Henri named after Lemieux.

References

External links

Finding aid for the Ludger and Paul M. Lemieux fonds
Canadian Centre for Architecture. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemieux, Ludger 1872 births 1953 deaths Canadian architects Art Deco architects People from Montérégie McGill University alumni French Quebecers