The Gilles Hocquart building is at 535 Viger Avenue East in the

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, Canada. This building was named in honor of

Gilles Hocquart Gilles Hocquart was born in 1694, in Sainte-Croix, Mortagne-au-Perche to Jean-Hyacinthe Hocquart. From September, 1729 to August, 1748, Hocquart served as Intendant of New France, history. Hocquart put his faith in the Canadian bourgeoisie as the ...

, fourteenth

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who played an important role in safeguarding the documents concerning the French regime of New France. It is distinguished by its imposing presence in

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, a prestigious setting for the French-speaking bourgeoisie in the early twentieth century,

History

The Gilles Hocquart building actually comprises three distinct parts built at different times. These three buildings are first, Jodoin House, built in 1871, then the former École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) in Montreal built in 1910 and a modern annex. This building was built at the time in order to accommodate the HEC school. The construction was based on plans by architect of the Gauthier & Daoust agency. The Gilles Hocquart building was owned by the HEC until 1970. The building was later occupied by the

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until 1988 and then by various departments and agencies. The Gilles Hocquart building is now owned by Société Immobilière du Québec (SIQ) and houses the Centre d'archives nationales in Montreal after several moves. Now called "BAnQ Vieux-Montréal", when the institution moved into the Gilles Hocquart building, some changes were made to meet the needs of an archive center. These changes were made to the plans of the architect

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