La maison McGreevy

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La maison McGreevy
Abstract
The Quebec City-born Thomas McGreevy (1825-1897) was a building contractor and politician, noted for building the presbytery of St Patrick’s Church on Rue Saint-Stanislas in Quebec City in 1854, the custom house in that city in 1860, and the scandal-plagued Parliament Buildings in Ottawa (1863-1878). From 1857 to 1864 McGreevy was a member of Quebec City's municipal councl, and later was elected to the House of Commons and appointed to Quebec's Legislative Council. In 1867 McGreevy had a sumptuous Italianate residence built for himself at 69 Rue d’Auteuil in Quebec City. The author describes the house, designed by architect Thomas Fuller with a foyer decorated with sculpture, a staircase with banisters embellished by carved leaves, and a ballroom on the second floor. The façade was of yellow sandstone, identical to that used in the construction of the Parliament Buildings.
Publication
Continuité
Volume
No. 47
Date
Printemps 1990
Pages
10-13
Language
fr
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Citation
Chartré, Christine. “La maison McGreevy.” Continuité, Printemps 1990. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/continuite/1990-n47-continuite1054025/16302ac.pdf.
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