La maison McGreevy
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La maison McGreevy
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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.
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Continuité
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No. 47
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Printemps 1990
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10-13
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fr
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Chartré, Christine. “La maison McGreevy.” Continuité, Printemps 1990. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/continuite/1990-n47-continuite1054025/16302ac.pdf.
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