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The Church of Notre-Dame in Montreal: An Architectural History
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The Church of Notre-Dame in Montreal: An Architectural History
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| Abstract |
The author points out that the construction of Montreal’s Church of Notre-Dame was one of the boldest building projects of the nineteenth century. The first major example of Gothic Revival architecture in Canada, it was, at the time of its completion in 1829, the largest building in North America. The author treats the church not only as a work of art but also as a historical document that reflected the social and nationalist aspirations of the city’s French Catholic community. The building also marked a high point in the career of its architect, the Irish-born American James O'Donnell (1774-1830), who lived in Montreal during the church’s construction from 1824 to 1829. For some years O’Donnell had suffered from oedema, and from July 1829 his condition worsened. In November he dictated his will; at that point he decided to convert from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism. He died in Montreal shortly afterwards, on January 28, 1830. He is buried in the crypt of Notre-Dame Basilica.
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2nd
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Montreal-Kingston
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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1991
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| # of Pages |
xxv-124p.
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| Language |
en
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978-0-7735-0848-4
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| Citation |
Toker, Franklin. The Church of Notre-Dame in Montreal: An Architectural History. 2nd ed. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1991.
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