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Building's name

Viger Train Station

Other name(s): Gare-hôtel Viger, Édifice Viger, Chateau Viger

Location / address
700 Saint-Antoine Street East
Montréal
Quebec, Canada

Near Metro station Champ-de-Mars

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Borough Downtown
Arrondissement Ville-Marie
Centre de l'Île

6 floors(overground)

Architect

Bruce Price  

Beginning of construction
1897

Year of construction (end)
1898

Building type
Public Building

Last update:
2013-05-17

CodeIMTL 203
13705 hits on this page since May 5 2010

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Viger Train Station


Picture by Alexis Hamel
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History and facts about this building
This hotel-Train station was commissioned by William Cornelius Van Horne the president of the Canadian Pacific Railroad(CPR). The station was built with orange bricks of Scotland and Montreal’s gray stones.

This building was converted in 1951 into offices to house services and departments of Montreal city.

In 2006 it was sold to private interests for the modest sum of $ 9 million (largely under evaluation because of poor maintenance over time).

(2008) A huge development project is now evolving on plans. The building witch is located in a large land would be surrounded by 12 to 20 storey tall apartments building.

Architect

Bruce Price  
Constructor and other companies involved in construction:
Félix Labelle, Peter Lyall & Sons
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