Images & Buildings of Montréal 
Metcalfe
This building was located at the actual location of the Sun Life Building.
7 years after the founding of the organization in London in 1844 by George Williams and 11 other companions occurs the founding of the Montreal branch of the YMCA in 1851. It was at St. Helen Street Baptist Church that was held the founding meeting. A few months later J. H. Winn is elected president. In 1853 the association rent for the first time a space in the Odd Fellows' Hall on St. James Street. It was not until 1873 that the association moved into its first building constructed on the edge of Victoria Square. This place was occupied until 1891 when the YMCA moved into its new building facing the Dominion Square until 1912.
Downtown
The original building was only 7 floors height( right part of the image). This building was for a wile the tallest of the British Empire and Canada. He was the tallest building in Montreal unt...
One Hundred Years : THe story of the Montreal Y.M.C.A
Harold C. Cross, 1951
YMCA - Young Mens Catholic Association
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Architecture - public building
Building achieved the same year (1891)
DowntownWestmountCentre-SudOld MontrealPointe Saint-CharlesPlateau Mont-Royal Historical Milestones about Montreal, What did append the same year (1891) See History of Montreal Section
Facts about Montreal
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