Several kinds of buildings are listed under the Old Houses heading. First there are the farmhouses of earlier centuries, often made of fieldstone in a traditional style dating from the era of the French régime.
We also look at the luxurious residences of prominent citizens and at good examples of well designed bourgeois architecture, often designed by prominent architects. This section of the site currently also contains examples of extraordinary houses by modern architects.
Papineau House 440 Bonsecours Street Borough Old Montreal
4 Floors 1785
8.08 /10 : 53 votes
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Several buildings in the « Old Houses » section are also classified according to their former use. For the same reason they may appear in two differents sections