Donat R. Baribault

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Donat R. Baribault
BornFebruary 3, 1885
DiedMarch 19, 1970
Known forDonat R. Baribault, Architect

Donat R. Baribault (February 3, 1885[1] – March 19, 1970[1]) was an American architect who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in Western Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Early life and career[]

Baribault was born in New Haven Connecticut and attended school in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, later studying architecture at the École Polytechnique de Montréal (1909). He also studied privately with Professor J Haynes of Montreal.

Architectural practice[]

After school he spent the years 1912–17 as an architect in Winnipeg, Canada. Thereafter he moved to Springfield, Massachusetts where he worked for 2 years as a designer for the architectural firm of S.M. Green before starting his own practice.

He was a member of the Architectural Society of Western Massachusetts for whom he served as Secretary (1942–43) and President (1944–45).

Legacy[]

Works include[]

New Hampshire[]

Massachusetts[]

  • Notre Dame Church, Worcester, MA[3]
  • St. Cecelia Church, Leominster, MA (with Albert J. Roy, Supervising architect)
  • Notre Dame Rectory, Southbridge, MA (church by Joseph Venne)
  • St. Joseph Rectory, School and Convent, Springfield, MA (Baribault was a parishioner here)
  • Immaculate Conception Church, Holyoke, MA
  • Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Turners Falls, MA

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Donat Rodolphe Baribault (1885–1970) – Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. ^ "The Center for Advanced Musical Studies". Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Mary Keane Chapel
  3. ^ Morrill, Frank J.; Hultgren, William O.; Salomonsson, Eric J. (2005). Worcester. Arcadia Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7385-3864-8.

Baribault, Donat R. "AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

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