Henry Morgan Building
The Henry Morgan Building (French: Maison Morgan) is home to the Hudson's Bay Company flagship store in Montreal, at 585 Saint Catherine Street West in downtown Montreal. It is named for Scottish-born Montreal retailer Henry Morgan.
History[]
Built from 1889 to 1891 to a design by the American architect (1849 – c. 1920),[1] the four-storey Neo-Romanesque building was constructed from imported Scottish Old Red Sandstone for Morgan's department store[2] (which HBC acquired in 1960). The site had previously been occupied by terrace-type townhouses along Saint Catherine, Union and Alymer,[3] built with stones from the ruins of the 1849 Parliament Building,[4] including the former home of Dr. William Hales Hingston,[4] mayor of Montreal from 1875 to 1877, at the southwest corner.
The building was modified in 1923 (eight-storey Beaux-Arts style addition clad with red stone to match the original store) and 1964 (eight-storey modernist annex along De Maisonneuve Boulevard).[5] The later addition is mostly windowless, with windows only on ground level and in four arch features along De Maisonneuve and Union.
Transit connection[]
The store is served by the Montreal Metro's McGill station, with an entrance on avenue Union.
See also[]
- Phillips Square, located south of the store
- Promenades Cathédrale, connected underground with the store
- Hudson's Bay Queen Street, HBC flagship store in Toronto (built for Simpsons)
- Hudson's Bay Vancouver
References[]
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- ^ "Héritage Montréal". Memorablemontreal.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-25.
- ^ "Montréal 1881. Rue Sainte-Catherine / Secteur Nord du Square Phillips". Flickr. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
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Coordinates: 45°30′15″N 73°34′09″W / 45.5042°N 73.5693°W
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