Van Horne Mansion
The Van Horne Mansion was a classic greystone house in the Golden Square Mile district of Montreal that once belonged to Canadian railway magnate William Cornelius Van Horne. It existed on Sherbrooke Street at the corner of Stanley Street. It was torn down by developer David Azrieli in 1973 under the mayoralty of Jean Drapeau to make way for a sixteen storey tower. The destruction of this architectural gem was controversial. The mansion's destruction sparked the creation of the heritage preservation group Save Montreal.[1] The building had been damaged by a fire on Monday, April 3, 1933, which had also led to the loss of part of Van Horne's private art collection. The Sofitel Hotel today stands at the spot occupied by the Van Horne mansion.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Germain, Damaris; Damaris Rose (August 2000). "A Metropolis in Transition; Montreal's Built Form - French Heritage, Victorian Legacy and Modernist Ambitions". Montreal, The Quest for a Metropolis. Wiley. pp. 88. ISBN 9780471949077. http://geography.uwo.ca/faculty/gilliland/Germain_2000_Montreals_Built_Form.pdf.
- ^ John David Gravenor (2008-04-03). "Rubens, Rembrandt, Velasquez - Up in flames on Sherbrooke Street". Coolopolis. http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2008/04/van-horne-fire-of-1933.html. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
[edit] External links
- Van Horne Mansion,' IMTL.org
- Architectural Awareness in Montreal, Ronald T.Harvie, Tourism Montreal, October 2007
- The Museum that is Montreal, Kristian Gravenor, Montreal Mirror, October 23-29, 2003
- A Handbook For Montreal's Heritage, Heritage Montreal
Coordinates: 45°30′04″N 73°34′38″W / 45.5011°N 73.5772°W
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