Maison Lamontagne, Heritage house museum in Rimouski, Canada.
Maison Lamontagne is a pierroté half-timbered house in Rimouski, Canada, built around 1744. It has two parts: the original square section in colombage pierroté and an 1810 extension built with poteaux sur sole. A steep gabled roof covers the whole, and a central chimney separates a common room from a large work area.
Marie-Agnès Lepage and her husband Basile Côté had the house built around 1744, shortly after their marriage that same year. A square-plan extension was added in 1810. The Lamontagne family owned it from 1844 to 1920, and in the 1970s it served as a shed for farm machinery before being classified as a heritage building on 7 March 1974.
The house is named after the Lamontagne family, who owned it from 1844 to 1920. Since 1994 the City of Rimouski has run it as a museum of life in New France, and since 2004 the Société rimouskoise du patrimoine has managed the site. It belongs to the "Rimouski, mes musées" network created in 2011.
The museum is located on Boulevard du Rivage and can be visited during the summer months. Check ahead about exact opening times and whether guided tours are available.
In the 1970s the house served as a shed for farm machinery and was covered in cedar shingles. Art historian Michel Lessard lifted part of the exterior cladding and revealed the colombage pierroté beneath, leading to its classification in 1974.
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