Gilles-Hocquart Building, Archives building in Quartier Latin, Montreal, Canada
The Gilles-Hocquart Building stands at 535 Viger Avenue East, featuring a grand Beaux-Arts architectural style with symmetrical columns and relief sculptures.
Built between 1908 and 1911, the structure served as the École des hautes études commerciales until 1970, later becoming Dawson College through 1988.
The building received its name in 2004 to honor Gilles Hocquart, the fourteenth intendant of New France who preserved French regime documentation.
The facility houses the Centre d'archives nationales with 13,000 square meters of space divided between administrative services, storage areas, and public reading rooms.
A continuous dynamic barrier wall maintains the building's integrity through dry air control, protecting valuable archived documents within its five floors.
Location: Ville-Marie
Inception: October 22, 1908
Architects: Louis-Zéphirin Gauthier, Dan Hanganu, Provencher_Roy
Architectural style: Beaux-Arts
Floors above the ground: 5
Address: 535, avenue Viger Est, Montréal (Québec) H2L 2P3 H2L 2P3 H2L 2P3
GPS coordinates: 45.51335,-73.55515
Latest update: March 9, 2025 03:50
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