Patrimony and Architecture

Pierre du Calvet House

Patrimony and Architecture
Buildings
Built in 1725, this gem is an ancestral family mansion filled with exquisite antique furnishings, heirlooms, history and touches of romance.
© Jean-Claude Bechet
© Tourisme Montréal, Mario Melillo
© Hostellerie Pierre du Calvet a.d. 1975

Address

Pierre du Calvet House
401 Bonsecours Street
Montréal, QC
H2Y 3C3
Champ-de-Mars
Old Montréal
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Built in the 18th-century, this house is one of the most beautiful examples of the urban architecture developed in New France. Particularly striking are its massive crude rock walls, chimneys and steeply-sloped roof. Pierre du Calvet, its illustrious occupant, was a supporter of the American Revolution and held meetings with Benjamin Franklin, an envoy sent abroad by George Washington in 1775-1776. 

 

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