Warehouses of Buchanan and Penn
- Title:
- Warehouses of Buchanan and Penn
- Address:
- 799 rue de la Commune ouest
- Type of Building:
- storage facility warehouse
- Architect:
- Wells, John
- Building Materials:
- Grey stone
- Date Construction Began:
- 1844-5, 1831-43
- Date(s) of Alteration:
- 1930
- Image Description:
- View of Duke Street facades, looking north-west (1999)
- Notes:
- Alternate address: 15 rue Duke. There is some confusion over the construction dates for the Buchanan Warehouse (1844-45, 1844-47, 1856-60) and whether or not John Wells was the architect. A floor was added to the Penn Warehouse in 1930.
- Sources:
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Faucher et al. Canal de Lachine et ses abords: Étude de zone prioritaire sur la mise en valeur du patrimoine. Montréal: Ville de Montréal, Service de l’habitation et du developpement urbain, 1991. .
Visuals: exterior photo.
Laguë, Jean., Willa Burgess, and Mark London. Proposal: Canal de Lachine, Ecluses St-Gabriel. Montréal: Héritage Montréal, 1985. : 21
Sauvons Montreal/Save Montreal. Recollets: Les quartiers du Centre-Ville du Montreal/ Montreal’s Downtown Neighbourhoods. Montréal: Sauvons Montréal/Save Montréal, 1977. : 35
Visuals: exterior photo.
Sicotte, Anne-Marie and Rene Theriault. The Lachine Canal Historical Guide. Montréal: Association Les Mil Lieues, 1987. : 14
Visuals: exterior rendering.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Warehouses of Buchanan and Penn", Industrial Architecture of Montreal, McGill Libraries
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/industrial/items/in048.html
Rights
- Image Rights:
- Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/