Industrial Architecture Montreal 
 
 

 

IN052

  Belding Corticelli

1790, rue du Canal;

Former Name: Belding, Paul and Co.
Architect: (unknown)
Building Type: textile mill
Materials: wood and iron frame, brick walls
Completed: 1884
Alterations: 1893, 1913, 1926, 1932, 1946, 1989
Note: Belding, Paul and Co. merged with Corticelli in 1911. Formerly a silk manufacturing factory, it has been recently renovated into residential space (1989).

 

Images:
View of rear of building from across the canal, looking south (1999)
Looking north-east into interior court-yard, old Mill No. 2 on the right (1999)
View, looking north; Mill No. 2 and 3 on left and Mill No. 4 on right (1999)
Photograph (ca. 1891) from the north shore of the canal; from Special Number of the Dominion Illustrated (Montreal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub., 1891), 153.
Illustration (ca. 1903) showing a perspective view of the factory; from Ernest Chambers, The Book of Montreal: a Souvenir of Canada's Commercial Metropolis (Montreal: Book of Montreal, 1903), 183.

Sources:

Industries of Canada. City of Montreal Historical and Descriptive Review. Montréal: Historical Publishing Co., 1886. : 176
Location: Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. McGill University Library.

Special number of the Dominion Illustrated devoted to Montreal, the Commercial Metropolis of Canada. Montréal: Sabiston Lithographic and Pub. Co., 1891. : 153
Location: Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. McGill University Library.
Visuals: exterior photo.
Note: A description of the factory's operation reads "six hundred hands are constantly employed turning out the fine grades of silk made by them."

Archemi. Inventaire et évaluation des ressources culturelles Canal de Lachine. Montréal: Parcs Canada, 1995. : 473-6
Location: Centre de documentation. Parcs Canada- secteur de Lachine.
Visuals: exterior photos.

Centre canadien d'architecture. An Industrial Landscape observed: the Lachine Canal, 14 July to 25 October 1992. Montréal: Canadian Centre for Architecture=Centre canadien d'architecture, 1992. .
Visuals: exterior rendering, roof detail, interior photo.

Chambers, Ernest J. The Book of Montreal: a Souvenir of Canada's Commercial Metropolis. Montréal: Book of Montréal, 1903. : 183-4
Location: Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. McGill University Library.
Visuals: exterior rendering of site.

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. : 12
Visuals: exterior photo, exterior rendering.

Lessard, Marie. "Reuse of Industrial Space in Montreal." . Plan Canada 29:1, 1988: 22-28
Visuals: exterior photo.

McCullough, A.B. The Primary Textile Industry in Canada: History and Heritage. Ottawa: National Historic Parks and Sites, Parks Service, 1992. : 168-72
Visuals: exterior rendering, exterior photo, detail of brickwork, interior photo.

Sicotte, Anne-Marie and Rene Theriault. The Lachine Canal Historical Guide. Montréal: Association Les Mil Lieues, 1987. : 27-28
Visuals: exterior photo.

Stevens, G.R. The Belding Corticelli Story. Montréal: Belding-Corticelli, 1951. .
Visuals: exterior rendering, advertisements, product photos.

 

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