Bishop Court Apartments
| Bishop Court Apartments | |
|---|---|
C$50,000 | |
| Renovation cost | C$600,000 |
| Client | Robert Neville Jr. |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Saxe and Archibald |
Bishop Court Apartments (French: Appartements Bishop Court) is a historic apartment building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 1463 Bishop Street, at the corner of De Maisonneuve Boulevard West in Downtown Montreal.
The apartment building is three stories,[1] and comprises three wings, linked together in a "U" shape around a small interior courtyard. It formerly consisted of six apartments of six rooms per wing, for a total of 18 apartments.[2]
It is built in Neo-Tudor style, and is reflective of a 15th-century English manor house.[3] Its facade is polychrome Scottish sandstone.[3] The metal grille in the archway entrance was added in the 1970s.[4]
History
The Bishop Court Apartments were built on land that was formerly a
Between 1953 and 1956, De Maisonneuve Boulevard (then Burnside Street) was widened between
Concordia University began leasing the building in 1975 to provide offices for its senior administration.[5] Following the threat of its demolition in 1976, the Government of Quebec recognized the facade on Bishop Street, as well as the interior courtyard, as historic sites.[5] Concordia purchased the building in February 1981.[4]
The building was renovated extensively in 1975 for C$600,000 to adapt it into offices from residential units. The renovations were controversial at the time, although contributed to preventing the building from being demolished.[4] It was renovated again in 1995.[4]
Concordia University sold Bishop Court in 2010 for approximately C$3.2 million.[7]
References
- ^ Bishop Court Apartments at IMTL.org
- ^ Barbara Solomon, The Bishop Court Apartments
- ^ ISBN 9782923644011.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir George Williams Campus: Bishop Court". Records Management and Archives. Concordia University. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Appartements Bishop Court". Grand répertoire de patrimoine bâti à Montréal (in French). Ville de Montréal. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ Pinard, Guy (1987). Montréal, son histoire, son architecture. Éditions la Presse.
- ^ Giovannetti, Justin (2010-02-09). "So long, Bishop Court". The Link. Archived from the original on 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2 June 2012.