Mansfield Street (Montreal)
Appearance
Native name | rue Mansfield (French) |
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Length | 1 km (0.62 mi) |
Location | Between Sherbrooke Street and Saint Antoine Street |
Coordinates | 45°30′06″N 73°34′21″W / 45.501707°N 73.572384°W |
North end | ![]() |
South end | ![]() |
Construction | |
Inauguration | 1845 |
Mansfield Street (officially in
Saint-Antoine Street
in the south.
History
Constructed around 1845 by James Smith and Duncan Fisher, Mansfield Street was named for William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793), a Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
Points of interest
- Central Station
- Queen Elizabeth Hotel
- Place Ville-Marie
- Centre Mont-Royal
Further reading
- Ville de Montréal. Les rues de Montréal. Répertoire historique. Montréal,Méridien, 1995, p. 332-333