Art Deco Walk

This is a stunning walk that will lead you on a search of Art Deco buildings in Montreal. Art Deco is a style that emerged in France after end of World War 1. The period it represents can be debated, but, believed to be 1918 thru 1940. It represented luxury, glamour and social and technological progress. It can be found in art, luxury liners, home appliances, buildings, fashion, etc. There are many Art Deco buildings in this city, but, we tried to fashion this walk in such a way to get most of them from downtown thru to Old Montreal. There are many more Art Deco buildings elsewhere in Montreal, so we will definitely plan a second walk to capture those ones as well.
Much of the Art Deco on these buildings could be the entire building, or just the facade, or even just a brilliant lobby in the entrance of the building. Evens the doors are exceptional. There is one location we added to this walk that we cannot even see – it is the Ninth Floor Restaurant of Eaton’s Department store. It is locked down and not available to the public.
We hope you enjoy this walk as much as we did and it will take several hours from start to finish, with stopping for photo’s and even a coffee/lunch somewhere.

We did this walk on Saturday February 22, 2020 between 8:10am and 1:45pm

Follow all three maps below to see where we started and ended up.

1418 Pine Avenue → 1300 Sherbrooke Street West → 1330 Sherbrooke Street West → 1411 Crescent Street → 1414 Drummond Street → 1010 Saint Catherine Street West → 980 Saint Catherine Street West → 977 Saint Catherine Street West → 677 Saint Catherine Street West → 1255 Phillips Square

1050 Beaver Hall Hill → 476-480 de la Gauchetiere Street West → 415 Saint Antoine Street West → 255 Saint Jacques Street West → 249-251 Saint Jacques Street West → 231-235 Saint Jacques Street West → 231-235 Saint Jacques Street West → 41 Saint Jacques Street West → 507 Place d’Armes → 201 Notre Dame Street West → 225 Notre Dame Street West

990 Notre Dame Street West → 1025 Lucien L’Allier → 1434 Saint Catherine Street West → south-west corner of Mackay and Saint Catherine Streets → north-west corner of Guy and Sherbrooke Streets → 1684 de Maisonneuve Street West → 2077 Saint Catherine Street West → 4096 Saint Catherine Street West

We did this walk on Saturday February 22, 2020 between 8:10am and 1:45pm

Maison Cormier (1930)

Holt Renfrew Building (1937)
1300 Sherbrooke Street West

2nd Holt Renfrew building (1937)
1330 Sherbrooke Street West

Crescent Building (1931)
1411 Crescent Street

Drummond Medical building (1929)
1414 Drummond Street

Dominion Square Building (1929)
1010 Saint Catherine Street West

Pharmacy Building (1928)
980 Saint Catherine Street West

Original Simpsons Department Store (1929)
977 Saint Catherine Street West

Ninth Floor Restaurant in Eaton’s Department Store (1931)
677 Saint Catherine Street West
currently closed and off limits and endangered
Jacques Carlu designed it after the dining hall of the ocean liner Île de France

Phillips Square Building (1949)
1255 Phillips Square
emphasis on the lobby

Bell Building (1929)
1050 Beaver Hall Hill

Desbarats Building (1930)
476-480 de la Gauchetiere Street West

Meco Building (1941)
415 Saint Antoine Street West

Hanson Brothers Building (1928)
255 Saint Jacques Street West

Jones-Heward Building (1904)
249-251 Saint Jacques Street West
although built prior to Art Deco, the emphasis is on the doors

Montreal Star Building (1930)
231-235 Saint Jacques Street West

Caisse Nationale d’Economie (1939)
41 Saint Jacques Street West

Aldred Building (1931)
507 Place d’Armes

McDougall and Cowans Building (1929)
201 Notre Dame Street West

Marcotte Building (1930)
225 Notre Dame Street West

National Breweries (1931)
990 Notre Dame Street West

Guaranteed Pure Milk Building (and Milk Bottle Water Tower) (1931)
1025 Lucien L’Allier

Office Building (1932)
1434 Saint Catherine Street West

Savings Bank (1956)
south-west corner of Mackay and Saint Catherine Streets
although built in 1956, this building echo’s Art Deco

Bank of Montreal (1928)
north-west corner of Guy and Sherbrooke Streets

Police and Fire Station (1931)
1684 de Maisonneuve Street West

Archambault Garage (1929)
2077 Saint Catherine Street West

Office Building (1931)
4096 Saint Catherine Street West

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