Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde

Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde (or Hospice de Sainte-Cunégonde, or Asile de Sainte-Cunégonde) was an orphanage, child care centre and nursing home for the destitute in Montreal's Sainte-Cunégonde neighbourhood, today known as Little Burgundy. It was operated by the Grey Nuns, a Roman Catholic religious order based in Montreal. The hospice was established in 1889 in the former Brewster mansion, and moved in 1896 to its own building at 2625 Albert Street at the corner of Atwater Avenue. Albert Street is today named Lionel-Groulx Avenue. The building had a stone facade but its interior structure was built of timber.[1]

Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde
Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde in 1902
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General information
Address2625 Albert Street (now 2625 Lionel-Groulx Avenue)
Town or citySainte-Cunégonde (now Montreal)
CountryCanada
Coordinates45°29′00″N 73°34′44″W / 45.483370°N 73.578864°W / 45.483370; -73.578864
Construction startedApril 30, 1895[1]
OpenedSeptember 26, 1896[1]
DestroyedJune 15, 1951
Height6 storeys
Technical details
Floor area290 feet (88 m) x 50 feet (15 m)[1]
Page from a 1912 atlas of Montreal published by Chas. E. Goad Co. that calls the hospice "Ste. Cunegonde Asylum".

On June 15, 1951, the building was destroyed by fire. 35 people were killed in the fire, including six nuns.[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d J. A. Perron; Gaspard Dauth (1900). Le diocèse de Montréal à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle (in French). Montréal: Eugène Sénécal & Cie. pp. 347–348. ISBN 9780665108747. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Incendie à l'hospice Sainte-Cunégonde" (in French). Ville de Montreal, Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Incendie de l'hospice Sainte-Cunégonde". Avant l'Autoroute (in French). June 13, 2011. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  4. ^ "It wasn't a fire drill". Life. June 25, 1951. Retrieved April 4, 2018.