Windsor Station (Montreal)

Windsor Station
Windsor Station in 2017
General information
Type	Office building, and formerly train station
Architectural style	Richardsonian Romanesque
Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Address	1160 Canadiens-de-Montréal avenue (formerly 1160 de la Gauchetière street) (concourse), 1100 Canadiens-de-Montréal avenue (offices)
Coordinates	45°29′50.86″N 73°34′7.18″W / 45.4974611°N 73.5686611°W / 45.4974611; -73.5686611
Construction started	1887
Completed	1889, 1916
Cost	CA$2 million (1888–89)
Owner	Cadillac Fairview[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Bruce Price
Awards and prizes	Heritage railway station (Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada)
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Windsor Station (Canadian Pacific) National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1975
Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
Designated	1990
Patrimoine culturel du Québec
Type	Historic monument
Designated	2009

Windsor Station is a former railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It used to be the city's Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station, and served as the headquarters of CPR from 1889 to 1996. It is bordered by Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal to the north, Peel Street to the east, Saint Antoine Street to the south and the Bell Centre to the west.

Windsor Station was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1975,^[2] and was designated a Heritage Railway Station in 1990,^[3] and a provincial historic monument in 2009.^[4]

The walls are gray limestone from a quarry in Montreal. Outside, the columns reach up to 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) wide.