Bonsecours Market

Bonsecours Market
Bonsecours Market
Marché Bonsecours
	Bonsecours Market, as seen from the Old Port of Montreal
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical architecture
Location	350 Saint-Paul east; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; H2Y 1H2
Coordinates	45°30′32″N 73°33′05″W / 45.50889°N 73.55139°W
Construction started	1844
Completed	1847
Design and construction
Architect(s)	William Footner
Website
	http://www.marchebonsecours.qc.ca/en/index.html
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name	Bonsecours Market National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1984

Bonsecours Market (French: Marché Bonsecours) is a two-story domed public market located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at 350 Rue Saint-Paul in Old Montreal.^[1] For more than 100 years, it was the main public market in the Montreal area. It also briefly accommodated the Parliament of United Canada for one session in 1849.

Named for the adjacent Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, it opened in 1847. During 1849 the building was used for the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The market's design was influenced by Dublin's Customs House.^[2]

^ Architecture: The AIA Journal. Vol. 82, Issues 9-12. American Institute of Architects. 1993. pp. 237–8.
^ Philip V. Allingham. "Dickens's Montreal: May 1842". Victorian Web

[aia-1] Architecture: The AIA Journal. Vol. 82, Issues 9-12. American Institute of Architects. 1993. pp. 237–8.

[2] Philip V. Allingham. "Dickens's Montreal: May 1842". Victorian Web

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