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Category: Buildings & Structures

Monument to Curé Labelle, place du Curé-Labelle, Saint-Jérôme

Monument to Curé Labelle, place du Curé-Labelle, Saint-Jérôme

A man and his children pose proudly beside the monument to Curé Labelle not long after its dedication in the centre of Parc Labelle. It took four committees […]
Rooming House Where Curé Labelle Was Staying at the Time of His Death

Rooming House Where Curé Labelle Was Staying at the Time of His Death

After Antoine Labelle accepted the position of Deputy Minister of Colonisation, his duties required that he travel to Quebec City regularly. One of the places he stayed was […]
The First Church in Saint-Jérôme

The First Church in Saint-Jérôme

Saint-Jérôme’s first Catholic church was built between 1837 and 1839 on land donated by the local seigneur, Eustache-Nicolas Lambert Dumont, facing the Rivière du Nord (the location is […]
The Former Presbytery of Saint-Jérôme

The Former Presbytery of Saint-Jérôme

The presbytery of Saint-Jérôme was built in 1839 next to the parish church (the location today is the southwest end of Parc Labelle). The front door was on […]
The Seminary in 1848

The Seminary in 1848

The Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse was founded in 1825 by Father Charles-Joseph Ducharme. It initially occupied a house, before a more spacious purpose-built structure was completed in 1846 […]