- Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent
- La Main, toujours de son temps – Mile End / The Main, Forever in Tune – Mile End
- 5860, boulevard Saint-Laurent (interpretation panel)
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Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent · 5860 · view and cite at source ↗© Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent | Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard, 2011. Sources et crédits / Sources and credits: https://amisboulevardstlaurent.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/5860-SC.pdf
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- Held by
- Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent via Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent — panneaux d'interprétation
- Creator
- Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent
- Dates
- 2011 (indexed as 2011)
- Level
- item (source: Panneau d'interprétation)
- Scope & content
- Interpretation panel at 5860, boulevard Saint-Laurent, from the series « La Main, toujours de son temps – Mile End / The Main, Forever in Tune – Mile End » installed by Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent in 2011. Au début du 19 e siècle, les trois anciens lots actuellement occupés par le 5860 Saint-Laurent font partie de l’immense propriété du côté ouest de la Main qui appartient à Stanley Bagg, Esq. . Dans les années 1890, le propriétaire est l’agent immobilier A.E. Lewis, alors l’époux de la petite-fille de Bagg, Helen Bagg . En 1905, la propriété est acquise par Hélène Chaput, dont le mari, le marchand de diamants et directeur de la Banque de Ville-Marie James Baxter, fut arrêté pour fraude en 1900. Elle et sa fille Marie-Hélène survivent au naufrage du Titanic en 1912. Seize ans plus tard, leur propriété sur la Main, toujours vacante, est vendue par Marie-Hélène (Baxter) Douglas. Le nouveau propriétaire, General Battery Service Ltd., y construit l’immeuble actuel, une structure de béton de deux étages, en 1929. Pendant les années 1930, le rez-de-chaussée est utilisé pour des activités reliées à l’automobile, entre autres par General Motors Products of Canada, et l’étage abrite des manufactures de vêtements. Entre 1942 et 1972, Bowers Machine Company Limited y fabrique des appareils à petits moteurs et dans les années 1970 et 1980 l’immeuble loge diverses activités industrielles. En 1968-69, le 5850-5860 Saint-Laurent devient un bâtiment de coin quand ses voisins au nord sont démolis pour construire le viaduc Van-Horne-Rosemont et la rue Arcade. Depuis 1994, La Maison de l’aspirateur , considérée parmi les détaillants d’aspirateurs les plus importants de l’Amérique du Nord, occupe l’immeuble. Cette entreprise, connue auparavant sous le nom Vacuum Rebuilders Registered of Montreal, avait depuis 1938 son siège sur la Main au sud de la rue Bernard . In the early 19 th century, the three former lots now occupied by 5860 Saint-Laurent were part of the immense property west of the Main that belonged to Stanley Bagg, Esq. . By the 1890s, they were owned by real estate agent A.E. Lewis, who at the time was married to Bagg’s grand-daughter, Helen Bagg . In 1905, the property was acquired by Hélène Chaput, whose husband, diamond merchant and Ville-Marie Bank director James Baxter, had been arrested for fraud in 1900. She and her daughter Marie-Hélène were among the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Sixteen years later, Marie-Hélène (Baxter) Douglas sold the property on the Main, which was still vacant. The new owner, General Battery Service Ltd., constructed the two-storey concrete structure that exists to this day. During the 1930s, its ground floor was used for automobile-related activities by companies such as General Motors Products of Canada, and the upper floor housed clothing factories. From 1942 until 1972, the building housed Bowers Machine Company Limited , a fabricator of equipment with small motors, and in the 1970s and 1980s it was used for various industrial activities. In 1968-69, its neighbours to the north were demolished in order to construct the Van-Horne-Rosemont overpass and Arcade Street, and it became a corner building. Since 1994, House of Vacuums , considered one of the most reputable vacuum-cleaner retailers in North America, has occupied the structure. The home of this company, formerly known as Vacuum Rebuilders Registered of Montreal, had been located on the Main below Bernard Street since 1938 .
- Places
- 5860, boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montréal
- Location
- 5860 boulevard Saint-Laurent · address · confidence 90% · address:exact · found as “5860, boulevard Saint-Laurent”
- boulevard Saint-Laurent · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “boulevard Saint-Laurent”
- rue Bernard · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “rue Bernard .”
- Mile End · neighbourhood · confidence 70% · landmark:curated · found as “mile end”
- Genre / form
- Interpretation panel
- Language
- French, English
- Access & use
- © Les Amis du boulevard Saint-Laurent | Friends of Saint-Laurent Boulevard, 2011. Sources et crédits / Sources and credits: https://amisboulevardstlaurent.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/5860-SC.pdf
- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T06:33:22Z · source datestamp n/a · amisboulevard
Digital objects at the source
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