Maison historique Chevalier
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| place | Quebec |
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| opening | 1965 |
| Number of visitors (annually) | 47,979 (2013/14) |
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The Maison historique Chevalier is a museum in the Canadian city of Québec . It is located in three historic, interconnected buildings on Rue du Marché-Champlain in the lower town . In the museum, which is part of the Les Musées de la civilization association , the living culture of the 18th and 19th centuries is presented.
building
The oldest part of the building was built in 1683 as the home of the notary Thomas Frérot de Lachesnaye and replaced a wooden house that had been destroyed in a major fire a year earlier. From 1720 it served as a simple hostel for a few years . In 1752 a new owner, the merchant Jean-Baptiste Chevalier, had it completely rebuilt and an additional building added on each side. After five decades of use as a warehouse, a hotel called the London Coffee House was established in 1807 . Until the excavation work in 1854, the ensemble was directly adjacent to the Anse aux Barques, a bay of the Saint Lawrence River . The provincial government acquired the ensemble in 1956 and placed it under monument protection. After the completion of an extensive restoration, it has served as a museum building since 1965.
Web links
- Maison historique Chevalier (French, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual report 2013-14. (PDF, 1.9 MB) (No longer available online.) Les Musées de la civilization, 2014, p. 19 , archived from the original on November 9, 2014 ; Retrieved November 9, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Maison Jean-Baptiste-Chevalier. Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec, accessed on November 9, 2014 (French).
Coordinates: 46 ° 48 ′ 44.4 " N , 71 ° 12 ′ 11.2" W.