| 词条 | Louis G. Destremps | |||
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| name = Louis Gonzague Destremps | image = Louis G Destremps.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1851|5|9}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = February 27, 1930 | death_place = Fall River, Massachusetts | other_names = | nationality = USA | known_for = Architect }} Louis G. Destremps (1851–1930) was a Canadian-born American architect who worked extensively with the Roman Catholic Church and other clients in Fall River, Massachusetts. He is the father of Louis E. Destremps, who also designed notable buildings in the New Bedford, Massachusetts area.[1] Early life and architectural trainingDestremps, was born in St. Cuthbert, Berthier county, Province of Quebec, Canada May 9, 1851. He received his early educational training in his native town finishing in 1866 and for two years studied at the Trade School of the City of Montreal. In 1868, he came to the United States and worked for about seven years as a cabinet maker, returning in 1875 to Montreal, where he was employed in the engineering construction department of the grand Trunk Railroad between Montreal and Quebec City. In 1880, he went to New York City to study architecture at Sixth Avenue High School, from which he graduated, completing the 4-year course. In 1874, Destremps married Celina Mary Millet of Fall River.[2] Together they had six children, including Louis E. Destremps who would later follow his father's profession and establish his own practice in the New Bedford area. Architectural practiceIn 1885, Destremps moved to Fall River and set up his architectural firm. Between 1888 and 1889, he relocated temporarily to Newport, Rhode Island, where he was architect for the State Agricultural College at Kingston, Rhode Island. In later years he would design many notable structures in Fall River. Destremps was frequently employed as supervising architect for the work of other architects, including Napoléon Bourassa and Joseph Venne. His own masterpiece, Notre Dame De Lourdes Church in Fall River, Massachusetts was destroyed in a 4-alarm fire in 1982. The event was reported in the news media throughout New England.[3] Works include
GalleryReferences1. ^Louis E. Destremps {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Destremps, Louis G.}}2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=NFqqkKGlNN4C&dq=louis%20g.%20destremps&pg=PA75#v=onepage&q=louis%20g.%20destremps&f=false Our country and its people: a descriptive and biographical record of ..., Part 2 By Alanson Borden, Boston History Company] 3. ^http://www.sailsinc.org/durfee/notredame.pdf Notre Dame De Lourdes Memorial Book, containing images of the church and the fire that destroyed it. 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=Bd0vAAAAYAAJ&dq=louis%20g.%20destremps&pg=PA512#v=onepage&q=louis%20g.%20destremps&f=false The Engineering record, building record and the sanitary engineer, Volume 43] 5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=YYgfAQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA623&ots=mpxG-unSGb&dq=louis%20g.%20destremps&pg=PA623#v=onepage&q=louis%20g.%20destremps&f=false Municipal journal & public works, Volume 24] 10 : 1851 births|1930 deaths|19th-century American architects|American ecclesiastical architects|Architects of Roman Catholic churches|20th-century American architects|People from Lanaudière|Canadian emigrants to the United States|People from Fall River, Massachusetts|Architects from Massachusetts |
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