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House of Hyacinthe-dit-CarrièreHouse of Hyacinthe-Jamme-dit-Carrière
152 Concord Crescent
built c. 1780
deemed a Cultural Heritage Site on August 12, 1964, under the name “Maison municipale”; commonly called “The French-Canadian House”.
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Lateral view of the Jamme house,
before restoration in the 60s |
The three by twenty-five acres of forested land on Côte St. Jean on which this house was built were ceded to Mathieu Pilon on July 10, 1722. It was later acquired by his brother, Thomas, in 1727. That same year it was traded to Bernard Chambly, who in 1741 traded it to his son-in-law, Michel Brunet, who in turn traded it to Hyacinthe Jamme dit Carrière in 1769. In 1791, the Jamme succession inventory mentions "a stone house of 30 feet square covered in shingles with an oven." It was probably built in 1780 and inherited by Élisabeth Homay and her son Jacques. In 1828 Jacques Jamme commissioned major work from carpenter François Duchesneau: masonry, new shingled roofing, and a porch.
The land came into the possession of the Legault family through an exchange between Jamme and Pierre Legault in 1842. It was subsequently passed down from generation to generation until it was sold in 1953. The property was acquired by the municipality in 1961.
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Lateral view of the Jamme house,
after restoration in the 60s |
The original building — with its field-stone walls, ridged tin roof (replaced by copper), drip moulding, long covered front porch, gabled dormer windows and two chimneys located on the central axis of the end walls — is a perfect example of the "Picard model" as adapted to this locale.
Restoration was undertaken in 1968-1969 by architect Victor Depocas. At this time the present annex, set back, replaced what was probably a clapboard summer kitchen that was aligned with the facade. Decorative Victorian woodwork has been eliminated except in the dormer windows’ pediments. Inside, the fireplace and a bread oven have been preserved. Further repair work was done in 1988.
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