Etudes regionales: Le Quartier du Musee (PDF)

In Gatineau, the Quartier du Musee heritageneighbourhood regularly makes the news as it hasbeen earmarked for large-scale development thatwould modernize the downtown area. Discover the65 early-20th century buildings and their history.The Quartier du Muse is located in front of theCanadian Museum of History in the Hull sector of theCity of Gatineau. It is at the heart of the the OutaouaisFrancophones' identity.As the founding French-Catholic parish, with itsinstitutional, residential and commercial buildings, theQuartier du Muse represents an ensemble of historicaland socio-economical references, in particular for theCatholic and French-Canadian communities of the area. It is one of the rare neighborhoods still bearing witnessto the City of Hull as it stood prior to 1900; as such, itsbuilt heritage reflects the way various architecturalstyles were adapted in the National Capital area: 53 ofthe buildings were built prior to 1910, and 44 were builtprior to the Great Fire of 1900.The stories of the owners and occupants reveal theevolution of the social, economic and cultural history ofthe Outaouais. The socio-economic activities of thebuildings' inhabitants-whether owners or tenants-shed light on the key individuals who played animportant role in the history of the city and of thegreater area.