Grande Allée Drill Hall Memorial Plaque
Municipality/Province: Sainte-Foy, QC
Memorial number: 24041-002
Type: Plaque - bronze
Address: 805 Wilfrid-Laurier Avenue
Location: Outside of the Voltigeurs de Québec Armoury
GPS coordinates: Lat: 46.8065418 Long: -71.2140802
This memorial commemorates the Grande Allée Drill Hall and its architectural uniqueness. The plaque was erected in 1991 by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Inscription found on memorial
LE MANEGE DE LA GRANDE ALLÉE
THE GRANDE ALLÉE DRILL HALL
Le manège de la Grande Allée constitue un exemple
impressionnant de manège militaire qui a conservé son
terrain d’exercice d’origine. Conçu par Eugène-Étienne
Taché, fonctionnaire et architecte québécois, ce bâtiment
de pierre a été érigé en 1887 et agrandi en 1913. Avec
son toit abrupt à pignon, ses tours coniques et ses
motifs fantaisistes, il forme un des premiers exemples
du style Château d’inspiration française. Le choix de
ce style, unique dans le cas des manèges militaires de
l’époque au Canada, traduit bien l’intérêt manifesté par
Québec, vers la fin du XIXe siècle, pour ses origines
françaises.
The Grande Allée Drill Hall is an impressive example
of a drill hall that retains its original parade square.
Designed by Eugène-Étienne Taché, a Quebec public
servant and architect, the stone building was completed
in 1887, with an addition in 1913. The steeply pitched
gable roof, conical towers and fanciful decorative details
of the drill hall make it an early example of the
French-inspired Château style. The use of the style here
is unique among Canadian drill halls of this period and
reflects the late 19th century interest in the historic
French roots of the city.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Gouvernement du Canada - Government of Canada
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