Architectural influences

Architectural influences

Sources: Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean. F1000.


View of McNaughton Street, circa 1930

Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean. F1000, S6, D10.

Rear view of the Staff House, 1961

Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean. F1000, S6, D10.

The Lachance family in front of their Riverbend home, circa 1930

Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean. F96 Famille Lachance.

McNaughton Street house, 2017

Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean. FSHL.

First Riverbend post office, circa 1925

Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean. F1000, S6, D11.

Corner of Price and Maloney Streets

Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean. F1000.

Architectural influences

We are now on McNaughton Street.

In the Riverbend company town, two architectural styles dominated the landscape. First, three homes were built in the Tudor-style: the Staff House, the manager’s house, and the King Edward. They stood out with their sheer size and materials, such as wood siding and shingles, carved stone, clay bricks, steep roofs, and false half-timbering on the rough plaster.

Other homes, of American vernacular influence, were smaller, generally one and one-half-storey single-family homes. The openings were asymmetrically positioned. The walls were covered with wood siding or shingles. The rafters were often visible under the roof overhangs.
 

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Alma Historical Tour | Riverbend

Alma Historical Tour | Riverbend image circuit

Presented by : Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean
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