Saint-Pierre Street

Near the old public square is Saint-Pierre Street, the main commercial street of Vieux-Terrebonne. In the early years of the village, it was called Saint-Louis Street, in honor of Saint-Louis-de-France, patron of the Terrebonne parish. In the twentieth century, there is still many merchants selling their products. It includes various businesses, such as the L.-H. Desjardins department store, a barber shop, drugstore, shoe store, the Jacques Solomon general store, a bakery, the Beausoleil grocery, and the J-B Gauthier hardware store, etc.

Today, Saint-Pierre Street remains an important commercial artery. Several well-established businesses have set up along it, such as Brûlerie de la Rivière, the Pub St-Patrick, the restaurant La Confrérie, the Da Pietro, restaurant Chez Fabien, the McTavish Brewery and the Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, to name a few.

OF THE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS THE OLDEST BUILDING ON SAINT-PIERRE STREET?

CHOICES
1) The Da Pietro building
2) The "Maison au miracle"
3) The old post office
4) The old Central Hotel

2) The "Maison au miracle"

As you can imagine, after the 1922 fire that destroyed Saint-Pierre Street, the oldest building is the "Maison au miracle", which we saw earlier. It is the original house and it’s been surprisingly well preserved. The fire destroyed a large number of the historical buildings in this sector.