| Saint-Léon de Westmount Church | |
Saint-Léon de Westmount Church
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| Location | Westmount, Quebec |
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| Country | Canada |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| History | |
| Founded | 1901 |
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| Status | active |
| Heritage designation | Bien culturel du Québec, National Historic Sites of Canada |
| Architect(s) | Georges-Alphonse Monette; |
| Architectural type | Neo-Gothic |
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| Province | Canada |
Saint-Léon de Westmount Church (French: Église Saint-Léon de Westmount) is a Roman Catholic church located in Westmount, Quebec at 4311 De Maisonneuve Boulevard West. Built in 1901, the church was designed by well known Montreal architect Georges-Alphonse Monette and decorated by Guido Nincheri from 1901 to 1903, using the wet plaster buon fresco technique.[1] Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, and featuring an Italianate façade with bell tower, the Church of Saint-Léon-de-Westmount was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1997 and plaqued in 1999. [2][3]
Romain Pelletier was notably the church's organist from 1909 to 1951.[4] His brother Frédéric Pelletier also briefly served as choirmaster at the church.
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