Le Presbytère / The Rectory

This rectory of about ten rooms was built by Father Chamberland in 1937-38 using the same kind of stone as the church, taken from the Willie Poirier quarry between Montebello and Papineauville, a quarry now protected for the quality of its stone. Its size reflected the importance of the parish of Montebello at the time, when the 1930 creation of the Seigniory Club had strongly boosted the village and the parish had three priests: the parish priest, the vicar, and the chaplain of the educational houses. It also housed priests from neighboring parishes during visits by the bishop. Father Chamberland furnished it modestly, and Father Brosseau, who served from 1943 to 1957, added a little more luxury. Priests lived there until 1987. In 2015, Ross Pattee and Dominique Primeau bought the old rectory and fully restored the building and its garden, giving it a new role as a four-season inn. Together, the church and rectory are designated as a heritage property, with protection applying to the exterior of the buildings.

Quebec · Canada