Pensionnnat et monastère des Ursulines / Ursulines Monastery and Boarding School

In August 1884, the Ursulines of Quebec opened a convent and school in Stanstead. The building, designed by architect F.X. Berlinguet, a student of Thomas Baillargé, featured a foundation of local granite, a brick exterior, a mansard roof, and dormer windows with triangular pediments. In September 1884, the Ursulines took their first 150 students, including boarders and day pupils. Their education was well received, and in 1894 they constructed a second building to accommodate a student infirmary and a novitiate. In 1907, the Ursulines commissioned architect Joseph Grégoire to design a third building resembling the first one. This addition, the Sainte-Famille wing, included a chapel of simple construction. In 1959, a statue of the Archangel Michael was erected in front of the new building, and five more buildings were gradually added, and in 1973, a gymnasium was built.

Quebec · Canada