La Banque Nationale / National Bank

The former Nelson Chénier hotel once stood on this site and held an important place in Montebello’s history because the “Great Fire” of 1913 began in the shed beside the hotel. The conflagration completely destroyed about thirty homes but caused no casualties. Nelson Chénier did not rebuild his hotel after the fire. A later building on the lot housed “Lady’s Corner,” a well-known shop remembered by older residents of Montebello, operated by Madame Boucher and her daughter Juliette, who supplied the needs of seamstresses from across the region, while Madame Boucher also worked as a hat-maker. The building belonged to Léonidas Desrosiers, who sold the house and land to the National Canadian Bank in 1971. In 1979, the National Canadian Bank merged with the Provincial Canadian Bank to form the National Bank.

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