Windsor Station (Montreal)

Windsor Station
Windsor Station in 2017
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General information
TypeOffice building, and formerly train station
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
LocationMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Address1160 Canadiens-de-Montréal avenue (formerly 1160 de la Gauchetière street) (concourse),
1100 Canadiens-de-Montréal avenue (offices)
Coordinates45°29′50.86″N 73°34′7.18″W / 45.4974611°N 73.5686611°W / 45.4974611; -73.5686611
Construction started1887
Completed1889, 1916
CostCA$2 million (1888–89)
OwnerCadillac Fairview[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Bruce Price
Awards and prizesHeritage railway station (Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada)
Official nameWindsor Station (Canadian Pacific) National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1975
Designated1990
TypeHistoric monument
Designated2009

Windsor Station is a former railway station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It used to be the city's Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station, and served as the headquarters of CPR from 1889 to 1996. It is bordered by Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal to the north, Peel Street to the east, Saint Antoine Street to the south and the Bell Centre to the west.

Windsor Station was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1975,[2] and was designated a Heritage Railway Station in 1990,[3] and a provincial historic monument in 2009.[4]

The walls are gray limestone from a quarry in Montreal. Outside, the columns reach up to 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) wide.

  1. ^ "cms/English/Media/News/Investors/2009/Windsor+Station". www8.cpr.ca. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ^ Windsor Station (Canadian Pacific) National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
  3. ^ "Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada - Heritage Railway Stations - List of designated stations in Quebec". pc.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  4. ^ Gare Windsor. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 18, 2011.