Louis S. St-Laurent Building

The Louis S. St-Laurent Building is a building in Quebec City, Canada. Built between 1872 and 1873, this building originally houses the city's central post office, and nowadays government offices.

From 1846, the central post office of the city occupies this ground by settling in the house of the Golden Dog. This inn is demolished to allow the construction of the new building between 1871 and 1873. In memory, a stone commemorating the golden dog overhangs the main door. The plans are made by the architect Pierre Gauvreau, in a Second Empire style, combined with elements of Fine Arts style. The building is built with limestone chipped limestone Deschambault formation in Saint-Marc-des-Carrières. Inside, the post office walls are paneled in gray-blue marble from the Philipsburgh quarries.

Photo 282, June 2014

Louis S. St-Laurent Building

from the ferry

Photo 356, June 2014

Louis S. St-Laurent Building

from the ferry

Photo 360, June 2014

Louis S. St-Laurent Building

from the ferry

Photo 369d3, June 2014