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CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
BUILT IN 1882, THE CHURCH OF SAINT-JEAN-BAPTISTE IS THE WORK OF ARCHITECT JOSEPH-FERDINAND PEACHY (1830-1903) AND A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND EMPIRE STYLE IN QUEBEC. IT STANDS ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHARLES BAILLAIRGE, WHICH BURNED DOWN IN 1881.
THE ESSENTIAL INTERIOR DECOR WAS COMPLETED AFTER THE CANONICAL AND CIVIL ERECTION OF THE PARISH IN 1886. THE BERNARD LEONARD WORKSHOPS OF QUEBEC CREATED THE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS BETWEEN 1887 AND 1912. THE ORIGINAL ORGAN, A WORK BY NAPOLEON DERY IN 1886, WAS RECONSTRUCTED BY MAISON CASAVANT IN 1921.
THE CHURCH WAS CLASSIFIED AS A HISTORICAL MONUMENT IN 1991 BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. THE ORGAN HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A CULTURAL PROPERTY SINCE 1979.
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