The three talks in the WHA’s 2025 Winter/Spring Lecture Series will be given by the children and grandchildren of artists, architects and developers. The speakers will share their personal stories of how their ancestors contributed to Westmount’s heritage. For more details, including place and time, go to the Events page
Héritage Montréal is also calling for redevelopment of the area around the Atwater Library in ways that respect the architecture of the building. There is a blog on its website “How to reconcile densification and heritage”. To read it, copy the link below into your browse:
https://blog.heritagemontreal.org/en/wesmount-how-can-we-reconcile-densification-and-heritage/
The two Goode House studies commissioned by the City of Westmount during the heritage designation process for the property are now accessible from our Publications page. A link to the Goode House issue of the WHA newsletter has also been placed there. To see all three documents, go to the Publications page. (photo credit: Luce Lafontaine, Architectes, 2020)
A new Board of Directors was elected at our Annual General Meeting on June 11, 2024. Go to our ABOUT page and scroll down to see who they are.
Volume 25 Number 1
This edition of the newsletter focuses on the repurposing and transformation of the chapels of religious congregations into libraries in three educational institutions in and adjacent to Westmount.
An electronic copy is available free to members, or may be purchased for $5 from the WHA Archives.
To view previous issues of our newsletters please follow the link below.
By joining the Westmount Historical Association, you will be supporting our efforts to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Westmount.
Annual membership provides free admission to our two lectures series on Westmount’s history and heritage, participation in walking tours of Westmount, two issues of the WHA newsletter The Westmount Historian, and access to our Archives. Please note that our membership year now corresponds with the calendar year.