Floral crest of the City of Westmount.

In the news

Goode House Heritage Studies

Friday, December 06 2024

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)

November 21, 2024 Lecture

Monday, October 28 2024

The third lecture in the WHA’s fall series on the theme “A tribute to the people documenting the history of Westmount on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the City” will take place on November 21st in the Westmount Room of the Westmount Public Library, our usual venue. Zoë Tousignant, Curator, Photography, McCord Stewart Museums, will introduce Edith H. Mather, a photographer who systematically documented Montreal’s changing urban landscape during a pivotal moment in the city’s history. See the Events page for details.

New Board of Directors

Wednesday, June 26 2024

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.

Old images of Westmount

Friday, February 02 2024

The Westmount Public Library has mounted its old postcard collections on Flickr. To see the postcards featuring Westmount, go to the Westmount Public Library website, click on Research at the top of the screen, then Special Collection on the right, scroll down to Postcard Collection, and finally click on Westmount Postcards.

Newsletter

From Sacred Space to Study Space

September 2024

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.

Become a member

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.

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