Notman House

Notman House
French: Maison Notman
Notman House, 1893
General information
Type	Private House
Architectural style	Greek Revival architecture
Location	East of the Golden Square Mile
Address	51 Sherbrooke Street Montreal, Quebec
Construction started	1843
Completed	1845
Landlord	Sir William Meredith Alexander Molson William Notman Sir George Drummond Government of Quebec OSMO Foundation
Design and construction
Architect	John Wells

Notman House French: Maison Notman is a historic building at 51 Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal, Quebec, near the Golden Square Mile. Completed in 1845 for Sir William Collis Meredith, the house takes its name from the celebrated photographer, William Notman, who lived there with his family from 1876 until his death in 1891. The house is the only surviving residence of its era on Sherbrooke Street, and one of Quebec's few residential examples of Greek Revival architecture. It was classified as an historical monument and added to the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec on December 8, 1979.

The house was built for William Collis Meredith, the future Chief Justice of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec. In 1843, Meredith, then a 31-year-old bachelor, commissioned John Wells (architect) to build him a new home beyond the confines of Old Montreal. Wells was then one of the best-known English architects in Montreal, whose work included the Head Office of the Bank of Montreal, Prince of Wales Terrace, and the Sainte Anne Market that housed the Canadian Parliament at Montreal until it was burnt down in the riots of 1849.