Louiss St-Laurent Building, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Louiss St-Laurent Building, built 1872-73 in Second Empire style, and reworked 1913-19 in Beaux Arts style, the Old Post Office, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. On the left is the Chateau Frontenac, opened 1893, designed by Bruce Price as a chateau style hotel for the Canadian Pacific Railway company or CPR. The building was extended and the central tower added in 1924, by William Sutherland Maxwell. It is now a hotel, the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, and is listed as a National Historic Site of Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13441243

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45131629

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7087px x 4724px (11.7MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen