{{Short description|House in Montreal, Quebec, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox building | name = Cormier House | native_name = ''Maison Ernest-Cormier'' | native_name_lang = fr | former_names = | image = Cormier House (1).jpg | image_alt = | image_size = 200px | caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | map_caption = | building_type = House | architectural_style = Art Deco | location = Golden Square Mile | address = 1418 Pine Avenue West <br /> Montreal, Quebec | coordinates = | construction_start_date = 1930–31 | completion_date = | demolished_date = | renovation_date = 1982–83 | height = | top_floor = | floor_count = | floor_area = | architect = Ernest Cormier | architecture_firm = | awards = | designations = | url = | references = }}
'''Cormier House''' ({{langx|fr|Maison Ernest-Cormier}}) is an Art Deco residence located at 1418 Pine Avenue West in the Golden Square Mile area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<ref>{{cite book |title=Canadian Literary Landmarks |last=Columbo |first=John Robert |year=1984 |publisher=Hounslow Press |location=Canada |isbn=0-88882-073-9 |pages=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zbdUkJkm10C&dq=%22Maison+Cormier%22&pg=PA70 }} </ref>
==Ownership== thumb|left|Exterior of Cormier House It was built by architect Ernest Cormier in 1930–31 as his own residence. In 1974, the building was designated as a historical monument in Quebec.
In 1979, the property was bought by the 15th Canadian prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, for $230,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trudeau checks his new house|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19791231&id=VZEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q6QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2756,3392239&hl=en|work=Montreal Gazette|date=31 December 1979|accessdate=28 October 2015}}</ref> It served as his home from his retirement from politics in the summer of 1984 until his death in 2000.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Fulford |title=Art Deco's glamour |url=http://www.robertfulford.com/2003-09-13-deco.html |work=National Post |publisher=robertfulford.com |date=13 September 2003 |accessdate=26 November 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Adams|first1=Annmarie|last2=Macdonell|first2=Cameron|title=Making Himself at Home: Cormier, Trudeau, and the Architecture of Domestic Masculinity|journal=Winterthur Portfolio|date=2016|volume=50|issue=2/3|pages=151–189|doi=10.1086/689984|s2cid=164255409|url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/689984?journalCode=wp|accessdate=2 February 2017|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It has been owned since 2000 by his son Alexandre,<ref>{{cite news|title=ART DECO REVIVAL|url=http://www.themetropolitain.ca/articles/view/556|work=The Métropolitain|date=28 May 2009|accessdate=28 October 2015|last=Hustak|first=Alan}}</ref> younger brother of former Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
==Description== Cormier experimented with a variety of styles in the house: Art Deco on the facade, monumental on one side, and more modernist in the back. Cormier created most of the furniture, with remaining pieces acquired at the 1925 ''Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes'' in Paris.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ulysses Travel Guide Montreal |last=Bourbonnais |first=Eric |year=2006 |publisher=Ulysses Travel Guides |location=Canada |isbn= 2-89464-742-5 |pages=91 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wC3ZVocOaDwC&dq=%22Maison+Cormier%22&pg=PA91 }}</ref>
==Recognition== Cormier House has been designated as a historic property under Quebec's heritage legislation, the ''Loi sur les biens culturels''.<ref>{{CRHP|6984|Maison Cormier}}</ref> The house appeared on a stamp issued by Canada Post in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rochon|first=Lisa|title=New stamps emphasize Art Deco design|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/in-pictures-new-stamps-emphasize-art-deco-design/article2052476/|accessdate=26 July 2011|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=8 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Architecture: Art Déco|url=http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2011/2011_architecture_art_deco.jsf|work=Canada's Stamp Details (Vol. XX No 2; April to June 2011)|publisher=Canada Post|accessdate=26 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810145058/http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2011/2011_architecture_art_deco.jsf|archive-date=10 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2018, the Ernest Cormier House was designated a National Historic Site, and Ernest Cormier was named a National Historic Person.<ref>[https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2018/01/government_of_canadaannouncesnewnationalhistoricdesignations.html Government of Canada Announces New National Historic Designations] Parks Canada news release, January 12, 2018</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{coord|45.500262|N|73.585398|W|source:frwiki_region:CA|format=dms|display=title}}
==External links== {{Commons category|position=left|Maison Ernest-Cormier|Cormier House}}
Category:Art Deco architecture in Canada Category:Houses completed in 1930 Category:Pierre Trudeau Category:Houses in Montreal Category:Ernest Cormier buildings Category:Heritage buildings of Quebec Category:Ville-Marie, Montreal