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REPORT 2004 - N/A

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS FRONTING
 RUE D'ESTRÉES AND RUE ST. LOUIS 
LOUISBOURG:

1713 - 1768

BY

ERIC KRAUSE

KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS

DECEMBER 31, 2004

(FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG
REPORT: HB701K72000 [2000 - 151])

HISTORICAL STREET FRONTAGE: CHECK LIST

PART ONE

AN INTERPRETATION OF BUILT EVENTS

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS BY LOT, BLOCK, AND STREET

(I)

INDIVIDUAL LOT DESCRIPTIONS

(B) FRONTING RUE ST. LOUIS

BLOCK EIGHTEEN: PLACE D'ARMES

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1722: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - June 30, 1723: Two private concessions annulled
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s):

(i) 27 toises, 5 pieds: 1722

(ii) 18 toises: 1723

(iii) 28 toises: 1734
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1722

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a property at the corner of Rue d'Orléans and Rue St. Louis 

(2) Phase Two - 1733

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a Place d'Armes at the corner of Rue d'Orléans and Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Undeveloped property

(2) Place D'Armes
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Reserved for a garden

(2) Place D'Armes
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - In 1741, earth was taken from the property, thus setting its profile

- In 1752, a proposed project anticipated enlarging the Place D'Armes by 105 pieds (length) x 78 pieds (width)

- 1767: Grand Parade
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: Grand Parade
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK NINETEEN: LOT A

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1720: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - By 1723

- November 14, 1730
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 70 pieds: 1734

- 70 pieds: 1735 (Confirmed)
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1720

Mature Construction Footprint - The gable end of a building, built 1720, facing Rue St. Louis, at the corner of Rue d'Orléans and Rue St. Louis

(2) Phase Two - 1721-1722 or 1724

Mature Construction Footprint - An L-Shaped building at the corner of  Rue d'Orléans and Rue St. Louis, with a storm porch at its north end
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Wooden

(2) Wooden
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Residence

(2) Residence
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - In 1767: House presently inhabited

- 1768: Inhabited, although much out of repair
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1768: A standing building
     
(i) Block Report: - Property Developments Fronting Rue Royalle and Rue D'Orléans (Including Rue D'Estrées and Rue Dauphine Fronting Block Thirteen) - Louisbourg: 1713 - 1960, by Eric Krause, Krause House Info-Research Solutions, Unpublished Report HB701K72000 [FILENAME 2000141.wpd]

- Structural Documents Associated With Property Developments Fronting Rue Royalle and Rue D'Orléans (Including Rue D'Estrées and Rue Dauphine Fronting Block Thirteen) - A Chronology (Louisbourg - 1713-1960), By Eric Krause (Krause House Info-Research Solutions), August 21, 2000 [FILENAME 2000151.wpd]

BLOCK NINETEEN: LOT B

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1722: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - 1723

- September 15, 1730
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 50 pieds: 1724

- 50 pieds: 1734

- 50 pieds: 1735 (Confirmed)
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1722-1723

Mature Construction Footprint  - A building in either the southern (most likely) or northern portion of the lot, facing Rue St. Louis, with an undeveloped area to the north (most likely) or to the south

(2) Phase Two - 1730

Mature Construction Footprint - A building occupying the full face of the lot, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Unspecified

(2) Possibly charpente
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Residence

(2) Residence and storehouse
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1767: A house, entirely in ruins
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: Ruins
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK NINETEEN: LOT C

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1722: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - May 4, 1721

- July 8, 1721

- 1723
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 40 pieds: 1721

- 44 pieds: 1734

- 44 pieds: 1735 (Confirmed)

- 42 pieds: 1736
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1722 

Mature Construction Footprint - A building, at the corner of Rue de France and Rue St. Louis, which occupies the full face of the lot, facing Rue St. Louis

(2) Phase Two - 1736

Mature Construction Footprint - A building, at the corner of Rue de France and Rue St. Louis, which occupies the full face of the lot, facing Rue St. Louis

(3) Phase Three - Post 1749/By 1751

Mature Construction Footprint - An L-shaped building, at the corner of Rue de France and Rue St. Louis, which occupies the full face of the lot, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Piquet (42 pieds)

(2) Charpente

(3) Wooden - Charpente
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Residence

(2) Residence

(3) Residence (with added storehouse to make the el]
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1767: A house, presently inhabited

- 1768: Not inhabited with, for the most part, the floor(s) and partitions taken away for fuel
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1768: A standing building
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK THIRTY FOUR: LOT C

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1722: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - September 12, 1726
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 90 pieds: 1726

- 90 pieds: 1727-1729

- 90 pieds: 1734

- 90 pieds: 1735 (Confirmed)
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1722

Mature Construction Footprint - An undeveloped lot,  approximately 1/2 the size, measured north/south, which it will later take

(2) Phase Two - 1724

Mature Construction Footprint - A garden,  approximately 1/2 the size, measured north/south, which it will later take

(3) Phase Three - 1729-1730

Mature Construction Footprint - A mansard roofed building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de France, facing Rue St. Louis, occupying the approximate full face of  the 1722 Rue St. Louis lot, with a garden to the south

(4) Phase Four - 1746

Mature Construction Footprint - 

(i) A mansard roofed building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de France, facing Rue St. Louis

(ii) To the south, the gable end of a newly constructed detached [English] structure facing Rue St. Louis with a yard to the north and south of it

(iii) With a portion (3 pieds 7 pouces) of a newly constructed detached English residence to the south of the yard, straddling the lot C and lot D boundary line, facing Rue St. Louis

(5) Phase Five - Post 1754

Mature Construction Footprint - 

(i)  A mansard roofed building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de France, facing Rue St. Louis

(ii) To the south, the face of an attached building facing Rue St. Louis

(iii) To the south, the face of an attached building facing Rue St. Louis

(iv) With an attached portion of  a building (with a storm porch in the street) to the south, straddling the lot C and lot D boundary line, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Undeveloped lot

(2) Garden

(3) Masonry (40 pieds) and garden (50 pieds)

(4) 

(i) Masonry

(ii) Wooden

(iii) Wooden

(5) 

(i) Wooden [1752: One, or both gable ends, were converted into charpente]

(ii) Wooden

(iii) Wooden

(iv) Wooden
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Undeveloped lot

(2) Garden

(3) Residence

(4)

(i) Residence

(ii) Perhaps a storehouse

(iii) Residence

(5) 

(i) Residence

(ii) Perhaps a storehouse

(iii) Perhaps a storehouse

(iv) Residence
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1767: 

(i) A house, presently inhabited

(ii) A store or stable presently occupied

(iii) A store or stable presently occupied

(iv) A portion of a house, presently inhabited

- 1768: 

(i) Inhabited, but needed much expense to make it good

(ii) Uninhabited, with, for the most part, the floor(s) and partitions taken away for fuel

(iii) Uninhabited, with, for the most part, the floor(s) and partitions taken away for fuel

(iv) Uninhabited portion, but needed much expense to make it good
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1768: 3 1/2 Standing buildings
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK THIRTY FOUR: LOT D

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1722: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - September 17, 1726
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 90 pieds: 1727-1729

- 90 pieds: 1734 
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1722

Mature Construction Footprint - A lot,  approximately 1/2 larger, measured north/south, that it will later form and identified as the "Cimetiere de la Paroisse"

(2) Phase Two - 1726-1728

Mature Construction Footprint - A building at the corner of  Rue St. Louis and Scatary, facing Rue St. Louis, with a garden to the north on a lot approximately 1/2 smaller, measured north/south, than in 1722

(3) Phase Three - 1746

Mature Construction Footprint - 

(i) A building at the corner of  Rue St. Louis and Scatary, facing Rue St. Louis

(ii) With, to the north, a detached portion of a newly constructed English residence straddling the lot C and lot D boundary line (25 pieds 5 pouces + the 3 pieds 7 pouces that exists on Lot C), facing Rue St. Louis

(4) Phase Four - Post 1754

Mature Construction Footprint - 

(i) A building at the corner of  Rue St. Louis and Scatary (with a north storm porch in the street), facing Rue St. Louis

(ii) With, to the north, the attached gable end of a building

(iii) With to the north, the attached portion of a building  (with a storm porch in the street) straddling the lot C and lot D boundary line, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Cemetery [proposal only]

(2) Charpente (1726-1728: 40 pieds)

(3) 

(i) Wooden

(ii) Wooden

(4) 

(i) Wooden

(ii) Wooden

(iii) Wooden
     
(f) Function(s): (1) "Cimetiere de la Paroisse" [proposed only]

(2) Residence

(3) 

(i) Residence

(ii) Residence

(4)

(i) Residence

(ii) Perhaps a storehouse

(iii) Residence
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1767: 

(i) A house, presently inhabited

(ii) A store or stable presently occupied

(iii) A portion of a house, presently inhabited

- 1768:

(i) Uninhabited, with, for the most part, the floor(s) and partitions taken away for fuel

(ii) Uninhabited, with, for the most part, the floor(s) and partitions taken away for fuel

(iii) Uninhabited portion, but needed much expense to make it good
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1768: 2 1/2 standing buildings
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK THIRTY FIVE: KING'S GARDEN

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1730: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - 1729: Reserved as the King's Garden
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 30 toises: 1734

- 30 toises: 1735 (Confirmed)

- 30 toises 5 pieds: 1751
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1730-c.1739

Mature Construction Footprint - a rectangular garden block with 3 square-like, pavilion roofed buildings:

(i) One was at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue De France 

(ii) One was centered on and faced Rue St. Louis 

(iii) One was at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue De Scatary

(2) Phase Two - c. 1739

Mature Construction Footprint - A rectangular garden block
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Unknown
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Unknown
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1767: Governors garden
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1768: Garden
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK THIRTY SIX: LOT A

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1724: Map

- 1730: Map 
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - June 9, 1727
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 90 pieds: 1734

- 90 pieds: 1735 (Confirmed)

- 90 pieds: 1741
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1730

Mature Construction Footprint - A building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de Scatary, facing Rue St. Louis, with a garden to the south. 

(2) Phase Two - Post 1749/By 1758

Mature Construction Footprint - A garden at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de Scatary, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Unspecified

(2) Garden
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Possible Residence

(2) Garden 
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1724 - A path or roadway which ran south from the Grand Etang along Rue d'Estrées and that had veered across Block 21 -East, Lots C and D  exited at or near the north portion of Lot E or the south portion of Lot A and onto Rue. St. Louis

- 1767: A garden at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de Scatary
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: A garden 
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK THIRTY SIX: LOT E

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1724: Map

- 1745: Map
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - October 24, 1734
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 24 pieds: 1734

- 24 pieds: 1735 (Confirmed)
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - By 1745

Mature Construction Footprint - Garden facing Rue St. Louis

(2) Phase Two - Post 1749/By 1758

Mature Construction Footprint - Garden facing Rue St. Louis, with a small square building facing Rue St. Louis and the terminus of a lane to the interior building
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Garden

(2) Unspecified
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Garden

(2) Garden and unspecified building use
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1724 - A path or roadway which ran south from the Grand Etang along Rue d'Estrées and that had veered across Block 21 -East, Lots C and D  exited at or near the north portion of Lot E or the south portion of Lot A and onto Rue. St. Louis

- c. 1757-1758: A possible zig-zig military traverse work was placed to the south and south-west of block 36 that terminated in Rue St. Louis opposite Lot E

- 1767: A Garden facing Rue St. Louis, with a small square building facing Rue St. Louis and the terminus of a lane to the interior building
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: A garden 
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK FORTY FIVE: LOT A

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1722: Concession
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - October 23, 1722

- 1723: Possible
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 30 pieds: 1722 (3 times)

- 60 pieds: 1734

- 60 pieds: 1742

- 60 pieds: 1749
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1730

Mature Construction Footprint - A building occupying the full face of the lot, facing Rue St. Louis 

(2) Phase Two - Post 1749/By 1758

Mature Construction Footprint - A well in the southern portion of the property, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Piquet

(2) Well
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Residence

(2) Well
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1767: A well in the southern portion of the property, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: A well
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK FORTY FIVE: LOT B

(a) First Significant
Fronting Rue
D'Estrées
Description:		 - 1722: Concession
     
(b) Concession Date(s): - October 23, 1722

- 1723: Possible

- September 15, 1727
     
(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 30 pieds: 1722

- 30 pieds: 1726

- 30 pieds: 1734

- 30 pieds: 1745

- 30 pieds: 1749
     
(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/ Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - c. 1726

Mature Construction Footprint - A building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de Scatary, with its gable end facing Rue St. Louis, with a garden to the south

(2) Phase Two - c. 1743

Mature Construction Footprint - A building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de Scatary, with its gable end facing Rue St. Louis

(3) Phase Three - c. 1748

Mature Construction Footprint - A L-shaped building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de Scatary, facing Rue St. Louis

(4) Phase Four - post c. 1748

Mature Construction Footprint - A building at the corner of Rue St. Louis and Rue de Scatary, facing Rue St. Louis
     
(e) Building Type(s): (1) Possibly Piquet

(2) Charpente

(3) [Charpente]

(4) [Charpente]
     
(f) Function(s): (1) Residence

(2) Residence

(3) Residence

(4) Residence
     
(g) Notable Event(s): - 1767: House, entirely in ruins
     
(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: Ruins
     
(i) Block Report: - N/A