Rockhead, Rufus Nathaniel National Historique Person
Montréal, Quebec
Post Card, Rockhead's Paradise
(© Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / Collection Michel Bazinet: 19-95-ark:/52327/2549585)
Address :
Montréal, Quebec
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2024-01-19
Life Date:
1896 to 1981
Dates:
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1929 to 1980
(Significant)
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1916 to 1916
(Significant)
Other Name(s):
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Rufus Nathaniel Rockhead
(Designation Name)
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Rufus Rockhead
(Other Name)
Research Report Number:
2022-42
Importance:
Exceptional individual that left a lasting legacy, served in the First World War, Black entrepreneur, owner of the famous nightclub Rockhead’s Paradise in Montreal and fosterer of Black jazz musicians