Rockhead, Rufus Nathaniel National Historique Person

Montréal, Quebec
Rockhead's Paradise Nightclub and Cafe (© Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec / Collection Michel Bazinet: 19-95-ark:/52327/2549585)
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:
  • 1929 to 1980 (Significant)
  • 1916 to 1916 (Significant)

Other Name(s):
  • Rufus Nathaniel Rockhead  (Designation Name)
  • 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