Cormier, Ernest National Historic Person
Ottawa, Ontario
Ernest Cormier portrait, ca. 1920
(© Fonds Ernest Cormier, Centre Canadien d'Architecture | Ernest Cormier Fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture)
Address :
Ottawa, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2017-07-20
Life Date:
1885 to 1980
Other Name(s):
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Cormier, Ernest (1885-1980)
(Designation Name)
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Cormier, Ernest
(Historic Name)
Research Report Number:
2015-24
Importance:
Both an engineer and one of the most renowned Canadian architects of the 20th century, he was selected by the federal government to represent Canada for the design of the United Nations Headquarters in New York (1949-1952).