Dominique-Ducharme Building (formerly Montreal Customs Building)

The Dominique-Ducharme Building, formerly known as the Montreal Customs Building, is an 8-storey building built in the Beaux-Arts style taking up a complete city block in Montreal. It was built over two phases; the first phase, from 1912 to 1916, and the second; from 1934 to 1936. Both of the building's are part of E.L. Horwood's original 1912 design and feature a highly uniform façade of Stanstead granite and Wallace sandstone.

During the predesign phase, a detailed global expertise of the vertical envelope was completed in order to determine the extent of deterioration, public health and safety risks as well as steps to maintain the buildings' integrity. Emergency work was undertaken before the major refurbishment campaign.

Masonry repairs on the Dominique-Ducharme Building were carried out in three phases. A fourth phase was added to install the new universal access ramp.

The masonry work began in May 2019 and was completed in February 2023. Installation of the universal access ramp was completed in November 2023.

For more information about this historic building, we recommend the following photo essay by Heritage Montreal on the Restoration of the Dominique-Ducharme Building – 105 McGill Street.