It is in front of several guests that the Saint-Lazare Mayor, Mister Paul Carzoli, presented on September 25th, 2006 eleven heritage plaques to owners of buildings representing a patrimonial interest to the Town.

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With this project, the Town wanted to increase the awareness of the Saint-Lazare Community to the importance of protecting and promoting its patrimony to residents, people of the region and visitors.

The Town of Saint-Lazare possesses a rich history of more than 130 years. The Commercial Revitalization Committee wished to underline it by means of its revitalization action plan. It created a sub-committee, whose members, stemming from Saint-Lazare families, all carried priceless Town knowledge and anecdotes.

With the support of the Town’s urban planning service, a first tour of the territory allowed us to identify and to select at least sixty buildings. To deserve a mention, every building had to answer several criteria including age, rarity, exemplary and originality, integrity, state of conservation and valuation. Furthermore, the date of construction, the architecture, the interest to the community, its affiliation to a specific sector on the territory as well as its contribution to the identity value of the location (residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, rural or village core) and the landscape were evaluated.

Of the sixty buildings initially listed, eleven (11) were selected as being among the most exceptional. Indeed, these buildings stood out from the others by their state of conservation and their contribution to the history of the Town.

To underline this recognition, the Town of Saint-Lazare will proceed to the installation of a bronze plaque on each of the selected properties; each plaque carries the name of the stem-family as well as the date of construction of the building.

The Town wishes to thank the members of the Committee, Mr. Gaétan Castonguay, Mr. Gérald Sareault, Mr. Richard Chartrand, Mr. Bernard Charlebois, Mr. Donald Simpson and Mr. Ralph Simpson as well as Mrs. Josée Turgeon, the town planner and project leader for the Town.