Sir William Collis Meredith, was Chief Justice of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec from 1866 to 1884. In 1844, he was offered but refused the positions of Solicitor General of Canada and then Attorney-General for Canada East - the latter position he turned down again in 1847. In 1887, he was one of the two English-speaking candidates considered by the Liberals for the role of Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. The home he commissioned and lived in at Montreal from 1845 to 1849 still stands today, known as the Notman House.
William Collis Meredith
The Battle of Saint-Eustache, 1837, at which Meredith fought as a Lieutenant with the Montreal Rifles.
The Notman House in Montreal, was commissioned by Meredith when a 31-year-old bachelor. It was completed to the design of John Wells in 1845 and was Meredith's home until 1849.
Sophia Naters (Holmes) Meredith
Notman House is a gathering place for tech startups, entrepreneurs and founders situated in a historic building at 51 Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal, Quebec, near the Golden Square Mile. Completed in 1845 for Sir William Collis Meredith, the house takes its name from the celebrated photographer, William Notman, who lived there with his family from 1876 until his death in 1891. The house is the only surviving residence of its era on Sherbrooke Street, and one of Quebec's few residential examples of Greek Revival architecture. It was classified as an historical monument and added to the Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec on December 8, 1979.
Notman House in 1893
Facade of the Notman House, 2011
The celebrated photographer William Notman, from whom the house takes its name, lived here from 1876 to 1891
Notman House, 2011
