Église St-Matthew (Bibliothèque Claire-Martin)

Québec City


This Anglican church dating to 1849 closed in 1978 and was subsequently transformed into a public library called Bibliothèque Claire-Martin, retaining its rich ecclesiastical interior. The adjoining cemetery, which functioned as a Protestant burial ground from 1772 until 1860, is now the Parc St-Matthew.


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