Title: Church Architecture in New France Author: Alan Gowans Publisher: University of Toronto Press (1955)
Note: Marked ex-lib with perforated stamp of former Carnegie Hall, Ottawa. Also has an article that was clipped and affixed to the fist front page.
About: The book traces how 17th-century French architectural traditions were transplanted to North America along the St. Lawrence River valley and adapted into a distinct regional idiom. Gowans details how rural communities, religious orders, and master builders harmonized European parish design with local Canadian materials, severe winter climates, and limited resources.
