Donat R. Baribault
| Donat R. Baribault | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1885 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Died |
1970 Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Known for | Donat R. Baribault, Architect |
Donat R. Baribault (1885–1970) was an American architect who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in Western Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Early life and career
Baribault was born in New Haven Connecticut and attended school in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, later studying architecture at the École Polytechnique de Montréal(1909). He also studied privately with Professor J Haynes of Montreal.
Architectural practice
After school he spent the years 1912-17 as an architect in Winnipeg, Canada. Thereafter he moved to Springfield, Massachusetts where he worked for 2 years as a designer for the architectural firm of S.M. Green before starting his own practice.
He was a member of the Architectural Society of Western Massachusetts for whom he served as Secretary (1942–43) and President (1944–45).
Works include
New Hampshire
- Mary Keane Chapel, Enfield, New Hampshire [1]
- Sacred Heart Church, Concord, New Hampshire
- Assumption Church, Dover, NH
- Novitiate Oblate Fathers, Hudson, NH
Massachusetts
- Notre Dame Church, Worcester, MA[2]
- St. Cecelia Church, Leominster, MA (with Albert J. Roy, Supervising architect)
- Notre Dame Rectory, Southbridge, MA (church by Joseph Venne)
- St. Joseph Rectory, School and Convent, Springfield, MA (Baribault was a parishioner here)
- Immaculate Conception Church, Holyoke, MA
- Our Lady of Czestochowa Church, Turners Falls, MA
References
- ↑ http://chosenvalemusic.org/location/ Mary Keane Chapel
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=3OCM613MD4sC&pg=PA58&dq=Donat+R.+Baribault&hl=en&ei=LrJQTa23JY-4tgeH2szCCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Donat%20R.%20Baribault&f=false Notre Dame Des Canadiens Church, Worcester
Baribault, Donat R. "AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946" (PDF). Retrieved 7 February 2011.