33-34-37, rue Saint-Pierre / 3A, 3B, 3C Place Royale
It is difficult to understand that there are three buildings in this building that occupies the corner of Place Royale, where three entries are numbered 3A, 3B and 3C.
On this site, Nicolas Jeremiah said Lamontagne, performer and Montagnais committed to the company of Hudson Bay, had built his house. He published a book about his adventure: Relations Strait and Hudson Bay. The house was almost completely destroyed by bombing in 1759. In 1791, the house was built there in Bruneau 3A at the northeast corner of the Place Royale. Pierre Bruneau was a merchant, politician and militia officer. Besides the fur trade, he engaged also in commerce of grain, cloth and liquor. He was a member of the Lower Town of Quebec and participated in the defense of the colony during the American invasion in 1812. His daughter Julie married Louis-Joseph Papineau, who played an important role in the unrest of 1837-38.
The Joseph House Flag occupies the site 3B. Rich merchant, he became lord and owner of ten estates. In
3C is the house that makes Gilles Rageot was destroyed by fire in 1682. Gilles Rageot was a notary and was appointed clerk to the city of Quebec. The son of Rageot Pierre Rivet built another house on the site, the house that was destroyed in 1759 during the bombardment. Rivet was clerk and prosecutor in Montreal and held various positions in Quebec City.
It should be noted that these houses retain their original appearance.
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