Ludger Lemieux
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who designed a number of notable Art deco
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structures in Montreal
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's Saint-Henri
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district. While he often worked in partnership with Joseph-Honoré MacDuff, his most best-known structure, the Atwater Market, was designed not with MacDuff but with Paul Lemieux, reported to be either his son or brother.
Ludger Lemieux's other buildings include the Tooke Brothers factory, the Workman Building, the Sainte Irénée Church next to Atwater Market, and the Saint-Henri Fire Station.