The house was built for William Collis Meredith , the future Chief Justice of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec . In 1843 , Meredith , then a 31-year-old bachelor , commissioned John Wells to build him a new home beyond the confines of Old Montreal . Wells was then one of the best-known English architects in Montreal , whose work included the Head Office of the Bank of Montreal , Prince of Wales Terrace , and the Sainte Anne Market that housed the Canadian Parliament at Montreal until it was burnt down in the riots of 1849 . Meredith 's new home was completed in 1845 within la Côte-à-Baron on Sherbrooke Street , then just a quiet country lane . The Meredith house was approached by a horseshoe driveway that was afterwards pushed back as Sherbrooke Street became a main thoroughfare . Meredith 's house neighboured Belmont Hall , the Molson family home that once stood on the site today occupied by the gas station seen on the other side of Clark Street
riots of 1849
Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal
Notman House