Camille Bordage Pharmacie

GENERAL

Type / Purpose

Pharmacy / Private Residence

Location

9382 Main Street, Richibucto, New Brunswick

Description

The Camille Bordage Pharmacy is a two-storey Boom Town style commercial/residential building at 9382 Main Street, Richibucto. Its top storey acts as an apartment while the bottom storey offers commercial services.

Heritage Value

The Camille Bordage Pharmacie opened in 1933 on a lot of land that had once held the tinsmith shop of Zaccheus Phinney. The land was purchased by Auguste Bordage and was given to his son Camille Bordage.

Camille was born in the neighboring village of Saint-Louis-de-Kent, where his father, Auguste Bordage, worked as a general merchant. Camille was a graduate of Collège Sacré-Coeur in Bathurst, and represented Kent County at the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1964 to 1967.

The building had a few major modifications. In 1937, the northern and rear sides of the lot were expanded, and a small ice cream parlour was added to the building's northern façade. Later on, Camille had a second storey added on top of the building to serve as an apartment for him and his family. At the same time, the ice cream parlor was enlarged. Despite all these changes, the building has consistently exhibited the Boomtown style.

Heritage Recognition

Municipal Register of Local Historic Places (2009/12/15)

ARCHITECTURE

Character Defining Elements

- Two-storey Boom Town style massing
- Low-pitched gable roof with parapet
- Retained fenestration from the 1940s
- Axe-hewn sills
- Mill-sawn joists

Additions/Major Alterations

- Lot expanded in north and in rear in 1937
- A small addition used as added to the north side of building in 1937 and was enlarged at a later date
- A second storey was added to act as an apartment for the Bordage family

OWNERSHIP HISTORY

Notable Historic Occupants

Camille Bordage:
Original owner, had building erected on land purchased his father, Auguste Bordage. He was a graduate of Collège Sacré-Coeur in Bathurst, and represented Kent County at the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1964 to 1967.

SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS

Photos

Photograph by Bernard LeBlanc, taken from the Canada's Historic Places website

Sources Contributors

Gabrielle Byrne

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