Donat R. Baribault

Donat R. Baribault (February 3, 1885[1] – March 19, 1970[1]) was an American architect who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in Western Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Donat R. Baribault
BornFebruary 3, 1885
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedMarch 19, 1970
Springfield, Massachusetts
Known forDonat R. Baribault, Architect

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).

Legacy

Works include

New Hampshire

Massachusetts
  • Notre Dame Church, Worcester, MA[3]
  • 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
  1. "Donat Rodolphe Baribault (1885–1970) – Find A..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. "The Center for Advanced Musical Studies". Archived from the original on 2011-01-17. Retrieved 2011-02-08. Mary Keane Chapel
  3. Morrill, Frank J.; Hultgren, William O.; Salomonsson, Eric J. (2005). Worcester. Arcadia Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7385-3864-8.

Baribault, Donat R. "AIA Architect Roster Questionnaire, 1946" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

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