SCHOOL Expansion

26/ Building Blocks

The school expanded its main building to the south with construction of space for administrative offices, additional classrooms and senior locker rooms in 1929. Second-story classrooms were later added to this extension in 1957.

27/ Expanding Collection

A significant step in the development of library services at LCC was the opening of the second-floor Memorial Library in 1949, designed and built in memory of alumni killed in military service in the Second World War. Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada, participated in the library’s dedication.

28/ New Frontiers in Science

The Baillie Science Wing, a building extension housing classrooms and laboratory space, was opened in 1959. Its rooms were repurposed a number of years ago when the teaching of science moved to another part of the main building. The Gaspé de Beaubien Exploratorium was created within the Junior School area in 2003.

29/ Growing Stronger: LCC's Gyms

LCC’s first indoor space for physical training and activities was the Memorial Gym, opened in 1922, followed by the Junior School Gym (1962) and the two Velan Gyms in the Webster Learning Activity Centre (2000). The original fitness centre was relocated from the main building basement to the WLAC and is now known as the Tsatas Fitness Centre.

30/ Multi-Purpose McBroom Building

Now housing the LCC Store and a Pre-U classroom, the McBroom Building was a former private home acquired by the school and converted to a music building in 1995. It was named after former LCC teacher Walter McBroom.

31/ The Playing Fields

LCC takes pride in its beautiful and well-used playing fields, which were acquired in increments beginning back in 1912. In that year the original part of today’s fields, directly opposite the school’s front doors on Royal Avenue, was purchased from the Westmount Amateur Athletic Association, a transaction made possible by the generosity of a supporter of LCC. A notable extension in 1915 came through the purchase of additional lots, which apparently doubled the playing fields’ overall size. In 1939 the final major extension involved the purchase of adjoining land owned by the Montreal Protestant School Board–made possible when the alumni and friends of the school raised $2K to pay for the land.

32/ Student Sanctuary

The Student Activity Centre has had a couple of different homes in the last 25 years. It occupied a former LCC Store space, which was once located in today’s science wing in the main building, and eventually moved to its current, newly-renovated space in what had once served as the math corridor.

33/ Southside Expansion

In 1987 the school marked the opening of a newly-constructed Junior School wing attached to the existing main building (south side). Funds donated for this project were made possible by a major capital campaign chaired by Ralph Harper ’47.

34/ Safe Passage

When the Webster Learning Activity Centre opened on the east side of Royal Avenue in 2000, an underground passage was also constructed so that students could safely cross Royal Avenue. Today that space is called “The Link”.

35/ Noteworthy Musical Expansion

The opening of the Junior School Assaly Music Centre in 2003 has provided a home for our youngest performers to rehearse for choir and for our annual Junior School musical, not to mention music class!

36/ Gold Standard Generosity on Display

Thanks to the Ambitious Minds Campaign and the generosity of the community, the Assaly Arts Centre opened in 2014. Built with sustainability in mind, it has become a transformative learning space, nurturing all facets of the arts, as well as mathematics. It is a LEED Gold Standard facility.

37/ A Surprising Find

In 1986–1987 a stage was built in the dining hall to accommodate student performances. When it was removed in 2016 in preparation for the dining hall renovation, a covered manhole was discovered beneath the hardwood flooring.