Pied-du-Courant Prison

In 1921 it was acquired by and became the headquarters of the Société des alcools du Québec, the provincial-owned liquor board in Quebec.

Upon the front of its site is found the Monument aux Patriotes by sculptor Alfred Laliberté.

In 2017, the building was bought by the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) and Télé-Québec.

[4] The monument is located in the Place of the Patriots, which is in front of the Société des alcools du Québec offices and the site of the old Pied-du-Courant Prison.

On each its three faces a carved bronze medallion represents patriots Chevalier de Lorimier, Louis-Joseph Papineau, and Wolfred Nelson.

Monument aux Patriotes, by Alfred Laliberté
Plans for third floor of the prison c.1838
Picture of main prison wing
Prisoners being hanged at front of prison, 1839