Plaque commémorative de la Caserne-de-Carillon

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LA CASERNE DE CARILLON
THE CARILLON BARRACKS

CE BÂTIMENT FUT COMMENCÉ VERS 1836, PEUT-ÊTRE COMME HOTEL, ET FUT LA PROPRIÉTÉ DE L'ANCIEN COMMISSAIRE GÉNÉRAL ADJOINT, C.J. FORBES, QUI AVAIT PRIS SA RETRAITE ICI, À CARILLON. IL ÉTAIT ENCORE INACHEVÉ QUAND L'ARMÉE LE LOUA POUR LE CONVERTIR EN CASERNE À L'OCCASION DES TROUBLES DE 1837. APRÈS LE DÉPART DES SOLDATS EN 1840, IL SERVIT LONGTEMPS D'HOTEL MAIS ON CONTINUA DE L'APPELER LA "CASERNE DE CARILLON". DEPUIS 1938, IL LOGE LE MUSÉE DE CARILLON.

CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING WAS BEGUN ABOUT 1836 FOR FORMER DEPUTY COMMISSARY GENERAL C.J. FORBES, WHO HAD RETIRED, HERE IN CARILLON. IT WAS STILL UNFINISHED WHEN LEASED BY THE ARMY TO HOUSE TROOPS DURING THE CIVIL DISORDERS OF 1837. AS PERHAPS ORIGINALLY INTENDED, THE BUILDING SERVED AS A HOTEL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, FOLLOWING THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOLDIERS IN 1840. SINCE 1938 THE "CARILLON BARRACKS", AS IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE KNOWN, HAS HOUSED THE CARILLON MUSEUM.