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BackManoir Mauvide-Genest
Upon arriving in the colony, Jean Mauvide, the son of a French mason, settled on île d'Orléans and worked as a surgeon. Little by little, he built his fortune by investing in wheat, flour, furs, and fish.
In 1734 Mauvide had a modest 8.5 m by 8.5 m house built in the île d'Orléans town of Saint Jean, to which he added a second floor circa 1740. Then in 1750 he expanded the house to the west. With its steep hipped gable roof, mullioned and transomed windows, small-paned dormers, and two large chimneys, the 23 m by 8.5 m Manoir Mauvide-Genest is typical of 18th century île d'Orléans style. It served as a manor for subsequent lords, or seigneurs. In 1752, Mauvide became a seigneur and acquired the seigneurie that spanned the western half of île d'Orléans.