History
uberge La Maison Donohue, a manor built in the early 1880s for millionaire entrepreneur, Timothy Donohue. Designed by the reputed scenery architect Charles Warren, adjacent to the President Taft summer resort among sumptuous villas perched on wooded slopes close to the Manor Richelieu and its casino, it is one of the top Quebec resorts.
harles Warren, architect and builder of most of Pointe-au-Pic villas owned by wealthy American families, namely the Cabot's, the Taft's, the Kennedy's and the Clarke family, had a precise goal,to make Pointe-au-Pic a shelter in harmony with the beauty of its scenery.
his property with its buildings and artful landscaping is one of Charles Warren's best achievements. Located close to the St. Lawrence river isolated on top of a cap, Auberge La Maison Donohue is beautifully outstanding with its burgundy roofs, its pink wooden shingles, its rocky gardens full of colourful flowers surrounded by a curtain of tall cedar trees.
ntering the wooded driveway, visitors get the impression of a far-away secret manor, ideal for a romantic hide-away. Guests are fascinated by the style of the ancient but perfectly kept manor suggesting ideas of a prolonged stay at this quaint inn.