Villa-Maria station

Villa-Maria is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area.OverviewThe station is a normal side platform station, and has an entrance at its south end. The entrance is located in a bus loop.The station was designed by André Léonard and contains mural sculptures by the architect.Origin of nameVilla-Maria station takes its name from the nearby Villa Maria school, which in turn takes its name from the Latin House of Mary.The surrounding lands were once owned by the Decarie family. The land was sold in 1795 to Sir James Monk and the Monk residence built in 1804. This is the central section of the present-day Villa Maria school. In 1844, the building was leased to the Crown as a residence for the Governors-Generals of Canada. (Lord Metcalfe, Earl Cathcart, and Lord Elgin all resided on the Monklands.)