Bank of Commerce
17 Church Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1975/03/03
Autre nom(s)
Bank of Commerce
Great National Land Building
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1914/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/07/30
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Bank of Commerce is a three-storey Classical Period Revival style building located at a key intersection in the downtown core. The historic place is confined to the footprint of the building.
Valeur patrimoniale
Sympathetically rehabilitated in 1997, the Bank of Commerce is Nanaimo's premier example of Classical Period Revival architecture. Built in 1914 during the 1912-1914 coal miner's strike, the building's classical conservatism represented tradition, stability and prosperity during a fractious and volatile period. Built to standard plans designed by Bank of Commerce staff architect Victor Horsburgh, the building transcends mere copying and responds dramatically to its prominent downtown corner location.
The Bank of Commerce Building's monumental presence, manifested in four massive columns, makes it second only to the Bastion as the city's most recognizable landmark.
The Bank of Commerce Building is an important intact example of the type of bank architecture that predominated throughout Canada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/5-17 Church Street
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of the Bank of Commerce include:
-all of the elements of Classical Period Revival architecture including the brick and terra cotta cladding, four giant order columns, pilasters, keystones, transoms, flat roof with parapet, prominent bowed front, Greek caduceus symbol at centre roof line and elaborate shaped metal cornice
-the downtown location at a prominent intersection within a grouping of historic buildings.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.967
Type de reconnaissance
Désignation patrimoniale
Date de reconnaissance
1975/03/03
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1997/01/01 à 1997/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Bureau ou édifice à bureaux
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Banque ou bourse
Architecte / Concepteur
Victor Horsburgh
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/5-17 Church Street.
See also Nanaimo Community Archives Building Plans Collection.
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DhRx-58
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o