Provincial Liquor Store
25 Cavan Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/10/07
Autre nom(s)
s/o
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1949/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/08/11
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Provincial Liquor Store is a one-storey building with a low, square corner tower. Built in the Streamline Moderne style, the building is located on a prominent downtown corner. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Provincial Liquor Store is a very good example of Streamline Moderne architecture. Built of cast-in-place concrete, this horizontally proportioned building is minimally detailed. Glass block, a typical feature of this style, was used for the windows and curved entry walls.
The Provincial Liquor Store is significant as one of very few local buildings constructed by the provincial government. Built in 1949 to a standardized plan created by the Department of Public Works' Assistant Chief Architect Lord Wilfrid Hargreaves, the Liquor Store is one of only two known surviving examples of this particular plan. The other is located in Prince George. Hargreaves also designed the Queen's Printers building in Victoria.
The Provincial Liquor Store is evidence of Nanaimo's post Second World War economic renewal and represents, in its striking modernity, a shift towards a different aesthetic in the downtown core.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-20/25 Cavan Street
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of the Provincial Liquor Store include:
-All of the elements of the Streamline Moderne style as expressed in the simple form, flat walls, minimal decoration, glass block insets and windows and horizontal orientation.
-The location on a prominent corner within a grouping of historic buildings.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
2002/10/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
- Gouverner le Canada
- Les institutions gouvernementales
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Bureau ou édifice à bureaux
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Magasin ou commerce de vente au détail
Architecte / Concepteur
Lord Wilfred Hargreaves
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-20/25 Cavan Street.
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRx-54
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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