Qu'Appelle Royal Bank Building
Qu'Appelle Street, Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, S0G, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1982/05/11
Autre nom(s)
Qu'Appelle Royal Bank Building
Qu'Appelle Northern Bank (1906-08)
Qu'Appelle Northern Crown Bank
Liens et documents
s/o
Date(s) de construction
1906/01/01 à 1906/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/07/27
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Qu'Appelle Royal Bank Building is a Municipal Heritage Property located on two commercial lots on the main business street in the Town of Qu'Appelle. The property features a two-storey, brick-and-stone building constructed in 1906.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the Qu'Appelle Royal Bank Building lies in its architecture. Built in 1908, the building presents a western Canadian interpretation of twentieth-century Canadian banking architecture. In the early twentieth-century, most banks sought to project images of conservatism, stability and wealth by erecting functional, solid and imposing buildings in the towns and cities of the Canadian west. Many of these structures were built in the Classical Revival style and featured columns, pediments, projecting cornices and symmetrical façades. The Winnipeg-based Northern Bank also followed this pattern and used Classical Revival styling in its custom-designed institutions. The unique regional interpretation of Classical bank architecture on the two-storey brick Royal Bank Building in Qu'Appelle included a broad sweeping arch over the front entryway and two sculpted buffalo heads which sit above the arch. Designed by the Winnipeg architects Norwood and Blair, the Qu'Appelle building was one of the first branch buildings constructed by the corporation in Saskatchewan. Renamed the Northern Crown Bank in 1908, the corporation only constructed two other buildings from this western-influenced plan prior to merging with the Royal Bank in 1918.
Source:
Town of Qu'Appelle Bylaw 8/82.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the Qu'Appelle Royal Bank Building resides in the following character defining elements:
-those elements which reflect the regional interpretation of the Classical Revival styling on the front façade, including pilasters, pediment, symmetrical window pattern, fenced parapet, stone archway and buffalo sculptures;
-those elements which reflect the role of the building as a bank, including signage and fixtures.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Saskatchewan
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Sask.)
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act, alinéa 11(1)(a)
Type de reconnaissance
Bien patrimonial municipal
Date de reconnaissance
1982/05/11
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Santé et recherche
- Centre de recherche
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Banque ou bourse
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Bureau ou édifice à bureaux
Architecte / Concepteur
Northwood and Blair (Winnipeg)
Constructeur
R. Watson (Winnipeg)
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Heritage Resources Branch
1919 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, SK
File: MHP 377
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
MHP 377
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o