B.C. Telephone Exchange Building
70 Bastion Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/10/07
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1900/01/01 à 1910/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/07/30
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The B.C. Telephone Exchange Building is a vernacular Edwardian style building located in the downtown core. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.
Valeur patrimoniale
The B.C.Telephone Exchange Building is a very good example of a vernacular Edwardian style commercial building. The taller building, purchased by B.C. Telephone in 1908, was built around 1900 as a lodge for the Knights of Pythias and featured classical columns and pediments. In 1926, B.C. Telephone purchased the smaller adjacent building and undertook an extensive renovation to visually unify the two buildings. They were later joined with an addition that now forms the main entry.
The B.C. Telephone Exchange Building is significant as an early example of the adaptive reuse of buildings to suit corporate needs. The facade redevelopment modernized the B.C.Telephone Building and projected a more utilitarian, progressive image, appropriate for a service provider, than the original elaborate facade.
The B.C. Telephone Exchange Building housed the local telephone exchange for almost 60 years and is significant because of its long association with a key community service.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/70-76 Bastion Street
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of the B.C. Telephone Exchange Building include:
-All of the elements of the vernacular Edwardian style as expressed in the brick construction, overall simple, restrained appearance and cornice.
-The downtown location 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
1926/01/01 à 1926/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Communications et transport
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- L'organisation communautaire
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Magasin ou commerce de vente au détail
Historique
- Communauté
- Local pour association fraternelle, organisation sociale ou de bienfaisance
- Industrie
- Centre de communications
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/70-76 Bastion Street.
See also; Nanaimo Community Archives Building Plans Collection.
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DhRx-68
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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