Overview
Address
414-420 W Pender St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Downtown
type
Commercial
Description
Owned by Western Canada Properties Ltd., this commercial structure was built for the Canadian Financiers Trust Company in 1914.
This modest commercial structure is characteristic of buildings of the period for its use of large, evenly placed windows, and plain wall treatment topped with ornamental detail.
The Western Canada Building is significant as a surviving early building by John Young McCarter, later a partner in McCarter and Nairne, a prominent architectural firm in the province from 1921 until 1982. The partnership of John Young McCarter (1886-1981) and George Colville Nairne (1884-1953) strove to promote BC industry and progressive technology.
Source
Canada's Historic Places
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