Overview
Address
426 W HASTINGS St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Downtown
type
Commercial
Description
The Bank of Nova Scotia is a two-storey, masonry, temple-form commercial building, dominated by a segmental arch pediment. It was constructed 1903-1904.
The Bank of Nova Scotia a fine example of temple bank architecture, significant as one of the earliest such buildings in the city.
The Bank of Nova Scotia was designed by the prominent local architectural firm of Dalton and Eveleigh, headed by William T. Dalton (1854-1931) and Sydney M. Eveleigh (1870-1947).
The partnership, formed in 1902, was responsible for the design, planning and supervision of numerous Vancouver buildings. Notably, the firm was responsible for Vancouver’s first temple-form bank, the adjacent Royal Bank built in 1903.
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Canada's Historic Places
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