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- Two successive corporate owners, Aronovitch and Leipsic Limited and Leon A. Brown Limited, transformed the building into the fine structure it is today.
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The Bank of British North America, constructed in 1903-04, is a three-storey steel frame, brick and sandstone structure with a one-storey 1914 addition located in Winnipeg's historic downtown Exchange District.
- 436 Main Street
- 1903
- A. T. Taylor
Royal Trust moved out in 1964 and, two years later, the building was purchased by the law firm of Newman, McLean and Associates, which restored it. They leased space to other lawyers, the City of Winnipeg, residential development companies, and the Banque Canadienne Nationale.
In 1918 the Bank of Montreal purchased the Bank of British North America. A year later the Bank of Montreal subsidiary Royal Trust took over the building and operated it as a banking hall for 45 years.
The Bank of British North America, constructed in 1903-04, is a three-storey steel frame, brick and sandstone structure with a one-storey 1914 addition located in Winnipeg's historic downtown Exchange District.
The first Toronto branch, designed by John George Howard was built in 1845, with exterior work by John Cochrane and Brothers, [6] at the northeast corner of Yonge Street and Wellington. The current building, designed by architect Henry Langley, replaced the original in 1875. [7]
In 1914, local architects Pratt and Ross designed a one-storey rear addition. Four years later, the Bank of British America merged with the Bank of Montreal. The latter’s subsidiary, the Royal Trust Co., took over 436 Main as its western headquarters.
Apr 22, 2010 · Architect: Taylor & Gordon. The Bank of British North America at 436 Main Street is the only neo-Palladian banking hall remaining in Winnipeg, and is probably the oldest structure of its type on Bankers’ Row of Main Street.
