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Bank of Nova Scotia

Bank of Nova Scotia is a Manitoba Heritage Council commemoration in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Manitoba · 254 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg · location approximate

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Constructed in 1908–10, this was the first building designed as a bank to be erected away from "Banker's Row" on Main Street. The elegant facade is terra cotta manufactured in England and hung on a frame of steel. Architects were the Toronto firm of Darling and Pearson, famous across Canada for bank design, including several structures in Winnipeg. The exuberant detail employed here stands in contrast to the austere classicism of their Bank of Commerce at 389 Main Street. The sweep of the facade with its high dome and corner portal was an effective solution to the design difficulties of a narrow site. A 1930-31 addition by Winnipeg architects Jordan and Over matched perfectly the Baroque Revival detail and doubled the frontage on Portage Avenue. The building is a monument to the skill of its architects, and the importance of banking to Winnipeg's economy by the early 1900s.

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Construite entre 1908 et 1910, ce fut le premier édifice, spécialement conçu pour devenir une banque, qui ne fut pas érigé rue Bain, dans le « quartier des banques ». L'élégante façade en terre cuite d'Angleterre fut montée sur un support d'acier. Les architectes responsables de ce projet appartenaient au cabinet Darling L Pearson de Toronto, renommé dans tout le Canada pour ses dessins de banques dont plusieurs avaient déjà servi à Winnipeg. La décoration chargée qui a été choisie ici contraste avec le classicisme austère de leur Banque de Commerce située au 389 rue Main. La façade grandiose de la Banque de Nouvelle Écosse caractérisée par un dôme élevé et un portail en coin offrait une solution ingénieuse aux difficultés de conception que présentait un terrain étroit. Les agrandissements de 1930–1931 furent exécutés par les architectes winnipegois Jordon & Over, en parfait accord avec la décoration néo-baroque de la façade; ils doubleront également la devanture de la banque avenue Portage. Cet édifice est un exemple concret et représentatif de la compétence des architectes qui l'ont conçu et de l'importance des activités bancaires dans la vie économique de Winnipeg au début du siècle.

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Plaque text and location: Manitoba Heritage Council Commemorative Plaques, Historic Resources Branch, Government of Manitoba, as the Branch publishes them on its plaque pages. The text is the Manitoba Heritage Council’s text as the Branch publishes it; the pin on this page is ours, worked out from the location the Branch gives and marked approximate. Contains information from the Government of Manitoba, licensed under the OpenMB Information and Data Use License (Manitoba.ca/OpenMB)
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