1897 – Bell Telephone Company, Montreal, Canada

“This company’s new building, at the corner of Notre Dame and St. John streets, Montreal, contains the head office, eastern and local department offices, electrical engineering department, main exchange, distributing room, power room, and various other departments, including the Montreal agency. The Merchants Bank of Halifax occupies a large portion of the ground floor ; the Royal Victoria Insurance Company and the Northern Electric & Manufacturing Co., Limited, have offices on the first floor, and the first and third floors are laid out principally for offices to be rented. A corridor ten by one hundred and thirty feet (10’ x 130’) long runs from Notre Dame street to Hospital street, with a large vestibule at each entrance. Off this corridor are the entrances to the elevators, stairways, Montreal agency, long distance booths and the banking room.”
Canadian Architect and Builder, September 1897

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