1904 – Montreal City and District Savings Bank, Rue Sainte-Catherine, Montréal

The Montreal City and District Savings Bank was founded in 1846. Publicly listed on the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1965 and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1983. In 1987, it was renamed the Laurentian Bank of Canada. Built to a different design at street level, instead of a single central doorway, two matching doorways were constructed, one to the public office of the bank, and one to offices upstairs. This fine imposing granite branch is sadly no longer in use as a bank.

“The building illustrated is the branch bank for which the foundations are now being excavated at the south-west corner of St. Catherine Street East and St. Timothy Street, Montreal. The material of the facades is Deschambeau limestone upon a plinth of granite from the Stanstead Quarries. The building is fireproof the floors being of steel cased with terra cotta. The bank will occupy the ground floor and basement and will be entered by the doorway in the centre of the St. Catherine street front. The banking room occupies nearly the whole extent of the ground floor being 72 feet long and 43 feet wide. The space for public is in the middle with the counter in horseshoe form around it. A portion of the upper floors is occupied by the manager’s house, the rest will be let as offices. The cost when completed will be about $70,000. The architect is Mr. A.H. Lapierre, Montreal. The builder is Mr. M. Huberdean of Montreal, the carpenter work being in the hands of Messrs. Labrecque & Mercure.”
Canadian Architect and Builder, August 1904

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