1913 – Grossman Building, Vancouver, B.C.
“The structure will measure 66 feet on Hastings street by 132 feet on Abbot street, and will cost in the neighborhood of $400,000. The design of both street fronts is Renaissance, modified to meet modern conditions. Materials used, will be light cream brick with trimmings of a lighter shade, and cream mat-glazed terra cotta with spots of marble in the iron spandrils and in the cornice. The foundations of the building are carried to rock and the basement and sub-basement are fully waterproofed. The construction is skeleton steel frame. Two main entrances are planned, one on Hastings street, and the other on Abbott street. The walls, floors and ceilings of the entrances are finished in marble. The building will contain five stores on the ground floor, the remaining nine floors being entirely given over to offices — 252 in all. All the corridor floors are of terrazzo except the main ground floor corridor, which is marble. All the offices are finished in oak. The building will be equipped with a steam heating plant with vacuum circulation, oil fuel, and standpipe equipment for fire protection, four elevators will be installed. Messrs. Russell, Babcock & Rice, Vancouver, are the architects.”
Engineering and Contract Record, September 25, 1912
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Published May 6, 2026
