1918 – Merchants Bank of Canada, Collingwood, Ontario

Now a restaurant.

“The building is of buff brick with Indiana limestone frieze, cornice, belt courses, etc. The entrance doors are of mahogany with handsome iron grilles set in mahogany frame with large fanlight above. ‘I’he floor of the banking room is of Tennessee marble and the Manager’s screen, counter, etc., are of mahogany. The building has a large cash vault and the men’s and women’s coat rooms on the ground floor with two rooms and bathroom on the floor above for the staff. The book vault is in the basement. The ceiling of the banking room is in plaster and the walls of caen stone simply blocked out.”
Construction, December 1919

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