1910 – Weyburn Security Bank, Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Head office of The Weyburn Security Bank, which was the only Saskatchewan chartered bank to operate. The bank functioned from 1910 until 1931, and had 32 branch offices at one time. A two-storey building with a glazed terracotta façade designed by Minneapolis-based architectural firm of Long, Lamoureux and Long in a Classical Revival meets Chicago School that was more representative of banks in the Western US.

The Weyburn Security Bank was commissioned by a group of American investors to serve as offices for their private banking and land development operations in southern Saskatchewan. The onset of the Depression was devastating to the small, rural-based institution and in May, 1931, the Weyburn Security Bank was purchased by the Imperial Bank of Canada.