1916 – Hamilton Building (Former Bank of Hamilton), Winnipeg, Manitoba
In 1897, the building and lot on the south-east corner of Main and McDermot was purchased for $30,000 by the Bank of Hamilton.
In 1897, the building and lot on the south-east corner of Main and McDermot was purchased for $30,000 by the Bank of Hamilton.
Field’s work was often in a Wrenaissance style,
Designed by John Valentine Brennan.
In Winnipeg the main banks had been clustered on Main Street.
Former Bank of Ireland branch with a lovely 1930s interior.
Built after the previous branch of the Hibernian Bank was destroyed in the fighting during the 1916 Easter Rising.
Fine classical bank building turning a corner elegantly from O’Connell Street onto Abbey Street,
Fine bank at the start to the largely Victorian streetscape of Upper Baggot Street.
From The Building News, August 6 1920: “The drawing reproduced to-day is at the Royal Academy Exhibition,
Originally conceived in 1921,