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The Dominion Bank Building 1914

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2007

Attached to this building at 1 King Street West is this 2005 Heritage Toronto plaque. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.64907 -79.37798

Founded in Toronto in 1869, The Dominion Bank moved its head office to this site ten years later. In 1914, the bank's rise to national prominence led to the construction of this early 12-storey skyscraper. Beaux-Arts in style with Renaissance Revival detailing, it boasted the city's largest vault and most elegant banking hall. The building was a major work of the leading firm, Darling and Pearson, Architects, in co-operation with Harkness and Oxley, Engineers. In 1955, a merger with the Bank of Toronto formed The Toronto-Dominion Bank. While many head office functions were relocated, a branch continued here until 2000. In 2005, the Dominion Bank Building was opened for residential use after being redesigned by Stanford Downey Architect.

More Toronto buildings designed by Darling and Pearson
The Canadian Bank of Commerce Building 1929-1931
Canadian General Electric Company Building 1908
Imperial Bank of Canada 1908
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Toronto General Hospital

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