1883 – Canada Life Assurance Co., Hamilton, Ontario
Former head office building of the Canada Life Assurance Company, which was founded in Hamilton. Later known as the Birks Building.
Former head office building of the Canada Life Assurance Company, which was founded in Hamilton. Later known as the Birks Building.
The moving force behind the construction of this island church was Reverend Arthur Sweatman who later became Archbishop of Toronto,
The first plan dates from 1839 but the work on the building’s structure was conducted between 1841 and 1865,
Designed in 1885-86 to replace a building that was not yet thirty years old, because it was not grand enough for the aspirations of the Bank of Montreal,
Demolished in 1960. Replaced by a fine example of the International Style by City Architect Stanley Roscoe.
In 1913 the first Hamilton Public Library vacated their building, built on Main Street West near James in 1890,
Founded in 1890, on Christmas Eve 1914 fire totally destroyed the interior, leaving only the granite walls standing.
Short-lived and eccentric building, opened in 1891 and destroyed by fire in 1915.