Waterloo in Waterloo Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Mutual Life Head Office / Siège Social de la Mutuelle du Canada, Compagnie d'Assurance Sur la Vie
Photographed By Tim Boyd, March 31, 2024
1. Mutual Life Head Office Marker
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The head office of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada (now the head office of Sun Life Financial's Canadian operations) was completed in 1912. Designed by Canadian architect Frank Darling, of the Toronto firm Darling and Pearson, the impressive Renaissance Revival style building is ornamented with features such as the two-storey fluted, paired Ionic columns supporting a large segmental arch above the main doors, elaborate window surrounds, and a parapet with a balustrade. It is clad in light brown and yellow Roman brick and embellished with projecting pedimented bays and quoins. Many of the decorative details on the façade are made from imported English terra cotta. Situated within a Beaux Arts designed landscape, the building is a unique and iconic corporate pavilion. The monumental scale of the building and its rich ornamentation symbolize the importance and stability of Waterloo's first life insurance company and reflect the town's early 20th century prosperity and sense of civic pride., Ontario Heritage Trust, an agency of the Government of Ontario,
The head office of The Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada (now the head office of Sun Life Financial's Canadian operations) was completed in 1912. Designed by Canadian architect Frank Darling, of the Toronto firm Darling and Pearson, the impressive Renaissance Revival style building is ornamented with features such as the two-storey fluted, paired Ionic columns supporting a large segmental arch above the main doors, elaborate window surrounds, and a parapet with a balustrade. It is clad in light brown and yellow Roman brick and embellished with projecting pedimented bays and quoins. Many of the decorative details on the façade are made from imported English terra cotta. Situated within a Beaux Arts designed landscape, the building is a unique and iconic corporate pavilion. The monumental scale of the building and its rich ornamentation symbolize the importance and stability of Waterloo's first life insurance company and reflect the town's early 20th century prosperity and sense of civic pride.
Ontario Heritage Trust, an agency of the Government of Ontario
Le siège social de La Mutuelle du Canada,
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Compagnie d'Assurance sur la Vie (désormais le siège social des opérations canadiennes de la Financière Sun Life) est achevé en 1912. Conçu par l'architecte canadien Frank Darling, du cabinet d'architectes torontois Darling and Pearson, ce bâtiment impressionnant de style néorenaissance est, entre autres, orné de deux paires de colonnes ioniques cannelées de deux étages, soutenant un grand arc en segment de cercle surplombant les portes principales, d'encadrements de fenêtre sophistiqués et d'un parapet agrémenté d'une balustrade. Il est revêtu de briques romaines brun et jaune clair et orné de baies en saillie à frontons et de pierres d'angle. Plusieurs des détails décoratifs de la façade sont en terre cuite anglaise importée. Situé dans un cadre paysager académique, ce bâtiment est un pavillon de société à la fois unique et emblématique. Sa taille monumentale et sa magnifique ornementation symbolisent l'importance et la stabilité de la première compagnie d'assurance-vie de Waterloo et témoignent de la prospérité de la ville au début du XX° siècle et du sentiment de fierté civique qui y régnait.
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Location. 43° 27.508′ N, 80° 30.961′ W. Marker is in Waterloo, Ontario, in Waterloo Region. Marker is at the intersection of King Street South and Union Boulevard on King Street South. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 231 King St S, Waterloo ON N2J 1R3, Canada. Touch for directions.
Located between Uptown Waterloo and Downtown Kitchener, the Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Photographed By Tim Boyd, March 31, 2024
3. Mutual Life Head Office / Siège Social de la Mutuelle du Canada, Compagnie d'Assurance Sur la Vie Ma
Building is a prominent and well known historic landmark. It has defined the commercial character and history of the City since its construction, close to a century ago. Placed within spacious grounds, the building is approached through a pair of wrought iron gates, flanked with large ornamental topped stone pillars.
(Submitted on April 2, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)
Photographed By Tim Boyd, March 31, 2024
4. Mutual Life Head Office / Siège Social de la Mutuelle du Canada, Compagnie d'Assurance Sur la Vie Ma
Photographed By Tim Boyd, March 31, 2024
5. Mutual Life Head Office building, constructed 1912
Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 44 times since then. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 2, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
