Downtown in Vancouver in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia — Canada’s West Coast (North America)

Royal Bank of Canada Building

City of Vancouver Heritage Building

— Architects: Dalton & Eveleigh —

Royal Bank of Canada Building Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2024

1. Royal Bank of Canada Building Marker

Inscription.

This 1903 ‘temple bank’ was the first bank built in Vancouver designed in the form of a classic Greek temple instead of the High Victorian Gothic style. It served as the local headquarters of the Royal Bank until 1931. The design is twentieth century Classical Revival, with some Art Nouveau decorative elements. The second floor facades feature sculpted sandstone Ionic and Doric columns on a rough-cut granite base. The interior retains three original bank vaults with elaborate steel doors, and at the main entrance, a portion of the original mosaic tile floor. The building was protected in 2000, including the vault doors, as part of its adaptive reuse as the Vancouver Film School.

Erected by City of Vancouver.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Vancouver, City of Vancouver Heritage Buildings series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1903.

Location. 49° 17.01′ N, 123° 6.679′ W. Marker is in Vancouver, British Columbia, in Metro Vancouver. It is in Downtown. It is on Hastings Street (Provincial Highway

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7A) close to Homer Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6B 1L1, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on British Columbia’s Lower Mainland

and in Coast & Mountains.

Globally, it is in North America,

in the Cascade Range,

in the Inside Passage,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Here Stood Hamilton (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); BC Permanent Building (about 120 meters away); 326 West Pender Street (about 120 meters away); Dominion Building (about 150 meters away); Victory Square Cenotaph (about 150 meters away); Bank of Toronto (about 150 meters away); Greenshields Building (about 180 meters away); Victory Square (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vancouver.

Royal Bank of Canada Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 28, 2024

2. Royal Bank of Canada Building

Marker is at far right, in the shadows

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 29, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 216 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 29, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.