Buildings
King's Palace Restaurant
| Address: | 260 King Street |
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| Use: | Restaurant |
| Original Use: | Residential/ Commercial |
| Constructed: | 1946 |
| Other Work: | 1975, 1983, 1985, Interior alterations |
| Architects: | Moody & Moore |
| Firms: | Moody & Moore |
| Engineers: | Cowin & Co. Ltd. |
| Contractors: | Henry E. Gibson & Co. Ltd. |
Design Characteristics
- Plan area: 1,113 sq. ft. (103.4 sq. m)
- Gross floor area: 3,339 sq. ft.
- Timber frame structure with reinforced concrete columns and footings, reinforced concrete brackets under front entrance, and 12" poured concrete basement walls
- Centrally located main-floor shop entrance flanked by a double-glazed plate-glass opening (with side wooden louvers)
- Side and rear elevations faced with brick, a long vertical glass block section on the north elevation illuminates the second storey staircass