Former Imperial Bank of Commerce

The building completed in dark brick is accented in smooth-cut limestone. The front (south) façade is symmetrically designed with a central entrance located at the top of a short flight of open stairs. The door is topped by an arched stone hood with oversized brackets. Four large, Doric Order stone columns run from the raised stone base to the entablature above the second storey windows. Wide stone lintels enliven the ground floor windows and continuous stone sils ornament the upper floor openings. Blocs of stone are used to mimic quoins at the corners of the building. A pediment is placed above the entablature and a stone capped brick parapet completes this façade. Architects Darling and Pearson were based in Toronto and, at the time, were considered the most significant bank architects in the country.