Overview
Address
166 E Hastings St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Downtown
type
Commercial
Significance
B: Significant
Description
The Roosevelt Hotel is significant because it was the home of Molson’s Bank, one of several privately-financed banks founded in the mid-nineteenth century in Canada. It was an example of eastern Canadian capital investment in British Columbia. The bank had 125 branches across Canada by 1925, when it was absorbed by the Bank of Montreal. This East End Branch was built in this location, in the heart of Vancouver’s early commercial and civic core, to serve the financial needs of the surrounding retail and accommodation outlets. In 2017, Molson’s bank/Roosevelt Hotel won a City of Vancouver Heritage Award of Honour recognizing the restoration of the brick work and terra cotta, including the restoration of interior elements.
Source
Canada's Historic Places
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![166 East Hastings Street c. 191-. Photo by Major Matthews
Source: City of Vancouver Archives Item : M-11-29 - The Molson's Bank Building [corner of Seymour & Hastings]](/img/asset/bG9jYXRpb25faW1hZ2VzLzE2Ni1FYXN0LUhhc3RpbmdzLVN0cmVldC1jLi0xOTEuanBn?p=lg)
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