| Building
Code |
574.D.28 |
Construction
Date |
ca. 1888 |
| Origins |
Union Bank as
of 1895 |
Description
|
The Union
Bank Building faces south from Nelson Street between Sixth
and
Seventh Avenues near other historic structures such as the Alexandra
Hotel
and the Frame & Miller Hardware Building
|
Heritage
Value
|
The Union
Bank Building, dating from 1888, is one of Virden’s
oldest commercial
structures, and is valued also as the site of a critical (and typical)
service
for any community – a bank. The Union Bank was the most ambitious
banking
operation active in small Manitoba communities in the early decades of
the
20th century, and this branch was the first successful bank to be
established
in Virden. The building also is valued as the site of the Land
Titles
Office during the later immigration era, and as The Victoria Club
during
the time of the First World War. After seeing a variety of commercial
and
office uses it was recently renovated for use by the neighbouring
Scotiabank.
|
Character
Defining
Elements |
Key elements
that define the exterior heritage character of the Union
Bank
Building include:
- the simple rectangular form, etc.
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| Site
History |
Formerly
on This
Site:
Nu-Art Hair
Land Titles Office (1912...).
It later served as the
“Victory Club”
during the Second World War,
Was renovated for use by the Bank of Nova Scotia next door.
(1987)
1888 (1891 Photo) Was first Union Bank until other one was being built.
After
1901.
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| Additional
Information |
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This building appears (far right) in this 1891 photo.
See close-up below..
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