FORMER BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
254-258 Portage Avenue

This bank building was designed by Canadian architects, Darling and Pearson. Its curved facade, corner dome and decorative window and door surrounds, are indicative of Baroque Revival style. The building, of steel and hollow tile construction, is cloaked in an exquisite semi-glazed terra cotta. Its pale hue offers hints of pink and yellow. The terra cotta was produced by the Leeds Fireclay Company in Yorkshire, England and supplied by Eadie Douglas Company of Montreal. Twenty years after construction, in a remarkable feat of design and terra cotta crafting, the structure was carefully and almost invisibly extended along the Portage Avenue side. Visit the rehabilitated lobby and banking hall which contain sumptuous marble, mahogany, brass and gilded details.