Canada Life Building, Montreal
The Canada Life Building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, is a Renaissance Revival building completed in 1895 by Buffalo, New York architect Richard A. Waite and is an example of a first-generation skyscraper.
Located in the heart of what was once Canada's financial capital on St. James Street, in what is now Old Montreal, the Canada Life Building was the first in Montreal to utilize an eight-storey steel structure.
References
- ^ "Édifice de la Canada Life". Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ^ Rue Saint-Jacques, Old Montreal Web Site
- Rémillard, François, Old Montreal — A Walking Tour, Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec, 1992
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