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DescriptionCanada Permanent Building Heritage Plaque. 422 Richards St Vancouver 2020 Dec 14.jpg	English: Canada Permanent Building Heritage Plaque. 422 Richards St Vancouver
	This photo is of a cultural heritage site in Canada, number 6841 in the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
Date	14 December 2020, 14:05:30
Source	Own work
Author	Luke Shwart

Camera location	49° 17′ 01.69″ N, 123° 06′ 45.48″ W	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	49.283803; -123.112633

Canada Permanent Building Architect: J.S.D. Taylor Originally built as local offices for the Toronto-based Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation in 1912, the building became known as Century House when the Century Insurance Company purchased the building in 1951. This building is typical of banks and other financial institutions of the time, presenting as a formal temple-front. It features a lighthouse flanked by two beavers, the emblem of the original owner. Canada Permanent, which opened its first branch in Vancouver in 1892, had an important role in housing across the nation by providing mortgages for newly arriving fishermen, farmers, cattle ranchers, fruit growers and miners, offering migrants the opportunity to own property. In anticipation of continued economic expansion, this building was designed to have two additional floors, but was never enlarged.

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