Architect	Marshall & Merrett et Barott
Date Built	Completed 1959
Location	129 - 155 St Jaques Street
Description
This building is a “modern” extension to the Bank of Montreal’s historic original head office that sits next door looking across Place d’Armes to the city’s cathedral.  The “Pantheon-like” old building was built in 1847.  This extension, that faces on to St Jaques Street, was built just over a century later. Both buildings bear different versions of the bank’s crest.  The old building features a beautiful carving within the pediment above the entrance (see below)  The crest features the bank's motto, "Concordia Salus" meaning "In Unity Prosperity".  The heraldic emblem features a beaver at the top and below a shield divided by the cross of St Andrew and within the quarters are a rose for England, a thistle for Scotland and a shamrock for Ireland and a second beaver.  Below is a horn of plenty and on either side are aboriginal people supporting the crest and further away a sailor and a settler. The new building displays a plainer version also above the entrance but this time inside and behind a large window.

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