Merchant Bank (former), Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada



(The image above was generously donated by Marcia Wiman)

Architect	Storey and Van Egmond
Date Built	1919
Location	Main Street and Fairford Street East
Description
This two-storey Beaux-Arts style building on the corner of Main Street and Fairford East, in Moose Jaw, was commissioned by the Merchants Bank of Canada and completed in 1919.  The building is clad in bricks and Tyndall limestone and features fluted columns with capitals.  The Merchant Bank chose the architectural practice of Storey and Van Egmond to design a building. In 1922 the Merchants Bank was absorbed by the Bank of Montreal.  The local branch of the Bank of Montreal had been located across the street and following the merger it moved into this building.    It continued to be a Bank of Montreal until 1984 when it became a branch of Canada Trust.  In the late 1990s its connection with the finance industry came to an end when it became a retail outlet.

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