Chicago or Commercial style

A steel-framed commercial block with large three-part windows and a clear base, middle and top.

Historic places
59Historic places
Built
1894–1926Built
Provinces and territories
6Provinces and territories

Recognized by

  • National 3
  • Provincial 7
  • Municipal 49
Photographs from the register, credited on each place’s page.

Where they are

  • British Columbia29
  • Manitoba13
  • Alberta10
  • Saskatchewan3
  • Nova Scotia2
  • Quebec2

Towns with the most

Built over time

The most were built in the 1910s: 41 of the 58 with a known date.

The oldest

  1. 1894Nova Scotia FurnishingsHalifax, Nova Scotia
  2. 1896Wright BuildingHalifax, Nova Scotia
  3. 1901Law ChambersVictoria, British Columbia

The register gives no construction date for 1 of these places.

Who designed them

The register names an architect or designer for 57 of these 59 places. These names come up most often.

Names marked ↗ open their entry in the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800–1950.

  1. H.S. Griffith (biography, opens in a new tab)4 places
  2. John D. Atchison (biography, opens in a new tab)3 places
  3. John K. Dow (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  4. Brown and Vallance2 places
  5. J.H.G. Russell (biography, opens in a new tab)2 places
  6. Parr and Fee2 places

All 59 places

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