Exterior view of Nash Hardware, 2004
Photo: City of Nanaimo, Christine Meutzner, 2004
- Built
- 1909
- Recognized
- 2002
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
Nash Hardware is a one-storey Art Deco style building located on the main thoroughfare of the downtown core. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.
Heritage value
The Nash Hardware Building is significant as part of a continuous line of similarly scaled and largely intact historic buildings located on the west side of Commercial Street.
The Nash Hardware Building is a very good example of late Art Deco architecture. Originally built in 1909, the building received an Art Deco style facelift in 1945. The new facade represented a modern design aesthetic that was increasingly popular in postwar Nanaimo and particularly appropriate to a building supply business.
SourceCity of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/19 Commercial Street
Character‑defining elements
Character defining elements of the Nash Hardware building include:
-all of the elements of Art Deco style as expressed in the concrete facade, the cast-in-place chevrons at the cornice line and geometric inset panels in the facade.
-the building's location within a continuous line of similarly scaled and massed historic commercial buildings.
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Location
19 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R, Canada
49.16474° N, 123.93703° W
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From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.