National Historic Site of Canada

Rogers Building National Historic Site of Canada

Victoria, British Columbia

Also known as Rogers Building, Édifice Rogers, Rogers' Chocolate Shop

General view of Rogers Building, showing its Queen Anne Revival style design, including classically inspired detailing, 2011.
Photo: Parks Canada Agency / Agence Parcs Canada, Andrew Waldron, 2011.

Built: 1903
Recognized: 1991
By: Government of Canada

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Description

The Rogers Building is a small Victorian era commercial building with a fanciful Queen Anne Revival-style shopfront. It is located in the downtown area of the city of Victoria. The formal recognition consists of the building on its legal property.

Heritage value

The Rogers Building was designated a national historic site in 1991 because this shop is a delectable adaptation of the Queen Anne Revival style applied to small commercial buildings.

The facade of the Rogers Building typifies commercial applications of the Queen Anne Revival Style. Original fixtures and decorative features in the store’s interior create a warm, inviting atmosphere typical of the style.

SourceHistoric Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Minutes, November 1990.

Register entry

No. 4424

Recognition: National Historic Site of Canada
Recognized by: Government of Canada
Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act
Date recognized: March 1, 1991
Built: 1903
Architect or designer: Hooper and Watkins
Historic function: Shop or Wholesale Establishment
Themes: Architecture and Design
Address: 913 Government Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W, Canada

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Reference

“Rogers Building National Historic Site of Canada.” Heritage Guide, Canadian Register of Historic Places entry 4424. https://heritageguide.ca/rogers-building-national-historic-site-of-canada-victoria-british-columbia.

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Character‑defining elements

Aspects of this site which contribute to its heritage values include:

-its Queen Anne Revival style design, including classically inspired detailing, plate-glass display windows at street level, a prominent bay window on the second floor, and red-brick piers and pilasters decorated with white trim;

-the decorative shopfront including ornate glazing with a delicate canopy of leaded lights over the recessed entrance way, small superimposed leaded windows across the back of the display windows, the marble and tile finishes of the entrance way;

-The scale and two-storey massing in relation to the two buildings immediately to its south;

-original surviving interior fixtures and decorative detailing, including glass-fronted cabinets, curve-topped glass counters, tall wall mirrors, the ornate broken pediment above the mirrors, and the turned wooden spindle design below the mirrors.

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