Royal Military College of Canada Building 9

Its classically-inspired, domestic military architecture, functional design, and very good craftsmanship and materials, for example:

• the two-storey, rowhouse design consisting of a flat roofed, rectangular with chamfered projecting corners at the front elevation, a projecting central bay and projecting entrances to each unit;
• the symmetrical arrangement of windows and doors on the façade;
• the sturdy brick construction supported on a heavy rock-faced limestone base;
• the stylised pediments, enhanced with stone mouldings on heavy stone lintels, supported on brick pilasters at the unit entrances;
• the stone stringcourse running between the first and second floor and above the second floor windows which give the building a horizontal emphasis;
• the stone sills and flat brick arches, arched recesses, carved stone crest at the pediments and the namestone on the frontispiece;
• the one-over-one, two-over-two, and small wood windows and wood storm sashes.

The manner in which RMC Building 9 is compatible with the character of its residential, institutional setting and is a familiar building at Royal Military College, as evidenced by:

• its classically-inspired, domestic, military design and materials which harmonizes with its residential enclave within an institutional setting;
• its axial relationship with the identical RMC Building 9a;
• its visibility given its location, facing the main road and close to the entrance, which makes it a familiar building to those who live, work and frequent the campus.