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St. george's Square Timeline 1847 Wellington Hotel Built 1850 Wooden sidewalks laid on square 1853 Bond Hardware building erected, burned 1946 1856 Bank of Montreal built 1859 Victoria Hotel built - 2 storeys 1873 St. George's Church removed 1875 Hearn block built at southwest corner, there until 1972 1876 Victoria Block and Federal Bank built 1877 Victoria Hotrel added 3rd storey; Wellington Hotel removed 1878 Post Office/Customs Building built with Mansard Roof 1882 CIBC built, replaced in 1968; 4 Storey Tovell Building built, removed in 1974 1885 Blacksmith fountain put up, removed in 1922; Federal Bank became Traders Bank 1891 Concrete sidewalks built 1894 Street railway goes around fountain 1902 Post office adds third floor 1906 Clock added to Post Office 1907 Seweres installed under streets; Asphalt block paving on Square 1914 Bank of Nova Scotia takes over Metropolitain Bank 1922 Street railway goes directly through Square 1946 Bond Hardware burns but is rebuilt 1954 Large buses used 1961 Bank of Nova Scotia replaces post office building 1963 Bank of Montreal rebuilt; Woolworth store built 1968 CIBC replaces old building 1972 Royal Bank replaces Hearn Block 1975 Royal Trust replaces Tovell Building, until 2000 1982 Quebec St. E. closed for Eaton Centre Mall 1985 Family Water feature sculpture erected Compiled by Ross W. Irwin, 2006 |
