Hirst Block
99 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/10/07
Autre nom(s)
Hirst Block
Dakin Block
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1911/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/08/11
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Hirst Block is a two-storey Edwardian style building on Nanaimo's main downtown thoroughfare. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.
Valeur patrimoniale
Built in 1911, the Hirst Block is a superior example of the Edwardian commercial building style in Nanaimo. The front façade is beautifully detailed with elaborate tan-coloured brickwork and a projecting pressed metal cornice. Three round-arched windows on the second floor have decorative beveled glass in the upper sash. The building was sensitively rehabilitated in 1985 as part of the Downtown Revitilization.
The Hirst and, later Dakin, families were part of Nanaimo's early commercial elite and played prominent roles in the City's economic, social and political life.
The building is the eastern cap of a continuous line of substantially intact buildings located on the west side of Commercial Street. An elaborate pressed metal cornice at the roofline continues the one on the adjacent Rogers Block and reinforces the sense of connectedness to the rest of the street.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/93-99 Commercial Street
Éléments caractéristiques
Character-defining elements of the Hirst Block include:
-All the elements of the Edwardian building style as expressed in the simple form and massing, arched windows, brickwork, symmetrical facade and the overall dignified and restrained appearance
-The location of the building on the main downtown thoroughfare as part of a grouping of heritage buildings on the west side of Commercial Street.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
2002/10/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1985/01/01 à 1985/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Magasin ou commerce de vente au détail
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department, file #6800-20-H01-02/93-99 Commercial Street.
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRx-60
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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