Canadian Bank of Commerce
119-123 Sparks Street (map E)
Darling & Pearson
1922 III

• symmetrical façade and interior plan
• Roman Corinthian Revival style
• plain frieze with name of bank, otherwise complete entablature
• modeled on similar banks in Montreal and Winnipeg
• only known Ottawa project by Frank Darling, leading Toronto Beaux-Arts architect
• one of the last (of 1000) bank projects before Darling's death
• fine banking hall with coved ceiling and groin-vaulted windows

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