former
Sun Life Building
214 Sparks Street at Bank Street (map
L)
Edgar L. Horwood
1897-99, remodelled 1949 I
- potential heritage not evaluated
- possibly Ottawa's first Beaux-Arts
building
- designed by New York trained architect
- paired Corinthian pilasters, arched
windows
- Tripartite with rusticated base
- symmetrical façades with corner
domed tower
- alteration stripped all decoration,
preserved number of ground floor bays and floor heights
- staue of Eros preserved in Byward Market
(Dalhousie at George)
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