Sun Life Building
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The Sun Life Building is a historic 122-metre (400 ft), 24-
The building was completed in 1931 after three stages of construction. It was built exclusively for the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. Although the then-new head office of the Royal Bank of Canada at 360 Saint Jacques Street in Montreal was taller by several floors, the Sun Life Building was at the time the largest building in square footage anywhere in the British Empire. The Sun Life Building went through three different stages of construction, the first one starting as early as 1913, but it was not until 1931 that its main 24-storey tower was erected, thus completing the project.
Construction
The stages of construction were as follows:
- 1913–1918: 7-story southern part of base;
- 1923–1926: extension of base eastward and northward; and
- 1929–1931: 16-story set-back tower.
Today, the "Sun Life" is Montreal's 17th tallest building and stands in the middle of the central business district centred on Dorchester Square, dwarfed by neighbouring Place Ville Marie and the nearby CIBC Tower.
Previous structure
The first Sun Life Building, designed by Buffalo architect Richard A. Waite, was built in 1889 and expanded by Robert Findlay in 1890. The red brick building was home to Sun Life until 1913, when the company moved to the first stage of the newer building.
Operation Fish
During the
See also
- Sun Life Centre
- List of old Canadian buildings(1809-1939)
- List of old Montreal buildings(1829-1939)
References
- ^ "Emporis building ID 112325". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021.
- ^ "Sun Life Building". SkyscraperPage.
- ^ Library and Archives of Canada - Hiding British Gold
- Rémillard, François, Old Montreal: A Walking Tour, Ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec, 1992