As I was walking through the Cornwall Centre today, I noticed how well the architects incorporated the facade of old buildings along the mall's walkways and storefronts.
This entrance way from the old Bank of Commerce features what I would describe as a dental entablature (everything that rests above the columns) and a capital in the Corinthian style. (Yes, I had to research this to include it in this blog.)
This picture does not provide a sense of how large these columns are; it would take three people holding hands to encircle one of these columns at the column's base.
According to the Government of Saskatchewan's Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport, the building was erected in 1900 in Winnipeg but was dismantled and moved to Regina in 1911 (Regina: The Early Years lists everything a year later.) I like the Government's site better because it shows the building before and after it was incorporated into the mall.
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