Devitt Block, Waterloo, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Exterior of the head office of the Equitable Life Insurance Company at 9-21 Erb Street west at King Street in what was known as the Devitt Block. Note the clock in the sign, and the back of an automobile.
- Notes
- Company was formed in 1920 as the Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company. First office was in the Waterloo Mutual Insurance building at King and Dupont streets. In 1922 the company bought the Devitt Block and occupied a portion of the second floor. The company changed its name to Equitable Life in 1936 when it obtained a federal charter and moved out of the Devitt Block in 1971.
The Devitt Block was built in 1870 by Benjamin Devitt and Daniel Snyder and was demolished in 1976. It was located in the parking lot behind the Bank of Montreal is at 3 King street south.
The Princess Theatre was the first theatre in Waterloo, opening in the Devitt Block on December 23, 1913 and closing in 1921.
- Date of Original
- [between 1940 and 1971]
- Date Of Event
- [between 1940 and 1971]
- Dimensions
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Width: 25 cm
Height: 20 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 25cm
Image Height: 20cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- F3X
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.464998 Longitude: -80.522554
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- Copyright Statement
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- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 5E2
