Devitt Block, Waterloo, Ontario
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Four photographs of building at 9-21 Erb Street west at King Street commonly called the Devitt Block. Building housed the offices of the Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company (later Equitable Life). Photographs were taken during the demolition process in 1976. Note the "wrecking" sign at the side of the building.
- Notes
- The Devitt Block was built in 1870 by Benjamin Devitt and Daniel Snyder and demolished in 1976. It was located in what would be the parking lot behind the current Bank of Montreal at 3 King street south.
Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Company was formed in 1920. 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 Princess Theatre was the first theatre in Waterloo, opening in the Devitt Block on December 23, 1913 and closing in 1921.
- Inscriptions
- "Received Sep 10 1976 Engineering Dept." stamped on reverse of photographs. City of Waterloo Engineering Department?
- Date of Original
- 10 September 1976
- Date Of Event
- 10 September 1976
- Dimensions
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Width: 11 cm
Height: 9 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 11cm
Image Height: 9cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- P166; P167; P168; P169
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4668 Longitude: -80.51639
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- Copyright Statement
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- Contact
- Waterloo Public LibraryEmail:askus@wpl.ca
Website:
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