Royal Bank of Canada Building, Havana is a Neoclassical-style bank building located at corner of Calles Aguiar and Obrapia in

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. The ground floor was dedicated to the bank, the other floors to offices that were rented; a floor was added (seventh floor) for a semiprivate restaurant and club. Built in 1917, the building was designed by

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-based firm

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, but supervised by Sumner Godfrey Davenport, who would subsequently join the bank in Havana in 1920. In the same year Davenport moved to Canada to become the bank's chief architect. This building would be one of

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's 65 branches that existed in the 1920s and 24 by the time it was forced to close in 1960.

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{{Havana landmarks Buildings and structures in Havana Office buildings completed in 1917 Neoclassical architecture in Cuba 20th-century architecture in Cuba

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