Royal Bank of Canada Building, Havana is a
Neoclassical-style bank building located at corner of Calles Aguiar and Obrapia in
Habana Vieja. 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
New York
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-based firm
Purdy and Henderson, Engineers
Purdy and Henderson was a New York City-based engineering firm founded by Corydon Tyler Purdy and Lightner Henderson. They were active in the United States and Cuba between 1890 and 1944.
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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
Royal Bank of Canada
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's 65 branches that existed in the 1920s and 24 by the time it was forced to close in 1960.
Gallery
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File:Royal_Bank_of_Canada_Building_Front.jpg
File:Havana - Royal Bank of Canada.jpg, Bank Building shortly after completion
File:Corner_of_Aguiar_y_Obrapia_Royal_Bank_of_Canada_Building,_Havana.jpg
File:Oficinas-Royal Bank of Canada Building, Corner of Obrapia y Aguiar, Havana década-de-1950.jpg
See also
*
Bank of Nova Scotia Building, Havana 1906
*
List of banks in Cuba
References
{{Havana landmarks
Buildings and structures in Havana
Office buildings completed in 1917
Neoclassical architecture in Cuba