Then: Imperial Bank of Canada

For many years, an attractive stone building on the corner of Main and Ferry Streets, housed a branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada. From 1925 to 1941, H.G. Acres and Company, Consulting Engineers, occupied the second floor. That firm later merged with Hatch, now located on Queen Street.

For a period prior to the early 1960s, Dr. R.F. Eagar, an ear, eye, nose and throat specialist, had his office on the upper level.

When the Imperial Bank merged with the Bank of Commerce in June of 1961, to form the new "Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce", a new bank building was proposed for this site. That resulted in the demolition of not only the original Imperial Bank of Commerce building, but also of a three-storey heritage structure next door that the bank had purchased. It was known for decades as the Woolnough Building. It had been home to a number of ground-floor businesses over the years, with the second and third floors divided into apartments. Both buildings showed a lot of architectural character, including elaborate cornices along the roofline, and stone arches over the windows and doorway on the lower level of the bank.

Now: Cash Money

Today, the repurposed CIBC building is still involved with financial services, now as a "Cash Money" franchise location.

Niagara Falls Public Library. 2017. Niagara Falls - Then & Now: A Photographic Journey Through The Years. [Imperial Bank of Canada/ Cash Money].

Niagara Falls Then and Now
A collaborative project
Niagara Falls Museums - Niagara Falls Public Library - Dept. of Geography and Tourism Studies,Brock University.
Original newspaper series by Sherman Zavitz, Official Historian for the City of Niagara Falls from 1994 - 2019.

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