Wharf Street intersects
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This single storey building at 503 Yates Street, at the corner of Yates Street and Wharf Street was built circa 1901.
It has been used a restaurant for many years.
510-512 Yates Street (left), 516 Yates Street (middle) and 518 Yates Street (right)
510-512 Yates Street, at Wharf Street, was built in 1898 by architect Francis Rattenbury for James S. Yates, who also owned the building at 1244 Wharf Street, on the opposite side of the Wharf Street/ Yates Street intersection.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
516 Yates Street, built in 1882, and 518 Yates Street, built in 1899. Both buildings are now occupied by Victoria International Hostel.
516 Yates Street and 518 Yates Street – Victoria International Hostel
518 Yates Street was built in 1899 by architect Alexander Maxwell Muir for Dr. F. Hall. The building also features frontage on Waddington Alley (1302 Waddington Alley).
In 1991, 518 Yates Street and the adjacent building at 516 Yates Street were renovated into the Victoria International Hostel, which still occupies both buildings.
Waddington Alley intersects
Leiser Building, 524 Yates Street. Built in 1896 as a warehouse for Simon Leiser. Architect: A.C. Ewart.
522-524 Yates Street – the Leiser Building
The Leiser Building at 522-524 Yates Street was built in 1896 by architect A.C. Ewart for Simon Leiser, who used it as the warehouse for his wholesale grocery business.
524 Yates Street is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Simon Leiser Building.
It was converted to condominiums in 2011.
Earle Building, 530-534 Yates Street. Designed in 1900 for Thomas Earle by architect Thomas Hooper.
534 Yates Street – The Earle Building
The Earle Building at 534 Yates Street was built in 1900 by architect Thomas Hooper as a warehouse and office for Thomas Earle, who ran a wholesale grocery business.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Thomas Earle Warehouse.
Built in 1887 as an office and warehouse for Boucharat & Co., Liquor Merchants.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
533 Yates Street (photo by Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
Built in 1900 by architect Thomas Hooper as a warehouse and office for Pither & Leiser, Liquor Merchants, which had outgrown the adjacent building at 533 Yates Street.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
535 Yates Street, built in 1900 and now listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places
536 Yates Street, built circa 1860, and 538 Yates Street, built in 1888.
536 Yates Street is the oldest building on the 500 block of Yates Street. It was built circa 1860.
It is now legally consolidated with the adjacent building at 538 Yates Street, built in 1888.
536 Yates Street is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
536 Yates Street, built circa 1860, and 538 Yates Street, built in 1888.
538 Yates Street was built in 1888. It is now legally consolidated with the adjacent building at 536 Yates Street.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
550-554 Yates Street, originally built in 1883 as the Oriental Hotel
550-554 Yates Street was originally built in 1883 as the Oriental Hotel. The western half of the building was added in 1888. Both the 1883 original building and the 1888 addition were designed by architect John Teague.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Oriental Hotel.
It is now divided into 35 condominiums.
560-562 Yates Street (left) and 564 Yates Street (right).
560-562 Yates Street was built circa 1882 by Captain Thomas Pritchard, who used it as an investment property. By 1898 the building was occupied by F. Stewart, a grocer and Klondike provisioner.
560-562 Yates Street is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
564 Yates Street, originally built circa 1861 for Nathiel Moore’s Dry Goods store. It’s now Hughes Clothing.
564 Yates Street was built circa 1861 for Nathan Moore, who ran a dry goods business.
566-570 Yates Street, built in 1891 by architect Thomas Hooper for Lewis Lewis.
566-570 Yates Street – the Lewis-Humphreys Block
566-570 Yates Street was built in 1891 by architect Thomas Hooper for Lewis Lewis and Caroline Humphreys.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Lewis-Humphreys Block.
1300-1304 Government Street, the Adelphi Building, built in 1891.
1300-1304 Government Street – Adelphi Building
The Adelphi Building at 1300-1304 Government Street and 578 Yates Street was built in 1891. It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
The retail space on the main level has been occupied by Field’s Shoes for several decades.
Federal Building – 1230 Government Street at Yates Street
The Federal Building at 1230 Government Street, at the south west corner of Yates Street and Government Street, was built between 1948-1952 by architects Percy Leonard James and Douglas James.
The Federal Building, 1230 Government Street, built in 1948-1952 by architects Percy Leonard James and Douglas James for the Government of Canada.
Yates Street – 500 Block continues west
Government Street intersects
Yates Street – 600 Block continues east
Built circa 1879 and one of the oldest buildings on Government Street. This building is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
1239-1241 Government Street (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
1301 Government Street. Designed in 1946 by architects David C. Frame and Douglas James for the Imperial Bank of Canada
1301 Government Street / 604-606 Yates Street
This building at 1301 Government Street and 604-606 Yates Street is now a Starbucks.
It was built in 1946 by architects David C. Frame and Douglas James for the Imperial Bank of Canada, which used it as its downtown Victoria main branch, replacing an earlier Imperial Bank of Canada building which had stood on this site since the 1890’s.
608-610 Yates Street (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
608-610 Yates Street
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612-616 Yates Street (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
630 Yates Street, built in 1950 by architect William F. Gardiner for the Bank of Toronto, whose logo is still visible above the main doorway.
630 Yates Street, built in 1950 by architect William F. Gardiner for the Bank of Toronto, whose logo is still visible above the main doorway.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Bank of Toronto Building. It is now the Legacy Art Gallery.
Broad Street intersects
631-645 Yates Street consists of two buildings, built at different times, in 1888 and 1891, which have now been consolidated into one building.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the King Edward Hotel.
631-645 Yates Street (photo by Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
632 Yates Street (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
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634-636 Yates Street, built in 1877 by architect John Teague as the fire hall of the Deluge Fire Company, one of Victoria’s three volunteer fire companies before the creation of the Victoria Fire Department.
634-636 Yates Street was originally built in 1877 by architect John Teague as a fire hall for the Deluge Fire Company, one of the 3 volunteer fire companies in Victoria before the Victoria Fire Department was formed.
640-642 Yates Street, built circa 1885.
640-642 Yates Street
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Built in 1893 as a four storey hotel called the Hotel Wilson. The upper floors were removed in the 1940’s.
1300-1306 Douglas Street, originally built in 1889 by architect John Teague for the Canadian Pacific Land & Mortgage Company.
1300-1306 Douglas Street was built in 1889 by architect John Teague for the Canadian Pacific Land & Mortgage Company.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Reynolds Block.
Yates Street – 600 Block continues west
Douglas Street intersects
Yates Street – 700 Block continues east
Bank of Montreal – 1225 Douglas Street
This building on the south east corner of Yates Street and Douglas Street was built in 1919 by architect Francis Rattenbury for the Merchants Bank of Canada. It has been a main downtown branch of the Bank of Montreal since the Merchants Bank was taken over by the Bank of Montreal in 1921.
The building is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Merchant’s Bank of Canada.
Bank of Montreal, 1225 Douglas Street. Built in 1907 by architect Francis Rattenbury for the Merchants Bank of Canada
ScotiaBank at 702 Yates Street, built in 1923 with additions in 1963.
702 Yates Street – ScotiaBank
706-718 Yates Street. Designed in 1913 by architect George C. Mesher as the Metropolis Building.
706-718 Yates Street was built in 1913 by architect George Charles Mesher as the Metropolis Hotel.
It is now government offices on the upper floors with commercial space on the main floor.
709-715 Yates Street
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709-715 Yates Street (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
719 Yates Street, the Finch Building
719 Yates Street was built in 1910 by architect David C. Frame for Finch & Finch, which used it for its “Ladies Clothing” business.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Finch Building.
The Finch Building, 719 Yates Street (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
Built in 1909 for the Victoria Building Company, this 3 storey building was originally operated as the Portland Hotel.
It is currently commercial space on the street level with apartments on the upper floors.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Portland Hotel.
721-725 Yates Street, built in 1909 and opened as the Portland Hotel (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
Odeon Theatre, 780 Yates Street, Victoria. Built in 1948.
Odeon Theatre – 780 Yates Street
The Odeon Theatre, 780 Yates Street, was built in 1948 by architect Henry Holdsby Simmonds for the Canadian Odeon Company.
It has been listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places for its Steeamline Moderne architecture. It is still operating as a movie theatre.
784 Yates Street and 788 Yates Street. This small utilitarian building dates from the early 20th century )and possible earlier) and has always contained two shopfronts.
784-788 Yates Street is a small utilitarian building which dates from the early 20th century (and possible earlier) and has always contained two shopfronts. It is a surviving example of what were once common commercial structures in early Victoria.
759 Yates Street – Dalton Rocket
759 Yates Street was originally built as the Dominion Hotel by hotelier Stephen Jones.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Dominion Hotel.
it is now an apartment building called the Dominion Rocket.
The Carnegie Library, 794 Yates Street. Built in 1904 by architects Thomas Hooper and C. Elwood Watkins with a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.
794 Yates Street – Carnegie Building
794 Yates Street was built in 1904 by architects Thomas Hooper and C. Elwood Watkins, with a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, as the Victoria Public Library.
It is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places as the Carnegie Library.
Yates Street – 700 Block continues east
Blanshard Street intersects
Yates Street – 800 Block continues west
836 Yates Street, originally built in 1936 as the Atlas Theatre (photo; Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
836 Yates Street – Yates Centre
836 Yates Street was built in 1936 as the Atlas Theatre.
In 1995 is was converted into its present configuration as the Yates Centre, an office building.
858 Yates Street, now Sugar nightclub on the second floor and Art World Picture Framing & Art Supplies on the main floor. The building was originally built as a garage in 1920.
858 Yates Street was built in 1920 as a garage.
It is now divided into a night club on the upper floor and commercial space on the ground floor.
Floyd’s Diner, 866 Yates Street. The building was originally built in 1927 for the Jones Brothers Service Station.
866 Yates Street – Floyd’s Diner
866 Yates Street was built in 1927 as a garage.
It is now Floyd’s Diner.
865 Yates Street / 1250 Quadra Street
865 Yares Street / 1250 Quadra Street was built in 1926 by architect Ralph Berrill for the Begg Motor Company, a Chevolet dealer, which used it as its offices and showroom. At that time the 800, 900 and 1000 blocks of Yates Street featured many of Victoria’s car dealerships.
It is now an office building with commercial and retail space on the main floor.
1250 Quadra Street / 865 Yates Street, viewed from Yates Street (photo by Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
Yates Street – 800 Block continues west
Quadra Street intersects
Yates Street – 900 Block continues east
903 Yates Street – Market On Yates
This building is now a grocery store, the Market On Yates.
But this building was originally a car dealership and garage.