|
The Bank of New Brunswick was established on March 25, 1820 in the pre-Confederation Province of New Brunswick, Canada as the first Canadian bank to operate under a charter. Headquartered in a new building on Prince William Street in Saint John in 1826, the neoclassical bank façade consisted of an Ionic temple of finance.〔http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000496 Bank Architecture〕 It was founded by some of the colony's most prominent businessmen. At the time, Saint John was the largest city in the Maritime Provinces, exceeding in population both Halifax, Nova Scotia, and for a time during the 19th century, even Toronto, Ontario. John Robinson was elected the first President of the Bank of New Brunswick and served until 1824 when he was succeeded by Charles Simonds. The acquisition of the City Bank of Saint John in 1839 and the Summerside Bank of P.E.I. in 1901, expanded the Bank's network. Following the City Bank acquisition, City Bank president Thomas Leavitt became president of the Bank of New Brunswick.〔(Thomas Leavitt, Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, canada.gc.ca )〕 Leavitt came from a family of merchants, shipowners and shipmasters of Saint John, New Brunswick, who were related to the early Simonds, White and Hazen families of Saint John.〔(Maritime Provinces of Canada Merchants and Shipowners, A guide to the papers of merchants and shipowners of the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Maritime History Archives, mun.ca/mha/holdings )〕 ==Architecture== The Bank of New Brunswick Building in Saint John, New Brunswick built in 1879 is on the Registry of Historical Places of Canada.〔http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=12142 Bank of New Brunswick〕 The Bank of New Brunswick on 268 Water Street, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, built 1909 to 1910 is on the Registry of Historical Places of Canada.〔http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=10059 Bank of New Brunswick〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bank of New Brunswick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|