1414 Danforth Avenue

1414 Danforth Avenue 1414 Danforth Ave, Toronto - South-east aspect - August 2026.jpg A 2026 image of the South and East faces of 1414 Danforth Avenue, a 1920s era bank branch building built in a stripped classical style with engaged pilasters on the front corners and columns flanking the entrance. 1919, 1929 Bank branch 1414 Danforth AvenueToronto, Ontario, Canada 43.68271395429247 -79.32740645077747 region:CA-ON inline,title Langley & HowlandSeligman & Dick Stripped Classicism 1414 Danforth Avenue (2nd floor offices municipally referred to as 1416 Danforth) is a former Imperial Bank of Canada branch located at 1414 Danforth Avenue in Toronto, Ontario. It is a two-storey Stripped Classical edifice, designed in 1927 by the Toronto architecture firm Langley & HowlandLangley, Charles Edward https://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1432 Dictionary of Architects in Canada 26 May 2026 and completed in 1928.Imperial Bank of Canada 54th Annual Shareholder's Report https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/images/hrcorpreports/pdfs/I/Imperial_Bank_of_Canada_1928.pdf 26 May 2026 In 2022 the building was officially listed in the City of Toronto's Heritage Register.https://secure.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=5005578&propertyRsn=254873 City of Toronto Heritage Search 1416 Danforth Avenue 26 May 2026 History The first Imperial Bank branch on the site was a temporary building constructed in 1919, and listed by the bank as active from 1920 onward.Imperial Bank of Canada Annual Report, 1920 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-640139-39572/page/n17/mode/2up The Internet Archives Imperial Bank of Canada 27 May 2026 The manager at opening was Harold Thorp BeatyThe Toronto City Directory 1921 https://archive.org/details/torontodirec192100midiuoft/page/934/mode/2up The Internet Archive Might Directories Ltd 27 May 2026 who remained manager until at least 1949.Imperial Bank of Canada SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT PRESENTED TO THЕ SHAREHOLDERS NOVEМВЕR 23rd 1949 https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/images/hrcorpreports/pdfs/6/640109.pdf McGill Digital Library Archives Imperial Bank of Canada 27 May 2026 The branch remained in operation as an Imperial Bank of Canada branch through the 1961 merger with the Canadian Bank of Commerce, at which point it became a branch of the newly established Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. In 1999, CIBC sold the property, and a Money Mart payday loans company began operating on the main floor.City of Toronto (East of Yonge) and East York, 1999 https://archive.org/details/torontocitydir1999_0/page/n661/mode/2up The Internet Archive Polk Criss Cross Directory 27 May 2026 In 2023 the building was sold again, this time to Raw Signal Group, a management training company.Leblanc Dave New love for an old bank https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/toronto/article-new-love-for-an-old-bank/ Globe & Mail - The Architourist The Globe and Mail 27 May 2026 In 2025, local artist Izzy Paez painted a mural over the northern extension of the building.Paez Izzy Street Art https://www.izzypaez.com/copy-of-street-art Izzy Paez Izzy Paez 27 May 2026 References Category:Historic bank buildings in Canada Category:Stripped Classical architecture Category:Postmodern architecture in Canada