This building was built in 1895 to house the Bank of Commerce (Before it became the Imperial Bank of Commerce.) It was a tall structure, designed to show the stability of the bank. The first floor was the banking floor, with the managers office in the front window, and the teller’s cage in the center of the south wall. Inside you can still see the tin-type ceiling, the old electric lights which were added later, and the chimney where the stove pipe would have connected from the pot belly stove in the back by the vault. (The vault now holds the washrooms for the Tea Shop.) The second floor was the apartment for the bank manager and his wife, and the top floor was for the tellers, who were all single men.