Castle Building

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The Castle Building was home to a Chapters bookstore. Chapters bookstore and Starbucks cafe, downtown Montreal 2006-01-27.JPG
The Castle Building was home to a Chapters bookstore.

The Castle Building is an office building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its address is 1410 Stanley Street on the corner of Saint Catherine Street West in Downtown Montreal. It is owned by [1] Gold Castle Holdings Limited. The building is now home to a Victoria's Secret outlet and was previously home to a Chapters bookstore, which closed in 2014.

Named for the Castle Tea Company and erected on the site of the former Emmanuel Congregational Church, it was designed by Montreal architecture firm Ross and Macdonald, and was completed in 1927. [2] [3] It has 11 floors. [3] The building's facade material is brick and its facade system is applied masonry. Its architectural style is Neoclassical. [4]

Tenants include postproduction company SHED and digital agency TP1.

The Castle Building was awarded the Heritage Emeritus Award in 2005 by the City of Montreal and Heritage Montreal.

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References

  1. "Castle Building Brochure" (PDF). Gold Castle Holdings Limited. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  2. Wilkins, Robert N. (8 August 2014). "Block of Montreal's Ste-Catherine St. serves up slice of Canadiana". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 Castle Building at IMTL.org
  4. "Edifice Castle". Emporis. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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