Vieille Banque de Sherbrooke, Easter township bank, Sherbrooke.Qc
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member SCALAIRE
N 45° 24.314 W 071° 53.659
19T E 273498 N 5032043
Vieille banque à Sherbrooke.
Waymark Code: WMC7P5
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 08/05/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
Views: 49

La Eastern Townships Bank, créée en 1859 sous la direction du colonel Benjamin Pomroy, fut la première institution financière à être mise sur pied dans le sud-est du Québec.

Au bout d'une année, elle comptait déjà trois succursales dans les Cantons de l'Est. Après avoir consolidé sa présence dans les Cantons de l'Est, elle prit de l'expansion dans d'autres régions du Québec et dans l'Ouest canadien. En 1911, son réseau comptait plus d'une centaine de succursales à travers le pays. Afin de renforcer sa présence sur la scène nationale, ses administrateurs acceptèrent de fusionner avec la Banque canadienne de Commerce le 1er mars 1912 qui par la suite est devenue la Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Banque Canadienne Impériale de Commerce).

L'ancien siège social de la Eastern Townships Bank à Sherbrooke est maintenant le Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke.

L'ancienne succursale de la Eastern Townships Bank au coin de la rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest et de la rue Crescent à Montréal est maintenant un magasin de vêtements de denim Parasuco.
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Eastern Townships Bank was founded in 1859 by Colonel Benjamin Pomroy. It was the first financial institution in the south-east of Quebec, an area known as the Eastern Townships, and issued its own banknotes.

Within a year after its founding, the bank had opened three branches. After consolidating its presence in the Eastern Townships, it opened branches elsewhere in Quebec and in Western Canada. By 1911, it had over 100 branches. To increase its presence on a national scale, its shareholders agreed to merge, effective March 1, 1912, with the Canadian Bank of Commerce, which later became Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

The former branch of the Eastern Townships Bank at the corner of Saint Catherine Street and Crescent Street in Montreal is now the flagship store for Parasuco, a line of denim clothing.

The former head office building of the Eastern Townships Bank in Sherbrooke, Quebec is now an art museum, the Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke
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Address:
Rue Dufferin Sherbrooke


Year: 1877

Website: [Web Link]

Current Use of Building: Musée des Baux-arts de Sherbrooke

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