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Rogers Building National Historic Site of Canada

913 Government Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W, Canada

Formally Recognized: 1991/03/01

General view of Rogers Building, showing its Queen Anne Revival style design, including  classically inspired detailing, 2011.; Parks Canada Agency / Agence Parcs Canada, Andrew Waldron, 2011.
General view
General view of Rogers Building, showing the decorative shopfront including ornate glazing with a delicate canopy of leaded lights over the recessed entrance way, 2011.; Parks Canada Agency / Agence Parcs Canada, Andrew Waldron, 2011.
General view
Interior view of Rogers Building, showing original surviving interior fixtures and decorative detailing, including glass-fronted cabinets and curve-topped glass counters, 2011.; Parks Canada Agency / Agence Parcs Canada, Andrew Waldron, 2011.
Interior view

Other Name(s)

Rogers Building National Historic Site of Canada
Rogers Building
Édifice Rogers
Rogers' Chocolate Shop
Chocolaterie Rogers
Rogers' Chocolates Building
Édifice de la chocolaterie Rogers

Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

1903/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2007/03/02

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Rogers Building is a small Victorian era commercial building with a fanciful Queen Anne Revival-style shopfront. It is located in the downtown area of the city of Victoria. The formal recognition consists of the building on its legal property.

Heritage Value

The Rogers Building was designated a national historic site in 1991 because this shop is a delectable adaptation of the Queen Anne Revival style applied to small commercial buildings.

The facade of the Rogers Building typifies commercial applications of the Queen Anne Revival Style. Original fixtures and decorative features in the store’s interior create a warm, inviting atmosphere typical of the style.

Source: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Minutes, November 1990.

Character-Defining Elements

Aspects of this site which contribute to its heritage values include:
-its Queen Anne Revival style design, including classically inspired detailing, plate-glass display windows at street level, a prominent bay window on the second floor, and red-brick piers and pilasters decorated with white trim;
-the decorative shopfront including ornate glazing with a delicate canopy of leaded lights over the recessed entrance way, small superimposed leaded windows across the back of the display windows, the marble and tile finishes of the entrance way;
-The scale and two-storey massing in relation to the two buildings immediately to its south;
-original surviving interior fixtures and decorative detailing, including glass-fronted cabinets, curve-topped glass counters, tall wall mirrors, the ornate broken pediment above the mirrors, and the turned wooden spindle design below the mirrors.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Federal

Recognition Authority

Government of Canada

Recognition Statute

Historic Sites and Monuments Act

Recognition Type

National Historic Site of Canada

Recognition Date

1991/03/01

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

n/a

Theme - Category and Type

Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
Architecture and Design

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Commerce / Commercial Services
Shop or Wholesale Establishment

Architect / Designer

Hooper and Watkins

Builder

n/a

Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

National Historic Sites Directorate, Documentation Centre, 5th Floor, Room 89, 25 Eddy Street, Gatineau, Quebec

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

102

Status

Published

Related Places

front elevation

Rogers' Chocolates

Rogers' Chocolates is a two-storey Queen Anne Style brick commercial building on Government Street.

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