Built 1900

Thomas Earle was a local wholesale grocer and provision merchant whose business dated back to 1869.

This building, constructed for $10,000 and designed by architect Thomas Hopper, features a large brick arch and two finials flanking a central pediment and date plaque

The building was used for many years by Smith, Davidson and Lecky, paper wholesalers. After a major fire, the building was renovated in 1979 for the Capital Regional District.

[Photo credit]

c. 1900 Victoria City Archives.

British Columbia Heritage Trust

Marker is on Yates Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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