J.S.D. Taylor
432 Richards St, Downtown Vancouver

"This neoclassical gem is alive with eclectic invention: semicircular balconies, decorative ironwork, Doric pilasters,
and a flat pediment capped with beavers and a castellated tower (the company motif). Eccentric doorway treatment,
splayed at the base in ancient Egyptian fashion, rises through a small pediment to enclose a clerestory window.
The superb marble interior with carved woodwork repeats the exterior style."

From "Exploring Vancouver: The essential architectural guide"
by Harold Kalman, Ron Phillips and Robin Ward

It's said that the heritage 1911 Century House building has a resident ghost. Rumour has it that the spirit is a young bank teller
who was killed in a bank robbery in the early 1900s. A visiting medium detected at least a dozen more earthbound spirits stuck in the building
since the time the vaults were used as a temporary morgue to store bodies of victims of an industrial accident.