A view of Yorkton鈥檚 two beautiful buildings on Broadway Street East circa 1915 taken from the railway platform, also showing part of the Canadian Pacific station and the grounds. In 1909 the Bank of Commerce had opened for business in the Meredith Block on the south side of Broadway and in 1913 the bank erected the building of Doric columns seen in the photo. The Bank of Montreal also opened for business in the Meredith Block in 1913, next occupying a premises in the Dunlop Block seen to the right and then purchased the Bank of Commerce building in 1930. The Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company had been in business in Yorkton since 1898.
This edition of History Corner was originally published in the Aug. 25, 2010 issue of Yorkton This Week.
