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Bronze plaque № 10590

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Bronze plaque № 10590

Greenshields Building Builder: J.M. McLuckie This former warehouse was constructed in 1901-02 as two separate buildings designed to appear as one. Greenshields, Son & Company was a prominent Montreal-based dry goods firm which opened its first Vancouver outlet in 1888. Architect James H. Cadham desi

gned the firm's warehouse in Winnipeg in 1903, and also likely designed this building. The east half was operated by Kelly, Douglas & Company, a successful wholesale grocery firm; within a few years t

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