Preserving our heritage: The Harrison Block
The property market was fast paced during Brandon’s early years. The property at 120 – 9th Street, first sold in June 1881, changed owners six times over the next ten years— it was even briefly owned...
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Preserving Our Heritage: Old Montreal Place
This 20th century bank vault makes an excellent 21st century recording studio. While the vault in Old Montreal Place, a former Bank of Montreal building, housed bank notes for most of its history,...
View ArticleBrandon and the Yukon Cattle Rush
Brandon’s Yukon Block was built by John Alexander Howey in 1902 with money he made during two trips to the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. But he didn’t make that money panning for gold. In 1898...
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Downtown Reno Raises the Bar
When tenants moved into the apartments in Brandon’s newly built Crawford Block in 1908, they likely took the oak hardwood floors, wide oak baseboards, ten-foot-high ceilings, and tall oak sash windows...
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