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Prior Building
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Heritage designation

Prior Building

On a provincial or municipal heritage registerone of 54 in Victoria
OOther placesBBuilt 1888
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About Prior Building

A provincial or local register lists Prior Building, one of 54 such places paged in Victoria. Its record dates Prior Building to 1888. Within 400 m there are 46 more historic places.

This place is known here through Wikidata’s copy of its register number; the register itself isn’t open.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

Victoria · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Prior BuildingStart here
  2. 2Adelphi BuildingHeritage designation · 100 m on
  3. 3Bank of Montreal BuildingHeritage designation · 100 m on
  4. 4Burnes HouseHeritage designation · 100 m on
  5. 5Pacific Transfer BuildingListed in a community heritage register · 100 m on
Farther afield
Lim Dat BuildingListed in a community heritage register300 mMasonic TempleListed in a community heritage register300 mFort VictoriaNational Historic Site300 mRoyal Bank BuildingHeritage designation300 mBoard of Trade BuildingHeritage designation300 mHanna's Undertaking ParlourListed in a community heritage register300 m
Around it

36 within 300 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

LocalDuck's Block65 mLocalNew England Hotel91 mLocalPalace Cigar Store98 mLocalAdelphi Building107 mLocalRobinson's Sporting Goods108 mLocalLewis & Humphreys Block115 mLocalCity Hall Annex118 mLocalPorter Block132 mLocalMcPherson Playhouse135 mLocalH. Saunders Grocery and Liquor Store137 mLocalDoane Block138 mTopVictoria City Hall151 mLocalReynolds Block157 mLocalMilne Block162 mLocalNing Young Building165 mLocalLee Woy & Company Building186 mLocalLoo Tai Cho Building193 mLocalMorley's Soda Water Factory198 m
Show the other 18
LocalMable Carriage Works218 mLocalBank of Montreal Building219 mTopVictoria's Chinatown222 mLocalGee Tuck Tong Benevolent Association Building223 mLocalChinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Building226 mLocalOn Hing & Brothers Store232 mTopFormer Victoria Law Courts232 mLocalFairfield Block240 mLocalBurnes House241 mLocalOn Hing Building241 mLocalChinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public School241 mLocalMacdonald Block250 mLocalLim Dat Building255 mLocalMasonic Temple256 mTopFort Victoria259 mLocalRoyal Bank Building273 mLocalBoard of Trade Building284 mLocalHanna's Undertaking Parlour292 m

Questions about Prior Building

Can you visit Prior Building?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Prior Building built?

Prior Building went up in 1888, by its record.

Is Prior Building protected?

Its listing is provincial or local, and protection varies by province.

What is Prior Building?

Prior Building: a place on a provincial or local heritage list.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).

Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).