Western Match Company (1945)

154 Fairview Road, Esquimalt

Architects: McCarter & Nairne of Vancouver

There is almost a nautical quality to the design of this lowslung streemlined building, a classic example in Victoria of the stripped down moderne style. It is interesting that the architects were better known for their Vancouver work in the much more elaborated deco style, in particular the Marine Building some 15 years earlier.