Dominion
Building
This lovely two and a half story Romanesque
revival style building was built in 1883, of brick and sandstone
in downtown Sussex, NB, Canada and made a local historic place
since it was one of the many constructed by the government to
bring its presence to the thousands of towns across the country.
It was designed by David E. Dunham, a well known St. John
architect, and includes rounded arches over its windows and
entrances, thick masonry walls and a variable brick and stone
facade. It has been recognized for its continued use as an
institutional building, that had been used as a post office and
customs house until 1984 when the town would acquire it, and
then renovate it to contain the town offices. It became a focal
point for the community for numerous years since it was such a
convenient gathering place for the townsfolk to meet. It is
rectangular with a hipped roof, symmetrical facade that
encompasses a central gabled frontispiece, brick arches over the
windows, twin gabled dormers with sunburst designs in the
pediments, federal coat-of-arms over the main entrance and a
clock at the apex of the gable that sits over the front
entrance.
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