British Columbia House

British Columbia House is a large office block built around 1914 by Alfred Burr. It features Portland stone ashlar with rusticated quoins and showcases a rich Baroque style, incorporating both Roman and Genoese palazzo elements on a grand scale. The building stands five storeys tall with a dormered attic and is nine windows wide, displaying a symmetrical façade except for a slightly advanced secondary entrance bay on the right. There is a five-window return to Charles II Street.

The ground floor has a main central entrance leading to No. 3, which is framed by a large, enclosed, rusticated porch with a semicircular arched opening. This porch is adorned with cartouche ornamented side piers and a segmental pediment that features the Arms of British Columbia, topped by a carved group of allegorical figures. There is a secondary entrance to No. 3 on the right, and the ground floor display windows are enhanced by engaged Ionic columns supporting an entablature.

On the upper floors, the windows have architraved recessed casements. The first-floor windows are distinguished by alternating triangular and segmental pediments held up by engaged Ionic columns, while the second-floor windows are topped with cornices. Above the main entrance, the first and second-floor windows form a canted bay. A secondary cornice-sill course is present at the fourth floor, which features carved panels between the windows depicting the products of British Columbia. The building is crowned by a prominent cornice on console brackets, with dormers in bronze surrounds integrated into the roof. Tall corniced chimney stacks and ornate cast iron balconettes on the first floor add to the architectural detail. The return to Charles II Street includes the main entrances to No. 1 located in the left-hand bay.