Building Name: Bank and Bookstore
![Bank and bookstore, [between 1963 and 1966]. UA PC 9a no. 14 (1).](https://lib.unb.ca/sites/default/files/unbhistory/Bank_bookstore.jpg)
Other Names: Bookstore and Bank
Civic Address: 29 Dineen Dr.
Sod Turning: [1962?]
Cornerstone Laying: 18 November 1962 by E.C. Wilson, Manager of the Fredericton Branch of the Bank of Montreal, and Marjorie Logue, Manager of the UNB Bookstore
Opened for Use: 7 January 1963
Official Opening: 7 January 1963
Architect: Larson and Larson
Named for: Accommodating the University Bookstore and a branch of the Bank of Montreal.
Renovations/changes/additions: January 1965: Book storage and bank deposit extension.
In 2024 the University Bookstore and Campus Pharmacy moved to the Student Union Building, and the bank closed.
Notes:In 1963 the branch opened under the direction of Rebecca Watson, becoming the first Bank of Montreal in Canada to have a female manager. On 19 July 1988 the bank was robbed of $1200.
Source(s):
- Leroux, John. Building A University: The Architecture of UNB. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2010, p. 84, 96.
- UA Case 123, Box 1.
- UNB News "Rooms with a view: UNB spaces reimagined for student success" by Tim Jacques; Sep 10, 2024