At 191-197 King Street West

The PUC (Public Utilities Commission) had their building constructed in 1931, finished in 1932. B.A. Jones designed the building. He also designed the City Hall and the Pavilion in Victoria Park. The 28 acres of land on which it was built was purchased from Samuel Schneider. It was likely financed prior to the depression, since such great expenses would not have been possible during the Great Depression.

When the New City Hall was built, the PUC no longer used the building. Nevertheless, because their name is still on it, occasionally bills and payments are slipped under the door. Once, it was rented as a bank building. Trinkets from the building suggest that the bank was possibly a National Trust, but other speculations have been made. For instance, Cory Bluhm suggested that it was the Bank of Montreal. Afterwards, there was no permanent owner.

The style of the building is in a style peculiar for Kitchener buildings. The style is Art Deco, especially obvious in the richly covered fixtures over the front doorways, and the metal and stone work/ornamentations. As a listed (historical) building, nothing may be added or changed in it, thus leaving many of its original parts for our appreciation today.