bankhistory
City Bank of Sydney, c1877
The original City Bank of Sydney, located on Pitt St, Sydney, c1873. Built by George Arthur and Ralph Mansfield in 1873, it was destroyed by fire in 1890 and then demolished. The bank relocated to Strathfield on the Boulevarde as “Holyrood”. Fire broke out at 2am on 2 October 1890 in the premises of Messrs. Gibbs, Shallard and Co, a