Porter Block
The Porter Block is an historic building in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Built in 1900, it is located at the northwest corner of Douglas and Johnson Streets.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Andrew’s Cathedral and Cineplex Odeon Victoria.
St. Andrew’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Drhaggis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Andrew's Cathedral is the Roman Catholic cathedral for the Diocese of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Built in the High Victorian Gothic style, St. Andrew's was Victoria's third cathedral to be built. St. Andrew’s Cathedral is situated 270 metres southeast of Porter Block.
Cineplex Odeon Victoria
Movie theater
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cineplex Odeon Victoria is a movie theater, which is situated 210 metres southeast of Porter Block.
Bay Centre
Shopping center
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bay Centre is a shopping mall in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Douglas, Government, Fort, and View streets, in the city's historic centre. Bay Centre is situated 270 metres southwest of Porter Block.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Victoria.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco. Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.
Victoria
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.
Oak Bay
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada. Oak Bay is situated 3½ km east of Porter Block.
Porter Block
- Type: Building
- Description: commercial building in Victoria, British Columbia
- Category: commercial building
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42739° or 48° 25′ 39″ northLongitude
-123.36498° or 123° 21′ 54″ westOpen location code
84WRCJGP+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 105832245OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q54918996
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