Tours & Visit
Start at the corner. Look up.
The lobby is open to the public; the best of the building can be read from the sidewalk — granite, lions, and a carved name.
Visiting Notes
What’s open, and when.
The lobby
Open to the public during building hours. Marble, brass, bronze doors, and the gold-leaf elevator hall are all visible from the entrance.
The upper floors
Leased to businesses and accessible only to their visitors.
Guided tours
Occasionally available by appointment or as part of special events organized by heritage organizations.
Accessibility
Accessibility details to be confirmed — contact the building office before your visit.
Virtual tour — coming soon
A room-by-room virtual visit is planned. Until then, the gallery is the next best thing.
Self-Guided Tour
Six stops around one corner.
Fifteen minutes, no ticket required.
The corner of Granville & Pender
Look forThe carved inscription over the entrance: 1911 · ROGERS · BVILDING · 1911, cut into the terracotta with a Roman V for U.
Why it mattersThe building signs and dates itself — a permanent cornerstone ceremony.
The entrance columns
Look forMonumental Ionic columns of rose-grey granite, with matching pilasters along both frontages.
Why it mattersThe granite was shipped from Aberdeen, Scotland — the port city’s trade routes made physical.
Above the second floor
Look forLion heads crowning laurel-wreathed medallions between the windows — then more lions along the cornice, ten storeys up.
Why it mattersEdwardian ornament rewards the upward glance; most passers-by never see the second set of lions.
The window sashes
Look forHeritage-green painted frames rising the full height of the façade.
Why it mattersA single consistent colour, maintained for decades, is part of what keeps a heritage façade legible.
The lobby (if open)
Look forWhite Italian marble, brass rails, the bronze doors, and the gold-leaf elevator lobby.
Why it mattersFive Otis-Fensom elevators with a "flash-light indicator" once whisked a thousand workers a day upstairs.
Step back along Granville
Look forThe glass tower beside the building — set back 12 feet above its sixth floor to protect views of the façade.
Why it mattersIn 2020 the new skyline stepped aside so this façade stays visible: heritage shaping the future, not just the past.
The Map
Granville & Pender.
Keep Walking
A heritage walk from this corner.
The Rogers Building sits in the densest square mile of heritage architecture in Western Canada.
Vancouver Block
The companion landmark and website — 736 Granville Street.
Sinclair Centre / former Post Office
Federal grandeur one block north.
Waterfront Station
The CPR terminal that made the city — and brought Rogers here.
Dominion Building
The boom’s first high-rise, at Hastings and Cambie.
Sun Tower
The 1912 dome on Pender at Beatty.
Marine Building
The Art Deco masterpiece the next boom built, 1930.
Hudson’s Bay Building
Department-store classicism at Georgia and Granville.
Guided tours of the Rogers Building are occasionally available by appointment or through heritage-organization events — enquire with the building office.