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ne of the mo€tstriking buildings in Saskatoon is the 1907-08Canadian PacificRailway Station locatedat 306ldylwyld Drive North, This Btationis designedin the bold Chateau"Stylefavour€dby the CanadianPacificfor its hotelsand its stationE. It is a long rcctangular yellow brick structure, a hunil.redand sixty feet longby fifty feet wide, with a baseofTyndallstone. The building has a beautiful bollcastrcof with tv,rodormeNon its front andtlack sideandaninsetsec" ond story c?eatingan irregular roof line. It is readily identified by thi6 steeplypitched cedarsha}es rcof, its decomtivedetailing of pressed metal rcof firials and its rolled ndgecaps, Woodenbracketson stonebases supportthe cornice,making an extendedroofwith flaring eaves.The overhangingroofwouldprovide shel' ter from the elementsfor the many disembarkingpassengers. Quoinsand window si[s ofT]'ndall stonearc an addeddecorative feature as there are a large number
ofEashwindows, Thereare 40windowson the ftont Bideand 55 on the track side.Mostdramaticof all is its magsivecentral5o"footpolygonalstonetower. This building is identical to the EdmontonStmthcona Station built at the sametime. Bothbuildings were de€ignealby J. Carmichaelof the CPREngineeringOfffcein Win.tipeg. On the first floor it originally had a telegraphoffice,a hugebaggage arca, a rail asent'sof6ce,and a conductor'soffice. It alsohad separate menandwomen'swaitingroomsas well as a generalwaiting rcom. On the secondstory the Supelin'
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tendent's officeoccupiedthe polygonal centraltowe!with a totalviewof thetracks. The&maining spaceincludedofficesanda cenhalhaII. In 1919whenthe one-storey on the southwestend of the station wa€ thebaggage roomwasenextended, laryed and officeefor the Dominion ExpressandCanadianExpress Companiesadded, The railway wasthe instnrment that conveyed the eagerhomesteaders to settle and developthe poten. tial ofwesternCanada.Thebuilding rcflects the optimism that the CanadianPacificRailway felt about the futwe of SaEkatoon.It felt strongly that Sa8katoonwould becomethe "hub" of a majol transportation and distribution centre. Two peoplein very different ways wereinvolvedin helping to savethe . CPRStation for postedtyr Bil Sarjeant and Ken Achs. The late BilI Sa{eant wasknown for his community involvement and his strong senseofvalue for heri' tage.In 1960lailway passenger service was discontinuedbut the station waskept as an administrative
centrc.Th€ buildine gradu ally fell into disrepair. In I974, concemedthat the station mishtbe in danser, Bill Sarjeant,then pres ident oftha SaskatoonEnYironmcntal Society,repeatedly urged the citvto seek its preservation,stating that it had been"the entry for nany settlers into a ncw 1and." Thus, the seedsof Saskatoon'sheritage movement were sown. Driring the following years preser' vation ofthe slation dcpendcdor the eoodwill of the CPR. In 1991,however, as a nelvly designatedheritagerailway statlon, it receivedprotcction under thc Fcdcral Hcritage Rnilway Station PrctectionAct. It is to Kcn Achs, a looal devel" oper,that Saskatoonowestodey's restoredCPIibuilding. Intcrcstcd in bringing new lilc toheritagc buildings Kcn Achs bought the station in 1993,refurbishedit and It remains firlly leasedhousing a rcstarirant (TomasThe CookFamilvRestaurant), and severalbusi nesses,includinei Impark, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Sutton Financial Group, and the CharteredAccountants: Heagey,Altrogge,Match€tt and Partners LLP. Anew generationftequerts the building reminiscantofthe many passengersthat passedthrou gh its doorswhen there were approximatelv twenty-trains a day. KenAchs' companvhas received numerousawards from both civic and provincial organizationfor its achievementswith histodc architecture. This year he was given the President'sAward in the
...ifitwara notfor peopla tikeBitt Sorjeontamd Ken Achs andothers Sqskatoon would probobty hove lost thaCPRstotion
nization that indicates a life-time commitment to built heritagc. It is appallingto rcalize that ilit were not lbr pcoplelike Bill Sarjeant andKen Achs and others Saskatoonwould probably have lost the CPR stationwhichis the only surviving exampleofan intcnsc rail' way rivalry in Saskatoonbetw€en 1909and 1913. The Hedtage Chamcter State" ment ofthe Histodc Sites andMonu. ments Board ofCanada statcs:"Thc architectural designof the stotion and its identity withinthecommunity are also significant. lt is one of the most rcadily ideniifiable build' presenceofHis HonouI the ings in the city and a landmark in HonourableDr. Gordor Bamhart, the historic urban fabric." Lieutenant-Govcrnorof Saskatooncitizensshould reSaskaichcwanat GoveInment memberthosetwo individuals in Housein Reginaon June 15,2010. pariicular and all other concemed The Architectural Hedtase citizenswith thanks and gratitude Awards ofExcellenceare sponsored for their commitment to hedtage.$'i . The article uritten b! by the Architectural Heritage Soci ety ofSaskaichewanin cooperation J Michel Fortier uas compiled with tho SaskatchewanAssociation bith information awilable at of Aft bitects. The President's the Local History Room at the Award is awardedat the discretion Franc$ M.rrrison Public of the president to a personor orga Library in Saskdtoon.
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passed fundroising tho ceromony,Major Bcll's eldesterand. ShelaehWhitaker, and norkthef eder sl. daughter, $400,000 cldest grandson,John tlel1,spoke governnrents &provincioI slowinsly aboui the reconstluction the hospiiality thay'd rotookmotice.., project, ceivedand thejoy thcv'd cxpcriancod to stepback and admire whatMajor Bell had achieved. ''Thebarnis arcal gom as far as how ii was madc."Willerth obseryes. 'As {brtheMajor. it nevel ceasesto amazeme th at he convincedpeopleto put up $600,000to start something that bis out here.He must have becn a damn soodsalcsmanl"
in reuniiing with iheir family Whitaker then said, "Thankyou for savingthis maNelous baln. And, thank you for sivins us back our srandlather." For more inJormationon the BcllFarm andthe Bell BaIn, see: www.bellbarn.ca.il'/
'Tach and ev;ry per3on associated with r€surecting th€ Bell Round Barn is to be commerded - fromthose whose creative milals lead th€ way, to the inspir€rs who never lost hope, to the tireless volunteers, from the engireers, stonemasons, and had€speople, to th€ donors and leaders in govenment who so convincingly made our case. "Everyone's passion, convictior and devotion brcught us over the finish 1ine."
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sessionin ihe fa1l,completedrenovae rchabilitation ofthe former Bank ofMontrealbuilding at 1200 Formanydecades, the BankofMon- tions and movedinto it in March of 2009. Cenhal Avenue in downtol,m treal,Scotiabank, CIBCandRoyal BankofCanada(nowcalledRBC BanD had officesoppositeeachother at the intersectionof Central Avenue and 12thAvenuein tuince Albelt. Localpeoplecailthe locationTheBank Corneror Bankers'Corner. "Whenthe partners met with the architectulal consultants,our goal wasto bring the structure backto its originalgrandeurbutyethansformit into an efficient spacefor providing Iegalservices," hesaid. Wilcoxhad a Bpecial spotin his heart for the building. 'Twasbornandraisedin PdnceAlbert andremernber asachild,colning tothe BankofMontr6alwith myparit wastheir bank.I can entsbecause rememberasa youngster howgrandi osethebuildingseemed andtheoppor. tunity to ownit andput our resources backinto the citythat welovewas '1[e chosethis locationfor several very alluring." reasons,"Wilcoxtold Worth maeazine WilcoxZuk Chovinpurchasedihe buildinein the sp ns of2008,iookpos'Ihey included:the building sizejits central locationin downtownPrince Albert;Anopportunityto bea significsnt participant in the rejuvenationof the downtowncorc;A desireto mainiain the integrity ofthe building and ihe locationon "TheBank Comer"by making architecturalrcnovationsand maintaining the pmfessionaluseof
PrinceAlbexthas ealnedthe Wilcox Zuk ChovinLaw Officethe 2010Mu' nicipalHeritageAward. nominatedunder Thebuilding1Mas the Adaptive Re-usecategoryfor the o(tensiverenovationsthat havetaken placoto txansformthe former linanciel institutioninto thc ]awofficeit is todaywhilemaintainthebuilding'scharacterdefiningelementB, "It's a greathonour,"explained BarryWilcox,thepartnerwhosubmit. tedthe firm'snominationfor the pr$. tigiousaward. Thefirm had outgrownits officesat 20-12thStreet,whichis lessthana blockawayfrom itB new locationon PrinceAlbert's main downtownsheet. With 11lawyers,the lirm is the ]aryestin northernSaskatchewan andis amongtheten largestlaw firmsin Sas-
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tion lookslike," he said."Aid alsoa goodsenseofwhy we think it's jmportanttothedowntown. 'As you know, Har-vardannounceda maj or new Class A office building (Hill Cenhe Tower III) in the past week. We think that's fabulous for the down
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ings has undergone an exl/ treme makeover aDd is ready to make its public debut. Haffard DevelopmentsInc. and Nicor DevelopmentsInc. havâ&#x201A;Ź been working for about thrce years to rcstorethe Leader Building at 1853Hamilton Streetto offer residential, commercial and retail space. "The LeaderBuilding was built in 1911,"Mo Bundon of HaNard said."It first housedthe newspaper." That was the Regina Leader,which evolvedto becomethe ReginaLeader-Posr.Alter morethan 60 ycars ol rasidency,the Leader-Postmovedout in 1964, Followinga string of other occu" pants, the building was completelyvacantbytheendofthe1990s.Itsatin sucha state fbr about 10 years, Bundonnotcd. 'A iew ycars *go, Harvard and Nicorbecameinterestedin it, Ross Keith (ofNicor) and I started talking about doing a renovationon it. Now we'rc ready to showit to the public." On Friday, Keith explained thrt about two.thirds of the spacein the buildine has beenclaimedand some occupantsalready are inside. But there'sabout 10,000squareleet of spaceavailabletbr potcntial tenants. "We'revery pmudofthe results and we'd like to welcoDepeopleto come and have a look at the new Leader Building," Keith said,notins the buiJding has ties to a lot of local his"It's an important building and it has beensavcd,"he said.'lviere we get a lot ofbad newson heritage buildings nowadays,it's nice to have a good newsstory, for a change." Keith said the lederal government and the City of Regina supported the
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'At the sametime, when we rcllovated Tha Baybdldine jnto Century Plaza a few yeals ago,we alsorecognized what older buildinss can conidbute to the downtown, to the diversity, really, of the downtown. '"I'his building, which is a designatedheritagebui ldjng under the CanadianHeritageAct, (is) going to p?ovidejust onemoxediverse opportunity for people to livc and work in the community."ll/ . BJ Joe Couture, LeaAer Put Reprintedwith permiEsionof Th,eLeader Post frcm the August 28. 2010 edition
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On a beautifulsummer'sday,hundredsof peoplegatheredat StanleyMission to celebratethe | 5Othanniversaryof HolyTrinityAnglicanChurch,the oldest standingbuildingin Saskatchewan and the oldest churchwest ofthe Red River. HE ANGLICAN Constructionof the church began MISSION, almost500kilo' in 1854and wascompletedin1860. metresnorth of Saskstoon, This summerthe Churchill River was establishedby Jsmes Settee, oneofthe first native clergymenof the diocese.He wasjoined by the ReverendRobert Hunt and his wife Georgiannain 1850. Holy Tlinity Church was constructed under the supewision of Huntusing timberfrom Lac La Rongeand hardware, stained-glass windows,hinses, latches,locks and other interior woodfeatures that he had brought with him from Eng 1and.
was buzzing all day with boatsferrying peopleacrossto the mainland as well as providing specialtours of nearby rapids. The Stanley Mission Band hosted a fish fry, cookedonsite. Dancers and musiciansentertained the $owing crowdin the morning. Craftspeopledemonshatedhow to calve canoepaddles,make b ch barkbaskets and smo]<efish. The main event took placeafter the fish fry lunch beginning with a
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grand processionto the church.A flqg'raising cercmonytook place with an honour guard of First Nations veteranswho seNed from World War II toAfshanistan. The chunh seryice.conductedby fbur cleryy who had seryed in the community, was celebratedin Cree and English. The servicetbeme focusedon the value andimpo*ance of the chumh to the conmunity in the past and today. Inudspeakerc were set up outside so the overflow cmwd could share in the moving ex"Itmade many peoplethink about
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thosewho attended services150 years ago,"saidJanetlc Hamilton. Head oflnterpreration aDd Cultur.al Itesourccswith the Saskatchewan Ministry ofToudsm, Parks Cultura and Spolt. "Building the church was a major accomplishmentthat rcllccted the dedicationand dctermination of
thos(iinvolvc(lI am surc Lh(!builders rnd parishio ncfs couldnot haveinas inedthat 150vearslat.r w.l wor d be sitting in thc same place.thrdringof them " Thc nowly restoredpump organ playedforthe lirsl time sinceit hadbeen lomovcd for repair.sa year ago. uhief Tammy Oook-Seamonof the Lac LaRongo Ban.l recognized the hard work and effort the Stanley Mission Band had undertakcn in onsrirlnsthe preseNation ol Lhc church. "The church was alw:rysa place lbr the comnunitl.to gatherto celebratc and sas an impor.tantto the hcartofthe community," the chicf
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BJ Leilh Knighl, Moo6eJou Historidn anadian author Nancy Millar has tmvelled from coastto coastgathering stories about Canadian graveyards. "Graveyardsdo contain hietory," shewrites, "and that's why I like them. I am a cheerful historian even if I look at Canadian histoxy from the back end, from the graveysrd instead ofthecradle." And that is why Hedtag€ Moose Jaw conductstouls ofold MooseJaw Cemeteryeachsummer, Stodes of the cemetexy and its occupants are too goodto remainuntold. Cernetery tourBtook placeevery Saturday starting at 10i30a,m, Asimple stonealong the no?th fenceof MooseJaw Cemeterymarks thc gravc ofthe Rev. Simon Reynolds, a Prcsbytedan clergyman.In April 1916,dudng the First World War, Simon made abriefvisit to Mooee Jaw to seehis son who was stationed here with the 21oth Battalion waiting to go overseas. The clergymanwas on hi6 way from his last pastoral chargein North Dakota to Brownlee,northwest of MooseJaw, to take chargeofthe Prcsbyterianchurch at that point. Bui Simon Reynoldsnever occupiedhisnew pulpit; a sudden heart attack lbrcedhis immediate return to MooseJaw, where he died in hospital a few days later at age 51. The entire 210 Battaliontumed out for his funeral Eerviceat St. An&ew's Church, and then escortedthe cortese to the cemetery.Six soldier-chumsof his son were pallbearers. Genealogistswould find Simon Re5.nolds' family tree interesting. He was a descendantof the famous
Englishportlait paint€rofthe 18th centuy, Sir JoshuaReynolds. When Edwad Allen died and was budedin oldMooseJaw Cemetery overa centu?yago,the keepingof deathandburialrecoldswas,at best, slipshod,and if it werenot fot gravestones, the lastrestingplaces of manypioneerswouldbelostforever. w}Ien cametcryhistodanssawthe MountedPoliceinsigniaandinitials NWMP,theyknewtheywereonto somethingbig,anda little sleuthing uncovefed the story, In 18?7,18-year-old EdwardAllen, from a villagenearLondon,England, joinedthe MountedPoiiceandwas postedto FortWalshin the Cypress Hills. Edwardarrivedat the lort at a time whenbuffaloherdsweredwindling, andthousandsofSiouxweremoving into Canadianteuitory to e6cape retaliationby the U.S,armyfor their palt in what hasbeencalledthe CusterMassacre, AlBo,an explosive situationexistedftom CypressHills to Wood Mountain,an areaalso troubledby whisky trafficke$, horsethieves andassortedriffrafl To dealwith the clises,a N_WMPsubpost was establishedat Wood Mountain mannedby a handful ofMounties including Ddward Allen. Known a6 Buffalo Allen caught a fbur-year-
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oldbufalo bull singlehanded, Edward'sexploits as a Mountie are lesendary.After his Mountie days, Edwardranch€dat WoodMountain, anddiedin 1905at 46. nearthe A graniteheadstone cemetery's north entrance commemorates the short,tragiclives ofJohnandMargaret(Maggie) Buchananwhocamewestin 1883to homostoad. Theysettledonland a fewmiles eastofMooseJaw, andwereableto breakseveralacrcsin time to plant potatoes, barleyandoats. Loneliness, droughtand eerlyftost weleto betheixlot.ln a lett$home, Maggiewrotei"Ilike to getlettcre fromhomeandfriends,butwhenI readthem,I feelworsethan if I did notgetthemat all. .It hasbeena dry summer.Idon'tknowwhatpoor peoplewill dotill nextyear'scrop comesoff, , , Wehad sucha heavy ftost the night of 2l Augustthat destroyed all our gardenstuffsand evencut the potatotopsto the ground," Inher diary,Maggierecordedthe b th ofdaughterKatein 1888. In December1890,anoth€r entry reads:"Crop a failure. Expectingnew baby." In March, the Buchanans'6econd daughterJean was born, and 12 days laterMaggie was dead.[{
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StonemasonCharlie Pirie CHARLIE PIRIE is a sloncmilson ri ho broughi ilifc'timc ofexpe enccwithhim $'hen he movedto ltegina two years aso to work on the SaskatchewanLegislativeAssernblybuilding. "You might say that a multitude of facton wcrc irvolvcd ii my be coming a stoncmasor,"snjd Pjrie. who now is involvealin aUforms of hcritrge restoration as well as speciaiizedstoneworkin southern Sas"l grew up ia Brisiiol,a small agticultural commrlnity on thq Quebec side ofthe Ottawa River Valley, where most ofthe homesare cithcl brichor stone.From rny upbrirging, I rvascxposcdto and had ahandle on nlany ofthe trades excepttnas0nry.ii
After graduating lronl high school,he beclrDrc a partncrin l verv succcssl\rlpr.rrcblc(lHolstoiD dairylarm.Thcn,hc mot a forcman iium it sioncnrnsonrycompanyrn Kinsston,Ont..who.encouragcd him to corlsiderjoiningthc lradc. "With two veals I hadioincd them andwasamazadbytha work involved with stonc,"Pirio s.rid. Although he has beena stonemasonforlessthan a decade, he has. been entlusted to restore an im pressivegroup of historic icors. ln additior ro thc Saskrtchewan legislativc buildine, he has *'orked onbuildires or tho Queen'sUniversity campus,Pjoton (Ontario) courthousc.tbe stonehomesofRoyalMil it.iry Collese,Parliamentary li hraryin Ottawa, Victolitr Mcmorial Museum and Ridcau Hal1,Lome of the Govemor General ofCanada. "What I enjoy most aboutthe clatt ofstonemasonryis the n6vcr ending learning. You read cvery
in quality evcn ftom the same quaIIy." Sirce moYjngto Saskatchewan the majoritv of his worh thmugh his company,Cap Masonary,hrsbmn repair and rebuild. "The soil hcrc in Rcsina has causedmany situ:rtions of shiftin g ard sctUing.In manv casesthe prodtLclthrt we:rre finding betweenthe stonesisnot Drortarbrit PortlaDd
thing thrt you (?rnget yourhands on cspc(:iallvfrom lluropc," Iriric "Sinceurovingto Rcgina I havc beentold lntlny limcs thAt SAski]llchcwriu'scliln?rtedoesnot com' p.rrc to IiLrropds.'l'hcre arc sevoral very arid muntdes in lluropc as wol I as r,omethat cxpcricnccsin il rr winters.Thcrc is :rcobsidcrablc heritage ol:l(10to 500yc{r old stone buildings tharc." ' Hc said l stonemasonperforrnsa wiclcarrayoftasks. "Th e fi rst thing that you laarn iD the trade is iho propar formu I atjon and handlinc ofHeritage Mofiar. This includcs u nderstandins the propertiesofthe moltar andhow ir rcacts to the elements,"Pirio said. "tn manyareas a stonenrsonwill work with approximately I2 to I5 different varioties ofstone. Each h:1sthon' ovrnmetallic formulaiion aswcll as physical propefiies. Asingle va ety ofstone can vary grcatly
"The master masonsbcforeus usedlimc-bascdmortars for lrranv rcasonsbLrt mrybethe mostobfious isherein Regina.lnthe cascol movernenttu a building thc moltar shouklbe the wcakcsl linh. Whul l'ortland (lcmcnl.is usedthe stone is thc wcrkostlink. Itisfareasierto ropl i0 moriruin o wall than Pirieislavingn solidlbundation 1brhis littt rt o ls a st(rncnasorr lihror.rgh coDLinuouscdu(lltion. He is jDvolvulin onsoinsstudiesin the CultLrrulItesourcoMarlagcurcul Prosram. He has completodstudics nr Ruilding QonseIvatior ?rndMa sonry ard is workins towrrrdsother progrrms in Hcritaee Restoration al th0 University ofVictolia.lLl
Oetailoftheface brick on the OeltaAessboroughHotel.
Brickllamâ&#x201A;Ź: Tapestry Brick Dominion Fire Manulacluror: Bickand Pottery ComPan}/ ManulacturoCaybank, Location: Saskatchewan Date(sl ol Manufacture: 1930"32
TheBessborough Hotelin1990 aftera severethundor slorm. Comment6: TheDominionFirc Brick and PotteryCompany,more commonlyknownseth6 ClaybankBrick Plant,producedtwo pdmary faceb cks: T- PMoka,andRuff.Tex.However,in a fewinstances,it manufactureda specialrurl, suchas the Tapestrybdck usedto lacethe 1938CNRStationin Sasketoon, to complement the bricksalready gracingthc DeltaBessborough Hotel. Thesetwolandmarksstood oppositecachotheron 21stStreetEast,untilthe CNRStationwas deholishedinthe late 1960sto makewayfor the MidtownPlaza. TheTapestrybrick madeat Claybankfeaturedthe traditionalvariation oflight to dark bmwn shadescommonto the other facebricks manu' facturedthere, Howcver, it was in the tleatment of the faceitself that made the brick different, exhibiting a seriesof hoizontal st ations desigled to look like the weaveofa tapestry,
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Sos&aroon"byGlennGustafson.City of Saskatoon,2002,p.81. (2) "Castlesof the North" Canad.a'sGrand Hotels", edited by , Barbara Chisholm, Lynx Images Inc., 2001,p. 227. (3)Personal Communication:La y Buhr, 13 Aug. 2010. (4) PersonalCommunication: Andrew TurnbuU, 17 Aug. 2010.
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