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THOMAS SCOTT RESIDENCE

9938 - 85 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2000/04/25

This image illustrates the two storey south and west wood-clad facades with hipped-roof and front gable over two-storey bay window, central chimney, full-width main floor veranda and open balcony above and side bay window with hipped-roof. (March 2004); City of Edmonton, 2004
Southwest view.
This image illustrates the two storey south and east wood-clad facades with  hipped-roof and front gable over the two-storey bay window, central chimney, full-width main floor veranda and open balcony above. (March 2004); City of Edmonton, 2004
Southeast view.
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Other Name(s)

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Links and documents

Construction Date(s)

1913/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2005/06/30

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Thomas Scott Residence consists of a two-storey, wood-frame residential building situated on a city lot in a mid-block location on a residential street in the historic Strathcona neighbourhood.

Heritage Value

The 1912 Thomas Scott Residence is significant because of its architecture, which is an excellent example of the four-square style, which became popular during the Edwardian-era. Derived from American Colonial and Classical Revival precedents, it was typified by the use of symmetry and classical detailing.

The Thomas Scott Residence is also significant because of its association with the development of the Strathcona community, one of south Edmonton's oldest settled neighbourhoods, dating from the arrival of the railway in 1892, and a separate city until amalgamation with Edmonton in 1912.

Source: City of Edmonton (Bylaw: 12226)

Character-Defining Elements

The four-square architecture of the Thomas Scott Residence is expressed in character-defining elements such as:
- form, scale and massing;
- hipped roof configuration with central brick chimney and front gable over the projecting two-storey front bay;
- wide overhanging eaves;
- full-width, open front verandah with full-width second floor balcony, both with wood balustrades;
- wood double-hung and fixed sash windows;
- upper cedar shingle cladding and lower cedar clapboard siding separated by a continuous horizontal wood belly board.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Alberta

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (AB)

Recognition Statute

Historical Resources Act

Recognition Type

Municipal Historic Resource

Recognition Date

2000/04/25

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
Architecture and Design

Function - Category and Type

Current

Residence
Single Dwelling

Historic

Architect / Designer

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Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, 10250 - 101 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4 (Digital File: 877144)

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

4664-0117

Status

Published

Related Places

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