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The Station Building

92 22nd Street W, Battleford, Saskatchewan, S0M, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1981/06/15

Front elevation, 2004.; Government of Saskatchewan, Jennifer Bisson, 2004
The Station Building
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Autre nom(s)

The Station Building
Canadian Northern Railway Station

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1907/01/01 à 1907/12/31

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2004/08/30

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Station Building is a Municipal Heritage Property that comprises one commercial lot on the corner of 22nd Street and 1st Avenue West in the Town of Battleford. The property features an adapted Canadian Northern Railway station constructed in 1907.

Valeur patrimoniale

The heritage value of the Station Building lies in its association with the town's first access to the rail system. As the Territorial capital from 1876-1883, the community initially flourished but when the railroad, and subsequently the capital, was diverted to Regina, direct access to the railway was delayed for nearly thirty years. Consequently, the arrival of a spur line and its accompanying station in 1907 provided Battleford residents with the long-awaited link to the outside world and stood as a symbol that the town of Battleford was emerging as a viable community.

Heritage value also resides in the building's architecture. Constructed according to Special Plan 100-19, the Station Building displays architectural features that were common to Canadian Northern Railway stations. The high pyramidal roof with prominent front and back gable dormers, as well as a shingled, bracket-supported awning along the trackside, were trademark features of Canadian Northern stations.

Though the structure has been relocated and significantly altered from its original form, the building continues to stand as a symbol of the historical beginnings of Battleford.

Source:

Town of Battleford Bylaw No. 12/81.

Éléments caractéristiques

The heritage value of the Station Building resides in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements that reflect the trademark architecture of a Canadian Northern Railway station, such as the distinct roof line with its pyramidal roof and prominent gable dormers; the broad overhang supported by curved brackets.

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Saskatchewan

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (Sask.)

Loi habilitante

Heritage Property Act, alinéa 11(1)(a)

Type de reconnaissance

Bien patrimonial municipal

Date de reconnaissance

1981/06/15

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

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Thème - catégorie et type

Économies en développement
Communications et transport

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Commerce / Services commerciaux
Établissement de restauration ou de débit de boissons

Historique

Transport ferroviaire
Gare ou autre installation ferroviaire

Architecte / Concepteur

R. B. Pratt

Constructeur

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Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation Heritage Resources Branch 1919 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, SK File: MHP 18

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

MHP 18

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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