Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1924/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2011/02/24
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Fintry Octagonal Dairy Barn is a distinctive barn of octagonal shape set amidst a collection of conventionally gable-roofed barns and farm outbuildings near the point where Shorts Creek emerges from the hillside in Fintry Provincial Park near Kelowna, British Columbia. It is part of a complex of related buildings and structures known locally as the Fintry Estate.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Fintry Octagonal Dairy Barn is culturally and aesthetically significant as a uniquely-designed farm structure. It is also important for its close association with James Cameron Dun-Waters, who developed the farm on the Fintry Estate between 1909 and 1939 and built this barn to house his prize herd of Ayrshire cows.
The barn is important because it exemplifies the singular nature of the Fintry Estate in its isolated location, and helps convey the idiosyncratic character of the estate as a whole. Along with the stone Manor House, the complicated and expensive Octagonal Dairy Barn structure is a key remaining example of the considerable financial resources that Dun-Waters directed to the development of the isolated farm estate in the service of his vision, which combined practical requirements, farm industrial theory and aesthetics. The barn, the Manor House, and Burnside (a second substantial house built by Dun-Waters at the mouth of Shorts Creek to house the estate manager) were all designed by Dun-Waters' university friend, fellow immigrant to Canada, and architect John James Honeyman, who was a partner in the early provincial architectural firm Honeyman and Curtis.
The dairy barn, including its south extension, is significant for its form, unusual in the Canadian West but specified by Dun-Waters for the efficient milking and penning of cows, and for the efficient collection of animal waste. It is also important for its practical siting near road and water, and for its powerful presence at the prominent apex of the Shorts Creek delta.
The Octagonal Dairy Barn is important for its very good physical condition, and for its continued care and promotion through the efforts of the Friends of Fintry Provincial Park Society with the help of provincial government funding. Its recreational value lies primarily in its historical interpretation and as a stop on the site's self-guided tour.
Source: Ministry of Environment, BC Parks
Éléments caractéristiques
Key character-defining elements of the Fintry Octagonal Dairy Barn include:
Site:
-location at the apex of the Shorts Creek delta
-backdrop of forested hillside
-foreground of open pasture land
-situation amongst a cluster of other traditionally-roofed farm structures
Building:
-octagonal plan and roof structure
-octagonal monitor with vents
-gabled subordinate south extension with open walls
-centrally-located milking stations
-red and white colour scheme
-board and batten siding
-wood windows
-wood lattice vents
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Province de la Colombie-Britannique
Loi habilitante
Park Act, art.5
Type de reconnaissance
Parc provincial (établissement)
Date de reconnaissance
1995/04/30
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Exploitation et production
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Site historique ou d'interprétation
Historique
- Approvisionnements en vivres
- Grange, écurie ou autre abri pour animaux
Architecte / Concepteur
John James Honeyman
Constructeur
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Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Ministry of Environment, BC Parks
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
EaQv-22
Statut
Édité
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