CARDSTON COURTHOUSE
89 - 3 Avenue SW, Cardston, Alberta, T0K, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1979/03/01
Autre nom(s)
CARDSTON COURTHOUSE
Cardston Museum
Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1907/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/07/08
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Cardston Courthouse is a one-storey structure of heavy timber, wood frame, brick/sandstone masonry construction in a Romanesque style, from the pre-World War One period. It is located on a portion of an urban block in downtown Cardston.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Cardston Courthouse is significant as the first courthouse erected by the new province of Alberta after its creation in 1905, and for its continuous use as a courthouse between 1907 and 1979. It is a rare example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, and the only provincial court building in Alberta built in this style.
Constructed between 1906 and 1909 of locally quarried sandstone and manufactured brick, the Cardston Courthouse was the first courthouse erected by the Provincial Government as part of its Public Works program following the transition from territorial administration. It originally housed a courtroom, judge and lawyers chambers, offices and jury rooms on the main floor, and a North West Mounted Police detachment, with apartment and prisoner cells in the basement. It remained the oldest extant building in Alberta in continuous use as a courthouse until 1979.
Source: Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, Historic Resources Management Branch (File Des. 230)
Éléments caractéristiques
The character-defining elements of the Cardston Courthouse include:
Exterior
- form, scale and massing: the rectangular form with flat roof;
- construction materials of St. Mary's River sandstone and manufactured brick;
- features of the Richardsonian Romanesque style such as: large arched window voussoirs and rusticated stonework, parapet and heavy cornice with dentils, wood windows and doors;
- unobstructed views of the west and south elevations from the lot boundaries.
Interior
Original remaining elements and fittings of the interior including:
- stairwells, original door and windows trim, wall and ceiling plaster finishes and baseboards;
- room layout of courtroom, jail cells and offices;
- vaulted ceiling of courtroom;
- wood wainscoting details.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Alberta
Autorité de reconnaissance
Province de l'Alberta
Loi habilitante
Historical Resources Act
Type de reconnaissance
Ressource historique provinciale
Date de reconnaissance
1979/03/01
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1907/01/01 à 1979/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Gouverner le Canada
- La sécurité et la loi
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Musée
Historique
- Gouvernement
- Palais de justice et/ou bureaux d'enregistrement
Architecte / Concepteur
Alberta Public Works
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, Historic Resources Management Branch, Old St. Stephen's College, 8820 - 112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P8 (File: Des. 230)
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
4665-0196
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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