HUGH DUNCAN RESIDENCE
8520 - 104 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6E, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2005/04/19
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1911/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2006/09/08
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Hugh Duncan Residence is a prominent two and one-half storey house, located on a corner lot at 104th Street and 86th Avenue in Edmonton's Old Strathcona.
Valeur patrimoniale
The 1911 Hugh Duncan Residence is important to an understanding of the growth, development, and socio-economic values associated with Strathcona prior to World War One. A neighbourhood of affluent upper-middle class citizens, the social aspirations of many of its prominent residents is reflected in strong, formal and stylish architecture. This residence is a prominent Edwardian-era structure that implies stature, grace and civility through its classical revival building elements and strong symmetry. It is part of a grouping of prominent houses along 104 Street.
Additionally, the Hugh Duncan Residence is an excellent example of the four-square style, popular during the Edwardian era and typified by the use of symmetry as an ordering element, generous proportions and restrained detailing.
The Hugh Duncan Residence is valued for its association with early Strathcona residents who were representative of the type of entrepreneurial and professional families that began to populate the city of Strathcona, early in the twentieth century. Hugh Duncan was a pioneer pharmacist in Strathcona and owned and operated his Whyte Avenue Pharmacy until his death in 1935.
Source: City of Edmonton (Bylaw: 13901)
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Hugh Duncan Residence include its:
- corner location, facing 104 Street and 86 Avenue;
- residential form, scale and massing, as expressed by its two and one-half storey plus basement height, one-storey bay window at side, bellcast hipped roof with broad overhangs and closed eaves;
- masonry construction, including: red brick cladding; parged window sills; precast keystones; and tall, internal, corbelled red brick chimneys;
- two-storey, open front verandah with lathe-turned columns on the ground floor;
- fenestration, such as double-hung one-over-one wooden sash windows and arched roof dormers;
- interior features such as: staircases with square newels and balusters; wooden panelling; wooden floors, doors and window trim; and plaster walls.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Alberta
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (Alb.)
Loi habilitante
Historical Resources Act
Type de reconnaissance
Ressource historique municipal
Date de reconnaissance
2005/04/19
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1911/01/01 à 1935/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
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Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, 10250 - 101 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4 (File: 659722)
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
4664-0150
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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