Autre nom(s)
Hudson's Bay Company Store
Pioneer General Stores
Hudson's Bay Company Store - Fort Qu'Appelle
Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1897/01/01 à 1897/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/06/25
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Hudson's Bay Company Store is a Provincial Heritage Property occupying one commercial lot in the central business district of Fort Qu'Appelle. The property features a 2-storey brick and stone building and attached 1-storey annex that were constructed in 1897.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the Hudson's Bay Company Store lies in its status as the oldest surviving retail store building of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada. Designed by Archibald MacDonald, the last Chief Factor in the service of the Company, the building represents the transition of the Hudson's Bay Company from a fur trading operation to a retail merchandising business. To distance itself from the its fur trade image, the Company constructed this stone 2-storey building with one-storey annex and faced it with an uncommonly ornate brick façade. Once touted as "The finest store west of Winnipeg", the 1897 store, located on the town's main street, was a dramatic change from the small, wooden building located on the edge of town. Notable on the façade were two prominent signs advertising the Hudson's Bay Company. The refined image was perpetuated inside with a modern retail area covered by an elaborate pressed tin ceiling.
Source:
Province of Saskatchewan, Notice of Intention to Designate as Provincial Heritage Property under The Heritage Property Act, August 23, 1983.
Province of Saskatchewan, Order to Designate as Provincial Heritage Property under The Heritage Property Act, November 8, 1983.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the Hudson's Bay Company Store resides in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements which reflect the building's use as a Hudson's Bay Company Store, including signage and fixtures;
-elements that reflect the substantial and refined nature of the store, including its form and massing, stone construction and decorative brick façade, crenellation along the roofline, recessed entry ways, large plate glass windows and the pressed tin ceilings.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Saskatchewan
Autorité de reconnaissance
Gouvernement de la Saskatchewan
Loi habilitante
Heritage Property Act, para. 39(1)
Type de reconnaissance
Bien patrimonial provincial
Date de reconnaissance
1983/11/08
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
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Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Établissement de restauration ou de débit de boissons
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Bureau ou édifice à bureaux
Architecte / Concepteur
McDonald, Archibald
Constructeur
Charles Payne
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Conservation Branch
Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport
3211 Albert Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
S4S 5W6
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
PHP 120
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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