Autre nom(s)
Municipal Office
Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70 Office
Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2006/02/14
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Municipal Office is a Municipal Heritage Property located in a 4-hectare heritage park on the outskirts of the Town of Ogema. The designation applies to a small, one-storey wood-frame building that was constructed ca. 1913 and moved to the park in the early 1980s. The approximately 25 other relocated period buildings in the park are non-contributing resources.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the Municipal Office lies in its association with the development and operation of local government institutions in the Ogema area. Saskatchewan’s Rural Municipality Act of 1909 replaced the small administrative districts that had been responsible for local services and public works under Territorial governance with larger “Local Improvement Districts.” If residents of a Local Improvement District wished, they could then petition the provincial government for incorporation as a Rural Municipality (RM). Local Improvement District No. 70, which encompassed nine townships mainly to the north and west of Ogema, was incorporated as the Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70 on December 12, 1910.
The RM of Key West’s first council meetings were held in a country schoolhouse. By 1913, the RM had constructed its own office on a parcel of rural land in the northern part of the municipality. In 1917, this small wood-frame office was moved to Ogema and renovated to accommodate a council chamber. The enlarged building served as the municipality’s office until it was replaced by a new facility in 1968. Since the early 1980s, the former municipal office has been located on the grounds of the Deep South Pioneer Museum, where it interprets and commemorates an earlier era of the community’s development.
Source:
Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70 Bylaw No. 85/3.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the Municipal Office resides in the following character-defining elements:
-elements that reflect the building’s role as an early-twentieth century rural office facility, including the simple rectangular plan and gable roof of the original section of the building; the hip-roofed addition; the wood-frame construction, clapboard siding and double-hung windows in their original casings; interior mouldings and flooring; and the interior office space and meeting room.
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
1985/07/04
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1917/01/01 à 1968/12/31
Thème - catégorie et type
- Gouverner le Canada
- Les institutions gouvernementales
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Loisirs
- Musée
Historique
- Gouvernement
- Bureau ou édifice à bureau
Architecte / Concepteur
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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 882
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
MHP 882
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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