Stegner Residence
126 Tamarack Avenue, Eastend, Saskatchewan, S0N, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1988/07/13
Autre nom(s)
Stegner Residence
Stegner Residence
Stegner House
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1916/01/01 à 1916/12/31
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2004/09/02
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Stegner residence is a Municipal Heritage Property located at 126 Tamarack Avenue in the Town of Eastend. The designation applies to one municipal lot and consists of a wooden, one-and-a-half storey, two bedroom house.
Valeur patrimoniale
The heritage value of the Stegner Residence resides in its association with Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner, one of Saskatchewan’s most famous writers. Stegner and his family lived in the house until 1921. Stegner’s work became widely popular in the mid-twentieth century due to its thoughtful, poetic, and poignant style of describing prairie life at the turn of the twentieth century. Stegner referenced the community of Eastend in works such as "On a Darkling Plain" (1940); "the Big Rock Candy Mountain" (1943); and one of his more famous books, "Wolf Willow: A History, A Story and a Memoir of the Last Plains Frontier" (1955). Stegner’s reference to Eastend in many of his books, through the pseudonym Whitemud, has made the community symbolic of many other prairie towns. It has also led to further interest and awareness of the prairies and prairie life. Although Stegner was only a child when he lived in Eastend, his experience of living on the prairies inspired him to return three more times as an adult. Wallace Stegner was twelve years old when he and his family moved to Great Falls, Montana in 1921. The Stegner Residence remains today as a symbol of Stegner's presence in Eastend, and an inspiration to other writers.
The heritage value of the Stegner Residence also lies in the building's architecture, particularly its upstairs window. The large picture window on the second level faces directly west into the east end of the Cypress Hills, one of the many landscape features of southern Saskatchewan that influenced Stegner's writing.
Source: Town of Eastend Bylaw No. 348/88.
Éléments caractéristiques
The heritage value of the Stegner Residence resides in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements which influenced Stegner's writing, including the upstairs picture window and the siting of the building on its original location.
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
1988/07/13
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- Les arts et l'enseignement
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Studio ou atelier
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
George Stegner
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation
Heritage Resources Branch
1919 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, SK
File MHP 1194
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
MHP 1194
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o