Factory/Advocate Building
Port Union, Terre-Neuve et Labrador, A0C, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/04/13
Autre nom(s)
s/o
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1920/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/01/18
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The FPU Factory/Advocate Building is a three storey wooden structure, located on Main Street in Port Union, NL. The designation is confined to the footprint of the building.
Valeur patrimoniale
The FPU Factory/Advocate Building is designated because of its historical associations and aesthetic significance .
The building has historical value because of its associations with the Fishermen’s Protective Union (FPU). Sir William Coaker founded the FPU in 1908 and in 1917 established Port Union, a rare example of a town intentionally built by a labour organization. Port Union was envisioned as a place where the full wealth of the fishery could be used to the advantage of many, rather than a privileged few. Coaker stressed the importance of economic diversification, encouraging the establishment of new industries and services. The FPU Factory/Advocate Building was the site of one such diversification project, a woodworking shop which was located on the second floor and serviced by an electric elevator, possibly the only one outside St. John’s at the time. The building was also home to the Fishermen’s Advocate, an influential, often controversial and very popular newspaper established in 1910 as a means to communicate the ideals of Cocker and the union. In 1924 the newspaper’s headquarters were moved from St. John’s to Port Union and remained there until publication ceased in 1980. The FPU Factory/Advocate Building stands as a physical reminder of Sir William Coaker’s vision for Newfoundland and its working masses.
The building has aesthetic value as an example of early twentieth century industrial style construction in a outport context. It is a physical reminder of the drive to diversity sponsored by the FPU in Port Union. The building is an important component of the built landscape of this intentionally built town.
Source: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador property designation file M-046-008, Port Union - Factory/Advocate Building
Éléments caractéristiques
All those exterior features that are reflective of the age, industrical character, and original function of the property including:
-elevator shaft head;
-number of storeys;
-flat roof;
-use of narrow clapboard with corner board trim;
-exterior colours (ochre and cream);
-window size, style, trim and placement;
-size, style, trim and placement of exterior doors; and
-scale, location and orientation of building.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Terre-Neuve et Labrador
Autorité de reconnaissance
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Loi habilitante
Historic Resources Act
Type de reconnaissance
Structure patrimoniale inscrite au répertoire
Date de reconnaissance
2002/04/13
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les mouvements sociaux
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Industrie
- Centre de communications
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
Fishermen's Protective Union
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador 1 Springdale Street
St. John's, NL
A1C 5V5
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
NL-264
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o