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CARDSTON COURTHOUSE

89 - 3 Avenue SW, Cardston, Alberta, T0K, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1979/03/01

Cardston Courthouse Provincial Historic Resource (date unknown); Cardston Museum, date unknown
Front elevation
Cardston Courthouse Provincial Historic Resource (April 2004); Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, Historic Resources Management Branch, 2004
Front elevation
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Autre nom(s)

CARDSTON COURTHOUSE
Cardston Museum

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1907/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2005/07/08

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Cardston Courthouse is a one-storey structure of heavy timber, wood frame, brick/sandstone masonry construction in a Romanesque style, from the pre-World War One period. It is located on a portion of an urban block in downtown Cardston.

Valeur patrimoniale

The Cardston Courthouse is significant as the first courthouse erected by the new province of Alberta after its creation in 1905, and for its continuous use as a courthouse between 1907 and 1979. It is a rare example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, and the only provincial court building in Alberta built in this style.

Constructed between 1906 and 1909 of locally quarried sandstone and manufactured brick, the Cardston Courthouse was the first courthouse erected by the Provincial Government as part of its Public Works program following the transition from territorial administration. It originally housed a courtroom, judge and lawyers chambers, offices and jury rooms on the main floor, and a North West Mounted Police detachment, with apartment and prisoner cells in the basement. It remained the oldest extant building in Alberta in continuous use as a courthouse until 1979.

Source: Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, Historic Resources Management Branch (File Des. 230)

Éléments caractéristiques

The character-defining elements of the Cardston Courthouse include:

Exterior
- form, scale and massing: the rectangular form with flat roof;
- construction materials of St. Mary's River sandstone and manufactured brick;
- features of the Richardsonian Romanesque style such as: large arched window voussoirs and rusticated stonework, parapet and heavy cornice with dentils, wood windows and doors;
- unobstructed views of the west and south elevations from the lot boundaries.

Interior
Original remaining elements and fittings of the interior including:
- stairwells, original door and windows trim, wall and ceiling plaster finishes and baseboards;
- room layout of courtroom, jail cells and offices;
- vaulted ceiling of courtroom;
- wood wainscoting details.

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Alberta

Autorité de reconnaissance

Province de l'Alberta

Loi habilitante

Historical Resources Act

Type de reconnaissance

Ressource historique provinciale

Date de reconnaissance

1979/03/01

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

1907/01/01 à 1979/01/01

Thème - catégorie et type

Gouverner le Canada
La sécurité et la loi

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Loisirs
Musée

Historique

Gouvernement
Palais de justice et/ou bureaux d'enregistrement

Architecte / Concepteur

Alberta Public Works

Constructeur

s/o

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, Historic Resources Management Branch, Old St. Stephen's College, 8820 - 112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P8 (File: Des. 230)

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

4665-0196

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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