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GOODRIDGE BLOCK

9648 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1993/09/14

Southwest view of the GoodridgeBlock on the corner of 96 Street and Jasper Avenue, as seen from Jasper Avenue (March 2004); City of Edmonton, 2004
Southwest view
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Autre nom(s)

W.W. Arcade Building
WW Arcade Building
Goodridge Building
GOODRIDGE BLOCK
W.W. Sales

Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1911/01/01 à 1912/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2005/08/23

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Goodridge Block is a rectangular, three-storey brick Edwardian style commercial building. Located on a corner lot at the intersection of 97 Street and Jasper Avenue, it anchors the historic East Jasper district in the City of Edmonton.

Valeur patrimoniale

The Goodridge Block is historically significant as a mixed-use retail and office block developed by Leonard Goodridge in the heart of Edmonton's business district at the height of the pre-World War One economic boom. The Goodridge Block has a strong historical association with the hardware business beginning with the opening of W.W. Sales in 1930 under the direction of S.P. Wilson. The business name W.W. Arcade, which has sentimental associations for generations of Edmontonians, was adopted in 1942 when the Ainslie Brothers took over the business, and was continued by the Imperial Lumber Company, from 1980 until its closure in 1989.

The Goodridge Block, constructed between 1911 and 1912, is architecturally significant as a representative example of classical tradition in commercial architecture. Well-known Edmonton architect Robert Percy Barnes (1859-1926), generally credited with founding the Alberta Association of Architects in 1906, designed the Goodridge Block.

Source: City of Edmonton (Bylaw: 10469)

Éléments caractéristiques

- Form and massing that characterize the building's principle brick facades on a prominent corner lot;
- patterns of fenestration and rhythm of the structural openings;
- rusticated pilasters that emphasize the recessed end bays featuring a single window;
- brick and cast stone detailing, including the belt course above third storey windows, quoins, segmental window arches, voussoirs, keystones;
- metal cornice and parapet with date plaque;
- mosaic tiling and corner support pillar at the street corner entrance.

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Alberta

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (Alb.)

Loi habilitante

Historical Resources Act

Type de reconnaissance

Ressource historique municipal

Date de reconnaissance

1993/09/14

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

s/o

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
Résidence
Édifice à logements multiples

Historique

Commerce / Services commerciaux
Bureau ou édifice à bureaux

Architecte / Concepteur

Robert Percy Barnes

Constructeur

Nesbitt and Miller

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department, 10250 - 101 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4 (File: HC-2450)

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

4664-0015

Statut

Édité

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