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Forest Insect Laboratory

875 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, P6A, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 2002/02/25

Looking south-west from Queen Street East; City of Sault Ste. Marie
Forest Insect Laboratory
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Autre nom(s)

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Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1944/01/01 à 1958/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2006/06/27

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

Built in 1944, the streamlined, single-storey, yellow brick Forest Insect Laboratory is located on the south side of Queen Street in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, north of the Ontario Provincial Air Service Hangars.

The Forest Insect Laboratory has been recognized for its heritage value by the City of Sault Ste. Marie, By-law 2002-38.

Valeur patrimoniale

The Forest Insect Laboratory is of heritage value because of its association with important government research activities between 1945 and 1966 and is one of the few remaining examples of Art Moderne architecture in Sault Ste. Marie.

The Forest Insect Laboratory was established to produce research on the control of forest insects and diseases. It was the result of a joint research agreement between the federal Department of Agriculture and the Ontario Department of Lands and Forest between 1945 and 1966. Under this agreement, Ontario built and maintained the laboratory and the federal government provided staff and equipment. The laboratory in Sault Ste. Marie pioneered research into eradicating destructive forest insects such as the Spruce Bud Worm. An insect identification centre was also established at the laboratory. This centre was the first of its kind in Canada and earned an international reputation for its work.

The Forest Insect Laboratory was built in 1944 to the design of Toronto architect Ernest Davidson and is one of the few remaining examples of Art Moderne architecture in Sault Ste. Marie, a style popular during the 1930’s and 1940’s. An addition, consistent with Davidson's design, was added in 1958.

Sources: Sault Ste. Marie Designation By-law 2003-38, Forest Insect Laboratory Designation Report.

Éléments caractéristiques

Key character defining elements that reflect the buildings value as an example of Art Moderne architecture include:
-the overall streamlined effect, achieved through the use of rounded corners
-the flat roof and the continuous horizontal elements, such as the copper facia above the windows and the stone sill course
-the repetition of the horizontal banded features on all elevations, including those of the 1958 addition
-the asymmetrical arrangement of bays accommodating the main entranceway
-the asymmetrical arrangement of a series of large windows divided either by round columnar pilasters of limestone or by brick panels

Key character defining elements that reflect the buildings use by the Provincial Government include:
-the Ontario Coat of Arms, carved in Indiana limestone, which is located above the facia and entranceway set into the brickwork

Reconnaissance

Juridiction

Ontario

Autorité de reconnaissance

Administrations locales (Ont.)

Loi habilitante

Loi sur le patrimoine de l'Ontario

Type de reconnaissance

Désignation du patrimoine municipal (partie IV)

Date de reconnaissance

2002/02/25

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

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Thème - catégorie et type

Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
Les sciences

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Historique

Santé et recherche
Centre de recherche

Architecte / Concepteur

Ernest Davidson

Constructeur

s/o

Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Community Services Department, Recreation and Culture Division, City of Sault Ste. Marie

Réfère à une collection

Sault Ste. Marie Museum; Sault Ste. Marie Public Library Archives

Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

HPON05-0532

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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