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|   Sartoris Block - Blairmore, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers This is just one of the handful of buildings erected by Charles Sartoris, one of the more successful entrepreneurs in the Crowsnest. Built in 1935, it began life as an auto dealership and service station. posted by:  T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0 km |  Sartoris Block - Blairmore, AB
in Vintage Gas Stations This is just one of the handful of buildings erected by Charles Sartoris, one of the more successful entrepreneurs in the Crowsnest. Built in 1935, it began life as an auto dealership and Texaco station. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 09/15/2015 last visited: never |
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|  Elks Lodge #159 - Blairmore, AB
in Elks Lodges From 1910 to 1980 the building on this site was successively the largest opera house in the Crowsnest, a Knights of Columbus Hall then an Elks Hall. In 1980 that building was town down and replaced with this more modern and more functional structure. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/12/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0 km | Mar Poy - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers This building was just one of several owned by a very successful businessman who did business not just in Blairmore, but throughout the Crowsnest Pass, with his holdings extending beyond the pass in southern Alberta. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0 km | Red Trail Motors - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers After fire had twice cleaned out the two lots on which this former service station sits, first in 1912, then again in 1919, they remained empty until its construction in 1923. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0 km |  Red Trail Motors - Blairmore, AB
in Photos Then and Now After fire had twice cleaned out the two lots on which this former service station sits, first in 1912, then again in 1919, they remained empty until its construction in 1923. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0 km | Red Trail Motors - Blairmore, AB in Vintage Gas Stations After fire had twice cleaned out the two lots on which this former service station sits, first in 1912, then again in 1919, they remained empty until its construction in 1923. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/31/2015 last visited: never |
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| Blairmore Opera House - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers From 1910 to 1980 the building on this site was successively the largest opera house in the Crowsnest, a Knights of Columbus Hall then an Elks Hall. In 1980 that building was town down and replaced with this more modern and more functional structure. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0 km | P. Burns and Co. - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Another small town in the Crowsnest, and another Burns Meat Market. We shouldn't be surprised, as Pat Burns built over 100 of them in small towns in western Canada; he even supplied meat to the Klondike. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0 km | Rex Cafe - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Fire has played a large role in this block, with two major ones, first in 1906, then in 1919, ultimately causing the third building constructed on the site to be a fireproof one built of brick. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Blairmore Bandstand - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Built in 1921 in the Main Street Park, the Blairmore Bandstand came to be an icon in the town, symbolic of the solidarity of labour and the resistance to scandalous labour practices, particularly those of the Crowsnest Pass mining companies. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/24/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km |  Blairmore Bandstand - Blairmore, AB
in Gazebos Built in 1921 in the Main Street Park, the Blairmore Bandstand came to be an icon in the town, symbolic of the solidarity of labour and the resistance to scandalous labour practices, particularly those of the Crowsnest Pass mining companies. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/16/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Cosmopolitan Hotel - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers One of the early buildings to go up in Blairmore, the Cos was a two storey wood frame hotel. The 1912 fire, which levelled six buildings on the block, took out The Cos which was immediately rebuilt of brick. Another survivor, it remains open today. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km |  Cosmopolitan Hotel - Blairmore, AB
in Antique Hotels One of the first buildings to go up in Blairmore, the Cos was a two storey wood frame hotel. The 1912 fire, which levelled six buildings on the block, took out The Cos which was immediately rebuilt of brick. Another survivor, it remains open today. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Rosse Bldg - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers It seems that, back when prohibition was in force in Canada, few people were actually above procuring a little alcohol when the mood struck them. One of those was one of the initial owners of this building, at the time a town councillor. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Brisco Building - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers On this site there have been a whole townful of businesses and attractions - opera house, men's wear store, residential apartment, dry goods and tailor shop, bowling alley, Chinese restaurant and even a newspaper. Today it again houses a café. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Ede Building - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Situated in a typically fire prone town, this building went up after the 1906 fire but was damaged by the 1912 fire that began in the Cosmopolitan Hotel to the west. This is another building that has hosted an eclectic mix of retail outlets. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
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| Union Bank - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers This substantial brick bank building, not terribly large, two storeys in height, rectangular in plan and having tasteful and somewhat muted decorative touches on the façade is, like many early small town banks, fairly easy to identify as such. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.2 km | Union Bank - Blairmore, AB in Photos Then and Now This substantial brick building, not terribly large, two storeys in height, rectangular in plan and having tasteful and somewhat muted decorative touches on the façade is, like many early small town banks, fairly easy to identify as such. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryW0.2 km |  Union/Royal Bank - Blairmore, AB
in Converted Bank Buildings This substantial brick building, not terribly large, two storeys in height, rectangular in plan and having tasteful and somewhat muted decorative touches on the façade is, like many early small town banks, fairly easy to identify as such. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/11/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Peuchen Block - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Interestingly, this brick building was named after a Titanic survivor, Colonel A. G. Peuchen. Built in 1911, the building has been home to a plethora of businesses and organizations, from a dentist's office to an RCMP detachment. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Kubik's Grocery - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Blairmore' Main Street is a very historic street, with nearly every building having historic significance. This little one storey brick building is no exception, having fed the populace, human, equine and bovine for many decades. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Lethbridge Brewing and Malting - Blairmore, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers The place where the miners obtained their 'Bridge Brew, this, in their minds, may be the most valuable historic building in the town. The fact that it was the first commercial building in The Pass built of stone doesn't hurt, though. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/13/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km | Lethbridge Brewing and Malting - Blairmore, AB in Photos Then and Now The place where the miners obtained their 'Bridge Brew, this, in their minds, may be the most valuable historic building in the town. The fact that it was the first commercial building in The Pass built of stone doesn't hurt, though. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/12/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryE0.2 km |  FIRST - Stone Commercial Building in the Crowsnest Pass
in First of its Kind The place where the miners obtained their 'Bridge Brew, this, in their minds, may be the most valuable historic building in the town. The fact that it was the first commercial building in The Pass built of stone doesn't hurt, though. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 08/12/2015 last visited: never |
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