Moose Jaw Court House - Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - Saskatchewan Heritage Properties on Waymarking.com

Long Description:

"The Moose Jaw Court House is a Provincial Heritage Property comprised of two city lots at 64 Omnica Street West in Moose Jaw. The property consists of a two-storey brick structure built in 1909.

The heritage value of the Moose Jaw Court House lies in its status as the oldest continuously functioning provincial court house in Saskatchewan. It represents the establishment of the Moose Jaw judicial district at the turn of the century. The building is a concrete-and-steel structure replacing an earlier wood-frame court house built on the same site. The use of hydraulic pressed brick and Bedford Stone trimmed with Indiana Limestone marked the beginning of a building program by the young province to replace buildings of the territorial period with more impressive structures.

The heritage value of the Moose Jaw Court House also lies in its architecture. The Moose Jaw Court House was designed by Toronto-based architects Darling and Pearson during their brief service as Saskatchewan’s provincial architects. Darling and Pearson were known for their bank architecture in the Neo-Classical style. During their tenure in Saskatchewan they designed this court house and the Regina Land Titles building. Later court houses designed by Provincial Architects Raymond Philbrick and Maurice Sharon followed the stylistic trend of the Moose Jaw facility before Sharon adopted the Colonial Revival style in the 1920s." ~ Saskatchewan Heritage website

Official Heritage List: [Web Link] Address: 64 Ominica Street Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada S6H 1W9

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