1907 - McDougall School - Calgary, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 51° 02.953 W 114° 04.633
11U E 704854 N 5659363
Formerly known as Calgary Normal School and McDougall School, this building is now Government House and has a number of provincial cabinet offices at this beautiful sandstone building in downtown Calgary, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WM55FX
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 11/14/2008
Views: 5
Built: 1906-1908
Architect: Public Works architect A.M. Jeffers.
Builder: built by day labour, local sub contracts.
Original cost: $150,000
Architectural style:
Renaissance Revival. Symmetrical plan, richly detailed exterior with fine stone carving. Three storeys plus an attic storey. "Features an elaborate front central section with a broad flight of granite steps leading to a triple arched entrance, above which are four freestanding giant order columns with two engaged columns at either end.
Original interior details:
Moulded plaster and carved oak woodwork. An attic storey above the cornice line, lit by five circular windows provided an apartment for the janitor.
Historical highlights:
- January 1906 a facility for teacher training was temporarily established on the top floor of Central School.
- 1906 - city purchased lot where the Normal School was eventually built for $15,000
- historians claim that the Normal School was built in Calgary as compensation for Edmonton being named as Provincial capital.
- construction for Alberta's first Normal School (teacher training school) began in September 1906. Cornerstone laid by Premier Rutherford in June 1907.
- when the school officially opened September 1908 there were two instructors for 26 students. Teacher training lasted four months.
Year of construction: 1907
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription: Not listed
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