Louise Crummy Mckinney Centre - 2004 - Claresholm, Alberta
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N 50° 01.462 W 113° 35.094
12U E 314852 N 5544541
Built to resemble a railroad depot, the Louise Crummy Mckinney Centre houses the Claresholm Public Library, among other community enterprises.
Waymark Code: WMZ76B
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/22/2018
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The major tenant of the building, Claresholm Public Library is a member of Chinook Arch Regional Library System, a cooperative of 33 public libraries in Southwest Alberta. After the building was officially opened on June 14, 2004, a bronze plaque was mounted on the exterior near the library entrance.

Louise McKinney, née Crummy holds the distinction of being the first woman elected to a legislature in the British Empire. A suffragist and a member of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, Crummy was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on June 7, 1917 as a Non-Partisan League candidate. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly, McKinney was a strong proponent of social welfare programs. She ran again in 1921, but lost, never again running for office.

Later Crummy was a member of the The Famous Five, Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise Crummy McKinney and Irene Parlby. These five Alberta women successfully petitioned the Federal Government to have women recognized as persons in the infamous Persons Case.

The plaque:

LOUISE CRUMMY MCKINNEY CENTRE
TOWN of CLARESHOLM
PUBLIC LIBRARY
2004

MAYOR
E.R. PATTERSON

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
LINDA BROOKS
NORM DELONG
DAVID HUBKA

SHIRLEY ISAACSON
GERRY McGUIRE
RUBERT STEEL

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
DAWSON WALLACE CONSTRUCTION LTD.

ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEER
COHOS EVAMY


A little history about the building and the library:

The Town purchased land from Rod Dryholm south of Amundsen Park and designated it for the Louise McKinney Centre, which would house the Community Literacy Program, Public Library and Town Archives. Construction started in November 2003 and the library moved into the new facility in May 2004. The official opening was June 14, 2004 with Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor Lois Hole attending.

The Claresholm Public Library was the idea, hope and dream of the members of the Col. Lyndon Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, I.O.D.E. The dream was first conceived from a comment made by Mrs. Marion (Tom) Riddle in the mid-1930s: “It is time this organization did something to justify its existence” and she further suggested that the town needed a library.

In 1991, the Claresholm Public Library was one of the libraries to join the Chinook Arch Regional Library System at the initial stage. Vera Mattoon spent many hours working on the steering committee to get the System underway.

In 2000 the Alberta Government announced the Centennial Legacy Grant Program. There were two main projects presented to the Town Council for their endorsement: expansion of the golf course, or building a new library.

[Some information was edited for content. You can read the entire history at the link provided.]
From the Claresholm Library
Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 2004

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