 view gallery S159.8 km
|   Holy Ghost Roman Catholic Church - Coleman, AB
in Alberta Heritage Markers Built in the spring of 1906, this church was consecrated on June 24 of that year. The Belgian-made cast iron bell named 'Marie was blessed by Father Lacombe at the same time. The church was named 'Holy Ghost' after a church in Winnipeg. posted by:  T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS159.8 km | Flumerfelt Park and Coleman Rodeo - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Mounted in Flumerfelt Park, this heritage plaque is all about leisure time, in particular this park and the Coleman Rodeo, the town's major summertime event from 1946 to 1960, its final year. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/24/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Alberta Provincial Police Barracks - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers This little hip roofed wood frame building was, at one time, the barracks for the Alberta Provincial Police Detachment in Coleman. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Coleman Union Hall/Hospital - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers This hall was originally opened in 1906 as a hospital, funded by the miners' union of Coleman. It provided medical services to union members only, but was eventually opened to the public. It remained a hospital until 1949, then became a union hall. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/7/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Miner's Union Hospital -- Coleman, AB CAN in Alberta Heritage Markers The colourful historical marker outside of the Coleman Miner's Union Hospital explains the interesting history of this important health-care facility posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 1/20/2017 last visited: 12/22/2016 |
 view galleryS160 km | Coleman High School - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Not the first school, or even the first high school, in Coleman, this one was built as an addition to the Coleman Central School, which was also not the first in Coleman. Closed in 1971, this school has been well repurposed to the Crowsnest Museum. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/24/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Coleman National Historic Site - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers The core area of the town of Coleman has been declared a National Historic Site. This large plaque, mounted beside the CNHS monument at 18th Avenue & 77th Street in Coleman, affords a little insight into the history of the town. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/24/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | St. Paul's United Church - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Coleman began in 1903 to service a new coal mine operated by the International Coal and Coke Company. Originally Presbyterian, this church became a United Church in 1926, the year after after Church Union in Canada, which took place June 10, 1925. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/7/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Coleman Journal - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers For 51 years, from 1921 to 1972, this small building was the source of news in the town of Coleman. Oddly, this was an anti-labour newspaper, a rarity in small towns in its time - UNLESS they were financed by big business, which happened on occasion. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Coleman Fire Hall - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Coleman came into being in 1903 to service a new coal mine operated by the International Coal and Coke Company. Built in 1905, this fire hall was rebuilt in 1909 and expanded in 1934. The fire department moved to newer quarters in 1972. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/7/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Red and White Store - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers General Store, post office, Knights of Pythias Hall, meat and grocery store and clothing store - at one time or another this building served a wide variety of needs in the town. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Canadian Bank of Commerce - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Coleman came into being in 1903 to service a new coal mine operated by the International Coal and Coke Company. One of the first buildings to be built in the business section of town was a bank, owned coincidentally, by the coal company's directors. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Coleman Legion - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Though this building was first built as a commercial building in 1923, it was bought by the Coleman Legion in 1939 and extended, essentially doubling it in size, in 1986. This was Alberta's FIRST Legion, chartered October 6, 1926. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Salvation Army Hall - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers The first building on this site was a wood frame building, built about 1904 and replaced by this one, constructed of hollow clay block in the mid '20s. We can't help but wonder if that choice of materials had an incendiary cause. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Motordrome - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Originally a theatre presenting movies, live theatre, concerts and even sporting events, this building was remodelled into a service station and car dealership. Unfortunately, it has lost both of its façades, the theatre's and the service station's. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160 km | Andrew Povinch Building - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers One of the later commercial buildings to be erected in Coleman's commercial section, this early '20s building housed a general store for much of its life. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Coleman Historic Walking Tours - Coleman, Alberta in Alberta Heritage Markers A small kiosk with history bits and walking tour information posted by:  Bon Echo location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 10/18/2018 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Grand Union Hotel - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Still going strong as a hotel, this brick structure, built in 1924, replaced a wood frame hotel built in 1904, just a year after Coleman itself had its beginnings. Given that, it may well be that the Grand Union was the first hotel built in the town. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Evans Boarding House - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers A boarding house from 1909 to the end of World War II, this building now houses a residence upstairs and a nice hometown, all homemade, type restaurant on the ground floor. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/8/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Roxy Theatre - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Had it not been for Coleman's worst fire, which took out six buildings in 1948, we would not have a Roxy Theatre. No longer open, the theatre appears as though it could have been closed for several years now. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Coleman Mercantile Store - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers The first major retail outlet in Coleman, the Mercantile Store was something akin to a turn of the century "Real Crowsnest Superstore", selling everything from groceries to clothes, furniture & appliances - even cattle feed. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Coleman Hardware - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Beside the Roxy Theatre and across the street from the Grand Union Hotel, this is the second building to be erected on this site, the first departing in a ball of fire. It now houses a thrift store operated by Crowsnest Community Support Services. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Zak's Meat Market - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers A meat market for the majority of its life, this building was erected in Coleman in 1910 by Alberta Beef Baron Pat Burns. It is one of dozens built by Burns across western Canada in its pioneer years. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | Eagles Hall - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Just six years after the town of Coleman was built around the International Coal and Coke Company coal mine in the Crowsnest Pass, the Fraternal Order of Eagles were organized in Coleman and had this lodge built in 1909. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/8/2015 last visited: never |
 view galleryS160.1 km | McBurney Drug Store - Coleman, AB in Alberta Heritage Markers Built prior to 1910, this building was at one time the Coleman Post Office. In 1913, after renovations, it became a drug store, which it remained for at least 60 years. posted by: T0SHEA location: Alberta, Canada date approved: 8/10/2015 last visited: never |
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