Architect Doris Tanner: What did she do? Work and life in fine balance
It’s 2003, early in the new millennium but regrettably late in the story I’m aiming to tell. Doris Tanner died…
Stories tagged: house
Reverend McDougall’s 1871 Mission House: Epicentre of Edmonton’s Early Jewish Business Community
The year 2021 will be the 150th anniversary of the construction of Reverend George McDougall’s 1871 Methodist Mission House. This important…
History of West Ritchie
At the center of West Ritchie is 81st Avenue (between 102nd and 100th Street), a commercial street that feels far removed from the…
Alice Mailhot Ross: Canada’s first female architect?
Growing up, Alice Mailhot set her sights on being an engineer like her father. Perhaps Zepherin Mailhot’s life in frontier…
New Life for Old Wood
The floor in Jesse Watson’s Calder bungalow is stamped with words like “wheat” and “barley,” clues to a fascinating past….
These Bricks are Real Clinkers
Kilns used to produce bricks in the early 20th century didn’t have the ability to heat evenly, and those placed…
The Mountifield House
Designed by renowned local architect James Edward Wize and built in 1905, the Mountifield House was one of Oliver’s earliest…
The Story of Sylvancroft
The grand residence that Harry Marshall Erskine Evans built starting in 1911 has survived the passage of 100 years virtually unaltered. Now…
Built with Logs
In Edmonton’s early years, milled lumber was in short supply, and so dwellings were often constructed using logs. Early European…
Apartment Living – Then and Now
Imagine reading in a local newspaper the following description of a building to be built in Edmonton: A driveway will…