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The long process of reconstruction has started for a historic Old Strathcona landmark dismantled brick by brick two years ago to save it from demolition.

Owner Sam Prochazka hired a team of 10 workers in 2014 to save everything salvageable from the 110-year-old Arthur Davies mansion when the property at 10606 84 Ave. was bought for a condo project.

That included hardwood floors, window trim, wainscotting, the main oak staircase, interior doors and 23,000 bricks, which were stored on 46 pallets in a city works yard.

Following years of planning and design work, digging the foundation began last week at the home’s new Riverdale location backing on to the North Saskatchewan River.

“The limitations of rebuilding are hard because you have to maintain the architectural character while meeting building code,” Prochazka said Wednesday.

“The house was a beautiful home in Old Strathcona … I had ridden my bike by for many years. I attended the school across the street. I loved those old houses.”

Full Story (Edmonton Journal)
 
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You come upon Dyde House as a surprise, a mystery hidden in the Alberta wilderness, just southwest of Edmonton.

The flat-roofed bungalow sits, low and lovely, almost embedded in the brow of a grassy hill, overlooking a rolling green lawn that meets a pond and gradually merges with boreal forest.

It’s built not of wood or brick, but of stacked, dun-coloured cinder-blocks which form the interior and exterior walls at the same time. The entire front wall is a giant glass sliding door which opens onto a sweeping Tyndall stone patio. And the whole thing is framed by huge flying beams that reach to the sky, and ground the house in its place at the same time.

Dyde House looks like a backdrop from a 1960s science fiction film. Dyde House looks as old as the prairies, like a glacial moraine. Yet in its clean lines, its elegant symmetry and its seamless relation to the landscape, Dyde House also seems like a quintessentially Albertan take on a gracious English “great house.”

Full Story (Edmonton Journal)
 
An art-deco grocery store and a Craftsman bungalow built in 1922 have been added to the city's inventory of historic buildings.

The Shop-Easy Grocery in the Calder neighbourhood and Hunt Residence in Westmount were added to the protected list by city council.

The corner store, built in 1948, is architecturally significant, the city said, because of its late art-deco style, which includes a flat roof and canopy along the south and east facades.

Full Story (CBC Edmonton)
 
Edmonton's 113-year-old J.B. Little Brickyard House is on the verge of cementing its title as the city's newest historic resource.

The Riverdale building, now home to a cafe called Little Brick, would join a list of 130 designated sites such as the Hotel Macdonald, the Gibson Block and the High Level Bridge.

Council's urban planning committee will see a recommendation to approve the designation when it meets on Wednesday.

"The odds are that it will be approved without any issue," said Scott Ashe, the city's principal heritage planner.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...ickyard-riverdale-historic-resource-1.3953996
 
Edmonton heritage homes awaiting official designation may get extra protection if the city approves a new plan to help ward off demolition.

City officials provided recommendations at the urban planning committee Wednesday to develop a “special area zoning” plan, which would ensure construction of new homes would be compatible with the heritage character of some streets.

It would also mean lots couldn't be split.

“Subdivision will result in further heritage losses and the city will be the poorer for it,” said Barbara Finlay, a heritage advocate with the Old Glenora Conservation Association.

Currently, homes listed on the city’s heritage inventory can be demolished when builders come in to construct new homes in their place.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmont...eritage-homes-could-get-protection-boost.html
 
Edmonton’s Little Brickyard House officially designated a historic resource
The little brickyard house, built in 1905 and nestled deep in Riverdale, was formally designated a municipal historic resource Tuesday.

The house sits on the former site of the J.B. Little and Sons Brickyard.
The Littles were a prominent business family in Edmonton’s early history. They ran the brickyard from 1892 to 1990, were integral in Edmonton’s building industry and leaders in the community.

The Little family lived in the brickyard house for four generations and helped develop the Riverdale community.

The city said few traces of the many industries that were situated on the flats of the North Saskatchewan River remain, making the brickyard house a significant landmark.

“The J.B. Little Brickyard House serves as a reminder of the changing use of the river valley in Riverdale from an area of industrial development to a residential neighbourhood,” the city said in a news release Wednesday.

http://globalnews.ca/news/3374712/e...se-officially-designated-a-historic-resource/
 
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City Designates Ira W. Stephens Residence
April 26, 2017

The City of Edmonton has formally designated the Ira W. Stephens Residence as a Municipal Historic Resource. Constructed in 1914, The Ira W. Stephens Residence is a one and a half storey wood structure designed withCraftsman Style influences. It is located at 9526- 111 Avenue [This is not correct, actual address is 6526 111 Ave - D], on a corner lot in the historic neighbourhood of Highlands.

Between 1911 and 1915, Highlands developed rapidly, fuelled by a booming provincial economy. This period ofprosperity
saw the paving of streets, the extension of the streetcar line from Edmonton, provision of running water,telephone service and electricity. These modern amenities combined with the pastoral setting and scenic vistas over the river valley made Highlands an attractive location for homebuyers who could afford to purchase there. In fact, Highlands was subdivided and developed by the Magrath-Holgate Co. with the intent of establishing it as a bedroom community for Edmonton’s more affluent residents.

Though the Ira W. Stephens Residence would have been consistent with Magrath and Holgate’s vision for Highlands, it is more modest than many of the grand homes built in the community during this period. Some of the defining features include the gable roof with exposed rafters, the Clinker Brick chimney and the enclosed porch with shed roof, exposed rafters and paired wood columns in the corners.

The City's Historic Resource Management Plan outlines the City's mission to identify, protect and promote the preservation and use of historic resources. The plan contains 24 policies and 88 action items that direct the preservation and celebration of Edmonton's heritage.e

For more information:
Historic Resources

Media contact:

Adrienne F. Hill
Communications Advisor
Sustainable Development
780-944-1510

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