Heritage Inventory Project – Phase 1
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[Type a quote from the document or the summary of an interesting point. You can position the text box anywhere in the document. Use the Drawing Tools tab to change the formatting of the pull quote text box.] HERITAGE INVENTORY PROJECT – PHASE 2 MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS Blairmore and Frank SEPTEMBER 2014 Community Design Strategies Inc. HERITAGE INVENTORY PROJECT – PHASE 2 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES 4 Board of Trade Law Enforcement 47 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 Military 48 World War I INTRODUCTION 7 World War II Legions PROJECT OVERVIEW 8 Education 49 Project Objectives 8 Sports 49 Scope of Work 8 The Faces of Alberta 50 Successes and Challenges 14 Immigrant Settlement Recommendations 15 Italians Polish THE BENEFITS OF HERITAGE CONSERVATION 16 Ukrainians Why Preserve Heritage Buildings 16 The Benefits of Heritage Designation 17 MAP OF HISTORIC PLACES 53 The Process of Designation 18 STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE 55 THEMATIC FRAMEWORK 19 Mackie Log Sauna 57 13350 16 Avenue SECTION ONE - BLAIRMORE Pinkney Residence 59 12762 19 Avenue BLAIRMORE HISTORICAL CONTEXT PAPER 21 Introduction 22 Gushul Studio 61 Prehistoric Crowsnest Pass 23 13301 18 Avenue Fur Trade 24 Mine Rescue Building 63 Resource Development 24 11762 20 Avenue Coal Industry Limestone West Canadian Collieries Office 65 12305 20 Avenue Forestry Brick Manufacturing F.M. Thompson West End Store 67 Cement Manufacturing 12321 20 Avenue Transportation 27 Railway Greenhill Hotel 69 12326 20 Avenue Roads Air Field Greenhill Grill 71 Electric Railway 12327 20 Avenue Agricultural Development 29 Urban Development 29 Old Maude 73 20 Avenue Residences Downtown Commercial District Alberta Government Telephones 75 Fire Fighting 12519 20 Avenue Politics and Government 41 Union Bank 77 Health 43 12707 20 Avenue Work and Leisure 44 Work Alberta Hotel 79 Leisure 12827 20 Avenue Spiritual Life 45 Red Trail Motors 81 Business and Industry 46 12919 20 Avenue CDS Inc. | MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS SEPTEMBER 2014 2 HERITAGE INVENTORY PROJECT – PHASE 2 SECTION TWO - FRANK Cosmopolitan Hotel 83 13001 20 Avenue FRANK HISTORICAL CONTEXT PAPER 193 Brisco Building 85 Introduction 194 13019 20 Avenue Prehistoric Crowsnest Pass 195 Kubik’s Grocery 87 Fur Trade 195 13041 20 Avenue Resource Development 196 Coal Industry Lethbridge Brewing & Malting Company 89 Limestone 13055 20 Avenue Forestry Brick Manufacturing F.M. Thompson/Fazio Building 91 Transportation 197 13101 20 Avenue Railway Blairmore Exchange 93 Roads 13119 20 Avenue Air Field Electric Railway Oliva Block 95 Agricultural Development 199 13201 20 Avenue Urban Development 200 St. Luke’s Church 97 The Frank Slide 13307 20 Avenue Residences Downtown Commercial District Blake/Burgman Residence 99 Fire Fighting 12106 21 Avenue Politics and Government 204 WCC Agent’s Residence 101 Health 205 12326 21 Avenue The Sanatorium Work and Leisure 205 Greenhill Apartments 103 Work 12366 21 Avenue Leisure Robert Residence 105 Spiritual Life 206 12509 21 Avenue Business and Industry 207 Board of Trade Darby Residence 107 Zinc Smelter 13022 21 Avenue Law Enforcement 208 Kubik Residence 109 Military 209 13213 21 Avenue World War I World War II Purvis Residence 111 Legions 13225 21 Avenue Education 210 Moore Residence 113 Sports 210 13406 21 Avenue The Faces of Alberta 210 Lyon Residence 115 Immigrant Settlement 13206 22 Avenue Italians Polish Greenhill Mine 117 Ukrainians RESOURCE EVALUATIONS AND MAP OF HISTORIC PLACES 211 STATEMENTS OF INTEGRITY 121 SEPTEMBER 2014 MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS| CDS Inc. HERITAGE INVENTORY PROJECT – PHASE 2 3 STATEMENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE 215 Frank Community Hall 217 14733 20 Avenue Blais General Store 219 14809 20 Avenue Frank Masonic Lodge 221 14806 20 Avenue Vysohlid Residence 223 2001 150 Street RESOURCE EVALUATIONS AND STATEMENTS OF INTEGRITY 225 COMPLETE SOURCES 235 APPENDIX 239 Historical Title Searches 240 Publicity 241 CDS Inc. | MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS SEPTEMBER 2014 4 HERITAGE INVENTORY PROJECT – PHASE 2 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Poster #1 showing sites on the initial Places of Interest List. Figure 25: The Robert Residence in 2014. Figure 2: Poster #2 showing sites on the initial Places of Interest List. Figure 26: The Moore Residence in 2014. Figure 3: Poster #3 showing sites on the initial Places of Interest List. Figure 27: WCC Agent Residence built in c1920. Figure 4: Woman describes why she values heritage in the Crowsnest Pass. Figure 28: Greenhill Apartments. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-BL-04-39. Figure 5: Rebecca Goodenough chats with a resident regarding Statements of Significance. Figure 29: The Greenhill Apartments as it stands today in 2014. Figure 6: Residents talk with Fraser Shaw and Ian McKenzie regarding Figure 30: The Pinkney Residence in 2014. the Places of Interest. Figure 31: The Blake Residence in 2014. Figure 7: Open House #2 Places of Interest List Poster #1. Figure 32: Col. Harry Lyon, first mayor of Blairmore. Date Unknown. Figure 8: Open House #2 Places of Interest List Poster #2. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-BL-18-27. Figure 9: Places of Interest List Posters on display. Figure 33: Alberta Hotel. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Figure 10: Robert Earley of CDS Inc. led a successful Open House #2. Archives CM-BL-04-23. Figure 11: Residents brought photos and maps to share. Figure 34: The Alberta Hotel in 2014. Figure 12: The Open House was well attended with a good indication of Figure 35: Cosmopolitan Hotel. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and interest. Archives CM-BL-15-09. Figure 13: Residents and building owners view final outcome of the Figure 36: The Cosmopolitan Hotel in 2014. Heritage Inventory during Open House #3. Figure 37: Greenhill Hotel, Gushul neg. Crowsnest Museum and Figure 14: Recommendations, Actions by Whom, and Funding Sources. Archives 0714. Figure 38: The Greenhill Hotel in 2014. Blairmore Figure 39: F.M. Thompson/Fazio Buildings as it stands today in 2014. Figure 15: Blairmore Town site with Crowsnest Mountain in background. Date unknown. Crowsnest Pass Museum and Figure 40: F.M. Thompson Grocery Window Display. Date unknown, by Archives.CMBL-32-13. T. Gushul. Crowsnest Museum and Archives 2005.001.0663. Figure 16: Early photo of Greenhill Mine site. Date unknown, by T. Figure 41: Red Trail Motors, Joe Fumagallie in doorway. Date unknown. Gushul. Crowsnest Museum and Archives. 5987. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-BL-06-53. Figure 42: Red Trail Motors building today in 2014. Figure 17: Mine Rescue Building in 2014. Figure 43: Brisco Building. July 26, 1926. Crowsnest Museum and Figure 18: Ray Bagley Homestead. Date unknown. Gushul Negative. Archives. Crowsnest Museum and Archives 4788. Figure 44: Brisco Buildings as it stands today in 2014. Figure 19: WCC office, with Greenhill Hotel garden in the foreground. Date unknown, by T. Gushul. Crowsnest Museum and Archives 8227 Figure 45: Band Stand as it exists in 2014. Figure 46: Union Bank Building in 2014. Figure 20: The Darby Residence in 2014. Figure 47: Kubik’s Meats and Groceries building as it exists in 2014. Figure 21: The Lyon Residence in 2014. Figure 48: The AGT Building in 2014. Figure 22: Purvis Residence. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-BL-04-37. Figure 49: Thomas Gushul. c1914. Crowsnest Museum and Archives 6572. Figure 23: The Purvis Residence in 2014. Figure 50: Gushul Studio in Blairmore. Date unknown. Crowsnest Figure 24: An example of a WCC duplex built in 1915 as it exists in Museum and Archives 6204. 2014. SEPTEMBER 2014 MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS| CDS Inc. HERITAGE INVENTORY PROJECT – PHASE 2 5 Figure 51: Gushul Studio in 2014. Figure 4: Frank Slide. c1903. Crownest Museum and Archives. Figure 52: The Greenhill Grill in 2014. Figure 5: The Vysohlid Residence in 2014. Figure 53: The Lethbridge Brewing and Malting Company building in Figure 7: Town of Frank Main Street after the slide. c1903. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-FR-32-21. 2014. Figure 8: The Blais General Store building in 2014. Figure 54: The Oliva Block in 2014. Figure 9: Rinald Pozzi Collection. Earley Wines and Spirits building in Figure 55: The provincially-designated Blairmore Courthouse in 2014. early Frank 1916. Crosnest Museum and Archives 025. Figure 56: Blairmore Fire truck. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Figure 10: Frank Train Station destroyed by arson set fire. Date Archives CM-BL-36-01. Unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-FR-24-03a. Figure 57: Main Street with Tim Buck Boulevard. Date unknown. Figure 11: Victory parade in front of Rocky Mountain Sanatorium, Crowsnest Museum and Archives 2023. Frank, Alberta. November 1918. Glenbow Archives nc-54-466. Figure 12: Skating at Horejsi Pond. 1917. Crowsnest Museum and Figure 58: Mrs. Francis Lillie, Laura & Dr. Lillie. Date unknown. Archives CM-FR-28-02. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-BL-21-144. Figure 13: Frank Masonic Hall in 2014. Figure 59: The Mackie Sauna in 2014. Figure 14: Zinc Smelter. Date unknown. Calgary Library pc_818. Figure 60: St. Luke's Anglican Church. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-BL-04-04. Figure 15: Frank Community Hall in 2014. Figure 61: St. Luke’s Anglican Church in 2014. Figure 16: Frank Baseball Team. Date Unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-FR-28-04. Figure 62: Union relief office during 1932 miner’s strike. 1932. Figure 17: A mix of immigrants congregate at the C.P.R. Frank Train Crowsnest Museum and Archives 1821. Station awaiting arrival of the train. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-FR-24-05. Figure 63: Constable Steve Lawson (1). Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives. Figure 64: Emilio Picariello, bootlegger and owner of the Alberta Hotel. Crowsnest Museum and Archives CM-BL-21-206. Figure 65: Blairmore Soccer team, including Tony Vjprava. Date unknown. Crowsnest Museum and Archives 2005.001.0630. Figure 66: Blairmore ladies softball team with Dora Kroli, Vickie Smaniotto, and Helen Yanota (Gushul neg.).