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10036 Macdonald Drive.
In 1895, on a nearby site overlooking its historic river valley, the recently incorporated town of Edmonton built the College Avenue High School. There, under K.W. MacKenzie, its first principal, many of the city's outstanding citizens furthered their education.

9932 - 112 Street.
This house was built in 1907 by Lester Allyn, an Edmonton building contractor. Allyn also built several other houses in the immediate area to take advantage of the booming market for housing in the new provincial capital. This house was used by Allyn as his own home until 1911. The next resident of the house was Frank Ford, a lawyer who later became Chancellor of the University of Alberta and a justice of the Supreme Court of Alberta. The house was also home to Arthur Dodman, general manager of the Hudson's Bay Company in Edmonton from 1915-17.
The main significance of the house, however, lies in its ties to the pre- 1912 residential housing boom in Edmonton. It is an excellent example of the kind of upper middle class housing built at the time. This is reflected in its location in then fashionable Oliver, the choice of brick as an exterior building material and the size and interior fittings of the house. By the 1920s and 1930s, this area was less fashionable and this is reflected in the home?s residents who included widows, clerks, a carpenter, a baker and a steamship company agent. The house also retains much of its original appearance and architectural details including two colours, a two storey bay window and decorative "piano" windows over the entrance hall.
This may be one of the most intact houses from the pre- First World War period left in Edmonton and serves as an excellent reminder of residential housing patterns and preferences in that period.

8406 - 91 Avenue.
On this site in 1910 College Saint-Jean opened for the first time in Edmonton. Established the previous year in Pincher Creek by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the College has since become recognized as a focus for French culture in Alberta. Its high standards in all fields of learning were affirmed by its recognition as a Faculty of the University of Alberta in 1977.

7128 Ada Boulevard.
On this site in 1926 Concordia College officially opened its first building. Founded five years earlier by Pastor E. Eberhardt, the College has since provided Alberta with exemplary standards in religious and other studies. In 1975 the achievements of the College were acknowledged by its affiliation with the University of Alberta.

7128 Ada Boulevard.
On this site in 1926 Concordia College officially opened its first building. Founded five years earlier by Pastor E. Eberhardt, the College has since provided Alberta with exemplary standards in religious and other studies. In 1975 the achievements of the College were acknowledged by its affiliation with the University of Alberta.

10310 - 85 Avenue.
The Connaught Armoury was built in what was then the City of Strathcona in 1911-12. It was named for the Duke of Connaught, a son of Queen Victoria and Canada's Governor-General from 1911 to 1916.
It boasted a large assembly or drill hall on the main floor, along with storerooms for arms, saddles and uniforms. It also incorporated offices and a caretaker's apartment, and in the basement there was a rifle range and bowling alley for recreation.
The armoury quickly emerged as the headquarters for one of Alberta's most famous regiments, the 19th Alberta Dragoons. This cavalry, and later armored, regiment served with distinction at many of the largest First World War battles and in the Second World War. After the Second World War, it became the 19th Alberta Armoured Car Regiment before the regiment was effectively disbanded in 1964.
Shortly thereafter, Connaught Armoury closed. It was threatened with demolition in the early 1970s by a proposed freeway from Calgary Trail to downtown before being sold in 1978 and used for a succession of restaurants and nightclubs.
In addition to its association with the 19th Alberta Dragoons, the armoury is an excellent and early example of this type of military building in Alberta. Smaller than Mewata or Prince of Wales Armouries, it nevertheless presents a formidable, fortress-like appearance with its stylized crenellations on the roof line, heavy brick and masonry walls, and formal entry porch.

10310 - 85 Avenue.
The Connaught Armoury was built in what was then the City of Strathcona in 1911-12.
It boasted a large assembly or drill hall on the main floor, along with storerooms for arms, saddles and uniforms. It also incorporated offices and a caretaker's apartment, and in the basement there was a rifle range and bowling alley for recreation.
The armoury quickly emerged as the headquarters for one of Alberta's most famous regiments, the 19th Alberta Dragoons. This cavalry, and later armored, regiment served with distinction at many of the largest First World War battles and in the Second World War. After the Second World War, it became the 19th Alberta Armoured Car Regiment before the regiment was effectively disbanded in 1964.
In addition to its association with the 19th Alberta Dragoons, the armoury is an excellent and early example of this type of military building in Alberta. Smaller than Mewata or Prince of Wales Armouries, it nevertheless presents a formidable, fortress-like appearance with its stylized crenellations on the roof line, heavy brick and masonry walls, and formal entry porch.