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Connaught Armoury
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-115 · Pièce · 2006
Fait partie de City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

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.

Connaught Armoury - SE
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-116 · Pièce · 2006
Fait partie de City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

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.

Connaught Armoury - NW
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-117 · Pièce · 2006
Fait partie de City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

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.

Connaught Armoury
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-118 · Pièce · 2009
Fait partie de City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

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.

Cowles Drug Store
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-120 · Pièce · 2009
Fait partie de City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

10347/10349 - 82 Avenue
After starting business in a shack at 104 Street and Whyte Avenue, Frank Cowles built his first drug store on this site in 1895. This was one of the first drug stores in Strathcona and an active center during the Gold Rush of 1898. Later the store was moved next door to 10349 - Whyte Avenue and continued operating until 1965. After Frank's death in 1939, the sons carried on operations at this location until 1965.

Arthur Davies Residence
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-121 · Pièce · 2006
Fait partie de City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

10606 - 84 Avenue
This large brick Queen Anne style residence was built in about the year 1907 by Arthur Davies.
Mr. Davies was prominent in Strathcona's commercial and political life after 1895, and his grocery emporium was well known. He served as Strathcona's mayor in 1905 and once again in 1911, overseeing the amalgamation of the Cities of Strathcona and Edmonton. Mr. Davies earned recognition as the "Father of Greater Edmonton".
The Davies house design incorporates twin, two storey bow windows and classical details including sandstone string courses and lintels. A second storey balcony is supported by Tuscan columns from the porch below, and the underside of the roof.

Arthur Davies Residence -SE
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-122 · Pièce · 2006
Fait partie de City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

10606 - 84 Avenue
This large brick Queen Anne style residence was built in about the year 1907 by Arthur Davies.
Mr. Davies was prominent in Strathcona's commercial and political life after 1895, and his grocery emporium was well known. He served as Strathcona's mayor in 1905 and once again in 1911, overseeing the amalgamation of the Cities of Strathcona and Edmonton. Mr. Davies earned recognition as the "Father of Greater Edmonton".
The Davies house design incorporates twin, two storey bow windows and classical details including sandstone string courses and lintels. A second storey balcony is supported by Tuscan columns from the porch below, and the underside of the roof.