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Chenier-Beauchamp Residence
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-98 · Stuk · 2002
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

9926 & 9928 - 112 Street.
In 1910 Eliza Chenier obtained a building permit for a duplex to be constructed on this site. Mrs. Chenier was the widow of Joseph Chenier who had owned a general store on Jasper Avenue, and is an interesting example of an early Edmonton female entrepreneur. In addition to her real estate investments, she was also listed as co-owner of the Strathcona Hotel from 1912 to 1923 with a business partner Joseph Beauchamp. Eliza Chenier lived in one half of the duplex until 1926 and Joseph Beauchamp occupied the other until 1919.
Their ownership of the Strathcona Hotel did not work out well and their mortgage company foreclosed on the partnership in 1923, just before the repeal of Prohibition would make most hotels profitable again. Nonetheless, Beauchamp was a well-known local hotelier having owned or managed several hotels in Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton. He is best known for his association with the Cecil Hotel from 1924 until his death in 1949.
The heritage value of the duplex also is found in its design and architectural details. Its symmetrical form and square, box-like layout marks it as a variation of the classical four-square house pattern. However, as a duplex it is much larger than most Edmonton residences built in this style. The full length front porch and smaller central second floor porch, wide window casings with decorative crowns, and extensive use of clapboard all reflect building styles and tastes in the early 1900s. Along with the other heritage buildings in the area, it helps create a sense of the streetscape in a pre- First World War Edmonton neighbourhood.

Chenier-Beauchamp Residence
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-97 · Stuk · 2006
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

9926 & 9928 - 112 Street.
In 1910 Eliza Chenier obtained a building permit for a duplex to be constructed on this site. Mrs. Chenier was the widow of Joseph Chenier who had owned a general store on Jasper Avenue, and is an interesting example of an early Edmonton female entrepreneur. In addition to her real estate investments, she was also listed as co-owner of the Strathcona Hotel from 1912 to 1923 with a business partner Joseph Beauchamp. Eliza Chenier lived in one half of the duplex until 1926 and Joseph Beauchamp occupied the other until 1919.
Their ownership of the Strathcona Hotel did not work out well and their mortgage company foreclosed on the partnership in 1923, just before the repeal of Prohibition would make most hotels profitable again. Nonetheless, Beauchamp was a well-known local hotelier having owned or managed several hotels in Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton. He is best known for his association with the Cecil Hotel from 1924 until his death in 1949.
The heritage value of the duplex also is found in its design and architectural details. Its symmetrical form and square, box-like layout marks it as a variation of the classical four-square house pattern. However, as a duplex it is much larger than most Edmonton residences built in this style. The full length front porch and smaller central second floor porch, wide window casings with decorative crowns, and extensive use of clapboard all reflect building styles and tastes in the early 1900s. Along with the other heritage buildings in the area, it helps create a sense of the streetscape in a pre- First World War Edmonton neighbourhood.

CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-95 · Stuk · 2006
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

10421 - 82 Avenue.
In 1907 this building was constructed by Robert Ritchie, founder of the Edmonton Milling Company. Until 1912 it was an outlet for the Great West Saddlery Company. Starting in that year, under the leadership of A.B. Chapman, joined soon thereafter by his sons, Bus and his brothers, the Chapman family have owned and operated this retail business at this location since 1912. This pioneer Edmonton family has fulfilled the leather and western wear needs of countless thousands of Edmontonians. This business represents an important aspect of early Strathcona and Edmonton commercial history.

Chapman Bros. Building
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-94 · Stuk · 2010
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

10421 - 82 Avenue.
In 1907 this building was constructed by Robert Ritchie, founder of the Edmonton Milling Company. Until 1912 it was an outlet for the Great West Saddlery Company. Starting in that year, under the leadership of A.B. Chapman, joined soon thereafter by his sons, Bus and his brothers, the Chapman family have owned and operated this retail business at this location since 1912. This pioneer Edmonton family has fulfilled the leather and western wear needs of countless thousands of Edmontonians. This business represents an important aspect of early Strathcona and Edmonton commercial history.

Chandler Barn
CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-92 · Stuk · 2006
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

10828 - 125 Street.
The Chandler Barn is a rare surviving example of a once common style of building in Edmonton. Up until the First World War, transportation was dominated by horse-drawn vehicles, with the first automobiles only making their appearance on Edmonton streets in 1904. Instead of a garage for cars, many early Edmonton residents built small barns for a horse and carriage on their residential lots.
In 1912 Edward Chandler and his wife Lillian purchased a lot in the new residential area of Westmount. Chandler had moved to Edmonton from his birthplace in New Brunswick with his family as part of the great Alberta economic boom preceding the First World War. He worked as a lumber inspector and printer in Edmonton and was wealthy enough to apply for a permit to build a house and small barn and carriage house on the lot that same year.

CA EDM RG-21-2-3-EA-792-90 · Stuk · 2006
Part of City of Edmonton. Parks and Recreation Department fonds

10603 - 103 Street
Charles J. Carter constructed this home in 1907. Similar to single-family dwellings built by other Edmonton entrepreneurs at the time, his house features a wooden frame, lapped wood siding, and a front veranda with turned porch columns.
Take a peek around back. Carter's property also includes a gable-roofed horse stable, complete with hayloft.
Many Edmonton homes built before the First World War had similar outbuildings, but this is perhaps the only one of its kind left in the city.