Municipal Historic Resource Designations at City Council
On December 20, City Council approved the following Municipal Historic Resource Designations
Privately-owned sites
Arthur Bishop Residence – 1401 2 Street NW (Crescent Heights) Year Built: 1912
The Arthur Bishop Residence, built in 1912, is a substantial 2½ -storey residence clad in painted lap wood siding. It has a very steep side-gable roof and 2nd-storey front extensions under a cross-gable roof, and an enclosed front veranda with a central front entrance. It sits on a landscaped corner lot within a residential street and neighbourhood.
Learn more about the heritage value of the Arthur Bishop Residence.
McPherson Ranch House - 7011 Sierra Morena BV SW [Signal Hill]
The ca.1910 McPherson Ranch House is a two-storey Foursquare-style house clad in red brick featuring a symmetrical façade with prominent centred front entry, a high-pitched, hipped roof with cresting on the ridge, and a full-width verandah with balcony. The 1235 square metre property is surrounded by expansive gardens and part of a former tree belt of very tall mature trees, once part of the McPherson ranch lands. The property is situated in the lower Richmond Hill part of Signal Hill, formerly known as Spruce Vale, at the edge of a housing development and just northwest of the Elbow River.
Learn more about the heritage value of the McPherson Ranch House.
Rideout (Mitchell-Sproule) Residence - 2209 Carleton ST SW [Upper Mount Royal]
The Rideout (Mitchell-Sproule) Residence, built in 1912, is a substantial 1½-storey residence clad in red brick below and wood shingles above. It has a three-quarter-width inset front veranda, and a side-gable roof with two front cross-gables of uneven lengths with an enclosed sunporch between them. The house has a deep front setback on pie-shaped lot within a block and neighbourhood of substantial single-family houses.
Learn more about the heritage value of the Rideout (Mitchell-Sproule) Residence.
Wright Residence - 3212 6 ST SW [Elbow Park]
The Wright Residence is a one and one-half storey Craftsman-style wooden-frame house with asymmetrical massing situated on the east side of 6 Street SW in the Elbow Park neighbourhood in Calgary. The home features a front-gabled roof with large triangular wooden brackets, as well as a south facing shed roof dormer and a north facing gabled dormer. The front facade of the residence has an inset enclosed porch on one side with an oversized tapered column set on a bellcast pier with wooden shingles. The cozy and inviting home is located midblock in a quiet residential neighborhood lined with mature trees and other contemporaneous Arts & Crafts style homes.
Learn more about the heritage value of the Wright Residence.
City-owned sites
Guide-Scout Service Centre - 2140 Brownsea DR NW [West Hillhurst]
The Guide-Scout Service Centre was built in 1966 to 1967 and comprises a large open lot with a one and one-half storey Expressionist-style building. The site is located on the north side of Brownsea Drive NW between 20th and 21st Streets NW, just east of the Calgary Area Guide Centre, in a residential context in the neighbourhood of West Hillhurst. The building, distinguished by its cubic box massing set on a smaller poured concrete box, features minimalist brick cladding and inset vertical windows. A steeply pitched, concave flared roof, reminiscent of a camping “pup” tent and composed of massive curved glulam beams, peeks out from the flat roofline and dramatically projects over a central front entryway at the second storey. The entryway is accessible by a central, wide spanning concrete staircase.
Learn more about the heritage value of the Guide-Scout Service Centre.
Riley Park - 800 12 ST NW [Hillhurst]
Riley Park is a large 8.23 ha (20.35 acres) Park in the community of Hillhurst. The park dates from 1911 and is comprised of an ornamental area along 10th Street NW, a wading pool, a large informal curved pathway, and a variety of recreational areas, including cricket pitches.
Learn more about the heritage value of Riley Park.
Senator Patrick Burns Memorial Rock Garden - 1103 10 ST NW [Hillhurst]