Inventory Updates: Donegal Mansions

On December 11, 2020 the Heritage Calgary board approved the following site to be updated to the Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources.

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Donegal Mansions - 830 Memorial Drive NW (Sunnyside) Year Built: 1931

Evaluated as a City Wide Historic Resource

As a beautifully crafted example of a well-appointed apartment block, Donegal Mansions, built in 1931, is a symbol of the high-end construction that took place during Calgary’s late 1920s boom (Symbolic Value – City Wide Significance).

The apartment block is further valued as an eclectic Inter-war expression of the Italianate style in Calgary (Style Value – City Wide Significance).

Donegal Mansions also possesses person value for its most notable tenant John E. Brownlee (1883-1961), who served as Alberta’s Attorney-General from 1921-26 and Premier from 1925-34 (Person Value – City Wide Significance).

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