Inventory Updates: St. John Elementary School

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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St John Elementary School - 1309 Kensington Rd NW (Hillhurst) Year Built: 1916

Evaluated as a City Wide Historic Resource

St. John Elementary School, built in 1916, has symbolic value as representative of a period of rapid expansion in Calgary’s Separate School district in the 1910s (Symbolic Value – City Wide Significance).

St. John Elementary School has further value as a well-preserved example of a ‘bungalow’ school design and as a handsome and rare example of Mission Revival style in Calgary (Design and Style Value – City Wide Significance).

St. John Elementary School is also valued as a landmark in the Hillhurst neighbourhood for its prominent siting and picturesque historical architecture (Landmark Value – City Wide Significance).

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