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Mill Creek House
Edmonton
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
The Mill Creek House is a two storey wood structure designed with Craftsman Style influences. It is located mid block on a residential street in the historic neighbourhood of Strathcona that dead ends at the Mill Creek Ravine. At one time, this nearby ravine and creek was owned by William Bird who ran a flour mill from 1871 to 1874, and the creek that ran through his property became to be known as Mill Creek.
Heritage Value
The Mill Creek House is significant for its association with early residential development in Strathcona and its Craftsman Style design influences.
Constructed in 1901, the Mill Creek House is significant for its association with early urban and residential development in Strathcona. Strathcona became a town in 1899 and a city in 1907. The City of Strathcona amalgamated with Edmonton in 1912. Strathcona was named for Sir Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal (1820-1914). He was born in Forres, near Inverness in
Northern Scotland, and apprenticed with the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1838. Fifty years later, in 1889, Smith became governor of the Company. Smith is also known as a politician and railroad financier who promoted the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). In 1885, he was photographed driving the last spike for the CPR at Craigellachie, BC.
In 1896 Whyte Avenue between 101 Street and 109 Street is Strathcona's traditional commercial area and has gone through a number of transformations over the years.Through the efforts of the Old Strathcona Foundation and many others, much of the area’s original historical character has survived.
Character-Defining Elements
The character defining elements as expressed in the form, scale massing, and materials of this 1901, Craftsman influenced residence include:
-two storeys;
-gable roof with two upper storey windows projecting above the roofline;
-chimney on east elevation;
-wood shingled dormers the project above the roofline;
-enclosed porch with exposed tapered posts;
-recessed front entrance;
-wood panel front door with window containing nine lites;
-wood west side entrance door;
-fenestration pattern of enclosed porch including the transom windows above the 1 over 2 windows;
-fenestration pattern of the east and west elevations;
-1 over 1 windows with storms attached (second storey);
-cedar shingle roof; and
-wood clapboard siding.
Location
| Street Address: |
9734 - 88 Avenue NW |
| Community: |
Edmonton |
| Boundaries: |
Lot 9, Block 119, Plan I |
| Contributing Resources: |
Building
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PBL Legal Description (Cadastral Reference):
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119
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9
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Latitude/Longitude:
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53.523777 |
-113.481321 |
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NAD83 |
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Recognition
| Recognition Authority: |
Local Governments (AB) |
| Designation Status: |
Municipal Historic Resource |
| Date of Designation: |
2017/05/30 |
Historical Information
| Built: |
1901 to 1901 |
| Period of Significance: |
1901 to 1901 |
| Theme(s): |
Peopling the Land : Settlement
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Additional Information
| Object Number: |
4664-0068 |
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| Data Source: |
City of Edmonton (Bylaw 17984) |
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