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Jasper Block
Edmonton
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
The Jasper Block consists of a three-storey Edwardian era mixed use brick building on the north side of Jasper Avenue in central downtown Edmonton.
Heritage Value
The Jasper Block is significant for its architecture, being one of the last remaining turn of the century (twentieth) buildings left on downtown Jasper Avenue and is a visual link to the City’s early and rapid development. The building’s architectural form and traditional high glazed store frontages are typical of many early Edmonton Edwardian-era combined commercial and residential development.
Also significant is its association with John Kelly, one of Edmonton’s early typical successful businessmen who came from mixed professional backgrounds and found success in real estate. Starting as a blacksmith in Edmonton in 1902, but moving into real estate he developed and built commercial buildings, a few of which still remain as significant historic resources in the city.
There is also significance associated with the building’s architect, Hopkins and Wright who were responsible for the design of other early commercial buildings.
Source: City of Edmonton, Planning and Development Department.
Character-Defining Elements
The building's turn of the century (twentieth) commercial architecture is expressed in character-defining elements such as:
- form, scale and massing;
- Red pressed brick facade construction with stone trims and accents;
- Three tall glazed main floor wood storefronts with recessed entrances with large display windows and multi-paned reeded transom lights;
- Recessed front door entrance to upper floors framed with wood panelling and timber piers;
- continuous metal cornice above storefront with paired brackets every four to five feet;
- frontage broken into four bays separated by five simple brick pilaster with rough stone caps;
- two timber sash windows in each recessed bay (sixteen in total) with sills being part of the horizontal stone string courses;
- brick voussoirs window lintels stone ‘parged’ lintels;
- recessed rough stacked header bond brick panels in-between first and second floor windows;
- upper parapet with decorative dentilation, arcaded, corbelling, projecting piers and broken parapet brickwork;
- stone nameplate 'Jasper Block' in parapet framed by rough header bricks;
- stone/parged parapet capping;
- upper metal cornice running width of the building;
Side and rear element include:
- Arched sash windows and openings and doors with transom lights;
- stone sills;
- side light wells;
- Red pressed brick facade construction;
Interior:
- Central skylight and glass block floor skylights;
- decorative metal ceiling in commercial units;
- decorative wood ornamentation;
- metal structural elements;
Location
| Street Address: |
10514 to 10520 Jasper Avenue |
| Community: |
Edmonton |
| Boundaries: |
Lot 128, Block 5, Plan B |
| Contributing Resources: |
Buildings: 1
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ATS Legal Description:
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Mer |
Rge |
Twp |
Sec |
LSD |
4
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24
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53
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5
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2 (ptn.)
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PBL Legal Description (Cadastral Reference):
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Plan |
Block |
Lot |
Parcel |
NB
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5
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128
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Latitude/Longitude:
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Latitude |
Longitude |
CDT |
Datum Type |
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53.541334 |
-113.501574 |
Secondary Source |
NAD 83 |
UTM Reference:
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Northing |
Easting |
Zone |
CDT |
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Recognition
| Recognition Authority: |
Local Governments (AB) |
| Designation Status: |
Municipal Historic Resource |
| Date of Designation: |
2004/03/09 |
Historical Information
| Built: |
1909 To 1909 |
| Period of Significance: |
1909 To 1913 |
| Theme(s): |
Developing Economies : Trade and Commerce
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| Historic Function(s): |
Residence : Multiple Dwelling
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| Current Function(s): |
Commerce / Commercial Services : Office or Office Building
Residence : Multiple Dwelling
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| Architect: |
Hopkins & Wrigh
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| Builder: |
Ettinger
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| Context: |
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Additional Information
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