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A. K. Buckham Residence
Edmonton
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
The A.K. Buckham Residence is a one and one-half storey front gabled house with craftsman influences. The building is clad with wood siding on the first and second floors with wood shingles in the peak of the gable above the second floor windows. The site is located mid-block on a residential street and occupies one city lot in Edmonton’s Mill Creek residential area of Old Strathcona.
Heritage Value
The heritage value of the A.K. Buckham Residence lies in its notable craftsman influenced architectural style and design. Built in 1914 the A.K. Buckham Residence is significant due to its association with the development of Strathcona after the City of Strathcona was amalgamated by Edmonton in 1912.
The A.K. Buckham Residence is an excellent example of a craftsman influenced front gabled house with a wraparound veranda. The veranda has square columns with tapered piers. The house with its bellcast roof has exposed rafters at the eaves. On the roof of the veranda there’s a small deck which is accessible from a bedroom.
Alexander Kirkwood Buckham, a real estate agent who lived in the Strathcona Hotel before he occupied this house, is first listed at this address in 1915. At that time he was an employee of Edmonton City Police Department.
Character-Defining Elements
The character defining elements as expressed in the form, massing, and materials of the 1914 one and one-half storey A.K. Buckham Residence, such as:
- The elements of the craftsman influenced front gable design such as, bellcast p-roof, exposed rafters at the eaves, and open wraparound veranda;
- Wood siding on the first and second floor and wood shingles located in the peak of the gable above the second floor windows;
- exposed rafters;
- roof deck located above the veranda on the front elevation;
- open wraparound veranda with squared columns and tapered piers and closed railing;
- original front door and original second floor door and storm door; and
- the pattern, style, and construction of all wood windows, such as the paired window on the first storey front façade and the single bedroom window, the upper deck door and small window next to the door on the second floor .
Location
| Street Address: |
9825 - 86 Avenue NW |
| Community: |
Edmonton |
| Boundaries: |
Lot 28A, Block 93, Plan 9722798 |
| Contributing Resources: |
Buildings: 1
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ATS Legal Description:
PBL Legal Description (Cadastral Reference):
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9722798
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93
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28A
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Latitude/Longitude:
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53.5215 |
-113.4841 |
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NAD83 |
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Recognition
| Recognition Authority: |
Local Governments (AB) |
| Designation Status: |
Municipal Historic Resource |
| Date of Designation: |
2013/09/18 |
Historical Information
| Built: |
1914/01/01 |
| Period of Significance: |
1914- Present |
| Theme(s): |
Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life : Architecture and Design
Peopling the Land : Settlement
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| Historic Function(s): |
Residence : Single Dwelling
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| Current Function(s): |
Residence : Single Dwelling
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Additional Information
| Object Number: |
4664-0345 |
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| Data Source: |
City of Edmonton, Sustainable Development Department, 10250 - 101 Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4 (POSSE File: 000659683-002) |
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