Gibbons Residence

Edmonton

Street Address:	10534 - 125 Street
Community:	Edmonton
Boundaries:	Plan RN22 B (XXII - B), Block 43, Lot 17
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ATS Legal Description:

Mer	Rge	Twp	Sec	LSD
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4	24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24	53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53	6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6	03 04 05 06 11 12 13 14

PBL Legal Description (Cadastral Reference):

Plan	Block	Lot	Parcel
XXII B	43	17

Latitude/Longitude:

Latitude	Longitude	CDT	Datum Type
53.548937	-113.538145

UTM Reference:

Northing	Easting	Zone	CDT	Datum Type

Recognition

Recognition Authority:	Province of Alberta
Designation Status:	Registered Historic Resource
Date of Designation:	1987/05/04

Historical Information

Built:	1911/06/02 To 1911/06/02
Significant Date(s)	N/A
Theme(s)
Historic Function(s):	Residence : Single Dwelling
Current Function(s):
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Builder:
Context:	HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE The Gibbons residence was the retirement home of one of Edmonton's more colourful individuals. James Gibbons was born on Christmas day 1837 in Holly Hill, Donegal Ireland and immigrated to America in 1856. Over the next nine years he participated in various gold rushes in California, British Columbia, Idaho and Montana. His arrival in Edmonton in the mid 1860s followed reports of gold discoveries in the area. From his arrival in Edmonton in the mid 1860s through to his retirement from the position of Indian Agent at Stony Plain in 1908 Gibbons played a variety of roles in the economic and administrative life of Edmonton. He mined gold on the North Saskatchewan River, traded furs with the Indians and homesteaded land that now makes up Edmonton's Laurier Park. After 1891 he conducted his business activities in a less itinerant manner, operating a wholesaler liquor store until he was appointed Indian Agent at Stony Plain in 1896. Following his retirement in 1908 he purchased the property for the construction of this house that was completed in 1911. Gibbons' career and his retirement home thus reflect the transition of Edmonton from a fur trade outpost under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to an emerging urban centre in the new province of Alberta. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE The Gibbons Residence is modeled after Georgian Revival residential designs that were popular across Canada and the Unites States from the 1880s through to 1915. Characteristics of this classically derived style in the brick Gibbons house include its symmetry, its hipped roof, the broad overhand with brackets under the eaves, a central doorway and a veranda supported by twin box columns.

Additional Information

Object Number:	4665-0692
Designation File:	DES 0386
Related Listing(s):
Heritage Survey File:	HS 14858
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Data Source:	Alberta Culture and Community Spirit, Historic Resources Management Branch, Old St. Stephen's College, 8820 - 112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P8 (File: Des. 386)