Key Number:	HS 16494
Site Name:	Lethbridge C.P.R. Station
Other Names:
Site Type:	0803 - Transportation - Rail Facility: Station

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			9	21	4

Address:	801 - 1 Avenue S
Number:	1
Street:	8 S
Avenue:	1 S
Other:
Town:	Lethbridge
Near Town:

Media

Type	Number	Date	View	Source

Architectural

Style:	Railway Station Standard Plan
Plan Shape:	Rectangular Long Facade
Storeys:	Storeys: 1 1/2
Foundation:	Basement/Foundation Wall Material: Stone
Superstructure:	Brick
Superstructure Cover:	Wood: Clapboard (Bevel or Drop Siding) Brick - Bond: Common
Roof Structure:	Medium Gable
Roof Cover:	Wood
Exterior Codes:	Massing of Units: Single Detached Wings: Irregular Number of Bays - Facade: First or Ground Floor, 9 Bays or more Wall Design and Detail: Plinth Roof Trim - Eaves: Projecting Eaves Roof Trim - Eaves: Rafters Exposed Roof Trim - Eaves: Plain Fascia Roof Trim - Eaves: Moulded Fascia Roof Trim - Eaves: Plain Soffit Roof Trim - Eaves: Brackets Roof Trim Material - Eaves: Wood Roof Trim - Verges: Not Applicable Towers, Steeples and Domes: Tower Dormer Type: Hipped Gable Chimney Location - Side to Side: Offset Right Chimney Location - Front to Rear: Rear Chimney Stack Material: Brick Chimney Stack Material: Metal Chimney Stack Massing: Single Roof Trim - Special Features: Finial Roof Trim - Special Features: Other Window - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Plain Lintel Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: Quoins Window - Sill Type: Moulded Lug Sill Window - Sill Type: Continuous Sill Window - Sill Material: Stone Window - Sill Material: Brick Window - Sill Material: Concrete Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Moulded Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Flat Transom, Single Light Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Flat Transom, Multiple Lights Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Moulded Window - Number of Sashes: Two, Double Hung Window - Opening Mechanism: Single or Double Hung Main Entrance - Location: Centre (Facade) Main Entrance - Location: 2 or More (Facade) Main Entrance - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Plain Lintel Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: None Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: Quoins Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Plain Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Moulded Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Flat Transom, Multiple Lights Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Moulded Main Entrance - Number of Leaves: 2 Main Entrance - Number of Panels Per Leaf: 1 Main Entrance - Leaves - Special Feature: Glass
Exterior:	Central turret with two hipped gable dormers to either side, large overhanging eaves below dormers, turret windows have cement sills and lintels. Rough-finished eaves supported by large plain brackets. Superstructure Cover: brick - main level, second storey - wood siding. Windows 6/2 with flat transom lights. Original door on front facade. New entry rear addition. Central tower.
Interior:	Hardwood floors.
Environment:	Facing 1st Avenue South, central portion looks down 8th Street South. Original CPR train station, now Lethbridge Health Unit. Train engine displayed in rear yard. Plaque describes history of the train and building.
Condition:	Structure: Good. Repair: Good. 15 AUG 1978. Good (2005)
Alterations:	1910 - station was doubled in size. Apparent Alterations and/or Additions: Door Apparent Alterations and/or Additions: Other Site: Original

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Ground broken for site Construction Started Construction ended	1905/05/11 1908/01/01 1920/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Railway Station Transportation - Rail Facility: Station	1908/01/01 1972/08/07
Owner:	Owner Date:
Canadian Pacific City of Lethbridge	1905/01/01 1986/07/21

Architect:	C.P.R. House Design
Builder:	Smith Brothers & Wilson
Craftsman:	Smith/Nilson
History:	705 - 1 Avenue S 713 - 1 Avenue S Now is 801 - 1 Avenue S. C.P.R. Standard Plan W. Morris received contract for Hauling stone from Hyssop's Bottom. Nov. 6, 1905 - ground broken for site. 1910 - station was doubled in size. Pressed brick made in Lethbridge was used in construction. Historical/Architectural Data: This divisional point station was constructed of brick and stone in 1905 at a cost of $29,124 and is historically associated with the development of mining activity in Southern Alberta and the major supplies of coal to prairie points on the CPR. This station is one of four impressive major urban stations in Alberta and features a central octagonal tower flanked by dormer windows. Draft Press Release Edmonton, Alberta The Honourable Dennis Anderson, Minister of Culture, announced today that the Lethbridge C.P.R. station has been designated a Provincial Historic Resource. The Lethbridge Canadian Pacific Railway station was constructed in 1905 at a cost of $29, 134, enough in that time to produce a building of impressive size faced with stone and brick. Its grand style reflected the significance Lethbridge had attained as a railway transportation centre serving the needs if not only the coal mines but also the farmers and ranchers of south-western Alberta. The development of Lethbridge was initiated in December of 1882 when employees of the North-West Coal and Navigation Company dug two short drifts from the river flats into the banks. Coal mining activity expanded after 1885 when the Alberta Railway and Coal Company solved local transportation problem by constructing a branch line to connect Lethbridge with Canadian Pacific Railway mainline at Dunmore near Medicine Hat. In 1890 another branch line was completed south from Lethbridge to Great Falls, Montana. By this time ranching was undrway in the region, and diversified homestead farming soon followed. In 1897 the Canadian Pacific Railway purchased the Dunmore to Lethbridge section of the Alberta Railway and Coal Company, accelerating the integration of Lethbridge into an expanding C.P.R. system. The C.P.R. soon confirmed the position of Lethbridge as the dominant urban centre in south-western Alberta by constructing the famous railway throught the Crowsnest Pass and a bridge across the Oldman River, and by moving its railway shops from Fort Macleod to Lethbridge.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
Provincial Historic Resource	1987/05/04

Register:

Links

Internet:
Alberta Register of Historic Places:	4665-0488