Key Number:	HS 21927
Site Name:	Camrose Normal School
Other Names:	Rosehaven
Site Type:	0305 - Educational: Composite School 0399 - Educational: Other

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			47	20	4

Address:	4612 - 53 Street
Number:	12
Street:	53
Avenue:	46
Other:
Town:	Camrose
Near Town:

Media

Type	Number	Date	View
Digital scan of Negative Digital scan of Negative Digital scan of Negative	11-R0053-16 11-R0053-17 11-R0053-18	2011/11/02 2011/11/02 2011/11/02	Northwest West East

Architectural

Style:	Gothic Revival
Plan Shape:	Rectangular Long Facade
Storeys:	Storeys: 3 1/2
Foundation:	Basement/Foundation Wall Material: Concrete
Superstructure:	Undetermined
Superstructure Cover:	Brick - Bond: Stretcher
Roof Structure:	Medium Hip
Roof Cover:	Asphalt Shingle
Exterior Codes:	Massing of Units: Single Detached Wall Design and Detail: Frontispiece Wall Design and Detail: Crenellated Parapet Roof Trim - Eaves: Projecting Eaves Roof Trim - Eaves: Moulded Fascia Chimney Location - Side to Side: Unknown Chimney Stack Material: Brick Window - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Plain Lintel Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Material: Stone Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Material: Plaster or Stucco Window - Sill Type: Plain Slip Sill Window - Sill Type: Moulded Lug Sill Window - Sill Material: Stone Window - Sill Material: Plaster or Stucco Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Plain Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Window - Number of Sashes: Two, Casement Window - Opening Mechanism: Single or Double Hung Main Entrance - Location: Centre (Facade) Main Entrance - Structural Opening Shape: Ogee Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Voussoir Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening Material: Plaster or Stucco Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Shaped Transom, Multiple Lights Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Side Lights Main Entrance - Number of Leaves: 2 Main Entrance - Number of Panels Per Leaf: 6 Main Entrance - Leaves - Special Feature: Glass Main Stairs - Location and Design: Upper Floors, Open Railing Main Stairs - Direction: Straight Reversed
Exterior:	Collegiate Gothic style. Battlemented parapets, square-headed mullioned windows, crenellated cornice, brick chimney, umbrage, stone lintel sill stoop made of stone, above the umbrage concrete block design. (Inventory Site Form, 1980) * * * Three and one half storey brick building wtih three hip roofs with front crenellated parapets. (Heritage Collaborative, 2011)
Interior:
Environment:	Located on an entire block of park-like grounds. (Heritage Collaborative, 2011)
Condition:	Structure: Fair. Repair: Fair. 1 JAN 1980.
Alterations:	1947 - remodeled

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Usage:	Usage Date:
Normal School Basic Training Centre, Department of National Defence. Auxilliary Home for the Aged Mentally Incompetent Hospital and Admistrative Bldg.	1915/01/01 1938/01/01 1947/01/01 1980/01/01
Owner:	Owner Date:
Province of Alberta	1915/01/01

Architect:	Blakey
Builder:
Craftsman:
History:	Previous legal description: Block 5, Plan 5918AM * * * Historical Significance: Camrose Normal School, built in 1915, is closely associated with the history of teacher education in the province. In 1938 its function as a Normal School ceased and during W.W.II it was rented to the Department of National Defence. In 1947 it was remodeled to house the aged mentally incompetent and also the administration. Not only is Rosehaven a landmark in the town of Camrose, but it is significant in the province, as there are relatively small number of such buildings in such excellent condition. John P. Smith was the minister of Education and was the man who started the site. Administrator: L.A. Undershultz; Manager: J.L. Avery. (Inventory Site Form, 1980) * * * On July 11, 1912 the announcement was made by MLA George P. Smith that a Normal School was to be located in Camrose. The building would cost $200,000 with an additional $25,000 for equipment to be built. The plans for the Normal School were prepared by Mr. Blakey, the provincial architect, in cooperation with Dr. James Collins Miller, the first principal. Construction of the Normal School began in 1913 and was completed by January 1, 1915, in time for winter term classes to begin. Normal School classes began August 23, 1912 in rooms the provincial government rented from the local school. The first class consisted of 20 students, 16 women and four men. The course lasted four months and the first class graduated at Christmas in 1912. The Normal School officially opened October 8, 1915. Arrangements were made with the governmetn to hold public school classes in the building. This allowed for more space for the junior high and elementary classes, as well as classes for the students of the Normal School to practice their teaching. The Normal School closed in 1938. Two years later the building became the headquarters for an army base in Camrose. The federal government used the building as an army training barracks during World War II. After the war, the building was available for use so the Department of Public Health converted the buidling into a home for aging citizens in 1947. The building was renamed Rosehaven and continues to be used today. (Heritage Collaborative, 2011)

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
Provincial Historic Resource	1977/03/15

Register:

Links

Internet:
Alberta Register of Historic Places:	4665-0440