Key Number:	HS 26463
Site Name:	Red Deer Armoury / Fire Hall #1
Other Names:
Site Type:	1312 - Governmental: Fire Station or Hall 1405 - Military: Armoury or Drill Hall

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			38	27	4

Address:	4905 - 49 Street
Number:	5
Street:	49
Avenue:	49
Other:
Town:	Red Deer
Near Town:

Media

Type	Number	Date	View	Source

Architectural

Style:
Plan Shape:	Rectangular Short Facade
Storeys:	Storeys: 2 1/2
Foundation:	Basement/Foundation Wall Material: Stone
Superstructure:	Brick
Superstructure Cover:
Roof Structure:	Medium Gable
Roof Cover:
Exterior Codes:	Massing of Units: Single Detached Wings: None Number of Bays - Facade: First or Ground Floor, 2 Bays Number of Bays - Facade: Second Floor, 3 Bays Number of Bays - Facade: Third Floor, 3 Bays Wall Design and Detail: Crenellated Parapet Wall Design and Detail: Stepped Parapet Wall Design and Detail: Decorative Brick Plain Eaves Roof Trim - Verges: Not Applicable Towers, Steeples and Domes: Tower Towers, Steeples and Domes Location-Side to Side: Offset Left Towers, Steeples and Domes Location-Side to Side: Offset Right Towers, Steeples and Domes Location-Front to Rear: Front Chimney Location - Side to Side: Centre Chimney Location - Front to Rear: Centre Chimney Stack Material: None Chimney Stack Material: Brick Chimney Stack Massing: Single Roof Trim - Special Features: None Window - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Voussoirs Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Material: Brick Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Plain Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: None Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Window - Number of Sashes: Two, Double Hung Window - Opening Mechanism: Single or Double Hung Window - Special Types: None Window - Pane Arrangements: None Main Entrance - Location: Centre (Facade) Main Entrance - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Flat Hood, With or without Brackets Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: Moulded Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening Material: Wood Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Plain Main Entrance - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Main Entrance - Number of Leaves: 2 Main Entrance - Number of Panels Per Leaf: 1 Main Entrance - Leaves - Special Feature: Glass Main Stairs - Location and Design: None Main Porch - Type: None
Exterior:	Towers paired (one on each side); buttresses; parapets on gable ends and towers with crenellation; decorative sandstone voussoirs. Sandstone foundation.
Interior:	N/A
Environment:	Located near city core
Condition:	Structure - Good Repair - Good
Alterations:	N/A

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Construction Started Construction Completed	1913/01/01 1914/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Armoury Fire Hall	1914/01/01 1979/05/17
Owner:	Owner Date:
N/A

Architect:	Julian-Sharman
Builder:	N/A
Craftsman:	N/A
History:	Work started on the building in 1913 and completed in early 1914. Building cost amounted to $38,000.00. On January 1, 1914, Colonel Cruikshank, Commanding Officer of M.D.#13 officially took over the Red Deer Armoury (the original usage of the building). Lieutenant Govenor Brett unveiled the Roll of Honor at the Armouries on February 3, 1916. The Great War Veterans Association took over the building in November of 1918. Many dances were held here after it was no longer an armoury and the Red Deer Health Unit used it for Vaccination Clinics. It is now one of Red Deer's Fire Halls. The original site of the armouries was supposed to be in the middle of the East end of the city block, as the militia wanted, but the City had it located in the Southeast corner. A fairly big political struggle accompanied the construction of this building.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
(not assigned) Municipal Historic Resource	1983/10/11

Register:

Links

Internet:
Alberta Register of Historic Places: