Key Number:	HS 21280
Site Name:	Stockton Block (Okotoks Town Hall)
Other Names:
Site Type:	0400 - Mercantile/Commercial: General and Mixed Use Commercial 0402 - Mercantile/Commercial: Bank

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			20	29	4

Address:	14 McRae Street
Number:	N/A
Street:	McRae
Avenue:	N/A
Other:
Town:	Okotoks
Near Town:

Media

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Architectural

Style:
Plan Shape:	Rectangular
Storeys:	Storeys: 2
Foundation:	Basement/Foundation Wall Material: Stone
Superstructure:	Brick
Superstructure Cover:
Roof Structure:
Roof Cover:
Exterior Codes:
Exterior:	Cornice, arched window trim, awnings, recently remodelled. Sandstone foundation.
Interior:	N/A
Environment:	Lot size 75 feet x 60 feet.
Condition:	Structure: Good. Repair: Good. 24 AUG 1981.
Alterations:	N/A

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Construction Started Constructed	1902/10/11 1903/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Royal Bank / Union Bank Various Offices Town Office	1903/01/01 1981/01/01
Owner:	Owner Date:
N/A

Architect:	N/A
Builder:	Dr Stockton
Craftsman:	N/A
History:	Dr. Stockton built building. Dr. Stockton had his office in here. Wyman Edmunds had a drug store. Union Bank of Canada (later Royal Bank) was located here. - Dr. Stockton first mayor of Okotoks 1904-05. 1925 - Union Bank amalgamated with Royal Bank. (Former address - Elizabeth Street N) AHRF Heritage Significance statement: " The Union Bank, which amalgamated with the Royal Bank of Canada in 1925, was the first bank in Okotoks and provided the financial infrastructure for the area’s burgeoning farming and ranching endeavors. The original premises for the bank are not known but the bank occupied the east half of the Town Office until 1974." HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE This structure was originally built in about 1903 by Charles Minue, an early pioneer to the Okotoks area for Dr. Fred Stockton, first mayor of Okotoks (1904-1905). As one of the few carpenters who settled near the town, Minue was instrumental in building the Big Rock School and the Starley House in Turner Vallet. Dr. Fred W. Stockton used the building as his medical office, but the building has also been used variously as a dentist’s office, a drug store, a general store, and as the home of the Union Bank of Canada . The Union Bank, which amalgamated with the Royal Bank of Canada in 1925, was the first bank in Okotoks and provided the financial infrastructure for the area’s burgeoning farming and ranching endeavors. The original premises for the bank are not known but the bank occupied the east half of the Town Office until 1974. The banking office was on the main floor and the second floor was occupied as a manager’s residence. During the 1960’s the west half of the building was used as a Court House. One of the area’s most colourful figures, A. B. King, was appointed manager in 1918. Well-known to local hockey buffs, King also operated a sub-branch of the bank at Black Diamond. King made the pages of the Financial Post in 1920 when, due to impassable road conditions, he arranged transportation to Black Diamond by airplane.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:

Register:	N/A

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