Key Number:	HS 60174
Site Name:	Edmonton Brewing & Malting Co. Ltd.
Other Names:
Site Type:	0705 - Industrial/Manufacturing - Food: Beverage Plant

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			52	24	4

Address:	10449 - 121 Street
Number:	49
Street:	121
Avenue:	104
Other:
Town:	Edmonton
Near Town:

Media

Type	Number	Date	View
Digital scan of Negative Digital scan of Negative	79-R0471-15 79-R0471-16	1979/08/01 1979/08/01	South West South West

Architectural

Style:
Plan Shape:	Irregular
Storeys:	Storeys: 4 or more
Foundation:	Basement/Foundation Wall Material: Concrete
Superstructure:	Brick
Superstructure Cover:
Roof Structure:	Flat
Roof Cover:
Exterior Codes:	Massing of Units: Single Detached Wings: Unknown Wall Design and Detail: Decorative Shingle Roof Trim - Eaves: Decorated Fascia Roof Trim Material - Eaves: Concrete Roof Trim - Verges: Decorated Fascia Roof Trim Material - Verges: Concrete Towers, Steeples and Domes: None Dormer Type: None Chimney Location - Side to Side: Unknown Roof Trim - Special Features: None Window - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Plain Flat Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Window - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Material: Wood Window - Sill Type: Plain Slip Sill Window - Sill Material: Wood Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Head: Plain Window - Trim Within Structural Opening - Sides: Plain Window - Number of Sashes: One Window - Opening Mechanism: Single or Double Hung Window - Special Types: None Window - Pane Arrangements: 2 over 2 Main Entrance - Location: Centre (Facade) Main Entrance - Structural Opening Shape: Flat Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Head: Plain Flat Main Entrance - Trim Outside Structural Opening - Sides: Plain 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: 1 Main Entrance - Number of Panels Per Leaf: 1 Main Entrance - Leaves - Special Feature: Glass Main Stairs - Location and Design: None Main Porch - Type: Recess Main Porch - Material: Concrete Main Porch - Height: First Storey
Exterior:	Corbelling; recessed panels; arcaded windows; belt courses; decorative battlements. Industrial building; flat roof; 4 storey asymmetrical tower with raised parapet and decorative corner turrets; corbelled brick; arched window opening; stone quoining at tower base; paired and single windows with stone surrounding.
Interior:	N/A
Environment:	Neighborhood: CN Lands. Located in Glenora, adjacent to railroad tracks; part of industrial complex with many later additions.
Condition:	Good (1979). Fair. Brick has been sandblasted (1993).
Alterations:	Replacement aluminum windows and front doors.

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Construction Started Constructed	1912/01/01 1913/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Brewery Brewery	1912/01/01 1979/08/01
Owner:	Owner Date:
W.H. Sheppard Sick Brewery of Lethbridge Edmonton Brewing & Malting

Architect:	Bernard Barthel
Builder:	N/A
Craftsman:	N/A
History:	W.H. Sheppard came to Edmonton in 1894. He owned the Strathcona Hotel. New Brewery erected to increase plant capacity, as market had gotten so large that Rossdale Brewery could not meet demand. Sick's Breweries acquired control of Edmonton Brewery in December 1926 with W.H. Sheppard founder of Rossdale Brewery as the first manager under sick. Molson's bought out Sick's interest in 1958. Tom Lines and W.E. Lines associated with firm. Plant advertised as being on no less than 5 railway lines and thus could ship its product out rapidly to anywhere in Northern Alberta. * * * Name plaque on tower: 'Edmonton Brewing & Malting Co. Limited. Owned by W.H. Sheppard, early Strathcona entrepreneur and mayor, who sold to Sick's Breweries of Lethbridge.' The magnificent two hundred and fifty thousand dollar brewery on 21st Street, just erected by the Edmonton Brewing Company, had a narrow escape from total destruction at 2.35 this morning, and only the prompt arrival of the brigade from the West End fire hall prevented what might have been a great catastrophe. The erection of the building has just been completed, and kilns were being used to thoroughly dry the cement so as to have the brewery ready for occupation as early as possible. One of the kilns became overheated and ignited the wooden floor. The firemen put in some strenuous work for some time and succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they had made much headway. But for their timely arrival, and the fact that the blaze was discovered in its incipient stage, the splendid erection would be a mass of ruins this morning. The Edmonton Brewing & Malting Company was owned by W.H. Sheppard, an early Strathcona mayor and entrepreneur, who later sold to Sick’s Breweries of Lethbridge. This handsome industrial structure, one of the finest in the city, was built to replace the firm's earlier brewery, which still survives at 9843 - 100 Street in Rossdale. This building is a dramatic illustration of how function determined the appearance of industrial structures; the building is asymmetrical throughout, with a central four-storey tower flanked by two and three storey wings.

Internal

Designation Status:	Designation Date:
Municipal A List

Register:	A16

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