Key Number:	HS 63531
Site Name:	Searle Grain Co. Ltd. Elevator, Mossleigh Elevator Row
Other Names:	Searle Grain Co. Ltd. Elevator Annex
Site Type:	0416 - Mercantile/Commercial: Storage Elevator 0490 - Elevator Annex

Location

ATS Legal Description:

			Twp	Rge	Mer
			20	24	4

Address:	117 Railway Avenue
Number:	117
Street:
Avenue:	Railway
Other:
Town:	Mossleigh
Near Town:

Media

Type	Number	Date	View
Digital scan of Negative	11-R0074-07		N/A

Architectural

Style:	Single Wood Elevator, Loxstave Annex
Plan Shape:
Storeys:
Foundation:
Superstructure:	Wood Cribbing
Superstructure Cover:
Roof Structure:	Elevator: Gable on Gable, Medium Cupola
Roof Cover:
Exterior Codes:	Elevator: Water Shed Skirting: Wood Elevator: Logo: Parrish & Heimbecker Elevator: Logo: Searle Elevator: Paint Colour: Mustard Elevator: Loading Spout: Truck Loading Elevator: Driveway Door: Sliding Door: Double Plywood Elevator: Driveway: Earth Ramp Elevator: Associated Buildings: Outhouse & Storage Elevator: Associated Buildings: Office Elevator: Associated Buildings: Annex
Exterior:	60,000 bushel capacity; wide wooden lapped siding; cedar shingle roof; single assembly 6/6 wooden sash windows; 30,000 bushel capacity loxstave annex (very rare since structures designed to b e temporary), earth ramp driveway. (Donald Luxton & Associates, 2012)
Interior:
Environment:	In elevator row on south side of community. (Donald Luxton & Associates, 2012)
Condition:	April 14, 2012 - Fair - wood deteriorating. (Donald Luxton & Associates)
Alterations:	New exterior cladding placed on in 2012. (Donald Luxton & Associates, 2012)

Historical

Construction:	Construction Date:
Construction Started	1930/01/01
Usage:	Usage Date:
Owner:	Owner Date:
Searle Grain Co. Ltd. Parrish & Heimbecker	1930/01/01 1967/01/01

Architect:
Builder:
Craftsman:
History:	This 60,000 bushel elevator was built by Searle Grain Co. Ltd. in 1930. A 30,000-bushel loxstave annex was added on the west side of the elevator after the war. The office has a shed-roofed extension on the west side. It may have been first designed as living quarters prior to the building of an agent's cottage. The elevator was bought by Federal Grain Co. in 1967. After the UGG fire in 1967, the elevator was, however, taken over by UGG. Parrish and Heimbecker purchased the elevator in 1981. The elevator has had little upgrading, apart from the installation of a hoper car-loading spout. The driveway appears to have been heightened. A salt-box roofed coal shed with four compartments, located on the west side of the complex, is associated with this elevator. (Larmour, 1997) * * * Elevator constructed 1930; loxstave annex constructed after WWII, both by Searle Grain Co. Ltd; purchased by Federal Grain in 1967; taken over by UGG following UGG elevator fire in 1967; purchased by Parrish and Heimbecker in 1981. (Donald Luxton & Associates, 2012)

Internal

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