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DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE
The Diocese of Qu’Appelle is a Provincial Heritage Property occupying an 8.142 hectare parcel of land at the corner of College Avenue and Broad Street in the city of Regina. The designated property includes the grounds and five red brick Collegiate Gothic style buildings, the names of which have changed several times throughout the site’s history: Clergy House/St. Cuthbert’s House/Synod Office (1912), Secretary’s House/Anson House (1913), St. Chad’s College (1913-14), Maple Leaf Hostel/Harding House (1925), and Bishop’s Court (1926).
HERITAGE VALUE
The heritage value of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle property lies in its association with the Anglican Church and its educational, administrative and missionary activities in southern Saskatchewan. In 1912, the Diocese acquired a large parcel of land at the corner of College Avenue and Broad Street from the provincial government. Plans for the “College and Cathedral Site” included a seminary, boarding schools, Bishop’s residence, and cathedral. The first building to be constructed was a Clergy House which served as the headquarters for the Railway Mission, a program which oversaw the numerous itinerant priests who travelled across southern Saskatchewan by rail helping to establish new parishes. In 1913-14, the Secretary’s House and St. Chad’s College, a theological school for the training of young men for ministry, were constructed on the site. The Qu’Appelle Diocesan School for Girls, which opened in 1918, was initially located in Clergy House. However, enrolment grew quickly and they traded places with the theological college moving into St. Chad’s where they remained until the girls’ school closed in 1970. In 1925, the Maple Leaf Hostel was built to provide accommodation for young British teachers attending the nearby Normal School. In 1926, Bishop’s Court was constructed near the north-west corner of the property. Although the planned cathedral was never realized, the site remained an important hub for church activities.
The heritage value of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle property also lies in its architecture. Designed by three different firms, Montreal architects Brown and Vallance (Clergy House and St. Chad’s College), Regina architects Storey and Van Egmond (Secretary’s House) and Francis Portnall (Maple Leaf Hostel and Bishop’s Court), the buildings display elements of Collegiate Gothic architecture. Most often utilized for schools, universities and churches, this style of architecture became popular in Canada in the early 20th century and is evident in the long, low asymmetrical masses, the use of a uniform, dark-coloured brick trimmed with stone or terra cotta, the Gothic windows with pointed arches, the crenellated towers and picturesque roofscapes, and the use of representational sculptural elements.
The buildings on this site are considered to be one the very unique in Canada
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These pictures were with a bunch of pics of me and my sister from 1990 so I figured they were all from the same time. He must have mixed a few in there from 1986.
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