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Volume 26 Issue 2 Summer 2014

SASKATCHEWAN’S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE MAGAZINE

20142014Lieutenant Governor

of SaskatchewanHeritage Architecture

Excellence Awards

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan

Heritage ArchitectureExcellence Awards

ReginaReginaIndian IndustrialSchool CemeteryIndian IndustrialSchool Cemetery

Saskatchewan Architecture Book Wins Prestigious

Book Prize in U.S.A.

Saskatchewan Architecture Book Wins Prestigious

Book Prize in U.S.A.

Heritage Partnership Fund

If you have a project that needs money to Help Heritage Happen in

your community next spring or summer visit our website right away

or call the office at 306-359-0933 or at 1-877-903-0933.

Success with any conservation project depends on its viability. AHSS supports conservation

through providing grants for professional services like structural analysis, architectural

design, legal consultation, and construction cost analysis to provide building owners the

opportunity to more accurately gauge the feasibility, cost, and methodology for site

conservation and re-use.

This matching grant program is intended to help community-based organizations to defray

costs of hosting conferences, presentations, panel discussions, seminars, workshops, awards

ceremonies, and other educational forums that encourage or empower people of the

community or province to acknowledge, preserve and/or promote their built historic and

cultural heritage.

This matching grant is intended to help community-based organizations to defray the cost of

printing materials that promote public interest in membership, local programs and activities.

This matching grant is intended to help the Society's community-based organizations to

defray the cost of printing brochures or programs that promote public participation in local

forums like conferences, presentations, panel discussions, seminars, workshops, awards

ceremonies, walking tours, and other educational forums that encourage or empower people

of the community or province to acknowledge, preserve and/or promote their built historic

and cultural heritage.

Here's a brief description of each of the four grants.

Heritage Site Consultant Report Grant (Maximum $1,000)

Heritage Forums Grant (Maximum $1,500)

Heritage Publications Grant (Maximum $1,500)

Heritage Communications Grant (Maximum $200)

Visit www.ahsk.ca for further

details and applications.

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Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Heritage Architecture Excellence Award ........................................... 4

Adaptive Reuse - Ross School, Moose Jaw ....................................................... 5Wilson School, Saskatoon .................................................... 6

Exterior Restoration - St. Elias Orthodox Church, Rhein .................................... 7Rehabilitation - The Grant Hall, Moose Jaw .................................................... 8

Landscape Engineering and Agricultural Works -

Long-Term Stewardship - Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Canora ..... 12

A Year of Transition for the Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan ................................................................. 13

Future of Former Regina Indian Industrial School Cemetery ......... 14

In The News ..................................................................................... 18

Meet the Board of Directors – Brian Bell, Moose Jaw ..................... 20

Conserving the Past by Sharon Deason .......................................... 21

Brick By Brick by Frank Korvemaker .............................................. 22

Become a Society Member .............................................................. 23

Sympathetic New Construction - Browns Socialhouse, Moose Jaw ................... 9Stonebridge Special Use Park, Saskatoon...................................................... 10

Education, Signage, Monuments and Interpretation - The Original Humboldt . 11

Saskatchewan Architecture Book Wins PrestigiousBook Prize in U.S.A ....................................................................... 19

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2 014Heritage Architecture Excellence AwardsHeritage Architecture Excellence AwardsLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF SASKATCHEWAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF SASKATCHEWAN

he Architectural Heritage Society of

Saskatchewan has recognized the efforts of Towners, architects and contractors to preserve

the province's built heritage through an awards

program since 1996.

The name of the program and even the name of the

not-for-profit society have evolved over the years.

Goals and objective have remained the same – to

help heritage happen across Saskatchewan.

Her Honour the Honourable Vaughn Solomon

Schofield became Saskatchewan's 21st Lieutenant

Governor in 2012. She is the third lieutenant gover-

nor to be patron of the Society's prestigious awards.

This year three projects from Moose Jaw, two from

Saskatoon and one each from Canora, Humboldt and

one near Rhein were recognized.

This brings the total number of projects to have

achieved this honour since inception of the program

to 147.

Dedicated to promotion, protection and preserva-

tion of Saskatchewan's built heritage for residents

and visitors to our province, the Society has a prov-

ince-wide membership of almost 400 individuals and

is a federally-registered charity.

There now are eight award categories.

However, the adjudication committee continues to

reserve the right not to have to bestow awards in

each category every year.

CATEGORIES FOR BUILDING PROJECTS

CATEGORIES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

1. Exterior Restoration – Preservation or restoration of a heritage exterior.

2. Interior Conservation – Preservation or restoration of a heritage interior.

3. Rehabilitation – Sensitive and innovative solutions to functional and code compliance

problems, retaining existing heritage character.

4. Adaptive Re-Use – Sensitive upgrades and associated new construction consistent with

original heritage character.

5. Sympathetic New Construction – Sensitive in-fill, additions, signage, detailing and replicas.

6. Landscape, Engineering and Agricultural Works – Conservation or rehabilitation of building-

related landscapes and/or utilitarian construction that may have architectural features.

7. Education, Signage, Monuments & Interpretation – Interpretive programs, publications,

trails, signs and monuments.

8. Long-term Stewardship of a Heritage Property – This category was created in 2009 to

recognize continuing efforts by owners to maintain their heritage property.

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Adaptive Reuse

Ross School1300 Willow Avenue, Moose Jaw

Adaptive Reuse

Ross School1300 Willow Avenue, Moose Jaw

uilt in 1913 at a cost of $173,000

Ross School featured quality Bcladding materials such as

North Dakota Hebron brick, Tyndall

limestone and granite, indicative of

the optimism of the community at the

time of construction.

It opened in 1914 as an elementary

school until being converted to a

military hospital in 1917.

It re-opened in 1920 as an elemen-

tary school but also served as both a

high school and normal school.

Called into service again in 1939

and converted to military barracks

until 1945 when it once again became

an elementary school.

The gymnasium was added in

1974.

Ross School closed in 2007, was

designated as a Municipal Heritage

Building in 2010 and purchased in

2011 by Betchar Holdings, Saskatoon

Sk.

It was completely restructured and

rebuilt from the inside to allow the

relocation of load bearing walls and

the addition of a mezzanine level in

the former gymnasium. There was

36,000 square feet of office space

created for this building's new pur-

pose.

The renovations were undertaken

to meet LEED's Standards with final

certification within the coming

months.

From the fire suppression system

to the sophisticated zone controlled

HVAC systems, this building equals

the performance of most high quality

new buildings.

A thermal insulating product,

Quik-Therm, was used to insulate the

walls to allow breathing and a drain

plane for moisture. Special additives

were used to reduce the weight of

concrete by 50 per cent plus when

leveling the floors to where hallways

and classrooms had previously been.

Over seven miles of piping was

installed to accommodate heating

and water supply needs. Heating

Ventilation and Air Conditioning

(HVAC) is localized such that every

150 to 200 square feet of the building

can be heated or cooled to a different

temperature.

Windows previously filled in were

re-opened and 160, high-efficient

windows were installed in the style of

the original windows.

Owners: Brent Suer, Dale Pollon,

Partners Betchar Holding

Saskatoon, Sk.

Contractors: Suer & Pollon

Mechanical Partnership,

Saskatoon, Sk.

Glen Heck,

Betchar Holdings

Architects: Dave Anderson and

Yogi Subramonian of ADA

Architecture, Saskatoon, Sk.

Citation prepared by Brian Bell,

President, Heritage Moose Jaw

Project Manager:


he Affinity Campus situated in

an older City Park neighbour-Thood in Saskatoon is honoured in

the category of “adaptive re-use”.

Formerly Wilson Elementary

School constructed in 1928 it was

elegantly designed of reinforced

concrete with a façade of wine col-

oured bricks and Tyndall trim all of

which have been preserved.

The new addition includes a glass

outer shell wall on the north entrance

which encloses the original exterior

façade, the cornerstone and Tyndall

stone.

The awards committee agreed that

enough of the original building was

retained that it would effectively

memorialize the school for those who

had been students over the years.

It was felt that the new construc-

tion, although of a contrasting style,

honoured the former building since

bricks were salvaged and whole areas

reconstructed so that they looked like

the original walls.

The whole project is an excellent

example of blending the new with the

old and will now last several more

decades preserving its role as a major

neighbourhood landmark.

Owners: Affinity Holding Inc. and

Presidio Holding Inc.

Contractor: Karl Miller of Meridian

Development Group

Architect: Derek Kindrachuk of

Kindrachuk Agrey Architecture

Craftpersons: City Masonry Ltd.

and Meridian Development

Corporation

Citation prepared by Michel Fortier

Adaptive Reuse

Affinity Campus Formerly Wilson Elementary School, 902 7th Avenue North, Saskatoon


even years after Vasyl Palamaryk left

Ukraine to establish a homestead Snortheast of Rhein in 1900, he and his

family donated land for a church.

Jacob Achtemichuk and his father

donated spruce logs that were milled

for use in the 1912 construction of

that church.

The congregation was served by

clergy of the Russian Orthodox Mis-

sion to North America, the precursor

of today's Orthodox Church in Amer-

ica.

Of special significance is the St.

Elias Orthodox Church style, a Cana-

dian adaptation of churches in the

Boyko region of Ukraine.

Particularly rare is the continuous

wide eave midway between the

ground and the roof, designed to

protect the lower walls from the

elements.

The last service in St. Elias was

held in the late 1960s or early 1970s.

Deterioration of the building fol-

lowed.

In 2011, however, Vasyl

Palamaryk's descendents decided to

honour the memory of their loved

ones by preserving the exterior of the

church and belltower, a project car-

ried out by Vasyl's grandsons, Joe

Achtemichuk of Portage La Prairie

and Horace Paulmark of Winnipeg,

along with Joe's wife, Tess.

The project, which included exte-

rior painting, window replacements,

and repair of the roof and mid-wall

eaves, was completed in 2013.

At a time when so many churches

are being destroyed or left to crumble,

Vasyl Palamaryk's descendents chose

to preserve one that, while personally

important to them, is located far from

their own homes. They asked for no

financial assistance.

Adding to the value of their stew-

ardship is the fact that St Elias is one

of few pioneer churches in Canada to

still include the Boyko-style mid-wall

eave. For these reasons they well

deserve the Lieutenant Governor of

Saskatchewan Heritage Architecture

Excellence Award in the Category of

Exterior Restoration.

Owner: Archdiocese of Canada,

Orthodox Church in America

Contractors: Joe and Tess

Achtemichuk of Portage la

Prairie, Mb.;

Horace Paulmark of Winnipeg

Citation prepared by Marg Hryniuk

Exterior Restoration

St. Elias Orthodox ChurchNorth West Section 4 - Township 28 Range 1 West of the 2nd Meridian

Near Rhein, Sk.


Rehabilitation

The Grant Hall 401 Main Street, Moose Jaw

he Grant Hall Hotel was

built in 1927 with a con-Tcrete frame and in a classi-

cal revival design. Prominently

situated on Main Street in

Moose Jaw at the entrance to

Crescent Park it is five stories,

clad in brick with a rusticated

base, limestone surrounds with

belt courses and an ornamental

cornice.

Over the years, the hotel hosted an

impressive array of visitors ranging

from royalty, music celebrities and

prime ministers.

It was the place to be for many

decades, before its slide in 1968 when

it was sold and resold, finally ceasing

operations in 1989.

It remained vacant and vandalized

until 2000 when Verna Alford and the

Burrowing Owl Investment Corpora-

tion purchased it.

The interior had been completely

destroyed by vandals and the

weather.

Today, after 13 years of restora-

tions and rehabilitation, the Grant

Hall has reopened as a multi-purpose

facility offering hotel rooms, a public

dining room and lounge, billiard

room, banquet and board rooms and

alternative retirement suites.

There is also the Olive Tasting

Room, the Salon & Spa 306 and an

office donated for two years to the

Five Hills Health Region for fund

raising.

The heating and air conditioning

supply is now provided through a

geothermal ground source. One

hundred twenty pipes were drilled

150 feet into the

ground through the

basement to achieve

this.

The former indoor

pool has been con-

verted to a 24-seat

theatre for residents

and hotel guests.

The Grant Hall is

back in all its glory and stands proud

in downtown Moose Jaw.

No expense was spared to ensure

the restoration got it right and main-

tained the highest standards possi-

ble.

It meets Verna Alford's original

vision she had for this project: “I have

seen it at its worst and I want to see it

at its best.”

Owner: Verna Alford and Burrowing

Owl Investment Corporation

Citation by Brian Bell, President,

Heritage Moose Jaw


Sympathetic New Construction

Browns Socialhouse11 River Street, Moose Jaw

ocated in Moose Jaw

on the corner of River LStreet and Main

Street, a new building

has been constructed to

accommodate Browns

Socialhouse restaurant.

This is the entrance to the River

Street Project that Little Chicago

Developments has proposed to recre-

ate the architecture of the 1920-30s.

This is the first building con-

structed for this project. All building

materials are conventional with the

design taking into consideration

window sizing and build outs, mass-

ing of building, roof lines, parapet

details, brick work and exterior

colours.

At the present time, architectural

guidelines for the Downtown Heri-

tage District of Moose Jaw are only

recommended not required. The

developers chose to be sympathetic to

the existing heritage architecture of

the downtown as it fits their plans to

recreate historic River Street.

After deciding to open a new loca-

tion for Browns Socialhouse in Moose

Jaw, Rob and his brother Kelly

Burns, owners of the Browns

Socialhouse locations in Saskatche-

wan, were pleased the new buildings

design and appearance was what

they were striving to achieve. They

circulated an artist rendering of the

new restaurant design to their other

franchises, who were envious and

knew it would be a great building in

an excellent location.

This is the third new building on

this block of Main Street that has

been designed and built to be sympa-

thetic to the existing

downtown heritage

architecture. Hopefully it

will go a long way to

dispel any myths that

there is limited interest

in the business commu-

nity to construct or renovate build-

ings within heritage districts that are

sympathetic to the neighbourhoods

architecture.

Owners: Little Chicago

Developments, Moose Jaw, Sk.

Contractor: Racon Consulting,

Moose Jaw, Sk.

Contractor: C & S Builders,

Moose Jaw, Sk.

Architect: Hearth Architectural Inc.,

Vancouver, B. C. with Tilbury

Design Ltd., Moose Jaw, Sk.

Citation prepared by Brian Bell,

President, Heritage Moose Jaw


Landscape Engineering and Agricultural Works

Stonebridge Special Use Park Patricia Roe Park, 555 Hunter Road - Mark Thompson Park, 122 Rempel Manor

South-Central, Saskatoon

ometimes architectural heritage

is not about existing buildings so Smuch as buildings that are not

built.

In the case of the Stonebridge

Park, a residential development in

Saskatoon, heritage was preserved by

the decision to avoid building on a

heritage landscape.

In the early 1800s, when the rail-

way first reached Saskatchewan,

Saskatoon's early settlers travelled

from the Moose Jaw railhead by

wagon along what became known as

the Moose Jaw Trail.

A century later, the wagon ruts

from this trail still remained, a 600-

metre stretch the earliest physical

reminder of the city's founding.

The City of Saskatoon, although

preparing for significant expansion of

its built-up residential area, took note

of this relic and its historical signifi-

cance.

They also recognized the heritage,

archaeological, environmental and

recreational value of the surrounding

natural landscape, determining to

create a comprehensive area plan

that preserved all these elements, not

to prevent urban development but to

enhance it.

A collaborative process, involving

institutional, commercial and public

stakeholders, was established to

create a master plan that saved the

best preserved part of the trail and its

surrounding context.

This landscape plan was then

integrated with the natural and

recreational system for the entire

community.

It was further enhanced by in-

volvement of the heritage, arts and

culture community who developed

compatible commemorative, artistic

and interpretive features.

The result is not something that

merely preserves or retains the

historic site but a project that brings

it to life, both as a feature attraction

for the local community and a signifi-

cant landmark of regional impor-

tance. People may come for the recre-

ational opportunities; they discover

the history.

This project did more than merely

delay development for another time.

Rather, the site is now high in

public consciousness, elevated in

importance and ensured of protection

for years to come. And for the devel-

oper, this project wasn't so much a

cost as an investment, raising the

profile and value of the neighbour-

hood.

This is a great model of collabora-

tive development. Not only as collabo-

ration among people and groups but

as a successful accommodation of

otherwise competing interests.

It was executed by DREAM Asset

Management (formerly Dundee

Development), Stantec Consulting

Limited, Campbell Patterson Land-

scape Architects, Wilco Contractors

Southwest, and the Jim Arnholt

Studio. Credit also goes to the City of

Saskatoon and all those who served

the planning process, for their origi-

nal vision and the resulting plan.

Citation prepared by Rod Stutt


Education, Signage, Monuments and Interpretation

Original HumboldtHumboldt, Sk.

he Architectural Heritage Soci-

ety of Saskatchewan is dedicated Tto telling the stories of the build-

ings which tell the stories of Sas-

katchewan. Sometimes these build-

ings disappear but the stories re-

main. And they are important.

The original Humboldt telegraph

station no longer exists. And, even in

its prime, it was no more than a

simple cabin, hardly the grand or

elegant building that we often cele-

brate as architectural heritage.

But this otherwise-forgotten cabin

and the site on which it stood per-

tains to some of the most important

stories in Saskatchewan history. And

these stories will survive due to the

efforts of the Original Humboldt

Committee, who are honoured in the

category of Education, Signage,

Monuments and Interpretation.

During the fur trade era, the “origi-

nal Humboldt” site, about eight

kilometres south of the current city of

Humboldt, was first known to First

Nations and early Europeans as an

important crossroads, where several

trails met.

The Carleton Trail, in particular,

was important as a major trade route

between the Red River Settlement

and the Athabasca region.

Then, in 1876, prior to the better-

known construction of the CPR along

a southerly route through Regina, the

earliest arrival of Canadian settle-

ment was the construction of the

Dominion Telegraph line along a

more northerly route, following the

Carleton Trail, linking what would

eventually become Saskatchewan to

the government and business inter-

ests in eastern Canada.

As part of this telegraph system,

George and Catherine Weldon ar-

rived and built their original cabin.

Catherine was one of the first

female telegraph operators in the

west and this alone makes the origi-

nal Humboldt area worthy of note.

It would become even more signifi-

cant during the 1885 Northwest

Resistance when General Middleton

established a fortified camp at the

telegraph site, which was to be his

centre of communications.

It was consequently a major trans-

shipment site and became a strategic

military post during the campaign.

The Original Humboldt Commit-

tee, working with many others, has

rediscovered, documented and pre-

served this history.

Thanks to their fundraising, ar-

chaeological research, publications,

educational materials, signage and

commemorative events, the site and

it role in Saskatchewan history now

benefit from the public awareness

and official recognition that it de-

serves.

It is the only historic site in Can-

ada to mark the development of the

original telegraph line and its vital

role in Saskatchewan history.

Owner: City of Humboldt

Contractor: Original Humboldt

committee of the Humboldt and

District Museum and Gallery

Citation prepared by Rod Stutt


Long-term Stewardship of a Heritage Property

Holy Trinity, Ukrainian Orthodox Church710 Main Street, Canora

anora's Holy Trinity Ukrainian

Orthodox Church was built in C1928 according to a design by

Temish Pavlychenko.

Today, this designer and, particu-

larly, the symbol he prominently

featured in his design are of poignant

significance.

Pavlychenko was a teacher in

Ukraine when, in 1917, he joined

others seeking independence for

Ukraine.

This led to time in jail but also

membership in the parliament of the

Ukrainian National Republic, which

chose the Trident as its symbol. The

republic soon fell, and Pavlychenko

immigrated to Canada in 1927.

How, a year later, he was able to

design Holy Trinity is unknown, but

his history tells why he placed a

Trident, which has been Ukraine's

official coat of arms since it became

an independent republic in 1991,

above the main entrance and at the

base of the crosses.

More generally, Pavlychenko's

eclectic Holy Trinity design, as well

as his similar design for Melville's St.

Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Church,

is unique in Saskatchewan and

probably Canada as well.

Holy Trinity served its congrega-

tion until, when a larger church was

constructed, it closed in 1963.

Designated a Municipal Heritage

Site in 1984, it was subsequently

restored inside and out, and mainte-

nance has been continuous ever

since.

Holy Trinity remains a landmark

on the main street of a community

proud of both its ethnic heritage and

its Canadian successes.

To illustrate the latter, it might

have been moved or destroyed, but

instead its parishioners chose preser-

vation.

Furthermore, at a time when

Ukrainian independence, as symbol-

ized by the Trident, is again under

siege, it is fitting that the conserva-

tors of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Ortho-

dox Church receive the Lieutenant

Governor of Saskatchewan Heritage

Architecture Excellence Award in the

category of Long-Term Stewardship

of a Heritage Property.

Owner: Ukrainian Orthodox Church

of the Holy Trinity Parish, Canora,

as represented by its Board of

Directors

Citation prepared by Marg Hryniuk


2013 was a year of transition for the Architectural Heritage Society of SaskatchewanBy Douglas Hallman for Moose Jaw Express

MOOSE JAW, SK. – The Architec-

tural Heritage Society of Saskatche-

wan (AHSS) recently held its 2013

Annual Meeting with a morning

session open to the public. Those in

attendance included Mayor Deb

Higgins and Councilor Don Mitchell.

Joe Ralko, Publicist and Project

Co-ordinator for Reading Town

Canada, chaired the session, and the

agenda included reports from the

president and the treasurer. Dr. Rod

Stutt is the current president of

AHSS, as well as being head of the

Architectural Technologies Pro-

gram at SIAST in Moose Jaw.

The mission of the society is to

“advocate for conservation of the

province's built heritage, primarily

through public education and

recognition.”

In background material provided

for the meeting, it was stated that

“The Society's directors have of late

been thinking more about the future

rather than the past; about what we

want to make possible. We want to

conserve the spirit of the place, story

and tradition, but also to encourage

and reward sensitive new design and

development. We want to enable a

viable future for built heritage.”

In the “President's Message,” Dr.

Stutt described 2013 as a year of

transition.

“Among other things, there has

been a need to reassess the organiza-

tion's goals,” said Stutt.

“We want more interaction with

the public and local groups.” He cited

recent presentations at the Canadian

Club and the Rotary Club of Moose

Jaw as examples of building aware-

ness in the community.

One important component of

Stutt's work is to concentrate on a

more expansive definition of “Heri-

tage,” one that moves beyond the

concept of “Old” to an emphasis on

“community identity.”

“We tell the stories of the buildings

that in turn tell the stories of Sas-

katchewan,” said Stutt. “As we pro-

ceed through the next five years...we

will have more partners, more story-

tellers, more volunteers and more

participants.”

The Internet is a key area for the

Society's future development. There

are plans for a map-based site that

directs the way to the images and

stories of the province's architectural

heritage.

Initially, it will promote signifi-

cant historic properties, museums

and landmarks as well as heritage

parks and creative industries, bed

and breakfast businesses, campsites

and restaurants. Visitors will be able

to build weekend getaways on the

web.

A second website will be an inte-

grated, one-stop searchable service

that connects and links the public to

all possible built heritage and advice.

The president concluded his re-

marks by saying that 2013 was an

important year.

“We reflected on our more than 25

years of accomplishments and oppor-

tunities for improvement while

looking ahead to the future.”

Reprinted, with permission,

from the Moose Jaw Express for

the Week of April 21, 2014.

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The 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan was held in Moose Jaw. Society president (centre of photo at bottom left) chats with Moose Jaw mayor Deb Higgins and city councilor Don Mitchell following the Annual General Meeting.



REGINA – Most of the faded

wooden fence that once framed

the cemetery

There are no crosses, row

upon row, to mark the graves.

Wild Prairie fires consumed the

crosses decades ago. Most of the

cemetery has been consumed by an

invasive weed – smooth broom grass

which grows high and lodges over so

that in spring it looks all matted

down.

Only a granite slab, almost over-

grown by vegetation, placed more

than a century ago in honour of the

two young children of the school's

first principal, gives a hint of the

historic significant of the tiny

piece of prairie.

established in

conjunction with the Regina

Indian Industrial Residential

School adjacent Pinkie Road,

about a kilometre north of

Dewdney Avenue at the west

end of the provincial capital is

missing.

Future of Former Regina Indian Industrial School Cemetery

An April 7 report to the Regina

Municipal Heritage Advisory Com-

mittee (MHAC), a volunteer group of

heritage concerned citizens, from the

civic administration about the ceme-

tery was tabled until September.

The report to the Regina MHAC

was signed by Dianna Haryluk,

Director of Planning Department

and Jason Carlston, Executive

Director, Community Planning and

Development.

Its primary recommenda-

tion was that “the city solici-

tor be instructed to amend

the Cemeteries Bylaw to

establish the maintenance

standard which would apply

to the Regina Indian Indus-

trial School Cemetery

(701 Pinkie Road).”

Chief Barry Kennedy of

Carry the Kettle First Na-

tion and Rev. Dawn Rolke of

the United Church but

speaking as the chair of a

group of “citizens concerned” with

the cemetery made brief presenta-

tions to the April MHAC meeting.

The Community and Protective

Services Committee of the city had

considered a report on February 27,

2013 and directed the administration

to consult senior levels of government

and report back with an update to the

Municipal Heritage Advisory Com-

mittee on the city's options and role

with respect to facilitating the com-

By Joe Ralko

The Regina Indian Industrial School began operation before the Province of Saskatchewan was established in 1905.

Only a granite slab and a faded wooden fence remain to

identify the former Regina Indian Industrial School

Cemetery near Pinkie Road, a major north-south corridor.

memoration and protection of the

cemetery by the end of December,

2013.

The Regina Indian Industrial

School Cemetery is located near the

western boundary of the property at

701 Pinkie road and is approximately

689 square metres in size. It is pri-

vately owned and was annexed into

the city limits form the Rural Munici-

pality of Sherwood in 2009.

The cemetery was established in

conjunction with the Regina Indian

Industrial School that once stood on

the adjacent property. The School

was in operation from 1891 to 1910

and was managed by the Foreign

Mission Committee of the Presbyte-

rian Church of Canada through a

contract with the Department of

Indian Affairs.

The School closed in 1910, was

used as a city jail in 1911, and became

the Boys' Detention House in 1919.

The school was destroy by fire in 1948

and was replaced by the Paul Dojack

Centre.

The property containing the ceme-

tery remained in the ownership of the

Federal Government for many years.

The provincial government ac-

quired the property from the Federal

Government in the 1970s before

transferring the ownership to the

private sector in the 1989s.

An Ontario developer bought the

land a few years ago and became

aware it contained the cemetery. No

work has been done on the property

since the developer acquired it.

In November, 2012, archaeologists

from Stantect Ltd. completed a sur-

vey, on a pro bono basis, within the

area marked by the fence.

Stantec indicated that only half of

the cemetery could be surveyed

because the blow dirt was too deep to

complete the survey on its northern

half.

“While only 22 burials were located

on the survey portion of the cemetery,

Stantec estimated that there may be

a total of approximately 40 burials

within the fence.,” the April 7 admin-

istration report said.

The survey did not extend beyond

the fence. It is possible that other

burials are located outside of these

boundaries.

“The city has no legal obligation to

undertake any action including

protection, maintenance or commem-

oration with respect to the cemetery,”

the administration report said.

Part of a letter to Regina Mayor

Michael Fougere from the Truth and

Reconciliation Commissioner, the

Hon. Mr. Justice Murray Sinclair,

was read at the April 7 meeting and

subsequently made available to the

public on-line.

“On Friday, April 4, the committee

assistant to the city of Regina Munic-

ipal Heritage Advisory Committee

sent an email to the Truth and Recon-

ciliation Commission of Canada's

generice email address [email protected],”

Sinclair's letter to the Regina mayor

began.

“According to the email, the com-

mittee will consider a report at its

meeting scheduled for Monday,

April 7, 2014, at 12:15 and unless

While only 22 burials

were located on the

survey portion of the

cemetery, Stantec

estimated that there

may be a total of

approximately 40

burials within the

fence.

The school was in operation from 1891 to 1910.



this item is tabled by the MHAC it

will be forwarded to City Council at

its meeting scheduled for Monday,

May 5.”

The Sinclair letter to the mayor

arrived at city hall the morning of the

MHAC meeting.

“The Truth and Reconciliation

Commission is very interested in the

issue of missing and deceased chil-

dren from industrial and residential

schools, the location of associated

cemeteries, the

identification of

children buried there

and the appropriate

commemoration of

Conflict of Interest by Editor Disclosed

It is important readers

understand this article

was prepared by Joe

Ralko, who has been

earning his living as a

writer in Saskatchewan

for more than 30 years.

He has received awards

for his books, reporting skills

and media relations cam-

paigns.

With this Editor's Note, Joe

is declaring a conflict of

interest because he is a Life-

time member of the Architec-

tural Heritage Society of

Saskatchewan, and therefore

has a vested personal interest

in the outcome of the “ceme-

tery” issue and earlier this

year he was re-elected chair

of the Regina Municipal

Heritage Advisory Commit-

tee (MHAC). The Regina

MHAC was the civic commit-

tee to receive the “April 7

administration report” on the

cemetery issue.

Joe's article on the ceme-

tery should not be considered

the “official” position of

either the City of Regina or

AHSS. He has, however,

quoted from documents

available to the public.

By the way, Joe has been

coordinating the content of

Worth magazine and its two

previously-named publica-

tions, Heritage Saskatche-

wan Quarterly and Façade,

since 2007 for the Architec-

tural Heritage Society of

Saskatchewan.

This is the first time Joe

has felt it necessary to self-

declare a conflict of interest

for an article for the heritage

community.Some of the students and staff at the Regina Indian

Industrial School in a 1907 photography provided courtesy

of the Civic Museum of Regina.

:WORTH SASKATCHEWAN'S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE MAGAZINE | 17

those children,” he wrote.

“As you know, due to tuberculosis

and other reasons, a large number of

children died in these schools. Fre-

quently, their parents were not

notified and their grave sites were

not marked.

He went on to say:

“We would expect that the families

and communities of those children

will be very interested in these is-

sues. More importantly, we would

expect that in the spirit of truth and

reconciliation, the City of Regina and

the Province of Saskatchewan, gener-

ally, would want to ensure that these

cemeteries and children are appropri-

ately remembered.”

Sinclair also quoted from the Truth

and Reconciliation Commission's

interim report.

“The Commission believes that

there should be formal residential

school commemorations in every

province and the territory in Can-

ada,” he wrote.

“It encourages all governments,

educational institutions, and

churches to ask themselves what

they will do to commemorate the

residential schools system. . .the

Commission recommends that gov-

ernments, educational institutions

and churches consult, design, an-

nounce and publicly unveil residen-

tial school commemorations before

the completion of the Commission's

mandate.”

Sinclair said this recommendation

applies to municipal and provincial

governments. About two weeks later,

the Regina response to Mr. Justice

Sinclair came in a letter from Jason

Carlston, Executive Director, Com-

munity Planning and Development.

“Due to the significance and im-

portance of the background, history

and cultural sensitivities involved in

ensuring the appropriate form of

commemoration, we feel it is essen-

tial the appropriate individuals,

groups and organizations, such as

the Truth and Reconciliation com-

mission of Canada lead the com-

memoration process,” the Carlston

letter said.

“The city of Regina will continue

to work with and provide support

and cooperation to the current

community efforts underway to

appropriately and respectfully

support this initiative.” W

A Nov. 14, 1921, letter to Mr. W.

H. Graham, the Commissioner of

Indian Affairs from the Women's

Missionary Society (WMS) of the

Presbyterian Church in Canada,

Saskatchewan, asked the federal

government to look into the “ceme-

tery matter.”

The motion read:

The letter to Commissioner

Graham was the result of Nov. 4

motion moved by Mrs. Sinclair and

seconded by Mrs. Gillespie at the

society's provincial executive

meeting.

“That Mrs. McAra write Commis-

sioner Graham, asking if something

definite cannot be done in regard to

the cemetery at the Old Regina

Industrial School; that he petition

the federal government to put it in

good order; that it may be kept

sacred to the memory of the Indians

and the lasting memorial to the

memory of our beloved Rev. A. J.

McLeod, who founded the school

and whose children lie in this little

plot side by side with Indian chil-

dren.”

She was the correspondence

secretary for the WMS board of

directors and the wife of Peter

McAra, mayor of Regina in 1906,

1911 and 1912.

She wrote that the plot “is or has

been” used as a pasture field.

Her letter, obtained from

Library and Archives

Canada, also said:

“The fence has entirely disap-

peared, having been burned by

prairie fire, the cattle have trampled

all over the little mounds flattening

them out and destroying the little

wooden crosses that marked the

resting places of some 35 to 40 little

Indian children; also the granite

slab placed there by Mr. and Mrs.

McLeod, in loving memory of their

dear ones.

The McAra letter also said:

“Perhaps the desecration and

neglect of this “God's acre” is felt

more keenly by the mover and

seconder of the motion than by

another member of the executive.

She explained that Mrs. Sinclair

was the widow of late Rev. J.A.

Sinclair, who was successor to the

late Rev. J.A. McLeod as principal of

this Indian school.

Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair took a great

deal of pleasure and pride in teach-

ing and assisting the children to

care for and hold sacred the

greaves of their little playmates.

Mrs. Gillespie, the seconder, was

a life-long friend of the McLeod

family, being closely associated with

them both in their school and pri-

vate life.

At the time of the motion and

letter to Commissioner Graham the

federal government owned the

property.

Source: Letter obtained

from Library and Archives,

Canada, in Ottawa.

Cemetery Issue Raised in 1921


IN THE NEWSIN THE NEWS


Architectural Heritage Book Was Part of Reading Town, Canada Project

Building Our Future: A People's Architectural History of Saskatchewan was among free books distributed during the Reading Town, Canada project (May 3-10) in Moose Jaw.

The book, a 2005 Saskatch-ewan centennial project of the Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan and author Joe Ralko, was part of the “reading glens” program in Crescent Park.

It was among several books plus that day's edition of The Times Herald newspaper that were made available to the public on numerous park benches during the Reading Town, Canada, pilot project.

Building Our Future also was among books at the Blind Date with a Book at a local coffee shop.

Books were wrapped in plain white paper and had only with

a cryptic clue on the paper to give a hint of the genre and content. Customers were encouraged to take the books with them or read them while enjoying their favourite bever-age at the Cafe @ 123 Main Street, previously known as Java Express.

Source: Original copy

Two 2014 Regina MHAC Awards Brings Total to 118

Two Municipal Heritage Awards were bestowed in Regina this year.

P3 Architecture was honoured in the New Design – Addition category for the work on the Walter Scott Building: Front Entrance Vestibule Addition.

Biographies Regina Inc. was recognized in the education category for their book entitled Regina's Warehouse District ... Bricks and Mortar, Pride and Passion.

“Historic places and heritage buildings are the living proof of our past,” said councillor John Findura, the council liaison to the Regina Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee (MHAC) in presenting the awards at a city council meeting.

“They give us a glimpse into the lives of the people who came before us and helped to create the life and communities we live in today. They are valuable to our culture, our economy and our environ-ment.”

Since the awards were established in 1984, the city has presented 118 awards to individuals and organizations that have made an outstanding contribution to the conserva-tion of Regina's heritage.

Award recipients are typi-cally selected by a working group of the City's Municipal

Heritage Advisory Committee, from nominations submitted by the public in nine categories.

The Municipal Heritage Awards Program was estab-lished in 1984 to recognize individuals or organizations that have enhanced the quality of life in Regina by demonstrat-ing commitment to the conser-vation of Regina's heritage.

The awards presentation is held annually at the Regina city council meeting closest to National Heritage Day, the third Monday of February.(Editor's note: This event took place after the deadline for editorial content of the spring edition of Worth magazine had closed so the information now is appearing belatedly in the summer edition.)

Source: City of Regina news release and background material.

Heritage Excellence Award Presented in Moose Jaw

For the first time, an award for heritage was presented at the Moose Jaw Business Excel-lence Awards.

Grant Hall was the recipient of the honour, recognizing years of restoration work.

“Obviously we're very excited that the Grant Hall was the recipient, it is very well deserved. With all of the hard work and money they have put into that building it's nice to see that they are getting the recognition they deserve,” said Ira Dales, the Chair of the Heritage Advisory Committee to the City of Moose Jaw.

Dales said the committee was very pleased that the Chamber of Commerce included the new Heritage Award in this year's ceremony.

Dales added that it's nice to see a marriage between heritage and business coming together, and that heritage is not seen as a hindrance, but rather how heritage can contribute to business success.

Source: April 14, 2014 – Moose Jaw Times Herald

A City of Moose Jaw worker flips through Building Our Future, a 2005 Centennial project of the Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatche-wan, at a “reading glen” in Crescent Park during the week-long, Reading Town, Canada celebrations. Photo credit: Joe Ralko


A BOOK about Saskatche-

wan architecture is making its

mark in the literary world in

both Canada and the United

States.

“Architecture of Saskatche-

wan, A Visual Journey 1930-

2011” by Bernard Flaman is

this year's winner of the Great

Plains Distinguished Book

Prize from the Center for

Great Plains Studies at the

University of Nebraska.

In addition, the book was

nominated in three categories

for the Saskatchewan Book

Awards:

University of Regina Book

of the Year;

National Bank Financial

Wealth Management First

Book Award; and

Awards for Publishers:

Saskatchewan Ministry of

Parks, Culture and Sport

Publishing Award.

“Being a finalist in the

Saskatchewan book awards

and winning in Nebraska is a

great honour and helps to

validate the work many

people are doing to promote

and preserve our built heri-

tage,” author Bernie Flaman

told Worth magazine.

“The recognition is a

significant achievement for

those of us who work with and

love architectural heritage.”

The book tells the story of

the arrival of modernist

architecture in Saskatchewan

and illustrates how it has

evolved to the present. The

area of eligibility for the

award stretches from the

boreal forest in the north,

touching the Mexican border

in the south and from the

Rockies eastward to lines

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l

defined roughly by the Red

and Missouri Rivers, uniting a

similar landscape across

many State and Provincial

boundaries.

“Saskatchewan, a place

once famous for its sod huts,

has seen a revolution in

design with buildings that

reflect new technology and

changing environmental

ideals,” reads a May 7 news

release from the University of

Nebraska to announce the

prestigious book prize.

The book picks up chrono-

logically where a previous

book, “Historic Architecture of

Saskatchewan” (1986) left off

and features more than 150

building photos – from gas

stations and houses to busi-

nesses and academic build-

ings.

“Flaman places the varied

styles within national and

international movements in

design, but also in their

political and economic con-

texts. Observers in other parts

of the Great Plains will recog-

nize these styles in their own

built environments and come

to a deeper appreciation of

the forces shaping it,” said

Kari Ronning, book prize

chair, an associate professor

of English at the University of

Nebraska-Lincoln.

Flaman is a conservation

architect for the federal

government's Public Works

and Government Services.

He co-curated the 2004

exhibition “Character and

Controversy” at the Mendel

Art Gallery, which examined

Modernist architecture in

Saskatchewan.

He is a member of both the

Saskatchewan Association of

Architects (SAA) and the Royal

Architectural Institute of

Canada (RAIC).

“The photographs and

drawings contained in the

book tell a major part of the

story. Inevitably, they show the

context, landscape, sky and

light of the Great Plains as

well as the architecture of the

province of Saskatchewan.

The best buildings in the book

illustrate a material connec-

tion and a relationship with

the landscape and environ-

ment of the Great Plains,”

Flaman is quoted in the

University of Nebraska news

release.

Flaman said he hopes the

book builds the public's visual

literacy in relation to architec-

ture – to teach people how to

look at buildings.

“The most gratify comment

I receive goes something like

this: 'I know all of these

buildings, I just haven't

looked at them before.'”

Flaman will deliver a

lecture at the Center for Great

Plains Studies in Lincoln,

Nebraska in the autumn of

2014.

The prize was created to

emphasize the interdisciplin-

ary importance of the Great

Plains in today's publishing

and educational market.

Only first-edition, full-

length, nonfiction books

published in 2013 were

evaluated for the award.

“Architecture of Saskatche-

wan” was published in 2013

by the University of Regina

Press with partial financial

support from the Canada

Council for the Arts.

The Center for Great Plains

Studies is a regional research

and teaching program at the

University of Nebraska. Its

mission is to foster study of

the people and the environ-

ment of the Great Plains.W

By Joe Ralko

SaskatchewanArchitecture Book Wins PrestigiousBook Prize in U.S.A

Author Bernie Flaman has earned international recognition for his book Architecture of Saskatchewan. Photo credit: Don Hall


fter a 30-year career with

Canada Post Corporation Aended, Brian Bell and his wife,

Vonnie, retired to Moose Jaw in

2005. He then became very active in

local heritage groups.

“I got involved with the Architec-

tural Heritage Society of Saskatch-

ewan (AHSS) to broaden my knowl-

edge of what was happening with

the built heritage throughout

Saskatchewan in terms of the good,

the bad and the ugly,” said Bell,

whose last position with Canada

Post was area manager in Southern

Alberta.

“Identifying successful projects of

restoration and adaptive re-use of

heritage buildings is the priority.

To develop and share a better

understanding of successful busi-

ness models for these built heritage

projects along with the outcomes

and benefits to all concerned. Our

magazine Worth is an excellent tool

for sharing the message.”

Bell now is Secretary on the

board of directors and previously

served as Vice President.

In addition he remains very

active in several community-based

organizations including President

of Heritage Moose Jaw, Vice-Chair

the Moose Jaw Municipal Heritage

Advisory Committee (MHAC), Vice-

Chair of Arts in Motion, member of

the board of directors of Tourism

Moose Jaw, and a member of the

Community under the Dome Resto-

ration Committee of the Zion

United Church in Moose Jaw.

“The biggest challenge is moving

beyond the attitude that there is no

value in old buildings, even if they

are as sturdy as the day they were

built,” said Bell, who also worked in

the automobile and commercial

computer business sectors.

“When you see what other

communities throughout Saskatch-

ewan, Canada and the U.S.A. have

done with their built heritage you

have to wonder why we can't always

appreciate what we have in our own

communities and take advantage

of it.”

Bell is certain there is broad

appeal for heritage architecture,

noting “otherwise, Disneyland

Parks would have removed their re-

created historic Main Streets a long

time ago.”

“Most of our historic architecture

was built with tremendous pride

Brian Bell - Secretary

M E E T t h e B O A R D o f D I R E C T O R S


and a sense of value for the crafts-

manship and purpose of the struc-

ture and offer a sense of place that

is hard to find,” he said.

“The other side of preserving and

protecting the architecture of our

built heritage is the replacement of

these structures when they fall

victim to neglect of maintenance,

fire or just destroyed to make room

for surface parking lots.”

Bell said that when new con-

struction takes place in an historic

business district or residential

neighbourhood there is a need for

architectural guidelines, not rules,

to ensure that the new construction

is sympathetic to the existing

heritage architecture.

“Architectural guidelines are

commonly found in high-end resi-

dential and commercial construc-

tion projects to ensure compatibility

of design and to protect the value of

the adjoining properties,” he said.

“Architectural guidelines within

a heritage district can ensure and

improve the value of existing

heritage properties. We need

more municipalities to adopt

architectural guidelines, not rules,

for their heritage districts and

neighborhoods.”W


construction, art supply, and dental

industries.

I compared various types of

setting compounds by mixing each

powder with water, then sealing it

within a plastic bag. After ten

minutes, each was hardening.

However, one problem remained.

Setting compounds, when newly

mixed, are too runny to be applied

from below, and would drip out

before the arm was positioned.

And then I saw it: a small hole,

perhaps 6 mm in diameter, in the

shoulder, just above where the arm

would attach. The hole had been

blocked off, but

a probing needle

revealed that it

opened into the

top of the cavity.

I glued the

interface be-

tween the arm

and body, sup-

porting the arm

from underneath,

but left the cavity

empty. Having

decided on dental plaster for its

reliable strength, I readied a huge

syringe and a 14-gauge veterinary

needle. I quickly poured the mixed

plaster into the syringe and injected

it through the hole, into the cavity.

The entire process was completed in

45 seconds.

Sharon Deason, a Queen's

University graduate, is a

Saskatoon-based private

conservator specializing in the

restoration of decorative and

gilded objects, fine frames

and heritage interiors.

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Ready-to-use drywall

patching compounds

promised to be strong;

some claim to dry to a

thickness of 8 cm. They

would be of the right

working consistency.

But ready-to-use prod-

ucts fell short at #3.

A trial run failed to dry

even after four days.

When the support was

removed, the appendage

sagged. Portions touching the

plaster had dried hard, but the

middle of the fill was soft.

was asked to

reattach an Iarm onto a

plaster cast statue.

The arm would be

fixed at the biceps

with a short pro-

truding iron bar.

I needed a fill

material which

could be placed into

the shoulder cavity,

and, after harden-

ing, be strong enough to hold the

appendage in place.

Filling materials abound.

I needed to evalu-

ate them in terms

of their unique

attributes. The

material would

have to be:

1. Strong and

hard - it needed

to support the

weight of the

solid plaster

arm in a canti-

levered position

2. Not TOO strong and hard -

when two materials are joined

together and put under stress,

whichever is weaker will break;

the loser should be the fill, not

the artifact

3. Able to harden without air -

once the arm was in place, the

cavity would be closed

4. Of a consistency which would

allow placement into the cavity

from underneath

Two-component epoxies, while

excellent at attributes #1 and #3,

failed at #2.

Conservation projects often involve a quest for the right material

By Sharon Deasonwww.sharondeason.com

CONSERVING the PAST

With some

problems, the

answer is there,

right in front

of us.

WORTHREMEMBERING

Charioteer of Delphi at the Museum of Antiquities, University of Saskatchewan, is shown in foreground.

Fortunately, materials do exist

which harden in an anaerobic envi-

ronment. These are setting com-

pounds, which differ from pre-mixed

drying compounds. They are pur-

chased in dry powder form and, upon

the addition of water, experience a

chemical change, and harden in a

specified time (as brief as 7 minutes)

without requiring exposure to air.

Conservators routinely conduct

their own experiments to test mate-

rials, and often explore other fields

to find them. This time I took my

experimental specimens from the


COMMENTS: Unlike imitation brick products, like sheet metal and Insul-

Bric panels, which were popular early in the 20th century, Pan-Brick panels

are faced with real brick slices and an aggregate mortar joint. This product

was initially developed by DuPont of Canada in the late 1960s, and is now

manufactured in Regina, Saskatchewan by Okamoto Canada Ltd.

The 36 brick slices and aggregate are integrated with the plywood backer

by a hard foam insulation, and can be screwed onto a wall. A unique interior

drainage system enables any moisture that penetrates the surface to run out

of the panels without damaging the plywood backing.

Pan-Brick panels are produced in moulds on a production-line basis,

which take only 25 minutes from start to finish. The interlocking panels

have an insulation value of R10, measure 16 x 48 inches, are 2½ inches thick,

and weigh 37 pounds each. Panels applied to buildings since the 1960s show

virtually no wear due to weathering or material deterioration. Like full-sized 5bricks, the ½- to /8-thick brick slices are made of fired clay by international

brick manufacturers, and have the same durability.

The first brick slices were made by US Brick (now Hanson Brick) of

Owosso, Michigan; then by Estevan Brick, Saskatchewan from about 1977

to 1996, and more recently by Endicott Clay Products, from Nebraska.

Sources: [1] Modern photos: Frank Korvemaker;

[2] Pan-Brick website: www.panbrick.com;

[3] HUDAC photo and Personal Communication:

Rolf Holzkaemper, 5 May 2014;

[4] Kenroc website: www.kenroc.com/about/history.htm;

[5] HUDAC report:

www.chba.ca/uploads/TRC/Mark%20Houses/

Mark%20X%20Guelph-Experimental%20Project-1973.pdf.

www.doukhobor.org/Veregin-Doukhobors.htm

Brick Name: Tierra

Brick Manufacturer:

Manufacture Location:

Date(s) of Manufacture: 1970 to today

Brick Type: Face Brick Panels

Approximate Dimensions:

Colour: Various: earthtone sands ( above )

Endicott Clay Products and Pan-Brick Okamoto Canada Ltd.

Regina, Sask.

Panel: 16 x 48 inches/ 40.6 cm x 121.9 cm

NORTH AMERICAN BRICK

By Frank Korvemaker - [email protected]

The Housing and Urban Development Association of Canada test house: Mark 10, faced with Pan-Brick, Guelph, Ontario, 1973.

Pan-Brick production assembly line.

Angle view of a “Tierra” Pan-Brick panel


2014 BOARD of DIRECTORS

STAFF

Rod Stutt, President, Moose Jaw

Al Gill, Past President, Regina

Terry Sinclair, Vice President, Regina

Brian Bell, Secretary, Moose Jaw

Dragana Perusinovic,

Treasurer, Regina

Michel Fortier, Saskatoon

Patricia Glanville, Regina

Lovella Jones, Provincial Coordinator

Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan

Become a Society Member.

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supports and rewards meaningful conservation of our built heritage. Any

person, enterprise or community-based organization may apply to become a

full and active member of AHSS for an annual membership fee of just $20.

Fees help the Society communicate with members and provide grant

funding for community-based programs and projects across Saskatchewan.

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