Relocated to Fort Edmonton Park in 1992, this California-style bungalow is a good representative example of the Craftsman style.

This small Depression-era school was twenty years in the making.

Named for a pioneering Baptist missionary, this McCauley church is one of Edmonton’s most unique.

This small building, once home to meatpackers and stockyard labourers, will soon give way to a highway overpass.

Downtown Edmonton’s C.I.B.C. stands as the city’s last pre-Second World War banking hall still used for its original purpose.

In the words of Todd Babiak, our old central library “is one of the icons of a lost Edmonton, a phantom Edmonton, a victim of the boom-and-bust psychology that has defined the city since its earliest days.”

Unequivocally Edmonton’s most handsome pre-war church, this building “conveys the impression of solemnity and sacred suggestion.”

Built to house luxurious apartments, the Gibbard Block now houses offices and a slew of local eateries.

Alberta’s oldest purpose-built armoury was once home to mounted infantry. Saved from demolition, it’s now home to a non-profit.

Central Edmonton’s brick castle is a testament to the Great War and its impact on the city.

If you drive out to the site today, you’d be hard pressed to find the signs of cultural genocide. Where it happened doesn’t look special; it could be ‘Anywhere, Alberta.’ But long ago it was once home to the Edmonton Indian Residential School.

This Catholic school stands as the last of four similarly styled buildings erected by the Separate System during the “Roaring ‘20s.”

Despite their best efforts, an impassioned community couldn’t save this important piece of Edmonton’s German history.

This ‘blink-and-you’ll-miss-it’ piece of history clings to the monolithic walls of Commerce Place.

Out of Town Distractions

Hiding away in Holden — the tiny Albertan village time forgot — lies one of the province’s most striking war memorials.

Designed by a Washington-based architect, and copied from a Spokane-based design, this striking Great War-era skyscraper represents Alberta’s best application of the Chicago School Style.

St. Joachim and Edmonton Municipal Cemeteries are the resting place of many of Edmonton’s founding figures.

In a penny wise, pound foolish move, the University of Alberta demolishes its last tangible link to the campus’ humble beginnings.

Built by a prominent businessman and once home to some of Alberta’s first Lebanese immigrants, the Archibald Block is an important link to Old Strathcona’s earliest days.

This threatened heritage home, tucked away off Jasper Avenue, was once home to two of Edmonton’s earliest pioneers.