College Building (Saskatchewan)

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College Building

College Building
Building information
Town Saskatoon
Country Canada
Architect Brown and Vallance
Client University of Saskatchewan
Construction start date 1910
Completion date 1913
Date demolished preserved site
Cost $297,000
Style College Gothic Style
College Building (Saskatchewan)
College Building (Saskatchewan)
Lilium University of Saskatchewan - The University of Saskatchewan Centennial Lily by plant breeder Donna Hay. Planted out front of the College Building summer of 2007 Centennial year.
Lilium University of Saskatchewan - The University of Saskatchewan Centennial Lily by plant breeder Donna Hay. Planted out front of the College Building summer of 2007 Centennial year.

College Building (Saskatchewan) is a national historic site which is part of the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). The U of S is the largest education institution in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This historical College Building is an excellent example of university buildings in the classic Elizabethan E shape in Collegiate Gothic style which was designed by Brown and Vallance. [1] This style is also seen at Cambridge, and Oxford and American universities such as Princeton. Strathcona Medical Building at McGill University was another collegiate gothic style campus building, also designed by Vallance & Brown, as well as Hart House at the University of Toronto. In 1909, Montreal architects named Vallance & Brown designed the University of Saskatchewan Campus. They set out six college gothic style residential and college buildings around a green space which has come to be known as The Bowl[2]

90 Years of Excellence 1907-1997 Plaque
90 Years of Excellence 1907-1997 Plaque
Dr. Gerhard Herzberg plaque
Dr. Gerhard Herzberg plaque
Dr. Henry Taube plaque
Dr. Henry Taube plaque
Nobel Plaza plaque
Nobel Plaza plaque

The University of Saskatchewan location next to the South Saskatchewan River was across from the city centre of Saskatoon. Prime Minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier laid the cornerstone of the first under construction building on campus, the College Building, on July 29, 1910. The original buildings were built using native limestone - greystone - which was mined just north of campus. Over the years, the greystone was to become one of the most recognizable campus signatures. When the local supply of limestone was exhausted, the University turned to Tyndall Stone, so called because it is quarried at Tyndall, Manitoba. The College Building, officially opened May 1, 1913. This building had the first cornerstone laid in 1910, but was not the first building on campus. However the Professor of Field Husbandry residence, finished construction in 1911, and the Dean of Agriculture residence, now the Faculty Club, finished construction in 1912.[3] in 2001, it was declared a National Historic Site of Canada.[4]

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Lion Relief on College building
Lion Relief on College building
Owl Relief on College building
Owl Relief on College building
Top of College building
Top of College building
Corner Stone
Corner Stone

Gargoyles, oriel windows, and a gothic arch decorate the two storey façade. It had to be shut down in 1997 to undergo restoration. Cochrane Engineering and Friggstad Downing architects completed the construction and the College building was reopened 2005. The College building originally contained the Nobel Plaza, second floor Memorial Plaques, machinery toom and convocation hall and now houses two art galleries and a museum. [5][6] The first rooms were used for students pursuing a Degree in Agriculture and they could learn to test milk, make butter and ripen cheese. The Honourable Lorne Calvert, Premier of Saskatchewan and U of S President, Peter MacKinnon rededicated the College Building September 06, 2005. It has official designation as both a national historic site and a provincial heritage property, [7]

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[edit] Nearby

  • Rugby Chapel on the University of Saskatchewan campus was designated an official municipal heritage site.
  • Victoria One Room school House moved to the University of Saskatchewan campus was designated an official heritage site.

[edit] Location

Coordinates: 52°8′N, 106°37′W

Coordinates: 52°8'12"N 106°37'51"W

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ On Campus news, <http://www.usask.ca/communications/ocn/05-sep-09/news02.shtml>. Retrieved on 23 April 2007 
  2. ^ launched to update historic Vallance & Brown U of S campus ... Project launched to update historic Vallance & Brown U of S campus ..., <http://www.facilities.usask.ca/about/news/ocn-2001-09-07.pdfProject launched to update historic Vallance & Brown U of S campus ...>. Retrieved on 23 April 2007 
  3. ^ On Campus News, <http://www.usask.ca/communications/ocn/05-sep-09/news02.shtml>. Retrieved on 23 April 2007 
  4. ^ University of Saskatchewan
  5. ^ University of Saskatchewan College Building Rededication, <http://www.usask.ca/collegebuilding/brochure.html>. Retrieved on 23 April 2007 
  6. ^ Doors Open 2006, U of S College Building, <http://www.doorsopensaskatoon.ca/welcome/buildings/UofS_College_Building.htm>. Retrieved on 23 April 2007 
  7. ^ U of S News Releases: U of S Rededicates Historic College Building, September 06, 2005, <http://announcements.usask.ca/news/archive/2005/09/u_of_s_rededica.html>. Retrieved on 23 April 2007 

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