Connaught Armoury

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The Connaught Armoury is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This building was built in 1911 at a cost of $35,000 and is the oldest armoury in Alberta. It was built to house the B Squadron of the 19th Alberta Dragoons. The armoury was named for Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, the third son of Queen Victoria and the Canada's governor general from 1911 to 1916.

When the Dragoons were made dormant in 1965, the city acquired the armoury from the federal government. The building was vacant for 14 years. The building has been leased out to various restaurants over the years, but they have not succeeded. As of March 2006, the building is vacant and the city was planning to sell it. City council decided not to sell and instead to create a non-profit use for the building.