1911 – Design for Regina College, Saskatchewan

Originally operated as ‘Regina College,’ founded in 1911 by the Methodist Church. By 1925 it gained status as a Junior College affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan. Nine years later, in 1934, Regina College ended its association with the church and officially became the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan. Recently underwent a multi-year restoration and upgrade, the College Building is home to the University’s Centre for Continuing Education and Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.

“The Regina College has been designed to give facilities for an education of a high character, and at the same time provide accommodation for boarding in order that students may be under supervision. Music is to form a special feature of the institution. The building now being constructed is part of a general scheme, and is being laid out in order to afford scope for future additions, one of which is now under contemplation. The site borders on Wascana Lake, as well as being next the city park, with the land sloping slightly towards the lake. The structure is being fitted temporarily with kitchen and dining room for students in the basement, which space later is intended to be devoted to manual training. The building is a reinforced concrete frame, with the exterior of brick and limestone from the Kettle River quarries. The towers form entrances to a large quadrangle, around which will be grouped other buildings at a future date. The interior is very simply furnished with a view to the purpose for which it is intended, viz. : class rooms, administration, and laboratories. Temporarily the top floor will be used for dormitories, later to be class rooms and laboratories. The architects are Messrs. Brown & Vallance, of Montreal. R. J. Lecky, Regina, has the general contract. The heating and ventilating are being done by the James Ballantyne Company, Ltd., Winnipeg.”
Engineering and Contract Record, November 15, 1911

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