Architecture of Calgary

1888 – Law Courts, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Thomas Fuller

Former courthouse, demolished in 1958. Constructed on 4th St. South West in 1888.

1890 – Alexander Corner, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Child & Wilson Architects

Built opposite the Bank of Montreal which was designed by the same architects in a similar style.

1890 – The Bank of Montreal, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Child & Wilson

Architects Child & Wilson was one of the first large practices in Alberta. Their successful practice was responsible for the design of many of the landmark buildings constructed of sandstone and erected on Eighth Avenue,

1895 – Post Office, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Thomas Fuller

Post office and Federal Office by Dominion architect Thomas Fuller on 8th Avenue. Demolished circa 1929.

1906 – McDougall Block, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Francis Lawson

Situated on the northeast corner of First street and Eighth avenue. Union Bank, the original main floor tenant,

1907 – Land Titles Office, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Allan Merrick Jeffers

Constructed in 1907-08 at a cost of $80,000, was designed to be a “strictly fireproof”

1910 – Grain Exchange, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: Hodgson & Bates

William Roper Hull, rancher, real estate speculator and founding member of the Calgary Grain Exchange,

1911 – City Hall, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: William M. Dodd & E.C. Hopkins

Now dwarfed by the newer city hall sited next to it, currently used as the offices of the mayor and alderman,

1911 – CPR Department of Natural Resources, Calgary, Alberta

Canadian Pacific Railway Department of Natural Resources building which was on the south side of 9th Avenue east of Centre Street,

1911 – Dominion Bank, Calgary, Alberta

Architect: George W. Northwood

A fine three-storey sandstone and marble bank building with a terra cotta facade. Its symmetrical front facade,