1861 – Volunteer Drill Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire
From The Building News: “THE accompanying is a view of the drill-room about to be built for the Sth West York Rifle Volunteers at Bradford,
From The Building News: “THE accompanying is a view of the drill-room about to be built for the Sth West York Rifle Volunteers at Bradford,
The building was built between 1915 and 1918 for an original cost of $282,051 Canadian dollars.
The two-story building, with the façade on First Avenue North was constructed of brick and Tyndal stone.
The home of The Saskatchewan Dragoons, a unit of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve.
Published in the American Architect and Building News, May 4 1889.
Regina Armoury’s restrained ornamentation, large scale, simple form and Tudor Revival references are typical of drill halls erected in the interwar period.
In the late 1800s, the federal government realized that they needed to provide their volunteer soldiers with centralized locations for training,