Calgary Wine & Spirit Co. Warehouse
- Construction year
- 1909
- Architect
- Hodgson & Bates
- Builder
- R. A. Brocklebank
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- Typology
- Warehouse
- Development era
- 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
- Designation
- Inventory listing only
This site is significant because:
- its contribution to Calgary's historic wholesale/warehouse district, recalls Calgary's historic status as the most important wholesale and distribution centre between Winnipeg and Vancouver. [Activity value: city-wide significance]
- it contributed to the development of the northern Beltline area as Calgary's main wholesale/warehouse district, and continues to contribute to the warehouse district's historic identity and character. [Symbolic value: community significance]
Character-defining elements: Character-defining elements of the property include, but are not limited to, the following: - Four-storey flat roof form with asymmetrical facade; raised basement and ground floor; - Mill construction with brick cladding laid in common bond; concrete foundation; - Fenestration, with facade comprising first-storey off-centre segmental arched window; five closely set rectangular windows on each upper storey; plus one over doorway; deeply recessed, side-façade, rectangular window openings; - Off-centre, main-entrance doorway with transom light above; - Commercial, warehouse context adjacent to ra
Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 332.