G.F. & J. Galt & Co. Wholesale Grocers Warehouse (Campbell Wilson & Horne Wholesale Grocers Warehouse; Bal-Cristo Building)
- Construction year
- 1910
- Architect
- Unknown
- Builder
- J. H. McNeil (1910)
- 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:
- it is an excellent example Romanesque Revival-style architecture, and is one of the largest structures to have been built the wholesale and warehouse district. It is notable for its heavily corbelled brick cornice and rock-faced sandstone foundation. [Style: city-wide significance]
- 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: - Five-storey, rectangular, flat-roof form with mainly symmetrical facade; 12 bays wide and approximately nine deep; raised basement and first floor; - Heavy-timber (mill) construction faced in red brick in common bond; heavily corbelled cornice and window heads; rock-faced sandstone foundation; sandstone sills and lintels; projecting front piers; alternating projecting bays at first-storey level; - Fenestration, with facade of first-storey display windows, rectangular windows in all upper floors; all e
Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 206.