Victoria Sandstone School
- Construction year
- 1912
- Architect
- Dodd, William
- Builder
- McPhail J.A.
- Style
- Queen Anne Revival
- Typology
- School (Composite)
- Development era
- 1906 to 1913 (Pre WWI Boom, Age of Optimism)
- Designation
- Inventory listing only
Heritage Character Statement
A substantial sandstone school built during the apex of the pre-WWI economic boom to service a rapidly growing school population. A Free Classic design featuring; rock faced sandstone, pressed metal entablature/ pediment, central cupola and simple front entrance with engaged pilasters. It is a strong point of reference in the community and forms part of a distinctive grouping of urban buildings: terrace housing, former general hospital, and warehouse structures.
Summary History
Between 1892 and 1920, Calgary's public school board built some twenty sandstone schools to accommodate the city's growing prosperity prior to World War I, and their Edwardian designs evoked the connection to the British Empire in the minds of Anglo-Saxon and immigrant schoolchildren, their parents, and the population at large.
The original Victoria School, a four-room sandstone build
Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 203.