Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse
- Construction year
- 1922
- Architect
- Wells-Grey Ltd. (engineer)
- Builder
- C.W. Pettifer Construction Co.
- Style
- Edwardian Classical
- Typology
- Warehouse
- Development era
- 1919 to 1929 (Post WWI to Stock Market Crash)
- Designation
- Inventory listing only
This site is significant because...
The Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse is significant for its contribution to the development of a warehouse and industrial district south of the CPR's mainline, recalling Calgary's historic status as the most important wholesale and distribution centre between Winnipeg and Vancouver. (Activity Value, City Wide Significance).
The Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse is an elegant and rare expression of late-Edwardian industrial architecture in Calgary. (Style 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 Ford Motor Company of Canada Warehouse include, but are not limited to: - form, scale and massing as expressed by its: square plan; two-storey height with full-height basement, partially above grade; flat roof with parapet with recessed panels; - steel-frame construction including: board-formed concrete foundation; red brick exterior laid in common bond with light grey mortar; uniformly distributed brick pilasters separating structural bays on east and south façades; - fenestration including: single assembly rectangular window openings at the basement; large
Source: The City of Calgary Inventory of Evaluated Historic Resources, entry 832.