 Land Titles Office7th Avenue West at 4th Street Built: 1907-1908 Demolished: January 27, 1970 |
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| Architect: probably A.M. Jeffers Provincial Architect, Department of Public Works
Original cost: $80,000
exterior walls made of cut Calgary sandstone backed with brick and concrete, stone rubble basement, steel beams and reinforced concrete non-flammable materials; plaster, wrought iron, terra cotta and rubberized tile. Marble floors used in stairways, floors and the main office. Tunnel in basement linked Land Titles Office to the neighbouring Courthouse. Architectural style: Free Classical
Contemporary accounts
stated, "it will be fireproof throughout, being
fitted with the latest modern vaults...for the
safe-guarding of documents and records." Only wood used in
construction was in the exterior windows and doors. Impressive front facade
with 23 granite steps leading up to a square doorway, set
in a semicircular arch. Above that was a pediment which
bore the provincial seal moulded in high relief and
supported by two Ionic columns. 17,000 square feet on
two floors and the basement. At the time of the move the
building housed 30,000 land plans, 50,000,000 records of
land transactions and 5,000 thick-bound title books. Demolished in 1970 and the Court of Queen's Bench was built on the site. Land Titles moved into the John J. Bowlen building. Sandstone from the building was used to patch up other government buildings. |
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