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Heritage
Buildings - Seventh Avenue
Forrester's Garage Building - 479 7th Avenue
| Building
Code |
574.D.27 |
Construction
Date |
ca. 1900 |
| Origins |
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Description
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The
Forester’s Garage Building faces west from Seventh Avenue
near its junction
with Wellington Street at the end of a strip of brick-faced buildings,
most
of which date from the early twentieth century. |
Heritage
Value
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The
Forester’s Garage Building, dating from the early
1900’s, is valued for
its varied roles on historic Seventh Avenue, beginning with its role as
a
garage when such services were on “Main” streets, followed
with its long
service as a MacLeods Store, a retail name synonymous with the prairie
west,
and other retail operations.
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Character
Defining
Elements |
Key elements
that define the exterior heritage character of the
Forester’s
Garage Building include - its large two-storey form with its three bays.
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| Site
History |
Formerly on
This Site:
Field's Store
V&S Larry Wright
MacLeod's
Forester's Garage
Miller's Garage
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