Melita Site
Inventory
Page 4 : Public
Sites
217.E.2. Melita School
Construction Date: 1893 - 1905
Location:
Origins:
Features: Antler River Historical Museum
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336.E.2 Former Coulter School
Construction
Date:
Location: Front Street
Origins:
Coulter SD # 1772
Moved & renovated 1948 (to NE 35-1-27)
Moved to Melita (Thompson’s Plastics) after closing in 1958.
Original Building Function: School
Features: - has blackboards etc.
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336.F.1 Melita Cemetary
Construction
Date:
Location: SE 2-4-27
Origins:
Land bought from T.D. Sturgeon
Features:
- R.M. Office has records
- 2-storey Chapel/Vault
- hillside location
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336.F.2 Melita Cemetary BVault
Construction
Date:
Location: SE 2-4-27
Origins: Land bought from T.D. Sturgeon
Original Builder/Architect: Johnston and Pope
Features:
- 2-storey Chapel/Vault with storage rack for coffins in lower
level - trap door access
- built into hillside for access from outside
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336.F.4 Melita School War Memorial
Construction
Date: 1923
Location: 41 Ash Street
Origins:
Concrete, Stone
Original Building Function: Memorial
Features:
- brass plate with names
- originally had a flag staff
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336.G.1 Manchester Village Site
Construction
Date:
Location: NW 36-3-27
Origins: Original Owner Name: Dr. Sinclair
Features:
- Plan #2 – Souris River Registry, March 28, 1882
- 1883 R. Graham opened a store
- Post Office granted but the name “Manchester” was taken. Melita
chosen from suggestions offered
- with arrival of railway – station placed on 1-4-27 and town
moved
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336.J.1 Legion Memorial Hall
Construction
Date:
Location: Main Street
Origins: Original Builder/Architect: Volunteer labour
Features: - Built as tribute to WW 2 Vets
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336.J.2 I.O.O.F Hall
Construction
Date: 1907
Location: Main Street
Origins: I.O.O.F.
Building Committee T.S. Menary and Robert Wyatt.
Addition 1950
Original Builder/Architect: Johnstone & Pope
Upper Floor: Meeting Hall
Main Floor :
C.P. Holden – musical instruments
Miss Cassils – fruit and fancy goods
1909 – Mrs. Wickett – ice cream parlour
1912 Post Office – 1937
Customs Office operated from the east end of the Post Office
William Eyers – Undertaker 1939-53
MacLeod’s Store 1954-64
Clark Snyder – Clark’s T.V. – 1964
Features: - prominent cornices
– stone trim - round arch over window
- brick quoins
- upper level meeting hall – many original features
- names etches in ext. brick wall - datestone
- basement – former ext entrance
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336.K.1
Construction
Date:
Location: Front Street
Origins: Original Building Function:
Features: - erected for Canada’s centennial
- downtown location
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336.K.2 Memorial Park
Construction
Date: 1931
Location: Veteran's Day
Origins: Original Building Function:
Park & War Memorial
Features: - Fieldstone Park Gate Posts at Oak & Summit.
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336.K.3 Gerald W. Malaher Wildlife
Management Area
Construction
Date:
Location: SW 2-4-27
Original Builder/Architect:
Mr. Malaher was former director of the Game Branch
Original Site Function:
Farm
Features: - tress and fruit-bearing species planted
- intent was to determine what types of food and cover plants
could be grown on poor quality land that would be of benefit to
pheasants during the winter.
- an experiment in revegitation – after the drought of the thirties.
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336.M.1 C.P.R.Rail Bridge
Construction
Date:
Location: SW 6-4-26
Origins: Original Owner Name:
C.P.R.
Original Building Function:
Bridge
Features:
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