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Edmonton's first luxury apartment building.

With its curved front facade and location on a busy downtown corner, the Birks Building is a prominent example of early Modern classicism.

C.N.R. architect John Schofield situated this prominent railway station to be admired from Jasper Avenue, four blocks away.

This elegant Prairie railway station heralded the beginning of Edmonton's connection to the world by rail in 1905.

The "temporary" Civic Block served as Edmonton's City Hall longer than any other building to date.

Edmonton's oldest men's club met in this three-storey brick building, once located on College Avenue and McDougall Street overlooking the river valley.

This four-storey brick cold-storage building is a relatively unadorned example of a building from what collectively became Edmonton's early warehouse district.

Edmontonians John A. McDougall and Richard Secord erected this four-storey office block in 1905 on the location that still bears its name over 100 years later.

This 1912Gothic Revival building is the largestPresbyterian churchin Edmonton.

Joseph Hormisdas Gariepy's home is a beautiful example of a style or architecture brought to Canada in the mid-1800s from the Second Empire in France of Napoleon III.

The Hecla Block is representative of Edmonton's first generation of apartment buildings built specifically for the works class.

The Imperial Bank of Canada islocated in the heart of downtown and is a strong local example of Modern classicist architecture.

No expense was spared in the construction of this beuatiful building overlooking the river valley.

The decorative brickwork on this building is some of the most elaborate in Edmonton.

John B. Mercer built this warehouse in 1911 to handle his growing liquor and cigar trade.

Norwood School is one of Edmonton's early brick schoolsand was designed in the Classical Revival style.

Robertson-Wesley United Church was built in 1913 in the Gothic Revival style.

Because of its size, detailingand impressive profile,St. Josaphat's is the best known of Edmonton's Byzantine style churches.

St. Stephen's College on the University of Alberta Campus is a classic example of the Collegiate Gothic style.

For seventy years the Tegler Building represented the hub of Edmonton's downtown. Its controversial demolition in 1982 precipitated a civic preservation strategy.

With its curved front facade and location on a busy downtown corner, the Birks Building is a prominent example of early Modern classicism.

C.N.R. architect John Schofield situated this prominent railway station to be admired from Jasper Avenue, four blocks away.

This four-storey brick cold-storage building is a relatively unadorned example of a building from what collectively became Edmonton's early warehouse district.

John B. Mercer built this warehouse in 1911 to handle his growing liquor and cigar trade.

St. Stephen's College on the University of Alberta Campus is a classic example of the Collegiate Gothic style.