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Volume 26 Issue 1 Spring 2014

SASKATCHEWAN’S ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE MAGAZINE

Old MissionCommunity Church

Restored in

Old MissionCommunity Church

Restored in

Fictional Village, Real CommunityFictional Village, Real Community

Western Development

Museum

Western Development

Museum Turns 65Turns 65

NorquayNorquay

Saskatoon MHAC Award RecipientsSaskatoon MHAC Award Recipients

SukanenSukanen

Heritage Partnership Fund

If you have a project that needs money to Help Heritage Happen in

your community next spring or summer visit our website right away

or call the office at 306-359-0933 or at 1-877-903-0933.

Success with any conservation project depends on its viability. AHSS supports conservation

through providing grants for professional services like structural analysis, architectural

design, legal consultation, and construction cost analysis to provide building owners the

opportunity to more accurately gauge the feasibility, cost, and methodology for site

conservation and re-use.

This matching grant program is intended to help community-based organizations to defray

costs of hosting conferences, presentations, panel discussions, seminars, workshops, awards

ceremonies, and other educational forums that encourage or empower people of the

community or province to acknowledge, preserve and/or promote their built historic and

cultural heritage.

This matching grant is intended to help community-based organizations to defray the cost of

printing materials that promote public interest in membership, local programs and activities.

This matching grant is intended to help the Society's community-based organizations to

defray the cost of printing brochures or programs that promote public participation in local

forums like conferences, presentations, panel discussions, seminars, workshops, awards

ceremonies, walking tours, and other educational forums that encourage or empower people

of the community or province to acknowledge, preserve and/or promote their built historic

and cultural heritage.

Here's a brief description of each of the four grants.

Heritage Site Consultant Report Grant (Maximum $1,000)

Heritage Forums Grant (Maximum $1,500)

Heritage Publications Grant (Maximum $1,500)

Heritage Communications Grant (Maximum $200)

Visit www.ahsk.ca for further

details and applications.

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IN THIS ISSUE VOLUME 26 ISSUE 1 SPRING 2014

ON OUR COVER:

A 1909 Farm House is among many build-ings at Sukanen, a fictional village but real community near Moose Jaw. Photo by Prairie Magic.

WORTH Magazine is published by the Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan (AHSS) Inc.

Submissions to WORTH are welcomed and are assumed to be factually correct. We reserve the right to edit copy for clarity and length.

Copy submission deadlines:

Spring edition: February 25

Summer Edition: May 15

Autumn Edition: August 15

Editor: Joe RalkoDesign: b-creative group

© 2009 ISSN 1926-3198

Sukanen: Fictional Village, Real Community ................................ 4

An Open Letter From the AHSS President ...................................... 7

Words of Wisdom from a Heritage

Conservation Fundraising Veteran .......................................... 8

Western Development Museum

Turns 65 ......................................... 11

Saskatoon MHAC Award Recipients ... 14

Meeting the board of directors –

Terry Sinclair, Vice President ........ 17

Deadline for Prestigious

Heritage Awards March 31 ........... 18

Old Mission Community Church Restored in Norquay ................ 19

In The News .................................................................................. 20

The Value of Conserving Objects ................................................ 21

Brick by Brick. .............................................................................. 22

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Visitors at the grand opening of the Claybank Brick Plant National Historic site received a unique view of the facility in a cart pulled by a tractor.

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tures that have been moved from

their original site to the expansive

outdoor museum.

The original 10-acre site was

bought in the late 1960s by the

Antique Automobile Club of Sas-

katchewan to store and display their

FICTIONAL VILLAGE, REAL COMMUNSukanen Sukanen Sukanen

The story goes that a love-struck fiancée built the Hergott Homestead for his soon-to-be wife.

Yet, upon seeing the house, the young bride was so disgusted with prairie life that she quickly returned home.

Thankfully, the house has not been

so abandoned. Finely constructed, it

is now a part of the Sukanen Ship and

Pioneer Village Museum.

The vast majority of the buildings

at the Sukanen Ship and Pioneer

Village Museum are period struc-

By Hilary Grant

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vehicles and farm machinery.

Through volunteer efforts and

generous donations, what began as

a storage solution has grown into a

40-acre village, complete with a

church, school, railway station and

general store.

The site also continues to display a

varied collection of cars, machinery

and other antiques, some housed in

recreated interiors.

The relocation of heritage build-

ings at risk has a long history in

Saskatchewan and could itself be

considered a part of our heritage.

One of the first heritage conserva-

tion projects undertaken in Western

Canada was relocating the Old Stone

School to the University of Saskatch-

ewan campus in 1911.

Constructed in 1887, the

Old Stone School is associ-

ated with the foundation of

public education in Sas-

katchewan.

The International Order of the

Daughters of the Empire led its

relocation and with stonemason

Lorne Thompson supervised the

numbering of each stone as the school

was dismantled and subsequently

rebuilt. It was restored and estab-

lished as a school museum in 1967.

Many of the buildings at Sukanen

Ship and Pioneer Village Museum

similarly speak to the development of

Saskatchewan, particularly the

harsh conditions of

settler life.

Representing a

village from the early

to mid-twentieth

century, Sukanen

Village allows you to go back in time

and contemplate the hardship faced

by our ancestors.

The twelve by sixteen foot 1886

Dalrymple Homestead, moved from

Archydale in 1978, was the first

house located in the Moose Jaw area

and a resting place for north-bound

travelers.

The small one-room Bill Grimshaw

Homestead House, Grimshaw's home

from 1906 to 1956, is still outfitted

with its original sparse interior. It is

easy to imagine the discomfort felt

during long, cold winters, Grimshaw

moving the stove close to his bed so he

would not have to get up to add wood

to the fire.

Diefenbaker Homestead moved to The Sukanen Ship and Pioneer Village Museum in2004.


Other buildings are younger, but

equally evocative. The 1909 farm-

house, donated to the museum and

hailing from Parkberg area of

Saskatchewan, is planned to one day

be surrounded by an entire farm-

stead. Its fully refurbished interior,

however, is missing the nursery or

children's room typical of homes of

the period. It is hard to believe that a

child was even born in the house. Yet

what makes the story sensational is

that it is believed that no kittens,

puppies or other farm animals ever

survived on the farm either.

At Sukanen Ship and Pioneer

Village Museum such buildings find

new life. They are all now a part of a

living museum, almost everything

on-site being fully operational.

During the annual Threshing Bee,

organ music can be heard drifting

from the 1907 Tilney United Church.

The museum's 1892 Babcock Drum

Cyclinder Printing Press, once used

to print the Gravelbourg Star, and

1915 Intertype Linecasting Machine

were once used to print posters for

the museum.

It is not uncommon to spot a

tractor pull or blacksmith hard at

work, and visitors enjoy being able to

come close and experience buildings

and objects, contrary to many

traditional museums.

Sukanen Ship and Pioneer Village

Museum hosts a series of events

throughout the year, from the

Antiques, Collectables and Vehicle

Parts Show in March to the Haunted

Village Halloween Event in October.

A centerpiece of all this activity is

the striking 1913 McCabe's Grain

Elevator. Members of the Sukanen

Ship and Pioneer Village Museum

had been searching for a grain

elevator to complete the village and

found a suitable candidate west of

Eskbank at Mawer.

When the owner generously

donated it to the museum, the 68-foot

tall elevator, capable of holding

19,000 bushels, began the treacher-

ous 80 kilometers journey south-east

to its new home. Yet the difficult

move was completed with such care

the grain elevator was unharmed and

it barely disrupted the calibration of

its scales.

Respecting its layered history, the

Mccabe's Grain Elevator has been re-

painted with the names of three of its

previous owners: Victoria Brand

Feed, Grain & Seed, Warner Grain

Company Ltd. and Mccabe Grain Co.

Similarly to any other village,

Sukanen Ship and Pioneer Village

Museum continues to evolve.

For example the fire collections,

dedicated to all aspects fire-fighting

heritage, are currently being re-

displayed.

Located twelve kilometers South of

Moose Jaw on the No. 2 Highway,

airplanes from 15 Wing Moose Jaw

Air Base buzz overhead and jolt you

back into the present.

They remind you that the museum

is not an authentic village but a re-

creation. Yet you cannot help but still

feel a sense of community at this

unique heritage site.

Created by a dedicated group of

volunteers, their continued efforts

bring the museum to life. The Hergott

Homestead, an unfit home for a

finicky bride, has found a home of its

own and is part of a wonderful place

to be.

The Sukanen Ship and Pioneer

Village Museum will re-open the

middle of May. You can learn more at

www.sukanenmuseum.ca.

Hilary Grant has been passion-

ate about architectural heritage

all her life, is a graduate of the

University of Cambridge and is

currently on the Board of the

Society for the Study of Archi-

tecture in Canada.

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Dear Friends in

Built Heritage,

The purpose of this brief

note is to share some exciting

news with you as the Architec-

tural Society of Saskatchewan

(AHSS) enters our second quarter

century.

2014 will be year of change for us. It'll be

a year of fine tuning our programs and projects.

We've opted to redeploy some funding to

support more programs and, as a result, for the

time being, that means Worth will only be pub-

lished three times this year.

Our goal is to generate advertising revenue and

corporate sponsorship.

This is an open invitation to you our members

and supporters. We're looking for passionate

individuals to either help sell advertising for the

magazine, our soon-to-be-expanded presence on

the World Wide Web or lead a new campaign for

corporate sponsorship.

Feel free to contact me directly. We're open to all

ideas!

In the next few weeks, we will be publishing an

on-line heritage conservation directory. It is being

designed as an update of the print product called

reNEW and produced in 2008 with the then

assistance of Heritage Saskatchewan and the

Saskatchewan government.

As this edition of Worth was being prepared, we

were in the process of receiving responses to a

short-form Request for Proposal (RFP) from

Saskatchewan companies to produce the search-

able directory. There will be

link on our website once it “goes

live” so visit us often.

In addition, we have collabo-

rated with a wide variety of

groups including the Saskatche-

wan Ministry of Parks, Culture and

Sport, Saskatchewan Ministry of the

Economy and the Regina and District Home

Builders' Association to have a “roundtable” March

26 on Heritage Conservation, Education and

Training. To learn more, visit our website.

In the future, we'd like to move our Annual

General Meeting to the third week of February from

March to coincide with Heritage Week. It makes

sense, but we still need to work out some logistics

like determining how quickly we can get our

financial statements back from our Auditor to

produce our Annual Report.

Also in the near future, we're hoping to deploy a

social media strategy. Exact platforms have yet to

be finalized but for the time being we are consider-

ing: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and

perhaps even Pinterest. All will be linkable through

our website.

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out to

me or any of the other board of directors to share

any ideas, concerns or opportunities for improve-

ment,

Yours Truly,

Rod Stutt, President,

Architectural Heritage

Society of Saskatchewan



AN OPEN LETTER from the PRESIDENT


“MONEY always has been a key

factor in preserving our architectural

heritage,” Korvemaker said in an

interview with Worth magazine.

“With it, we have moved some

considerable mountains. Without it

(money), we suffered some major

losses. When all is said and done,

money still talks and is one of the key

components to a successful heritage

initiative.”

Another key fundraising, he said,

is having the right project, at the

right time, with the right people.

“It took over 25 years for the

Bell Barn project at Indian

Head to get off the ground

because that critical

formula was missing

one or more compo-

nents.

The Claybank

Brick Plant

project also

took at least a

decade to get

off the

ground.

Every project

needs one or

more key

people – more is

generally better, as they can

share the work load.”

By Joe Ralko

Frank Korvemaker retired in 2013 after 46 years of work in the field of heritage resource conservation, documentation and development.

Worth magazine published a profile on Frank in the winter edition (Dec., 2013) and as promised is following up with this article in which he shares words of wisdom as a fundraiser and project proponent for almost half a century.

Words of Wisdom from a

Part II

Frank Korvemaker was among the proud recipient of a brick from the Claybank Brick Plant at its grand opening ceremony.


Local people are critical.

“In both Indian Head and

Claybank I came 'from away' and can

only provide so much support.

Without dedicated local support, a

project faces an almost insurmount-

able obstacle.”

Timing can also be problematic.

“Other community projects may

take priority in terms of people's time

and financial

resources. Melville

has grappled with

incorporating an

elevator into its

historic Town

Hall/Opera House

for a number of years, but other

projects, like a new Communiplex

and rehabilitation of the CNR

Station, have captured the spotlight

and the public's imagination.”

Korvemaker was asked to share

some of his lessons learned over the

years.

LESSON # 1: Those who don't ask, don't get.

“Even if the “ask” seems outra-

geous, try anyway. If the project is

worthwhile, it will eventually come to

fruition, though perhaps not as

originally envisioned.”

In 1969, at age 22, Korvemaker

applied for a Canada Council Grant

to excavate a third season at

the Roma Site, P.E.I.

“It was originally rejected

due to a technical error by the

Council, but I appealed, and

got the grant. While it covered

all of my costs, it did not in-

clude a salary for me, so I went a

whole summer with no income. “

That made returning to university

in Regina in the fall a very difficult

financial exercise for him.

“Then I was also refused a student

loan by Saskatchewan (where I was

to study), Quebec (where I lived from

1954-67) and Ontario (where I

worked for Parks Canada from

1967-69, and was based out of

Ottawa). All three said “no thanks,

you're not one of our residents.

So I wrote to Prime Minister

Pierre Trudeau, explained the

situation, and the feds worked out a

deal whereby I got a loan from

Ontario.”

LESSON # 2: Came directly out of Lesson # 1 above. When you get rejected, don't waste time deal-ing with minor bureau-crats (like me), go directly to the top.

The bureaucrats will eventually

get the file, but have fewer options

to reject the applicant, he said.

“If you start at the bottom, you

stay at the bottom.”

The historic Bell Barn at Indian Head was collapsing so a group built an exact replica a few yards from the original site (featured on cover of Worth at left) and seen from the air on Page 10).


LESSON # 3: Be Patient

“Project propo-

nents have to be very

patient, and be

prepared for some

long-term lobbying

within the commu-

nity and elsewhere

for support.”

Over the years,

Korvemaker gradu-

ally came to realize

that he was basically

equivalent to a missionary,

not a parish priest.

“I had a vision and a mission and

worked hard to convert the masses.

However, once any specific mission

was accomplished, I was not the right

person to tend to the needs of these

preserved heritage sites on a day to

day basis – that was a role to be

undertaken by local converts (the

parish priest and flock),” he con-

cluded.

“I still see myself as a heritage

evangelist, and have no problem with

tilting at windmills, though now I

tend to be more selective as to which

mills I aim for. After hitting my head

against many brick

walls over the

years, I realized

that I prefer to

work with people

who basically

support my vision

of heritage conser-

vation, rather than

fighting against

them at every turn.

Korvemaker

said some people

and organizations

have “zero interest” in preserving

their own heritage, let alone the

country's heritage treasures.

“Hence, I would rather work with

people who would take over and

rehabilitate endangered structures,

than spend my years arguing battles

that I know I can't win.”

He also is also concerned about the

amount of fake “restoration” that is

undertaken across the continent in

order to achieve “maintenance free”

heritage buildings.

“Wooden siding is regularly

replaced with vinyl or metal siding,

and wooden roofs are being replaced

with sheet metal, while original

historic windows that have lasted a

century or two are replaced with

sealed units that are of inappropriate

design and have an expected life span

of no more than 25 years,”

Korvemaker said.

“A healthy body requires living a

healthy life style, not cosmetic

surgery. Well, a healthy heritage

building requires undertaking proper

maintenance, and that means

repairing and repainting, not replace-

ment with short-term miracle

products.

“Fake is fake.”

He said people who visit our

heritage buildings know when the

real thing has been compromised.

“That, in turn detracts from the

heritage value of our community,

province and country. Our

national heritage treasures, and

Saskatchewan's built heritage is

included in this, deserve to be better

respected.”

Joe Ralko is a Regina-based

author who has been writing about

Saskatchewan people, places and

events for more than 30 years.

Photos courtesy of Frank

Korvemaker

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The kilns at the Claybank Brick Plant, aerial view of the new Bell Barn at Indian Head (far left) and Frank Korvemaker just before he retired in 2013 after 46 years.

Frank Korvemaker just before heretired in 2013 after 46 years.

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The need to preserve the machinery of the province's

agricultural heritage before it was scavenged for scrap

metal during the Second World War was the impetus for the

creation of the Museum. Provincial legislation in 1949 made

it official.

Since then, the Museum has collected over 80,000 artifacts

that represent a wide array of Saskatchewan stories.

Today, the WDM's collecting has evolved to reflect more

recent decades in Saskatchewan's history – everything from

Smart phones to aerial drones.Included in its artifact

collection are 17 original buildings.

Most are located in the Heritage

Farm & Village at the North

Battleford WDM, but others

can be seen at the WDMs in

Saskatoon, Yorkton and

Moose Jaw as well.

Here are the stories of

three of those buildings.

Celebrating Years at 65the Western Development

Museum

Celebrating Years at the Western Development

Museum

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So much has changed since the Western Development Museum began serving as the keeper of Saskatchewan's

collective heritage 65 years ago.

By Joan Champ and Leslee Newman


Settler's Log HomeUntil it was moved into the

Yorkton WDM, few people had ever

crossed the threshold of the small log

home nestled in a bluff of trembling

aspen a few kilometres northwest of

Theodore, Saskatchewan.

For years, the home sat abandoned

and at the mercy of the elements.

That changed dramatically in

October 2002, when the building was

transported to the Yorkton WDM.

In 1899 Dymetri (Metro) and Elena

Penteluk and their three children left

their homeland in Bukovina, Austria

for Canada's North West Territories.

This humble structure was their first

home, built quickly with materials at

hand.

One hundred years after the

Penteluks felled the trees to build

this home, the present-day land

owners offered it to the Museum. It

took a great deal of work to move the

deteriorated building from the

overgrown site into the “Winning the

Prairie Gamble” gallery at the

Yorkton WDM.

After careful steps to eradicate

unwelcome four-, six- or eight-legged

house guests, Museum staff and

volunteers began the restoration

work.

Shingles were replaced. Walls were

replastered and whitewashed, and

the look of the original dirt floor was

replicated. A piche (oven) was built,

and WDM artifacts furnished the

home.

Visitors to the WDM can now step

inside and imagine what life was like

for early Ukrainian setters who had

nothing but those log walls between

them and the biting prairie wind.

Inspired by the impending return

of Halley's Comet in 1910, a group of

amateur astronomers in Regina

formed the Saskatchewan Astronom-

ical Society.

In 1913, an observatory, the first of

its kind in Western Canada, was built

on the roof of Regina Collegiate, later

called Central Collegiate, a public

high school.

The observatory excluded light

from outside sources and provided a

wind-free environment. The domed

roof was light, easy to turn and its

height accommodated a long tele-

scope.

The building was unheated

because air turbulence affected the

image. Red lights were used inside

because red light does not affect the

human eye's adaptation to the dark.

The Society was active for a

number of years until the First World

War when membership declined.

Maintenance of the observatory

was neglected, and in 1938 it was

removed from the Collegiate's roof

and sold.

After the Second World War, the

Society was revived, eventually as

the Royal Astronomical Society of

Canada, Regina Centre. The Society

regained ownership of the observa-

tory in 1983 and in 1989 it was moved

to the Moose Jaw WDM.

Saskatchewan's First Observatory

Inspired by the impending return of Halley's Comet in 1910, a group of amateur astronomers in Regina formed the Saskatchewan Astronomical Society.

Saskatchewan's First Observatory was moved to the Moose Jaw WDM in 1989.


Prairie LandmarkTowering above the landscape, a

beacon for prairie travellers, the

grain elevator came to symbolize the

Canadian West.

With the march of time and

changes in the grain handling

system, wooden elevators are now

rapidly disappearing from the

prairies.

Intent on saving this quintessen-

tial symbol of prairie farm life, in

1983 the WDM moved a Saskatche-

wan Wheat Pool elevator from the

village of Keatley, 60 kilometres

northeast of the Battlefords to its

Heritage Farm & Village in North

Battleford.

Built in 1928, the 23 metre (75 foot)

wooden crib Wheat Pool elevator No.

889 dominated the Keatley horizon

for 55 years.

A crew of 18 men

with saws, hammers

and loads of lumber

erected the wooden crib elevator

in just three weeks.

The structure consisted of the

elevator, the driveway and the

office-engine room.

The crew laid the concrete founda-

tion, and then built walls sturdy

enough to withstand the pressure of

tones of grain. Wood crib construction

used 2x6s or 2x8s spiked together on

the lower walls. Upper walls used

2x4s. The crew nailed wood siding

over the exterior.

The crew's last job was to paint the

elevator.

Construction cost in 1928 was

$14,000.

The cost for the WDM to maintain

these and other important, and

sometimes

iconic, symbols

of Saskatche-

wan's heritage is significant.

In the summer of 2013, for exam-

ple, the WDM spent $50,000 just to

paint the grain elevator at the North

Battleford WDM, giving it a new

lease on life. All in a day's work as the

Museum delivers its 65-year-old

mandate to preserve the many

stories, artifacts, and buildings of

Saskatchewan

Joan Champ is the Executive

Director of the Western Develop-

ment Museum. Leslee Newman

retired in 2013 after an impressive

40-year career with the WDM in a

variety of roles, including her most

recent position as the Museum's

Education/Extension

Coordinator.

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In 1983, the WDM moved a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool elevators from Keatley to its Heritage Farm & Village in North Battleford.


For more informaton:

2013-14 Saskatoon M he Municipal Heritage Awards

program is a bi-annual Tprogram, presented by the

City of Saskatoon through its Munici-

pal Heritage Advisory Committee

(MHAC).

The awards are open to any

business, professional, or individual

that can demonstrate a significant

contribution to heritage preservation

in the city of Saskatoon. Nominations

are opened to the general public in

the fall, after which time they're

reviewed by an independent panel of

judges representing MHAC, the

architecture and design industry,

and the Saskatoon Heritage Society.

“The Heritage Awards acknowl-

edge some of the considerable efforts

being put forth to ensure the preser-

vation and restoration of buildings of

heritage value in our community,”

said Carla Duval-Tyler, MHAC

Chair. “These awards recognize what

is often an immense

amount of personal

energy, time, and a

financial commitment

for something that

benefits the entire

city. Awards were

presented at City of Saskatoon's

Council Meeting on February 10,

2014.

The Restoration-Exterior

category recognizes the recovery or

representation of a historic place or

time while protecting heritage value.

Nutana Collegiate Institute is the

2013-201 4winner.

The intent of the renovation of the

100 year old building was to dramati-

cally improve the condition and the

quality living environment while

maintaining the historic aspects and

qualities of the facility. Historic

features of this project included the

replacement of the exterior windows

with a sympathetic

design vinyl windows,

masonry repointing

and replacement of

overhead power and

telephone lines with

new underground

services. The A.L.Cole Pumphouse

received an honourable mention in

this category. The Pumphouse

Restoration project was intended to

make the building accessible to

potential tenants, remove debris,

remove items of no interpretive value

and undertake building envelope

improvements to mitigate further

decay of the structure. It was

important to support and strengthen

downtown / Riversdale relationships

to the Riverfront.

In the Adaptive Re-Use and

Sensitive Addition Categories,

Affinity Credit Union Campus took

home the prize.


Affinity Credit Union recognized

the importance of recycling some-

thing old and viewed it as a large step

toward sustainable design. The

overall goal was to provide a high

quality, energy performance,

“Class A” office building for Affinity

to use as their corporate headquar-

ters. The former Wilson School brings

together the administrative staff

from four Affinity Credit Union

facilities throughout the city.

The original 1928 building had to

have structural upgrades to the four

slabs and columns. The project now

serves as an office building for

approximately 200 administration

staff with 170 parking spaces.

The Heritage Space Award was

presented to the Stonebridge Special

Use Parks. The Stonebridge Special

Use Parks are intended to preserve

and protect the

remnant Moose

Jaw Trail in a

natural setting

while commemo-

rating its signifi-

cance in

Saskatoon's

history.

As well, it is

intended to

serve the

recreational

needs of

Stonebridge

residents by

providing a

pathway

system and

children's play

area, as well as

interpret the Trail. The challenge

was to provide a meaningful experi-

ence for park users through non-

destructive means that minimised

visual intrusion.

An award for Education was

presented to the Saskatoon Heritage

Society, Don Kerr, Editor for the

Saskatoon Heritage Review an

annual publication of the Saskatoon

Heritage Society. By providing an

avenue for the publication of local

history articles and stories, the

Review encourages research into our

city's history and architecture and

educates the public about our build-

ings and our heritage. The magazine

is made available to the public locally

through bookstores, gift shops and

libraries

Submitted by the

Saskatoon MHAC

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HAC Award Recipients


ACROSS NORTH

AMERICA, investment

dollars are flowing into

historic town centres as

businesses, householders,

shoppers and tourists make

these traditional neighbour-

hoods their destination of

choice. Local governments

have a key role in ensuring

that their communities

benefit from this growing

trend.

The 2014 Heritage Forum

for Municipal Officials

presented by the Heritage

branch of the Saskatchewan

Ministry of Parks, Culture

and Sport was held Feb. 21

in Saskatoon.

The Forum critically

evaluated 10 revitalization

strategies that capitalize on

the unique character and

strengths of historic

downtowns (see related

Story on Page x). The Forum

sessions provided delegates

with the knowledge they

need to implement

successful revitalization

strategies in their own

municipalities.

Keynote Speaker Jon

Linton is a certified

management consultant

with over 30 years of

experience in strategic

planning, marketing and

economic development in

over 600 communities in

Canada, the U.S., Europe,

and the Caribbean.

He has worked with

municipalities of all sizes to

develop economic develop-

ment strategies; municipal

branding, tourism and

marketing plans;

sustainability and commu-

nity improvement plans;

and arts, culture and

heritage strategies.

He was one of the

original consultants to the

Heritage Canada Main

Street initiative in the early

1980s, and wrote a training

manual for the program

entitled Economic Develop-

ment on Main Street. He is

currently the book review

editor and a columnist for

Municipal World magazine,

and a Faculty Advisor to the

George Brown College

Management Consulting

Program.

In the afternoon work-

shops were held under the

theme of: “Developing Your

Strategy – Three Conversa-

tions”.

Conversation 1:

Identifying Your Commu-

nity Narrative – What

unique assets and

experiences can your

community offer that sets

it apart and gives it a

competitive advantage?

Conversation 2:

Developing the Plan –

Frameworks for develop-

ing an economic devel-

Heritage Forum Held in Saskatoonopment strategy that

leverages a community's

assets and strengths.

Conversation 3:

Overcoming Barriers to

Implementation

The Saskatchewan

Professional Planners

Institute has accredited this

event for five learning units

for professional develop-

ment.

The Heritage Saskatche-

wan Forum and Annual

General Meeting, entitled

The Landscapes of Living

Heritage, was also held in

Saskatoon the following

day.

Lisa Prosper, Director at

the Centre of Cultural

Landscape, Willowbank

(Niagara, Ont.) led a

discussion on Cultural

Landscapes while Dale

Jarvis, an intangible cultural

specialist from Newfound-

land, engaged delegates

with discussions around

intangible heritage.

Saturday's luncheon

program included the

unveiling of “Regeneration

on Main Street”.

The film was produced

by Heritage Canada The

National Trust and outlines

the Main Street activity

currently occurring in

Saskatchewan

Source: Rewrite of

Heritage Saskatchewan

and government

material promoting

the 2014 Heritage

Forum for Municipal

Officials.

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erry, who was born in Regina, completed high

school in Prince Albert, attended university in Tboth Saskatoon and Regina, and now is a retired

provincial government employee is Vice President of

the Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan

(AHSS).

He was a founding member of Heritage Saskatche-

wan, a new umbrella organization that will encom-

pass all of the province's heritage provincial cultural

organizations, served as the transitional President of

Heritage Saskatchewan and continues to be active on

its board of directors as well.

“I'm involved in AHSS because its mission is to

educate the public about the importance of built

heritage (of all types) and because it acts to preserve

structures throughout the province,” said Sinclair.

“It (AHSS) fills a very wide gap left by the provin-

cial government. AHSS is proactive in the heritage

field rather than re-active as government has become

of late.”

Sinclair earned a Bachelor of Arts with a double

major in history and archaeology which as he says

lead to an extensive career in heritage in Saskatche-

wan. He worked on archaeology digs, as a heritage

researcher in the provincial government, heritage

advisor for the Saskatchewan Centennial 2005 Office,

heritage planner for the Meewasin Valley Authority

in Saskatoon and was general manager of Govern-

ment House in Regina for two years.

Terry is most proud of his work

with veterans in preserving,

interpreting and marking Sas-

katchewan's military history. In

addition to his work for the West-

ern Development Museum on the British Common-

wealth Air Training Plan.

He conceived, researched and organized the

Victoria Cross Recognition Program which marked

the location of the Saskatchewan homes or

workplaces of the Commonwealth's highest decora-

tion for valour. He also wrote a companion volume

for this program. This program was unique in

Canada. Because of this Terry was asked to partici-

pate in the History Channel's production of “Men of

Valour”, broadcast across the country. Further, he

was the provincial government's representative on

the World War I Memorial Committee.

Sinclair has served as the Saskatchewan repre-

sentative of the Society for the study of Architecture

in Canada and was a member of the British-based

World Ship Trust.

“I think that the greatest challenge for heritage in

general and heritage architecture in particular, is to

advance the idea of the importance of these re-

sources,” he said.

“We, in Saskatchewan, are a full generation

behind Canadians in the eastern part of the country

(perhaps two) and way behind those in the United

States and Europe. We simply do not understand

our legacy, the knowledge of where we came from,

the ability to integrate our heritage resources in our

every-day lives. We fail to see that reduce, reuse and

recycle applies to our built heritage, that "new" is

not always better (indeed may not

last as long) than old. Further,

we do not see that heritage

structures tell the story of our

culture.”W

Terry Sinclair - Vice President

M E E T t h e B O A R D o f D I R E C T O R S



1. Exterior Restoration - preservation or

restoration of a heritage exterior.

2. Interior Conservation - preservation or

restoration of a heritage interior.

3. Rehabilitation - sensitive and innovative

solutions to functional and code compliance

problems, retaining existing heritage character.

4. Adaptive Re-Use - sensitive upgrades and

associated new construction consistent with

original heritage character.

5. Sympathetic New Construction -

sensitive in-fill, additions, signage, detailing

and replicas.

6. Landscape, Engineering and

Agricultural Works - conservation or

rehabilitation of building related landscapes

and/or utilitarian construction that may

have architectural features.

7. Education, Signage, Monuments &

Interpretation Award - interpretive

programs, publications, trails, signs and

monuments.

8. Long-Term Stewardship of a Heritage

Property - This category was created in

2009 year to recognize continuing efforts by

owners to maintain their heritage property.

Deadline for Prestigious Awards – March 31

The deadline for submitting applications to the jury selecting the Heritage

Architecture Excellence Awards is March 31, 2014.

The Awards are for projects completed during the 2013 calendar year and are bestowed by the

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Patron of the Architectural Heritage Society of

Saskatchewan.

Don't be shy. Don't be late. Submit your projects to be adjudicated for the prestigious awards in

one or more of the following categories:

Since the inception of the awards in 1996, a

total of 139 projects throughout the province

have been recognized. Citations were presented

to the project site owner, architect and general

contractor in each category.

During the 18th Annual awards ceremony last

year, Her Honour the Honourable Vaughn

Solomon Schofield, Lieutenant-Governor of

Saskatchewan, bestowed the prestigious

Heritage Architecture Excellence Award to two

projects each from Moose Jaw, Regina and

Saskatoon and one each from Moosomin, Prince

Albert and Wishart.

The Regina Masonic Temple was honoured in 2013 for long-term stewardship.

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HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE EXCELLENCE



NORQUAY, SK. - Scandinavian

people came to Saskatchewan to the

district of Neewin before the commu-

nity of Norquay existed. They were

brought here by the Scandinavian

Land Co. from Chicago in the years

1902-1906.

They decided they

needed a church

because they didn't

have one in North

Dakota where they

came from. A piece of

land was donated by

“Old Johnson”, a

little hillside with a

drop of about 60 feet

on a slope. This was

ideal for a beautiful

graveyard.

The logs for the

church were donated

by Thore Johnson.

The expert on the

broad axe was Eric

Fredling. T.B.

Hansen was the corner expert. Many

neighbors took part in the building.

Logs were squared and pegged.

The church, known as the Old

Mission Community Church, was

completed in 1908 with an inter-

denominational service conducts by

Nuns from the Catholic convent as

well as ministers from the Lutheran

and Orthodox Churches.

In the grave yard, many people

were buried who had lived long

distances away in the early days. All

of the early records were lost or burnt

by a fire.

Over the years, the Church started

to deteriorate. The roof and walls fell

in. The floor rotted away.

In 1966, my wife, Milly and family

and I, came to the district and Town

of Norquay to buy grain for the

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. I had

bought gain in many parts of the

province and was always interest in

the local history.

You can find a lot of history in a

grave yard. I visited a few and this

caught my interest. Gust Nystedt and

family went to church here and his

parents are buried at the Community

Church. We would talk about the

Community Church a couple times of

year. By then, the trees were taking

over even the graves!

In 1985, the local Kinsman Club

built a cenotaph. Then in 1990, my

friend Dwayne Johnson and I went to

the Community Church yard and

cleaned a little patch and hauled it

away with my pickup.

We finished quickly and Dwayne

said: “We might as well do this other

piece before dinner.” I replied: “If we

How the Old Mission Community Church Was Renovated

By Bob Abbott

Some of the local resident of Norquay who helped restore the Old Mission Community Church.

are going to clean a couple of piece we

should get others to help. I'll phone

Gust and you try Mainus.”

They jumped at it. Mainus brought

a power saw and it began to start

looking better. I guess this was the

beginning.

The next day,

Jake Jansen;

Melvin, Riene and

Jack Wylie joined

us. Melvin and Jack

worked on the

rafters, which the

two of us, Dwayne

and I, never thought

of going beyond the

patches. It wasn't

even in my mind,

but by now I couldn't

have stopped it.

Pretty soon there

were logs, lumber,

nails, and flooring.

At times we had 20

to 25 volunteers.

Money came from as far away as

Norway. We received a pulpit from

the United Church in Norquay and

windows, pews with padded seats

and chairs from the local convent.

The first service was held in July,

1994. It took us nearly 4 years of

work. There were 113 people at the

first service conducted by 5 ministers

from different faiths. Since then, an

inter-denominational service has

been held each summer. Over the

years other events such as birthdays

and weddings have also been cele-

brated at the refurbished Community

Church.

There are 6 churches in Norquay in

addition to the Community Church.W

IN THE NEWSIN THE NEWS


1st Round Table on Heritage Conservation Education and Training

Several groups, including the Architectural

Heritage Society of Saskatchewan and the Sas-

katchewan Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport –

Heritage Branch, are working together to host the

1st round table discussion on Heritage Conserva-

tion Education and Training. The event will be

March 26 at Government House.

Other groups involved in the project include:

Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy, Saskatche-

wan Architects Association, SIAST – Palliser

Campus and the Regina & Region Homebuilders

Association. Details of the event and the agenda will

soon be available on the AHSS website.

“We're very excited about participating in the

event which will bring people together from all

walks of life, industry and the government to talk

about what's needed to support Heritage Conserva-

tion, Education and Training in Saskatchewan,”

said Rod Stutt, President of the Architectural

Heritage Society of Saskatchewan.

Conservation Directory Going On-line before March 31

$164,800 in Grants

ReNEW was the name of the Heritage Conserva-

tion directory researched and produced in 2008 by

AHSS in collaboration with the Government of

Saskatchewan and the

Heritage Foundation of

Saskatchewan.

A new, updated directory

is being developed as a

searchable on-line website

and will be on-line before

March 31.

A basic listing is free.

Simply contact Joe Ralko,

the Society's communica-

tions co-ordinator, at his

home email address

([email protected]). There are plans to sell banner

advertisements and other promotions for organiza-

tions, businesses and crafts persons later in the year.

The site will be a stand alone portal but will have

live links form the AHSS website.

The Saskatchewan Heritage

Foundation has awarded

$164,800 to 22 initiatives from

its second and final grant adjudication.

Funding was provided for projects in the following

categories: 18 conservation, 3 education/promotion

and one special project.

Individual grants ranged

from $3,000 for Metis History in

Southwest Saskatchewan to

$15,000 for exterior rehabilita-

tion of the Arcola Land Titles

building.

The complete list of recipients is available from the

SHF. Grant applications are reviewed twice a year

by the Foundation. Application deadlines are April 1

and Sept. 15.

The mayors of the Town of Battleford and the City of North Battleford joined Alan Gill (centre) to help the Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan celebrate its 25th anniversary when the AGM was held in North Battleford in 2012. The Annual General Meeting is returning to Moose Jaw this year.

2014 Annual Meeting March 29 in Moose JawThe 2014 annual general meeting of the Architec-

tural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan will take

place on Saturday, March 29, beginning at 10 a.m.

at the Grant Hall in Moose Jaw. See you there?


reNEW was last printed and distributed in 2008.


Yet, absurdly, at the

same time we do our

best to make new things

look old. We've all seen

expensive jeans that are

made to look worn.

Likewise, new furniture

is given a distressed or

craquelure finish, so it

can look antique. This is

21st Century verism.

We have in our midst

a built heritage that

already has the real

qualities that the

Romans so coveted:

Age, experience,

gravitas. They were

willing to tolerate

flaws, embrace deterio-

ration, and even invite

imperfection, if it meant

they could preserve

something that was

authentic.

In Ancient Greece,

artists falsely

beautified their

subjects. Large

noses were mini-

mized, deep

wrinkles softened.

Today, we do the

same, using

Photoshop and

Botox.

On the other

hand, verism was

practiced in Ancient Rome. There,

sculptors gave their subjects extra

wrinkles, even warts, and troubled

expressions on their faces.

Romans believed their scars

conveyed prestige and authority.

Admiring the look of something

that has seen the ravages of time

plays a large part in why we are

members of AHSS.

However, there seems to be a

reluctance to preserve our build-

ings, interiors, and objects

unless they can be restored to

a state of perfection. Original

hardwood floors are torn out

or covered up because of holes

left by a bygone carpet's

nailer strips. Original

picture frames are put to

storage or tossed because

they are missing some of

their ornament. Original

historic wallpapers have been

entirely stripped because a

small area was damaged.

We reject so much that is

original.

How badly do things need to be perfect?I believe that a piece of art can

look great without looking new.

To help with that, here's a simple

recommendation.

Conservators routinely use

polishing powders to rejuvenate

old or damaged surfaces. Over the

years I have used fuller's earth

and rottenstone. But I have a new

favourite: Autosol* polishing

paste. Made in Germany for the

automotive industry, it is avail-

able in hardware stores. I've used

Autosol to buff

water marks

from furniture.

It's also been an

effective polish

for dull plastic

laminate,

aluminum bands

around vintage

sinks, and the

porcelain finish

itself.

Always do a

test spot in an

inconspicuous

area.

Value the past, lest

the children get the

wrong idea of what is

expendable

Sharon Deason,

a Queen's Univer-

sity graduate, is a

Saskatoon-based

private conservator

specializing in the

restoration of

decorative and

gilded objects, fine

frames and heri-

tage interiors.

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Always doa test spot

on an inconspicuous

area.

By Sharon Deasonwww.sharondeason.com

WORTHREMEMBERING

Before and after-treatment photos of a restored ornament from the original picture frame of an heirloom portrait.

CONSERVING the PAST


COMMENTS: The Doukhobor settlements that were established in

NE Saskatchewan at the turn of the 20th century were distinct for

their communal village formats and standard building designs. As

well, at three of them brickyards were constructed to produce bricks

for facing some houses, prayer homes and businesses.

In addition, in order to use fewer bricks during building construc-

tion, the bricks were sometimes placed on edge, with the frog facing

outward, creating an attractive geometric pattern. A number of

community prayer homes in the Canora-Kamsack region have been

documented with this brick pattern, as has a house in Indian Head,

but with no known Doukhobor connection.

Sources: [1] Personal Communication: Jon Kalmakoff: 18 Nov. 2012;

[2] Historic Photo: Doukhobor Discovery Centre Autochrome

Exhibit http://doukhobor-museum.org/exhibits/

autochrome-exhibit/autochrome-gallery/

[3] Doukhobor Brickyard, Yorkton:

www.doukhobor.org/Yorkton.htm;

[4] The Doukhobors at Veregin, 1911:

www.doukhobor.org/Veregin-Doukhobors.htm;

[5] Modern photos: Larry Easton;

[6] Yorkton History and Folklore Summary:

www.doukhobor.org/Veregin-Doukhobors.htm

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Brick Name: Unknown

Brick Manufacturer:

Manufacture Location:

Date(s) of Manufacture: c.1903 - c.1935

Brick Type: Face

Approximate Dimensions:

Colour: orangy red

Doukhobor Communities

Arran (North Colony),

Veregin andYorkton

8 x 3 5/8 x 2¼ inches /

202 x 94 x 57mm

Former Gromovye Community Prayer Home, erected c 1906, later relocated to Doukhobor

Heritage Village, Veregin.

NORTH AMERICAN BRICK

By Frank Korvemaker - [email protected]

Building a scove kiln at the Doukhobor Brick Works, Veregin in 1911

Top and side views of engineering bricks used as window surrounds.


2013 BOARD of DIRECTORS

STAFF

Rod Stutt, President, Moose Jaw

Al Gill, Past President, Regina

Terry Sinclair, Vice President, Regina

Brian Bell, Secretary, Moose Jaw

Michel Fortier, Treasurer, Saskatoon

Michelle Taylor, Prince Albert

Wally Dyck, Saskatoon

Dragana Perusinovic, Regina

Patricia Glanville, Regina

Lovella Jones,Provincial Coordinator

Architectural Heritage Society of Saskatchewan

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