Cliff Bungalow in Calgary in Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)

Western Canada High School

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2022

1. Western Canada High School Marker

Inscription.
Western Canada College, a private boy's college, was founded on this site in 1903 on land donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The college closed in 1926 and the property was sold to the Calgary Public School system which constructed east and west wings to house new technical and academic schools. Western Canada High School became the Province's first composite high school in 1938 when the separate facilities were joined under one administration. Workshop 14, a forerunner of Theatre Calgary, was established by Dr. Betty Mitchell in converted classrooms in the east wing in 1945. The two separate wings were physically joined in 1950, and the original building was demolished in 1956. The east and west wings are very good examples of the Collegiate Gothic style and are representative of North American educational architecture of the 1920s.

Erected 1994 by Heritage Advisory Board of The City of Calgary.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1903.

Location. 51° 2.239′ N, 114° 4.603′ W. Marker

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is in Calgary, Alberta, in Calgary Metropolitan Region. It is in Cliff Bungalow. It can be reached from the intersection of 17 Avenue Southwest and 6 Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east. Marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the subject building, just to the right of the northeast entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 641 17 Avenue Southwest, Calgary AB T2S 0B5, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alberta’s Calgary Area.

It is also in the Prairies.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony

and also Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Central High School (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Rt. Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Calgary World War I Memorial (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); The T. Eaton Co. Limited (approx. one kilometer away); The Great White Way (approx. one kilometer away); Sitting Eagle (approx. one kilometer away);

Marker detail: Western Canada College, c. 1919 image. Click for full size.

2. Marker detail: Western Canada College, c. 1919

The View (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); The Lancaster Building ~ 1911 (approx. 1.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Calgary.

Also see . . . Western Canada High School.

A public senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In terms of academics, it is the top-ranked public high school in Calgary. The original school building was completed in 1903 as an Egyptian-style exclusive high school for boys. It was created by "The Western Canada College Bill of Incorporating Ordinance" enacted by the Government of the Northwest Territories. To raise money for the new college, 5000 shares were sold for $10 each. Many of the original investors read like a "Who's Who" list for Alberta; Pat Burns, R. B. Bennett, A.E. Cross, William Pearce, A.C. Rutherford (who was premier at the time), and George Lane.

(Submitted on April 24, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2022

3. Western Canada High School Marker

(marker is on right side of northeast entrance)

Western Canada High School (<i>East Wing & Center</i>)</center> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2022

4. Western Canada High School (East Wing & Center)

Western Canada High School (<i>West Wing</i>)</center> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2022

5. Western Canada High School (West Wing)

Western Canada High School (<i>north elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 30, 2022

6. Western Canada High School (north elevation)

(looking south across 17 Avenue Southwest)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,248 times since then and 116 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on April 24, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.