University of Saskatchewan - Management Area in Saskatoon in Corman Park No. 344, Saskatchewan — The Prairie Region (North America)

College Building

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 18, 2022

1. College Building Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

[English] This handsome structure stands as the centrepiece of the finest grouping of university buildings in Canada designed in the Collegiate Gothic, a style widely used for institutions of higher learning throughout North America. One of the earliest buildings on campus, it was constructed from 1910 to 1912 to house the College of Agriculture following the designs of Montréal architects Brown and Vallance. Distinguished by its long low symmetrical massing, notched parapet, and three oriel windows, the College Building reflects the importance given to public university education in Western Canada in the early 20th century.

[Français] Ce bel édifice est au coeur du plus remarquable ensemble de bâtiments universitaires canadiens de style gothique collégial, un style adopté largement pour des établissements d'enseignement supérieur en Amérique du Nord. L'un de plus anciens bâtiments du campus, il a été construit de 1910 à 1912 d'après les plans des architectes montréalais Brown et Vallance, pour abriter le College of Agriculture. Le College Building, qui se singularise par sa longue assise symétrique,

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son parapet crénelé et ses trois oriels, reflète l'importance donnée à l'éducation publique universitaire dans l'Ouest canadien au début de XX^e siècle.

Erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada/Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Education. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 52° 7.839′ N, 106° 37.974′ W. Marker is in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in Corman Park No. 344. It is in the University of Saskatchewan - Management Area. Marker can be reached from Administration Place north of Campus Drive. Marker is mounted directly on the College Building, on the right side of the front entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 107 Administration Place, Saskatoon SK S7N 5A2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 11 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A different marker also named College Building (a few steps from this marker); Firehall No. 3 (approx. 2 kilometers away); Saskatoon Land Titles Building (approx. 2 kilometers away); C.P.R. Station, Saskatoon/Gare du C.P. (Saskatoon)

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 18, 2022

2. College Building Marker

(marker is mounted on right side of front staircase)

(approx. 2.6 kilometers away); Little Chief Service Station (approx. 2.9 kilometers away); Wanuskewin (approx. 10.7 kilometers away).

Regarding College Building.

Canada Register of Historic Places (2000/12/09).
From the National Register Statement of Significance:
Important Collegiate Gothic features include:
• the exterior massing of the original wing, with its low, horizontal lines and symmetrical façade, articulated by a central projecting frontispiece, end pavilions, and prominent oriel windows;
• the two-and-a-half-storey assembly hall with stage and balcony on axis with the central entrance;
• Gothic Revival-style detailing and decorative motifs including, gargoyles, notched parapet, arched entranceway and stepped gable;
• use of high quality materials and craftsmanship, including exterior walls of rock-faced grey fieldstone dressed with Bedford sandstone; and interior oak doors and surrounds, arched ceiling and tiled floors of the main corridor.

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Also see . . .
1. College Building National Historic Site of Canada.

College Building is an early twentieth-century,
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 18, 2022

3. College Building (southwest elevation)
stone university building constructed in the Collegiate-Gothic style. It is situated at the heart of the campus of the University of Saskatchewan, amongst the campus' oldest buildings which are sited around a grassy oval known as 'The Bowl'.

(Submitted on April 23, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. College Building.

The College Building was designated a national historic site because:
• as the centrepiece of the finest grouping of Collegiate Gothic university buildings in Canada, College Building is the earliest and most important building on the University of Saskatchewan campus; and
• it is an excellent expression of a stage in the development of public university education that emerged in Canada in the early 20th century, and which is best expressed in the new universities established in western Canada.

(Submitted on April 23, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 48 times since then and 2 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 23, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.