Downtown Commercial in Calgary in Calgary Metropolitan Region, Alberta — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)
Site of Calgary's Original Court House
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2022
1. Site of Calgary's Original Court House Marker
The first building on this site was Calgary's original court house erected in 1888 on 4th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. The sandstone building served as a court house until 1915 when a new building in the southwest area of the block was constructed. The old court house, in the years from 1915 until 1958, when it was demolished, was used variously by the R.N.W.M.P.; the Alberta Provincial Police; the R.C.M.P., with the jail in one corner; Provincial Government offices — departments of Agriculture, Public Works and Municipal Affairs; Canadian Institute for the Blind; and the Calgary Family Court. The second court house, also a sandstone building, functioned in this capacity until the third court house, erected on the site of the first judicial building was officially opened in 1962. In 1964 the Glenbow Alberta Museum was established in the building, which incidentally, had housed Calgary’s original museum in its basement from 1915 until 1928. The Land Titles Office, another sandstone edifice which stood between the first two court houses, was built in 1907 and demolished in 1970.
The Honourable A.W. Ludwig, Q.C., Minister of Public Works
Construction was completed in August 1971
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Location. 51° 2.831′ N, 114° 4.362′ W. Marker is in Calgary, Alberta, in Calgary Metropolitan Region. It is in Downtown Commercial. Marker can be reached from 4 Street Southwest just north of 7 Avenue Southwest, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located near the center of Courthouse Park, on the east side of old Alberta Court of Appeals building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 611 4 Street Southwest, Calgary AB T2P 1T1, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Annie Gale (within shouting distance of this marker); Sir James Alexander Lougheed (within shouting distance of this marker); Grant MacEwan (within shouting distance of this marker); W. O. Mitchell (within shouting distance of this marker); Maude Riley (within shouting distance of this marker); Arthur Ryan Smith (within shouting distance of this marker); The T. Eaton Co. Limited (about 180 meters away, measured in a direct line); The Great White Way (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Calgary.
Also see . . . Calgary Courthouse No. 2
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2022
2. Site of Calgary's Original Court House Marker
Calgary has been a seat of the Supreme Court of Alberta since the late 1880s. The court was initially housed in temporary facilities; a permanent courthouse was built in 1888. After 1905, the provincial government assumed control of the building and purchased the site from the federal government. By 1910, a larger courthouse was needed and a new courthouse was commissioned. Upon completion in 1914, the Supreme Court of Alberta moved into the new building. It would remain here until 1962 when it moved into a third, more spacious courthouse built on the site of the 1888 building. Courthouse No. 2 was again used as a courthouse, this time as an appellate court, from 1986 to 2001.(Submitted on April 27, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2022
3. Site of Calgary's Original Court House Marker
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2022
4. 2nd Calgary Courthouse (southwest elevation)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 1, 2022
5. 2nd Calgary Courthouse (northwest elevation)
Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 285 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 27, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
