User:Diannaa/Banff historic buildings

Banff, Alberta, has many intact historical buildings, and many of them enjoy protection under various historical designations. The numbers in the first column of the table correspond to the numbers assigned as part of the Banff historical walking tour. A guide to the tour is available online.

Number	Name	Address and coordinates	Year built	Description	Photograph	References
1	Banff Park Museum	91 Banff Avenue 51.1737°N 115.5716°W / 51.1737; -115.5716	1903	The Banff Park Museum is a National Historic Site. The building houses a collection of natural history specimens. Designations: National Historic Sites of Canada; Canadian Register of Historic Places; federal heritage building
2	Rundle Memorial United Church	102 Banff Avenue 51.1745°N 115.5710°W / 51.1745; -115.5710	1927	The church is named for Robert Terrill Rundle, the first missionary to come to Alberta.
3	Dave White Block	103/105 Banff Avenue 51.1746°N 115.5712°W / 51.1746; -115.5712	1908, 1913	One of the oldest commercial buildings in Banff, this building was started in 1908 and expanded in 1913. Designations: municipal historic resource; Canadian Register of Historic Places
4	Harmony Lane	111 Banff Avenue 51.1751°N 115.5712°W / 51.1751; -115.5712	1917	Byron Harmon was the first official photographer of the Alpine Club of Canada. He photographed at Mount Robson in 1911 and at the Columbia Icefield in 1925. The building houses numerous shops and a gallery of Harmon's historic photographs. Designations: municipal historic resource; Canadian Register of Historic Places
5	Paris Tea Room	114 and 114A Banff Avenue 51.1751°N 115.5709°W / 51.1751; -115.5709	1903	These two businesses occupy the former site of the Paris Tea Room, opened by Ida and George Paris in 1903. A restaurant was added in 1922.
6	Cascade Dance Hall	120 Banff Avenue 51.1754°N 115.5709°W / 51.1754; -115.5709	1921	This building, in the Dutch Colonial style, was originally constructed as a dance hall. Renovations and restoration were undertaken in 2009.
7	Rocky Mountain Tours and Transport Building	207 Banff Avenue 51.1770°N 115.5711°W / 51.1770; -115.5711	1946	Rocky Mountain Tours was headquartered in this building. The second storey was added in 1955. The garage was in the section now occupied by the Grizzly House Restaurant.
8	Brewster Transportation Co. Building	202 Banff Avenue 51.1767°N 115.5707°W / 51.1767; -115.5707	1939	Former home of the Brewster Transportation Company, founded in 1911. The Brewsters carried passengers from the train station to the Banff Springs Hotel and offered tours into the surrounding countryside.
9	Banff School Auditorium	224 Banff Avenue 51.1767°N 115.5707°W / 51.1767; -115.5707	1939	The architecture of the Banff School Auditorium is modeled after the buildings at the park gates. It has housed the Parks Canada information centre since 1972. Designation: Federal heritage building.
10	St. Paul's Presbyterian Church	230 Banff Avenue 51.1776°N 115.5707°W / 51.1776; -115.5707	1930	This church, in the Victorian Gothic Revival style, has a base of locally quarried Rundle stone. A stained glass window featuring Mount Rundle is positioned over the main entrance.
11	Fire Hall	201 Beaver Street 51.1766°N 115.5593°W / 51.1766; -115.5593	1935	This building was originally constructed as a garage for the Parks Engineering Service. The tower was added in 1963 when the building was converted to a fire hall. Renovations were completed in 1994.
12	Luxton residence	206 Beaver Street 51.1769°N 115.5691°W / 51.1769; -115.5691	1905	Home to Georgina and Norman Luxton, this house was built in 1905. Georgina was the first non-native child born in Alberta. Norman owned several businesses in Banff, including the Luxton Museum. Designations: municipal historic resource; Canadian Register of Historic Places
13	Tanglewood	208 Beaver Street 51.1770°N 115.5693°W / 51.1770; -115.5693	1887	One of a few buildings moved to Banff from the original settlement at Siding 29, this house was moved to its present location in 1897. Designations: municipal historic resource; Canadian Register of Historic Places
14	Beaver Lodge	212 Beaver Street 51.1772°N 115.5692°W / 51.1772; -115.5692	1913	Beaver Lodge was constructed by the Luxton family as a rooming house. Designations: municipal historic resource; Canadian Register of Historic Places
15	Holmes Residence	214 Beaver Street 51.1773°N 115.5692°W / 51.1773; -115.5692	1905	The original portion of the house was built in 1905, with an addition made in 1947. Reggie Holmes was an early member of the Alpine Club of Canada, and explored and photographed throughout Alberta.
16	James Thomson House and tourist cabins	220 Beaver Street 51.1777°N 115.5692°W / 51.1777; -115.5692	1950; 1914	The Thomson House is one of several in Banff with intact cabins in the back that were built to provide tourist accomodation.
17	Kidney Residence	328 Muskrat Street 51.1784°N 115.5676°W / 51.1784; -115.5676	1910	Bankhead, near Lake Minnewanka, was home for workers at a coal mine that shut down in 1922. Many of the houses there, including this one, were sold and moved to Banff and Canmore around 1926.
18	Bankhead Train Station	801 Tunnel Mountain Drive 51.1856°N 115.5479°W / 51.1856; -115.5479	1907	This building is one of 12 remaining buildings in Banff that were moved from the coal mining town of Bankhead in the 1920s.
19	Bayne Residence	202 Otter Street 51.1765°N 115.5663°W / 51.1765; -115.5663	1913	This house was the home of D.C. Bayne and family. It incorporates a unique cobblestone foundation.
20	Gair Lodge	607 Caribou Street 51.1764°N 115.5653°W / 51.1764; -115.5653	1919	Built using natural materials, the Gair Lodge is an example of the Arts and Crafts architectural style.
21	Greenham Residence	606 Caribou Street 51.1764°N 115.5663°W / 51.1764; -115.5663	1920	The Greenhams established Banff's first private school. Their cultural activities later contributed to the founding of the Banff School of Fine Arts.
22	Mountain School Annex	608 Caribou Street 51.1764°N 115.5644°W / 51.1764; -115.5644	1922	The Mountain School hosted British students, including actress Vivien Leigh, during the Second World War.
23	Old Banff Cemetery	117 Grizzly Street 51.1743°N 115.5646°W / 51.1743; -115.5646	1890	The original Banff cemetery is the final resting place of many early residents. Interments still take place in existing family plots.
24	Mary Schäffer residence	117 Grizzly Street 51.1749°N 115.5649°W / 51.1749; -115.5649	1911	Mary Schäffer was a writer, explorer, and artist who was originally from Philadelphia. The house is called "Tarry A While". Designations: municipal historic resource; Canadian Register of Historic Places.
25	Harmon residence	136 St Julien Road 51.1757°N 115.5624°W / 51.1757; -115.5624	1929	Photographer Byron Harmon's shop on Banff Avenue and his house on St Julien Road are both listed as Banff historic buildings. The house was built in 1929.
26	Transformer substation building	606 Buffalo Street 51.1744°N 115.5667°W / 51.1744; -115.5667	1905	This small transformer substation building has fine Italianate design details.
27	Painter residence	Banff Centre, Tunnel Mountain Drive 51.1709°N 115.5575°W / 51.1709; -115.5575	1913	Arcitect William Painter built this house at 505 Buffalo Street in 1913. Subsequently owned by Glen Sather, the house was donated and moved to the Banff Centre in 2008 for use as an artist's retreat.
28	Childe residence	533 Buffalo Street 51.1726°N 115.5650°W / 51.1726; -115.5650	1934	This house was built by architect William Painter for resident Parks engineer Cyril Childe.
29	Orr residence	510 Buffalo Street 51.1743°N 115.5672°W / 51.1743; -115.5672	1928	This residence was home to Lorne Orr, who managed the King Edward Hotel for many years.
30	Grant-Hemming residence	504 Buffalo Street 51.1743°N 115.5679°W / 51.1743; -115.5679	1921	This building illustrates some features of prairie school architecture.
31	Norman Sanson home	110 Muskrat Street 51.1744°N 115.5680°W / 51.1744; -115.5680	1910	Norman Sanson made over a thousand ascents of Sulphur Mountain in his capactiy as Park meteorologist. He served as curator of theBanff Park Museum form 1896 to 1932.
32	Senator Forget residence	501 Buffalo Street 51.1739°N 115.5677°W / 51.1739; -115.5677	1910	This pre-fabricated house was shipped by rail from Winnipeg in 1910.
33	St George's-In-the-Pines Anglican Church	501 Buffalo Street 51.1744°N 115.5690°W / 51.1744; -115.5690	1889–1926	Constructed of local Rundle stone, the church was completed gradually starting in 1889.
34	Park Superintendent's Residence	313 Buffalo Street 51.1740°N 115.5693°W / 51.1740; -115.5693	1920	The house is a log cabin in the Rustic style. Designated a federal heritage building.
35	Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies	111 Bear Street 51.1750°N 115.5732°W / 51.1750; -115.5732	1968	Museum founded by Peter and Catharine Whyte.
36	Whyte residence	130 Bow Avenue 51.1757°N 115.5738°W / 51.1757; -115.5738	1931, 1939	Log home and studio of Peter and Catharine Whyte.
37	Crosby residence	136 Bow Avenue 51.1760°N 115.5695°W / 51.1760; -115.5695	1913	Gertrude and Louis Crosby were tourism operators. They named the house "Abegweit", a Mi'kmaq word meaning "cradled in the waves".
38	Moore residence	125 Lynx Street 51.1760°N 115.5732°W / 51.1760; -115.5732	1907	This house was originally located at the corner of Banff Avenue and Fox Street, and is now located on the Whyte Museum grounds.
39	Sibbald / Brewster residence	135 Lynx Street 51.1760°N 115.5732°W / 51.1760; -115.5732	1915	Another example of rustic architecture, this house was built by Howard Sibbald and was later owned by Fern Brewster.
40	Cascade No. 5 Masonic Lodge	103 Caribou Street 51.1764°N 115.5727°W / 51.1764; -115.5727	1924	This building is still in use as a Masonic Lodge, and also serves as a museum.
41	Old Crag Cabin	211 Bear Street 51.1772°N 115.5726°W / 51.1772; -115.5726	1888–1890	The former home of Banff's local newspaper is one of the oldest buildings in town.
42	Homestead Hotel	210 Lynx Street 51.1772°N 115.5733°W / 51.1772; -115.5733	1910, 1930	The Melissa's Missteak dining room, with its log interior, is the only extant part of the original hotel.
43	St Mary's Catholic Church	312 Lynx Street 51.1794°N 115.5743°W / 51.1794; -115.5743	1951	The church was built using local stone, with stained glass windows imported from Austria.
44	Canadian Pacific Railway Station	Lynx Street 51.1817°N 115.5762°W / 51.1817; -115.5762	1910	The station, built in 1910 to replace an 1888 structure, is a Heritage Railway Station and is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.
45	Bow River Bridge	Banff Avenue 51.17229°N 115.57134°W / 51.17229; -115.57134	1923	The bridge is made of Rundle stone and river rocks.
46	Park Administration Building	101 Mountain Avenue 51.1711°N 115.5710°W / 51.1711; -115.5710	1935	The Administration Building is in a Revival style with Tudor Gothic elements. A Federal Heritage Building.
47	Sign of the Goat Curio Shop	1 Birch Avenue 51.1721°N 115.5724°W / 51.1721; -115.5724	1904	Luxton sold items produced by nearby First Nations people at this curio shop.
48	Luxton Museum of the Plains Indian	1 Birch Avenue 51.1720°N 115.5736°W / 51.1720; -115.5736	1952	Luxton's museum opened in 1952.
49	Charlie Beil Kiln Building	119 Cave Avenue 51.17064°N 115.57698°W / 51.17064; -115.57698	c. 1942	Sculptor Charles Beil (1894–1976) worked in this small studio on Cave Avenue.
50	Rundle Campground Service Building	Cave Avenue 51.173657°N 115.579797°W / 51.173657; -115.579797	1924	This unassuming building was relocated to the Recreation Grounds in 1998.
51	Cave and Basin National Historic Site	311 Cave Avenue 51.1691°N 115.5910°W / 51.1691; -115.5910	1885	The hot springs located here led to the development of Banff as a National Park. National Historic Site; Federal Heritage Site; Canadian Register of Historic Places
52	Old Mineral Springs Hospital Buildings	102 Spray Avenue 51.1717°N 115.5693°W / 51.1717; -115.5693	1940–42	The site is the location of several buildings in various styles.
53	Belmore Browne Residence	124 Spray Avenue 51.1692°N 115.5672°W / 51.1692; -115.5672	1921	The 1921 residence is now part of the Elkhorn Lodge.

Bibliography

• "Walking Through Banff's History" (PDF). Town of Banff. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
• Luxton, Eleanor G (2008). Banff: Canada's First National Park: A History and Memory of Rocky Mountains Park. Banff, AB: Summerthought. ISBN 978-0-9782375-4-7.