Bowerman House

Bowerman House

Bowerman House
General information
Architectural style Arts and Crafts Movement
Location 1328 Avenue K South
Town or city Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Country Canada
Completed 1907
Client Allan Bowerman
Design and construction
Architect Walter William LaChance

The Bowerman House (built in 1907) is a designated Municipal Heritage Property located in the Holiday Park, neighborhood of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The home is of a crafts-man “Western Stick” style. The house was built as a hunting lodge by Allan Bowerman, graduate from Kingston Military College, first postmaster in Saskatoon on the west side of the river, and member of Saskatoon’s first town council (1903 – 1905).[1] Bowerman was also responsible for the development of the Canada Building.[2] The home was designed by Walter William LaChance. Bowerman sold the home in 1917 after the end of a construction boom in the city.[3]

Bowerman House in winter

In 1923 the building was obtained by the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League and became part of the Saskatoon Sanatorium serving as a doctor's residence until 1987.[1] It was used as the sanatorium superintendent residence, for Dr. Boughton and his family, from 1925 to 1959.[3]

The property is now owned by the Meewasin Valley Authority and is used as a private residence.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bowerman House". Saskatoon Heritage Society. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  2. "Meewasin Trail & Facilities". Meewasin Valley Authority. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bowerman House". Canada's Historic Places; a Federal, Provincial and Territorial Collaboration. Retrieved 2011-02-20.

Coordinates: 52°6′31″N 106°41′10″W / 52.10861°N 106.68611°W / 52.10861; -106.68611

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